Posts Tagged ‘Birdies’

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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Williamsburg, VA (Sports Network) - Cristie Kerr shot a one-under 70 on Sunday and squeezed past a tight leaderboard to win the Michelob Ultra Open for the second time. Kerr, also the 2005 champion, finished at 16-under-par 268 for a two-stroke victory. It was the 12th title of her career and first this season. Her $330,000 winner's check vaulted her to the top of the money ...
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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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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - Tiger Woods found his putting touch to post his lowest score in more than a year and take a two-stroke lead after the opening round at the $6.5 million Quail Hollow Championship on Thursday. Woods, in his first start since a disappointing tie for sixth at the Masters, stormed home with six birdies ...
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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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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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LUTZ, Fla. (AP) -- Nick Price overcame three double bogeys in an up-and-down final-round 71 and won for the first time on the Champions Tour on Sunday. After a par putt on the 18th hole, Price finished with a two-shot victory over Larry Nelson to end an 0-for-38 streak on the Champions Tour and win his ...
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AUGUSTA, Ga. – It’s one thing to navigate the 7,435 yards at Augusta National in the final round of the Masters, a harrowing ride of birdies and bogeys with the pressure of a green jacket riding shotgun. Even more dangerous might be the 100 yards between the 18th green and the clubhouse. That’s where Fuzzy Zoeller ...
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AUGUSTA, Ga. — In other news, Angel Cabrera won the Masters on Sunday. He wasn’t The Show; he was, in fact, a couple of hours late for the Phil Mickelson-Tiger Woods lollapalooza that, for much of the afternoon, channelled Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson from Turnberry in 1977 — their own Duel in the Sun, with the ...
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