Archive for the ‘PGA’ Category

Thursday, May 21, 2009 IRVING — Adam Scott cut short a trip to Australia last year for the Byron Nelson Championship because he believed he was playing too well to stay home any longer. Instead of wasting that good play against his mates down under, Scott returned to the PGA Tour and won. Scott is back this week from another overseas trip to defend his championship at the ...
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Surrey, England (Sports Network) - Two-time Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal has been elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame. Olazabal, Masters champ in 1994 and 1999, was elected on the International ballot and will be part of the 2009 Hall of Fame Class that also includes Lanny Wadkins and Christy O'Connor. Wadkins was elected through the PGA Tour ballot, while O'Connor was selected in ...
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The last two times the Telus World Skins Game came to Quebec, it showcased two of the newest golf courses in the province. And the same will be true when it returns next month for the first time in five years. La Tempête Golf Club in Breakeyville, near Lévis, south of Quebec City, is where Mike Weir, ...
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Former British Open champion Justin Leonard returns to one of his happiest hunting grounds for this week's Texas Open in San Antonio, where he will bid to become the event's first four-time winner. The 36-year-old emulated fellow American Arnold Palmer by completing a hat trick of titles in 2007 and has always relished playing at La Cantera ...
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Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (Sports Network) - Henrik Stenson sucked all of the drama out of an interesting final pairing between Tiger Woods and Alex Cejka on Sunday. With the final twosome struggling in the final round, Stenson fired a flawless, six-under 66 to become the first Swede to win The Players Championship. Stenson finished at 12-under 276 and won the title by four strokes over ...
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Ian Poulter was generally pleased with his five-under-par first round performance at The Players Championship, but admitted he missed a number of chances to improve his score. The Englishman is well placed but felt he could have scored even better, particularly after setting himself up well on the par-five holes at TPC Sawgrass. "I played really well today, ...
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Tiger Woods hopes for an improvement on Friday after finishing on one-under-par after the opening round of The Players Championship. Woods is continuing to recover from a knee injury, which kept him out of action for eight months, but says he is feeling no ill effects. “I just need to keep working at it,” the world number one ...
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May 5, 2009 -- The crown jewel event of the PGA Tour happens to take place at one of the most renowned courses in the world - and the home of the Tour - THE PLAYERS Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. How has the course, built under such high expectations, managed to improve every year? TPC National Director of Golf Billy Dettlaff gives us an ...
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MONTREAL — If Geoff Ogilvy continues to play the way he has this season he still could be the hottest player on the PGA Tour when he comes to Quebec for next month’s Telus World Skins Game. The 31-year-old Australian, a two-time winner on the Tour in 2009 and leader in the FedExCup standings, will join Mike ...
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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida - Tiger Woods said he had not yet fully regained his renowned length off the tee and with his irons after being sidelined for eight months following reconstructive knee surgery. "The first tournament back, I just didn’t have the pop in my body, nor should I," the American world number one told reporters ...
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