Category Archives: Golf
Tie atop U. S. Open leaderboard; Woods, Mickelson not there
There is a three-way tie after the first round of the U. S. Open at Pebble Beach and Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are no where in site. Paul Casey, Shaun Micheel and Brendon de Jonge are tied with opening rounds of two-under par, 69, and lead a group of seven players by one shot. [...]
Paula Creamer returns for ShopRite LPGA Classic
Paula Creamer is in the field at this week’s ShopRite LPGA Classic at the Dolce Seaview Resort, Bay Course. It is the first event for Creamer since the season opening Honda-PTT LPGA Thailand, won by Ai Miyazato. Creamer, who underwent sugery to fix a nagging thumb injury, has slipped to 13th in the Rolex Rankings [...]
U. S. Open at Pebble Beach Preview
Tiger Woods may not be the favorite going into this year’s U. S. Open at Pebble Beach but, he is the player to watch. The usual conversation heading into PGA TOUR majors of the past was who would win – Tiger or the field? Though not the question asked this year, Woods enters into the [...]
Does Phil want the top spot?
For weeks now the talk of the PGA TOUR every time Phil Mickelson tees it up has been how he can overtake Tiger Woods in the Official World Golf Rankings. But, every week ends with no change in the standings. So, does Mickelson really want the top spot? Mickelson put himself within reach of Woods [...]
Rose wins Memorial Tournament
Justin Rose continued the first-time PGA TOUR winner trend with a come-from-behind victory over rookie Rickie Fowler at the Memorial Tournament. Rose shot 66 on the Muirfield Village Golf Club course to overtake Fowler, who led heading into the final round. Rose was bogey-free in his six-under par final round. He started the day four [...]
Fowler, Rose, Ogilvy tied at Memorial Tournament
Rookie Rickie Fowler fired a first round 65 at the Muirfield Village Golf Club to tie Justin Rose and Geoff Ogilvy atop the Memorial Tournament leaderboard. Phil Mickelson is two shots back with a five-under par, 67, while Tiger Woods is at even-par. Fowler made a bogey on the second hole but then went on [...]
Woods, Mickelson back for Memorial Tournament
Tiger Woods is back on the course this week at the PGA TOUR stop in Ohio for Jack Nicklaus’ Memorial Tournament. Woods is the defending champion after beating Jim Furyk with a final round 65 for his fourth Memorial win and 67th career title. For Woods, it is his first tournament since pulling out of [...]
Johnson wins Crowne Plaza Invitational
Zach Johnson shot a final round 64 to win the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial by three shots over Brian Davis. Johnson’s 21-under par, 259, score set the tournament record previously held by Kenny Perry, who shot 19-under par twice, in 2003 and 2005. Johnson got the day off to a solid start with birdies [...]
Molder leads at Colonial
Bryce Molder shot 62, nearly breaking the course record at Colonial, in the second round and holds a one-shot lead at the Crowne Plaza Invitational. Molder started the round with birdies on the first and third holes before making a bogey on the fourth hole. After a par on the fifth hole, Molder made seven [...]
Three tied atop Crowne Plaza Invitational leaderboard
Jeff Overton, Jason Bohn and Blake Adams share the first round lead at the Crowne Plaza Invitational after shooting 63 at Colonial. Overton was bogey-free in the first round, carding seven birdies all between the eighth and 17th holes. Bohn, who had trouble hearing being awaken by blood in his ear in the middle of [...]
Mickelson looks for win at Crowne Plaza Invitational
The PGA TOUR wraps up its Texas swing with the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas. Mickelson is th highest ranked player in the field and he is looking to climb one more spot to take the number one ranking in the world for the first time in his career. It would [...]
Day wins HP Byron Nelson Championship
Jason Day wins for the first time on the PGA TOUR with a three-shot victory at the HP Byron Nelson Championship on the TPC Four Seasons Resort Las Colinas. Day was two shots better than Brian Gay, Jeff Overton and Blake Adams. Day, who held the top spot after shooting 67 in the third round, [...]
Yoo wins Sybase Match Play Championship
Sun Young Yoo beat Angela Stanford to win the Sybase Match Play Championship at Hamilton Farm Golf Club in New Jersey. Yoo, who defeated Jiyai Shin 2&1 to reach the finals, bested Stanford 3&1 to win. Yoo took the lead on the third hole and held it through the 11th. Stanford won the 11th to [...]
LPGA plays Sybase Match Play Championship
The LPGA changes pace this week with the Sybase Match Play Championship at the Hamilton Farm Club in Gladstone, New Jersey. The inaugural event brings the top 64 players together for one of the most exciting and unpredictable formats in golf. The format for the event will have players separated into four brackets, named after [...]
HP Byron Nelson Championship preview
The PGA TOUR continues in Texas this week for the HP Byron Nelson Championship at the TPC Four Season Resort, Los Colinas. Hunter Mahan is the top ranked player in the fielda at 17th on the Official World Golf Rankings and Dustin Johnson is the highest ranking player in the field (ninth) on the FedEx [...]
Pak wins Bell Micro LPGA Classic
Se Ri Pak won for the first time since 2007 with a playoff victory at the Bell Micro LPGA Classic. She won the three-hole playoff over Brittany Lincicome and Suzann Pettersen after rain washed out the final round. After four inches of rain fell overnight, play started at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Magnolia [...]
Adam Scott wins Valero Texas Open
Adam Scott finds somewhat of a rebirth with a win at the Valero Texas Open on the TPC San Antonio. Scott’s final round 67 moved him up five spots to the top of the leaderboard, one shot better than Fredrik Jacobson. Scott, who struggled for much of the last two seasons on TOUR, made birdies [...]
Se Ri Pak leads Bell Micro LPGA Classic
Se Ri Pak is looking for her first win in three years and shot 66 in the second round to lead the Bell Micro LPGA by one shot over Brittany Lincicome and Wendy Ward. Pak started on the back side of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Magnolia Grove with two pars before making birdie [...]
Play suspended at Valero Texas Open
The PGA TOUR had to suspend play without a player teeing off in the second round of the Valero Texas Open at the TPC San Antonio. Officials delayed play for over seven hours before a late storm rolled in forcing the suspension of the second round. More storms are expected this weekend.
Jones leads Valero Texas Open
Matt Jones shot 66 in the opening round to lead the Valero Texas Open at the TPC San Antonio. After starting with a double-bogey, Jones made four pars before carding two straight birdies. After the turn, Jones made birdies on the 12th, 13th, 16th and 17th holes with an eagle on the par-5, 14th hole. [...]
Munoz leads Bell Micro LPGA Classic
LPGA Tour rookie Azahara Munoz shot 65 to lead the Bell Micro LPGA Classic by one shot over Katherine Hull and Jee Young Lee. Munoz was bogey-free on the Robert Trent Jones Jr. Golf Trail’s Magnolia Grove in Alabama. She started on the 10th hole and made birdies on the 11th, 13th and 16th holes. [...]
LGPA gets back on course with Bell Micro LPGA Classic
The LPGA tries to move forward following the sudden death of 25-year-old Erica Blasberg with the Bell Micro LPGA Classic on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Magnolia Grove in Mobile, Alabama. Angela Stanford returns as the defending champion but faces a tough field looking to make a move on the newly crowned number [...]
Valero Texas Open preview
With the Tiger Woods circus off the PGA TOUR this week, news still surrounds the number one ranked golfer as his withdrawal seven holes into the final round and losing Hank Haney have created all types of speculation of what is really going on with Woods. But, the TOUR must go on as the players [...]
Hank Haney leaves Team Tiger
Tiger Woods lost probably the most integral part of Team Tiger last night when Hank Haney announced that he will no longer be Woods’ swing coach. Woods achieved tremendous success working with Haney on a controversial swing change at the height of his career. The changes made Woods even tougher to beat as Woods was [...]
Mickelson makes move into contention at U. S. Open