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LPGA set to start 2010 season
The LPGA gears up for the first tournament of the 2010 season at the Siam Country Club in Thailand. The Honda-ptt LPGA Thailand kicks off with defending champion Lorena Ochoa ready to take on the best players in the world as they try and knock her from the top seed in the Rolex Rankings.
The LPGA [...]
Preview: Accenture Match Play Championship
The PGA TOUR is split this week as the top players in the world are in Arizona for the World Golf Championship-Accenture Match Play Championship. The Ritz-Carlton GC at Dove Mountain, a Jack Nicklaus design, plays host this week. Geoff Ogilvy is the defending champion and one of the strong favorites to win this week.
The [...]
Johnson repeats at Pebble Beach
Dustin Johnson successfully defending his AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am title with a one-shot victory over David Duval and J. B. Holmes. Johnson made a birdie on the final hole for the win.
Johnson was trailing Paul Goydos with five holes to play. Goydos, who shared the lead at the start of the round, took the [...]
Johnson, Goydos pull away at Pebble Beach
Dustin Johnson and Paul Goydos broke away from a six-way tie at the start of the third round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am with rounds of 64 to take a four-shot lead heading into Sunday’s final round.
Johnson, who played Spyglass Hill Golf Club in the third round, got off to a fast start [...]
Crowd atop Pebble Beach leaderboard
Six players take a share of the lead at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am into the weekend. Tied at 10-under par through two rounds are first round leader, and defending champion, Dustin Johnson, J. B. Holmes, Alex Cejka, Bryce Molder, Matt Jones and Paul Goydos, who shot the low round of the group with [...]
Defending champ Johnson leads at Pebble Beach
Dustin Johnson finished the first round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am with five straight birdies to take a one shot lead over J. B. Holmes and K. J. Choi.
Johnson, who is the defending champion, had made five birdies and two bogeys through the first 11 holes of play. After pars on the 12th [...]
PGA TOUR heads to Pebble Beach
The PGA TOUR stays in California for the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, where Dustin Johnson is the defending champion. Phil Mickelson is the fields headliner once again as he goes for his fourth win at this event.
Mickelson is coming off a disappointing finish at last week’s Northern Trust Open, one that saw him fall [...]
Can Steve Stricker catch Tiger Woods?
It may be a strange question, and one that would never had entered your mind at the beginning of the 2010 PGA TOUR season but…
Steve Stricker is now the second best golfer in the world, according to the Official World Golf Rankings. He took over second place from Phil Mickelson after winning the Northern Trust [...]
Stricker wins Northern Trust Open
Steve Stricker won the Northern Trust Open with a final round 70 on the Riviera Country Club course in Pacific Palisades, California. He was two shots better than Luke Donald, who shot 66 in the final round. The win also puts Stricker in the number two spot on the Official World Golf Rankings, replacing Phil [...]
Stricker sets pace at Northern Trust Open
Steve Stricker set the early pace with a 65 at Riviera Country Club to move into first place at the Northern Trust Open. Rains suspended play with just over 40 players still on the course, including first round leader Dustin Johnson who is tied with Stricker at 10-under par through 16 holes.
Stricker played the back [...]
Johnson leads Northern Trust Open
Dustin Johnson fired an opening round 64 to lead the Northern Trust Open at Riviera Country Club by one shot over Andres Romero and Kevin Stadler. Phil Mickelson, who took the PING wedges out of his bag this week, proved he may need them after all after opening with an one-over par, 72.
Johnson started with [...]
Mickelson looks to defend at Northern Trust Open
The PGA TOUR heads north for the Northern Trust Open this week, where Phil Mickelson tries to shrug off cheating allegations to try and win his third straight at the famed Riviera Country Club.
Mickelson, who played the now infamous PING Eye 2 wedges at the Farmers Insurance Open, comes into this week with a lot [...]
Crane wins Farmers Insurance Open
Ben Crane got off to a good start and finished one shot ahead of Michael Sim, Brandt Snedeker and Marc Leishman for his first PGA TOUR win in five years at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines.
Crane made three birdies in the first five holes to take the lead. He added another on the [...]
Imada leads Farmers Insurance Open, Mickelson four back
Ryuji Imada is 18 holes away from his first PGA TOUR win in two years after a third round 70 on the South Course at Torrey Pines put the Japanese native two shots ahead of Ben Crane and Michael Sim.
Imada saved pars when he needed and made a clutch birdie on the 18th hole to [...]
Mickelson four back at Farmers Insurance Open
Phil Mickelson moved up the leaderboard with a five-under par, 67, on Torrey Pines North Course and heads into the weekend four shots behind leaders D. A. Points and Ryuji Imada, who shot 65 and 68, respectively, on the South Course.
Points and Imada hold a two shot advantage over Michael Sim and Matt Every through [...]
Piercy leads Farmers Insurance Open
Scott Piercy shot 64 on the North Couse at Torrey Pines to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open. Phil Mickelson played the South Course to tw0-under par and is six shots back in his first PGA TOUR event of the season.
Piercy opened the round with eight birdies in [...]
Mickelson kicks off PGA season at Farmers Insurance Open
After three events this year, the 2010 PGA TOUR season has gone virtually unnoticed. Many of the top stars have not played or made an impact in the early season. Now, with the Farmers Insurance Open this week at Torrey Pines, Phil Mickelson headlines a strong field at one of the toughest TOUR stops.
Torrey Pines [...]
Haas gets first PGA win at Bob Hope Classic
Bill Haas won for the first time on the PGA TOUR with a bogey-free final round 64 on the Palmer Course at PGA WEST to beat Bubba Watson, Tim Clark and Matt Kuchar by one shot at the Bob Hope Classic, hosted by Arnold Palmer. Haas is the son of Champions Tour player Jay Haas, [...]
Watson, Prugh tied at Bob Hope Classic
With rains washing out play on Thursday, the Bob Hope Classic, hosted by Arnold Palmer, will have a Monday finish with Bubba Watson and rookie Alex Prugh tied for the lead at 23-under par through four rounds.
Watson held a two shot lead heading into his final hole but, a double-bogey on the 18th at the [...]
Bertsch shoots 62 to lead Bob Hope Classic
Shane Bertsch shot a career low 62 on the Nicklaus Course at PGA WEST to lead the Bob Hope Classic, hosted by Arnold Palmer, by two shots over Jeff Quinney and Alex Prugh.
Bertsch, who made his way back to the PGA TOUR through q-school this winter, was nearly perfect in the first round. He made [...]
Bob Hope Classic up next on PGA TOUR
The PGA TOUR is in California for the start of the Bob Hope Classic, hosted by Arnold Palmer. This unique event is played over four courses in five days. The tournament will finish at the PGA WEST Arnold Palmer Private Course but players will have to find their way through the Nicklaus Private at PGA [...]
Palmer wins Sony Open
Ryan Palmer finished off the wire-to-wire victory at the Sony Open with a final round 66 and a one-shot edge over Robert Allenby.
The pair were tied at the start of the final round and the tournament was played down to the final green, where Palmer made a tap-in birdie following a clutch chip shot. Allenby [...]
Palmer leads PGA TOURs Sony Open
Ryan Palmer shot 66 in the second round of the Sony Open at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii to break from a first round, six-way tie and take the top spot on the leaderboard at the PGA TOUR’s first full-field event in 2010. Zach Johnson, Robert Allenby and Chad Campbell are tied for the [...]
Sony Open offers new beginnings to many PGA TOUR pros
The Sony Open may not be the official start of the PGA TOUR season but it is the first open event on the schedule. With the backdrop of Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Sony Open offers both hope and promise as the 2010 season officially kicks off.
Defending champion Zach Johnson looks to join [...]
Ochoa to defend Honda-PTT LPGA Thailand