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Season opener marred by player absences

By Tim Rosaforte
GolfWorld.com

Thursday, January 3, 2008

KAPALUA, Hawaii -- With respect to defending champion Vijay Singh and No. 3 in the world Jim Furyk, the 2008 PGA Tour season begins Thursday without several of the game's biggest stars. Notably absent yet again from the Mercedes-Benz Championship are Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, and this year they're joined by No. 7 Adam Scott and British Open champion Padraig Harrington. Four of the biggest names in the game are taking a hall pass when the rooms are free, the gas tanks full and the pay oppo ...

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