Posts Tagged ‘Players Championship’

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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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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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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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida - Tiger Woods is facing the problem that afflicts every casual golfer — when the long game gets going, the short game vanishes and vice-versa. As the world number one continues his comeback he is getting a taste of the frustration that plagues more modest players. Woods came into this week’s Players Championship lamenting ...
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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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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Sergio Garcia goes into this week's Players Championship as the title-holder, but also as one of the most out-of-form of the world's elite players. The world No. 3 scored a playoff victory last year over American Paul Goydos at the Sawgrass. This year, though, Garcia has yet to make the top-10 in ...
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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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May. 5, 2009 By Lewine Mair, Special to PGATOUR.COM No one should be fooled by what Sergio Garcia said in the wake of his win at last year's THE PLAYERS Championship. Though he insisted, "I definitely don't consider myself a kid anymore," the kid in Garcia remains not too far below the surface and always will. It is ...
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