Posts Tagged ‘Pga Tour’

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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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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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida - Sweden’s Henrik Stenson kept his cool in sweltering heat to win the Players Championship by four shots, as a frustrated Tiger Woods crashed out of contention at the TPC Sawgrass course on Sunday. The unflappable Swede carded the only bogey-free round on the final day, a six under-par 66 for 12-under overall, ...
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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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Charlotte, NC (Sports Network) - The biggest win of his still-young career solidly within reach, Sean O'Hair could only manage a couple of bogeys. Uh-oh. But just when it looked like he might surrender to one more tough loss, another player faltered to save him. Luckily for O'Hair, Lucas Glover is not Tiger Woods. O'Hair shot a ...
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Twice major winner John Daly's latest bid to resurrect his career is for his benefit and not to prove his detractors wrong, the American said on Wednesday. Daly, 43, is rehabilitating by losing weight and trying to give up a diet and lifestyle that saw him balloon to nearly 280 pounds less than three months ago. A surgical ...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- Tiger Woods dropped out of the lead with late bogeys for the second straight day, leaving former Masters champion Zach Johnson with a two-shot advantage Saturday heading into the final round of the Quail Hollow Championship. Johnson was among the few who survived the "Green Mile," the three-hole stretch of closing holes at Quail Hollow. ...
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