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The Honda Classic is wrapping up as the first tournament under the PGA Golf Tour and the World Golf Championship-Cadillac Championship at Doral is gearing up next, the new generation of PGA Tour players are making it clear that they are here to stay and giving the old favorites a run for their money. For example,26 year old Martin Kaymer is now topping the world rankings.

He knocked off Westwood by finishing second at the WGC-Accenture Match Play last week. Another 26 year old, Venezuelan golfer Jhonattan Vegas won the Bob Hope Classic and tied for third at the Farmers Insurance Open. These are but a few of the recent upsets by golf's rising young stars, and they are probably just the beginning of the great golfers to come out of a generation that has grown up thinking that golf is cool as they grew up watching Tiger Woods. And practically, golf can provide a better career for athletes than other sports in terms of its longevity.

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As players pack up at the PGA Golf Tour National on Sunday and head down to Doral, they may not realize that in the early days of golf road trips between tour stops was the norm, and short journeys like this 90 mile one were cherished. 90 miles is a breeze compared to the travels that those in last week's WGS-Accenture Match Play had from Arizona to Florida, and even that pales in comparison with many European Tour players who must traverse the globe to show up for many of their events.

US open champion and PGA and European tour player Graeme McDowell has said that he has just learned how to accept jet-lag, as he is often on the move between his two homes in Northern Ireland and Orlando, and his various tour stops.

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Bill Murray is the official winner of the 2011 AT&T Pebble Beach Golf Tournament. While not known for his golf swing before, all that has changed now with his new found golfing fame. The multi-talented Murray has actually been a serious student of golf for a long while. Bill's victory was hard won and it was a close contest, as and he partner D.A. Points won by a mere two strokes.

This is not Bill's first appearance in the Pebble Beach Tournament, as he has been a participant for years. For that reason, it must have been an extra special win for him this year. But regardless of the fact that he finally won, there is little doubt he will be back for an attempt at a repeat again next year.