1.   His playing partner, however, responded with what was probably his worst tee shot of the week.

2.   Although he never had a formal lesson, he absorbs each tidbit of advice he can squeeze out of his playing partners and fellow pros.

3.   And his playing partners, Phillips Finlay, Max Marston, and George Von Elm, their niblicks and spoons at the ready, confirm unanimously.

4.   And that earned him nowhere near the applause that his playing partner, Tiger Woods, received for walking up the fairway.

5.   As he was on his way to a birdie at the sixth hole of the Palm, he had to watch while his amateur playing partners chopped things up.

6.   As Tom Watson tore up Riviera in two practice rounds this week, he joked with playing partner Lanny Wadkins.

7.   At the U.S. Open, Woods and his playing partners experienced delays at every hole as reporters, photographers and spectators jockeyed for position.

8.   Augusta -- The ink on his scorecard barely dry, Gay Brewer already was contemplating a Friday playing partner.

9.   Before he left, his playing partners, defending champ Ernie Els and Nick Price, both came over to shake his hand.