Posts Tagged ‘Sports Network’

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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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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Seoul, South Korea (Sports Network) - Grace Park underwent successful arthroscopic hip surgery this week and will miss up to four months of action on the LPGA Tour. "It was a very difficult decision to have the surgery and miss time, but this was the only way to get back to being healthy and strong," Park said in a statement. "Doctors have given me a very ...
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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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New Orleans, LA (Sports Network) - Jerry Kelly managed just a one-under 71 Sunday, but it was enough to give him the win at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Kelly, who was winless in his last 200 starts, finished at 14-under-par 274. This was his third PGA Tour title. "You know, I stayed fairly comfortable ...
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Early in his career, Tiger Woods employed Butch Harmon and Mike "Fluff" Cowan as his swing coach and caddie, respectively. Harmon first started working with Woods when Tiger was romping through the amateur ranks in the early 1990s. They officially split as player and coach in the summer of 2002, but in Woods' own words, he hadn't really worked with Harmon ...
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Corning, NY (Sports Network) - Citing the challenging economic environment and a decline in sponsors, the board of directors of the LPGA Corning Classic announced that 2009 would be the final year for the long-running tournament. "This is a most difficult decision for all of us," said tournament president Jack Benjamin. Benjamin said that revenue opportunities would "not support the components needed to successfully host a ...
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - We'll call it a T.E.E. Party. The Total Elimination of Entertainers from professional golf tournaments. This new movement of ours will involve picket signs, slogans, phone calls to congressmen, op-ed pieces, sponsorship by golf pundits, original protest songs, a couple of well-paid lobbyists and, of course, portable toilets. It deserves our best effort. And we deserve a place to relieve ourselves. ...
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - It has been 30 years since Fuzzy Zoeller teed it up at his first Masters Tournament. Doesn't seem like much of an occasion to mark, but Zoeller is the only player to win the Masters in his first start. Sure, Horton Smith and Gene Sarazen did the same, but their wins came in the first two years this tournament existed. Ever ...
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