Category Archives: PGA Players
A look to PGA 2010 season: Woods, Mickelson rivalry
The PGA TOUR finished the season on a high note with its two biggest names raising trophy’s in the final event. Phil Mickelson shot 65 in the final round to win THE TOUR Championship by three shots over Tiger Woods. But, not to be outdone by his rival, Woods’ second place finish at THE TOUR [...]
Spotlight: Y. E. Yang
Y. E. Yang not only won his first major championship at the PGA Championship, the first for an Asian player, but he became an answer to what will become a classic sports trivia question…who is the first player to come from behind on Tiger Woods on Sunday to win a major? Yang is enjoying a [...]
Spotlight: Steve Stricker
Steve Stricker finally broke through with his first win of 2009 in sudden death at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. He outlasted Steve Marino and Tim Clark, who were both looking for their first ever PGA TOUR wins. The victory puts Stricker back into the top 10 on the Official World Golf Rankings at number eight.
Spotlight: Rory Sabbatini
Rory Sabbatini claimed his first victory in two years with a win at the HP Byron Nelson Championship, finishing with a final round 64. The win moves Sabbatini up to 27th in the Official World Golf Rankings. Sabbatini is having a solid 2009 season, with three top 10s and the victory. He started the year [...]
Spotlight: Sean O’Hair
Sean O’Hair won his first tournament of 2009 at the Quail Hollow Championship, putting an exclaimation mark on an already solid 2009 season. The win moves O’Hair to 12th on the Official World Golf Rankings, a career high. O’Hair started the season at the Mercedes-Benz Championship, by way of his victory at … in [...]
Spotlight: Jerry Kelly
Jerry Kelly won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans for his first PGA TOUR victory since 2002. The win puts Kelly at 78th on the Official World Golf Rankings, up 63 spots. Kelly has played in 10 events this year, making seven cuts. Three of those events resulted in top 10 finishes, including the Puerto [...]
Spotlight: Nick Watney
Nick Watney earned his first win since the 2007 PGA TOUR season with a come from behind victory at the Buick Invitational. Watney is off to a great start in 2009 with the win and two top 25 finishes in three events. He is scoring just over 68 per round on average in 2009 and [...]
Spotlight: Pat Perez
Pat Perez secured his first PGA TOUR win at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, ending an eight year wait and getting the 2009 campaign off to a terrific start. For the past two years, Perez has played consistent golf but only finished in the top three once at the 2007 AT&T National. He has finished [...]
Singh to have knee surgery next week
Vijay Singh will miss at least the next five weeks as he is scheduled to undergo surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee next week. As he noted in a blog post on PGATOUR.com, the reigning FedEx Cup champion had planned a three week break in his schedule after the Sony Open. [...]
Reload: 5 looking to rebound in 2009
Rory Sabbatini…after the 2007 season, Sabbatini was supposed to take charge in 2008 but, that didn’t happen. After a second place finish in the second tournament of the year – the Sony Open – and a third the next week, Sabbatini didn’t crack the top 10 until the Valero Texas Open in October. There were [...]
Spotlight: Davis Love III
Davis Love III won the final event of the 2008 PGA Tour season at the Children’s Miracle Network Classic for his 20th career win, giving him a lifetime exemption to the PGA Tour. Love has had a good 2008 season with seven top 25 finished in 16 events that he made the cut. Of the [...]
Spotlight: Ryan Palmer
Ryan Palmer got his first win since 2004 at the Ginn sur Mer Classic, finishing in dramatic fashion in breaking a six way tie with a birdie putt on the final hole. Palmer has played well in the 2008 season making 11 cuts with six top 25 finishes. His best finish before the win came [...]
Spotlight: Cameron Beckman
Cameron Beckman won last week at the Frys.com Open at Grayhawk Golf Club in Arizona. It is his first win since the 2001 Southern Farm Bureau Classic. Playing in 27 events in 2008, Beckman has three top 25 finishes. He finished tied for 23rd at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans and had a tie [...]
Spotlight: Marc Turnesa
Marc Turnesa raised his first PGA Tour trophy at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas, Nevada, making him the eighth rookie to win on Tour this year. His win, a wire-to-wire finish, came at the hands of a smooth putter. Turnesa showed toughness as he lost in [...]
Spotlight: Zach Johnson
Zach Johnson grabbed his first win of the 2008 season at the Valero Texas Open. The 2007 Masters champion has struggled this year cracking the top 10 only once at the World Golf Championships-CA Championship (tie-9th). He has made 17 of 22 cuts with six top 25 finishes. His other top finishes include a tie [...]
Fowler creates stir on PGA TOUR