Player Spotlight
Aug 18th, 2008 |
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Carl Pettersson won the Wyndham Championship for his first trophy in two years. The host venue Sedgefield Country Club is somewhat a home away from home as Pettersson serves on the board of directors.
Pettersson is having a good 2008 season and heads into the FedEx Cup playoffs in 13thplace, a jump up 45 spots thanks to the win. He finished the [...]
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Aug 18th, 2008 |
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Fifth-year pro Katherine Hull grabbed her first LPGA Tour trophy at the CN Canadian Women’s Open at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club, coming back from six strokes on the final day.
The win pulls Hull up to 17th on the LPGA’s Official Money list and qualifies her for the season ending ADT Championship tournament.
Professionally, Hull has three [...]
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Aug 4th, 2008 |
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Vijay Singh captured his first World Golf Championship trophy at the Bridgestone Invitational and became the oldest WGC champion in the events history. Marking his 32nd career win, Singh becomes the PGA Tours career wins leader among international players.
This season, Singh has five top five finishes. He lost in a playoff at the AT&T Pebble Beach National [...]
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Jun 23rd, 2008 |
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Stewart Cink reached the winners circle for the first time since 2004 with a one-shot victory at the Travelers Championship in Connecticut.
The 2008 season has been good to Cink as he has only missed one cut in 15 events, recording 11 top 25 finishes. He has seven top 10s, including two runner-ups and two third [...]
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Jun 23rd, 2008 |
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Eun-Hee Ji recorded her first LPGA Tour victory at the Wegmans LPGA in Pittsford, New York. She is enjoying a good sophomore season with two top 10s to go along with the win in 13 events, making nine cuts.
Ji finished fourth at the Safeway International, presented by Coca-Cola for her best finish before the Wegmans [...]
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Jun 18th, 2008 |
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Tiger Woods announced that he will undergo season-ending, reconstructive knee surgery to repair a torn ACL in his left knee, his fourth surgery on his that knee. Apparently, Woods tore ligaments in his knee at last years British Open. Woods also revealed that he is suffering from stress fractures in his left tibia that were [...]
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Jun 9th, 2008 |
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Justin Leonard claimed his first victory of the 2008 PGA Tour season at the Stanford St. Jude Championship, beating Trevor Immelman and Robert Allenby on the second hole of a sudden death playoff.
Having a successful 2008, Leonard has only missed one cut in 15 events and recorded five top 10 finishes. He was the runner-up [...]
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Jun 9th, 2008 |
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With her sudden death playoff victory, rookie Yani Tseng captures her first major championship at the McDonald’s LPGA Championship and her first LPGA victory.
Tseng turned pro in 2007, playing on the Asian Golf Tour and the CN Canadian Women’s Tour. On the Asian Tour, she won the DLF Women’s Indian Open. She also won the [...]
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Jun 2nd, 2008 |
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Having made it know that his season goal is to make the Ryder Cup team and play for his country in his home state of Kentucky, Kenny Perry is the hottest golfer on the PGA Tour right now. He just claimed his first win of the season with a final round of 69 at the [...]
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Jun 2nd, 2008 |
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In her third year on the LPGA Tour, Seon Hwa Lee pulled off a nine-shot comeback win at the Ginn Tribute Hosted by ANNIKA at the RiverTowne Country Club. She outlasted Hall of Famer Karrie Webb with a par on the first playoff hole.
She joined the LPGA Tour in 2006 after finishing first on the [...]
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