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Cristie Kerr tied for LPGA Championship lead
Cristie Kerr, Stacy Lewis and Seon Hwa Lee are tied for the lead with rounds of 68 at the LPGA Championship presented by Wegmans at Locust Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York. Kerr started the LPGA’s second major championship on the back nine with birdies on the 10th and 11th holes. She added birdies [...]
Harrington, Rose tied at Travelers Championship
Padraig Harrington, Justin Rose, Mathew Goggin and Charlie Wi shot 64 in the first round to lead the Travelers Championship. The packed leaderboard has 34 players within three shots of the top spot at the TPC River Highlands in Connecticut. Harrington started the day with three straight birdies and made his first bogey on the [...]
Miyazato looks to add major to great season
Anna Nordqvist is set to defend her LPGA Championship title in Rochester, New York at Locust Hill Country Club. The LPGA’s second major championship of the year is presented by Wegmans. Nordqvist won last year by four shots but, at the tournaments new home, she placed tied for 36th, coming the week after winning the [...]
Perry looks to recapture magic at Travelers Championship
Kenny Perry comes to this year’s Travelers Championship win looking for his first victory of the 2010 PGA season in a familiar place. Perry won at the TPC River Highlands last year with a final round 63 to beat David Toms and Paul Goydos. Perry has only one top 10 this year at the season [...]
LPGA has new #1: Ai Miyazato
Ai Miyazato won the ShopRite LPGA Classic for her fourth win of the 2010 LPGA Tour season and moves into the top spot on the Rolex Rankings for the first time in her career. Miyazato was two shots behind M. J. Hur heading into the final round but pulled away from the field with seven [...]
McDowell wins fantastic U. S. Open
The 2010 U. S. Open at Pebble Beach had everything a U. S. Open should have. Both Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson made their respective runs at the top of the leaderboard but, unfortunately, neither was on Sunday. Dustin Johnson showed us that there are some very good American golfers under the age of 25, [...]
Steinhauer leads ShopRite LPGA Classic, Gulbis one back
Sherri Steinhauer shot a seven-under par, 64, on the Dolce Seaview Resort course in Galloway, NJ to lead the ShopRite LPGA Classic by one shot over Natalie Gulbis and Tania Elosegui. Steinhauer made birdies on the third and fifth holes and, after a bogey on the eighth, added and eagle on the par-5, ninth hole. [...]
Mickelson makes move into contention at U. S. Open
Phil Mickelson shot 66 in the second round of the U. S. Open at Pebble Beach to move into a tie for second place heading into the weekend. Graeme McDowell leads the field at three-under par after shooting 68 to be a shot better than Mickelson, Ernie Els, Ryo Ishikawa and Dustin Johnson. Tiger Woods [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Cristie Kerr in command at LPGA Championship