PGA
Spotlight: Carl PetterssonCarl 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 [...]
Carl Pettersson grabs his first victory in two years with a two-shot victory at the Wyndham Championship.
Pettersson shot 68 in the final round to edge out Scott McCarron, who shot 64 and 68 over the weekend. After making two birdies on the front nine, Pettersson lost his lead after back-to-back bogeys on the 10th and [...]
Carl Pettersson shot 66 in the third round to stay on top of the leaderboard with a two shot edge over Scott McCarron, who shot his second straight 64, at the Wyndham Championship at the Sedgefield Country Club.
Pettersson started the day with four pars and then made an eagle on the fifth hole and two birdies [...]
Carl Pettersson shot 61 in the second round of the Wyndham Championship at the Sedgefield Country Club to open up a three shot lead heading into the weekend of the PGA Tour’s final regular season event.
Pettersson set the tournament record with his round and tied the PGA 36-hole mark with a 15-under, 125 score. His [...]
Padraig Harrington wins the PGA Championship by two shots, sealing the victory with a clutch par putt on the final hole. Having to play two rounds Sunday, Harrington was near flawless carding 66 in the third and fourth rounds to take his second straight major championship.
The third round ended on Sunday and most of the field played a [...]
Andres Romero shot a record-tying 65 in the third round that was cancelled with six players yet to tee off, including second-round leader J. B. Holmes. Romero’s round is only the seventh 65 at Oakland Hills in a major championship.
Rains and thunder brought the players into the clubhouse just past 2:00 p.m. and, four hours [...]
The first round was called due to darkness with 18 players still on the course thanks to an 85 minute rain delay. In the clubhouse with the lead are Robert Karlsson and Jeev Milkha Singh with rounds of 68, two-under par, with Andres Romero tied with two holes still to play.
There are only seven players [...]
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 [...]
Vijay Singh sunk a three-foot par putt to win the World Golf Championship-Bridgestone Invitational by a shot. With his first win of the season and 32nd of his career, Singh passes Harry “Lighthorse” Cooper with the most career PGA Tour victories for an international player.
Singh shot 68, two-under par, in the final round and took control [...]
Vijay Singh, Phil Mickelson and Lee Westwood share the lead at the World Golf Championship-Bridgeston Invitational after three rounds of play. The three are at eight-under par for the tournament and hold a shot lead over Stuart Appleby.
Singh (69) struggled with the putter but made five birdies to four bogeys. Mickelson was even-par after 13 [...]
LPGA
Spotlight: Katherine HullFifth-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 [...]
Down six-strokes at the start of the day, Katherine Hull scored a final round 69 to catch the leaders and grab her first LPGA Tour victory at the CN Canadian Women’s Open at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club.
Hull had three birdies on the front nine and, after a bogey on the 10th hole, added [...]
Fueled by a course record 64, Yani Tseng moved into a tie with Lorena Ochoa after the second round was completed on Saturday morning at the CN Canadian Women’s Open. Tseng continued her hot streak with a 68 in the third round today, opening up a four shot lead over Se Ri Pak with Ochoa [...]
Ochoa leads rain delayed Canadian OpenLorena Ochoa leads the way after rain shortened the second round of play at the CN Women’s Canadian Open at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club. Ochoa has completed two rounds with scores of 66 and 68, leading Katherine Hull (71, 65) and Yani Tseng by two shots. Tseng is still on the course.
Nearly half [...]
Korea’s Ji-Yai Shin shot a final round 66 to take the RICOH Women’s British Open title by three shots.
Shin, who plays full time on the Korean LPGA Tour, was bogey-free on the day and took over the lead with a birdie at the ninth hole. She opened up a three shot lead after draining a 45-foot [...]
Yuri Fudoh will go into the final round of the RICOH Women’s British Open with a one shot edge over Ji-Yai Shin.
Fudoh shot a 69 in the third round after carding five birdies to two bogeys in the third round. Shin, who co-lead after two rounds, shot a 70 falling back of Fudoh after making [...]
Yuri Fudoh and Ji-Yai Shin matched each others 66-68 opening rounds at the RICOH Women’s British Open to take a one shot lead over first round leader Juli Inkster, who shot 70.
With 30 mile-per-hour wind gusts, weather always plays a factor at the British Open - men or women. The leaderboard has 12 players within [...]
Juli Inkster fired an opening round 65 to take a one shot lead after the opening round of the Women’s British Open.
With an eagle on the par-4 ninth hole, Inkster finished the front nine at four-under par and totaled five birdies with the eagle. She leads seven players who shot 66s in the first round. In [...]
Angela Park shot 68 in the second round to grab a one-shot lead heading into the weekend of the Evian Masters. She is ahead of two-time champion Helen Alfredsson (1994, 1998), who shot 63 in the second round.
Park, the 2007 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year, was bogey-free for the second straight round as [...]
Lorena Ochoa is in a familiar position in France, holding a one-shot lead after the opening round of the Evian Masters.
Ochoa shot a seven-under par, 65. Ochoa carded one birdie and eight pars on the front nine. She beat up the back nine to the tune of six birdies, making par on the other three [...]
Majors
Two in a row: Harrington wins PGA ChampionshipPadraig Harrington wins the PGA Championship by two shots, sealing the victory with a clutch par putt on the final hole. Having to play two rounds Sunday, Harrington was near flawless carding 66 in the third and fourth rounds to take his second straight major championship.
The third round ended on Sunday and most of the field played a [...]
Andres Romero shot a record-tying 65 in the third round that was cancelled with six players yet to tee off, including second-round leader J. B. Holmes. Romero’s round is only the seventh 65 at Oakland Hills in a major championship.
Rains and thunder brought the players into the clubhouse just past 2:00 p.m. and, four hours [...]
The first round was called due to darkness with 18 players still on the course thanks to an 85 minute rain delay. In the clubhouse with the lead are Robert Karlsson and Jeev Milkha Singh with rounds of 68, two-under par, with Andres Romero tied with two holes still to play.
There are only seven players [...]
Korea’s Ji-Yai Shin shot a final round 66 to take the RICOH Women’s British Open title by three shots.
Shin, who plays full time on the Korean LPGA Tour, was bogey-free on the day and took over the lead with a birdie at the ninth hole. She opened up a three shot lead after draining a 45-foot [...]
Yuri Fudoh will go into the final round of the RICOH Women’s British Open with a one shot edge over Ji-Yai Shin.
Fudoh shot a 69 in the third round after carding five birdies to two bogeys in the third round. Shin, who co-lead after two rounds, shot a 70 falling back of Fudoh after making [...]
Yuri Fudoh and Ji-Yai Shin matched each others 66-68 opening rounds at the RICOH Women’s British Open to take a one shot lead over first round leader Juli Inkster, who shot 70.
With 30 mile-per-hour wind gusts, weather always plays a factor at the British Open - men or women. The leaderboard has 12 players within [...]
Juli Inkster fired an opening round 65 to take a one shot lead after the opening round of the Women’s British Open.
With an eagle on the par-4 ninth hole, Inkster finished the front nine at four-under par and totaled five birdies with the eagle. She leads seven players who shot 66s in the first round. In [...]
The LPGA stays in Europe this week for the final major championship of the season - the RICOH Women’s British Open. Lorena Ochoa won the championship at St. Andrew’s last season for her first major win and is coming off a top 5 finish at last week’s Evian Masters.
It is hard to argue Ochoa as [...]
Padraig Harrington shot 69 in the final round to take the Claret Jug for the second straight year, the 16th player to do so in the 137-year history.
The tournament was his after an eagle on the 17th hole put Harrington up by four shots. He started the back nine after making bogeys on the seventh, eighth and [...]
Greg Norman is turning back the clock a bit as he takes the lead at the British Open at The Royal Birkdale Golf Club heading into the final round. He is two shots better than defending champion Padraig Harrington and K. J. Choi.
Norman shot a two-over par, 72, on a windy day that had measured gusts [...]
