Posts Tagged ‘Masters’

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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LOS ANGELES - Phil Mickelson has suspended playing on the PGA Tour indefinitely after his wife was diagnosed with cancer, officials said Wednesday. The breast cancer in Amy Mickelson was discovered after an "extensive battery of tests," the golfer's manager T.R. Reinman said in a release. More tests are scheduled but the treatment process is expected to begin ...
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Charlotte, North Carolina - Three weeks after being paired in the final round at the Masters, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are heading towards a weekend pairing at this week's Quail Hollow Championship. Woods fired a seven-under-par 65 Thursday to take a two-stroke lead after the opening round at the Quail Hollow Club. Mickelson carded a five-under 67 and shares second place with Robert Allenby, ...
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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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Apr. 21, 2009 WASHINGTON (AP) -- On a day when he met with his Cabinet and visited CIA headquarters, President Barack Obama made room for a favorite pastime: talking sports with top professionals. PGA TOUR star Tiger Woods dropped by the White House on Monday, as did members of the Chicago White Sox baseball team. Obama, an occasional golfer, greeted Woods in the Oval Office, presidential staffers said. ...
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Germany's Alex Cejka birdied four of the last seven holes to grab a one-shot lead in Thursday's opening round of the Heritage Classic in Hilton Head Island, S.C. In pursuit of his first PGA Tour title, the 38-year-old sank a series of lengthy putts on his way to a sparkling seven-under-par 64 at the picturesque Harbour Town ...
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Argentina's Angel Cabrera soared 51 places to 18th in golf's world rankings yesterday after securing his second major victory at The Masters. The 39-year-old became the lowest-ranked player to win the green jacket since the rankings began in 1986. Cabrera's triumph also helped him leap 145 positions to third in the European Tour's inaugural Race to Dubai, behind leader Geoff Ogilvy of Australia and Britain's ...
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Masters winner Angel Cabrera showed off the newest addition to his wardrobe for the admiring hometown crowd that welcomed him back to Argentina. “Green suits me,” Cabrera said on Tuesday, smiling and sporting the Masters jacket he earned as the first champion from South America. Two days after winning the Masters on the second hole of a three-way playoff at Augusta ...
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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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