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Well everyone, although I had a very poor finish to the Travelers Championship, I’m actually going to take away quite a few positives.  For the past few months, I’ve been working hard on my ball striking so that my chipping and putting didn’t have to carry me every week.  I hit 14 greens in regulation both days, only missed 5 fairways in 2 rounds, and was hitting it close to the pins!  The problem was, lady luck and my putter decided not to help me out.  The first day, I actually putted very well, but had 4 birdie putts horseshoe back at me.  My 67 could’ve been 63 or 64 very easily.  The second day, my short game absolutely stunk.  I chipped VERY poorly, and putted even worse.  It was quite frustrating but I know my putting can easily be fixed this week.  Last week was definitely my best ball-striking week of the year, and hopefully I can keep it going in the right direction.

I flew back home on Saturday and am thrilled to be back at my own place.  I had been on the road for 4 and a half exhausting weeks, and there is nothing like sleeping in your own bed!  This week I plan on just relaxing, hanging out with some friends, and maybe a little fishing.  I’m trying to stay away from the golf course until wednesday or so, and luckily the 105 degree heat index everyday is helping a ton!  I think I’ll be doing most of my practice from 6am-9am this week.  The next 3 weeks I’ve got the John Deere Classic, the Reno/Tahoe Open, and the Canadian Open, so it looks like I’ll be racking up more frequent flyer miles!  Thanks for reading, and hope everyone has a nice, relaxing 4th of July…..I know I will!

Preesh

Francesco and Edoardo Molinari became the first brother combination to win the OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup, giving Italy its first title in the team event with a one-stroke victory over Sweden and Ireland on Sunday.

The Molinaris closed with a 4-under 68 in the alternate-shot final round on Mission Hills’ Olazabal Course. They finished at 29 under and earned $875,000 each in the tournament that featured two rounds of better ball and two of alternate shot.

Francesco hit a long greenside bunker shot to 3 feet on the 18th to set up Edoardo’s winning par putt.

“It’s been a tough day and we have been playing against some of the best golfers in the world. It was really tough until the last, but it feels even better when it is like that,” said Francesco.

“It’s really great for Italy. I think we deserved it as we attacked from the first day with every putt and every shot and we tried to make as many birdies as possible.

“I was lucky to hole two big putts on 12 and 13 which were probably the key moment and we just had to hang in there and hope for the best.”

A few years ago, in an attempt to delve into the inner machinations of the world’s most famous athlete — and possibly catch him in a rare moment of candor — I posed this question to Tiger Woods: What is your greatest fear?

“I don’t really have any,” he responded without the slightest hesitation.

Nothing at all?

“No, not really.”

Not even snakes? Spiders? Fire-breathing monsters? Camera flashes in your backswing?

“I can’t think of any.”

Based on the recent news swirling around the No. 1-ranked golfer — two days after a tabloid report alleging an extramarital affair, Woods was involved in a one-car accident outside his home at 2:25 a.m. ET on Friday — I’d like to have another crack at proffering this query.

Woods might not admit to any trepidations in this instance, either, but for one of the most guarded public figures in any profession, seeing his own name splashed across the headlines while the rumor mill churns at an unprecedented rate has to be more than a little disconcerting. It must scare the bejesus out of him.

How protective is Woods when it comes to revealing his personality? Enough that the aforementioned tale of fearlessness tells us less about how he feels than how he thinks.

The 14-time major championship winner has made a career out of earning his reputation inside the ropes. Off the course, he is the quintessential fence-sitter, never going out of his way to support anything other than the most conventional causes — all of which has endeared him to marketing executives around the globe, making him sports’ most sought-after corporate spokesman since Michael Jordan.

On this occasion, however, playing it close to the vest should prove only to be a disadvantage. He will not own an intimidation factor over his peers by clouding the facts; he will not garner any more lucrative sponsorship deals by remaining surreptitiously coy.

Instead, for perhaps the first time in his professional career, Tiger Woods needs to come clean.