Archive for April, 2009

23-year-old set to defend maiden title Anthony Kim returns to one of his happiest hunting grounds when he defends his maiden PGA Tour title at this week's Quail Hollow Championship. Since tying for seventh in his first appearance here in 2007, Kim has felt a close affinity with the event and his five-stroke victory 12 months ago set ...
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Rory Mario Trevor Sabbatini (born 2 April 1976) is a South African professional golfer. Rory Sabbatini was born in Durban, South Africa. He started playing golf at age 4, but concentrated on it from age 12. He was recruited by the University of Arizona, turned professional in 1998 and joined the PGA Tour in 1999. He was ...
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Jerome Patrick Kelly (born November 23, 1966) is an American professional golfer. Kelly was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Hartford in 1989 and turned professional that year, but didn't make it onto the PGA Tour until 1996. This followed a successful 1995 season on the second tier Nike Tour, when he won ...
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Site: TPC Louisiana Status: Official Course: TPC Louisiana (7,399 yards, par 72) Purse: $6,300,000 *Start times are local Position Player Name Scoring Rounds Total Score Money ...
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MORELIA, Mexico— Mexican star Lorena Ochoa shot a 5-under 68 on Sunday to hold off Norway's Suzann Pettersen by a stroke in a dramatic final round and win the Corona Championship for the second straight year. Ochoa, who also won the tournament in 2006, had back-to-back birdies on the 15th and 16th holes to break a ...
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Site: Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico Course: 6,539 yards, par 73 Purse: $1,300,000 Status: Official Rank Player Today Thru To Par 1 2 3 4 Total Winnings 1 Lorena Ochoa -5 F -25 65 65 69 68 267 $195,000 2 Suzann Pettersen -5 F -24 69 64 67 68 268 $120,662 3 Na Yeon Choi -3 F -18 66 69 69 70 274 $87,531 4 Wendy Ward -3 F -17 71 68 66 70 275...
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Morelia, Mexico (Sports Network) - Lorena Ochoa, the hometown favorite and defending champion, shot a four-under 69 on Saturday, but saw her lead cut down to one after three rounds of the Corona Championship. Ochoa finished 54 holes at 20-under 199, which was one off her tournament record from last year, and is one ahead of Suzann Pettersen, who fired a six- under 67 on Saturday. ...
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Acknowledging that it's probably the only time it will happen all year, David Toms gave credit to the fans for getting him through a tough Saturday and an exciting Sunday at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. The LSU alumnus and Shreveport native went 68-68-72-68 for a 12-under 276 and a tie for fifth place. He bogeyed the first hole but turned his round for the ...
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New Orleans, LA (Sports Network) - Jerry Kelly managed just a one-under 71 Sunday, but it was enough to give him the win at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Kelly, who was winless in his last 200 starts, finished at 14-under-par 274. This was his third PGA Tour title. "You know, I stayed fairly comfortable ...
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South Korea's Charlie Wi took advantage of soft early-morning conditions to shoot a bogey-free 6-under-par 66 and take a one-stroke lead yesterday after the first round of the Zurich Classic in Avondale, La. Wi was two strokes short of matching the course record at the TPC Louisiana. As the wind and sun firmed up the course, nobody could get closer than within one stroke of Wi. Jay Williamson, ...
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