I've already expressed my disdain for Mattel's set of Barbie golf clubs, but even I have to acknowledge how popular they've become. They'll make their national debut this week at a booth at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, the LPGA's first major of the year.  And the first-ever Barbie Golf Clinics will be hosted by LPGA 2008 Rookie Anna Rawson and James Pugliese, the leading junior golf teaching pro, on Saturday during the Championship at Mission Hills CC. Alright, alright. These clubs may be good for the game. (But I still don't like the message they send.)

Here are more stories from around the Web:

The Independent: You've probably heard about Tiger Woods' outburst on the ninth hole during the final round of the World Golf Championships-CA Championship at Doral. After a photographer snapped a picture during Woods' downswing, Woods exclaimed, "The next time a photographer shoots a f***ing picture, I'm going to break his f***ing neck." Dermot Gileece thinks the nearby microphones are part of the problem, but the biggest is the photographer who took the shot.
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The Virginian-Pilot: Battlefield GC at Centerville in Chesapeake, Virginia, looks like any other course. But its undulating fairways and small lakes sit atop 1.5 million tons of "fly ash," a charcoal-gray powdery substance left behind by burning coal to make electricity. If the area were not a golf course or park, it'd be treated like a landfill. And fly ash contains traces of several heavy metals including arsenic, which has been linked to cancer. The course has been closed temporarily by the city because it was operating without proper permits.
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MLB.com: So what's Tiger Woods' dream job (not that he doesn't already have one)? "The dream job would be a pitcher. To work every five days and the three or four days in between you're playing golf at all the best golf courses around the country, that probably would be the greatest job of all time." On ESPN's "First Take," Woods adds this about John Smoltz, an Atlanta Braves pitcher and friend of more than 10 years: "Smoltzie plays more golf than I do, and he's a professional baseball player."
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Scotland On Sunday: Geoff Ogilvy has become a father of two since he won the 2006 U.S. Open at Winged Foot, and he has a new outlook on life: "I am pretty good at prioritizing these days. I certainly don't waste time like I used to. We all waste time really. In fact, before you have kids that's all you do. All you have then is time."
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The Boston Globe: "My mind is fine, but my body's gone to hell. But I'd rather have it that way than the other way around." Bob Labbance, author of The Vardon Invasion, which outlines Harry Vardon's 1900 tour of competitive golf in the United States and Canada, has written 17 golf books and is fighting a battle with ALS.
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The Herald: "From the neck up I am still bright enough." Jose Maria Olazabal, assuring European Ryder Cup captain Nick Faldo that regardless of his recently diagnosed arthritic shoulders and back, he is ready to be assistant captain at the biennial matches in September.
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Times Online: Tiger Woods says his mom's passion and competitive drive are as strong as ever: "She still lives and dies over every shot. I just say, 'Mum, relax, I know what I am doing.' She says to me: 'You'll know what I am talking about when Sam gets older.' "
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