Posts Tagged ‘ Major ’

Two in a row: Harrington wins PGA Championship

Aug 10th, 2008 | By TeeOff | Category: Golf, Majors, News, PGA

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 [...]



PGA Championship round cancelled; Romero gets in a 65

Aug 9th, 2008 | By TeeOff | Category: Golf, Majors, News, PGA

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 [...]



Two tied as play called at PGA Championship

Aug 7th, 2008 | By TeeOff | Category: Golf, Majors, News, PGA

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 [...]



Tournament Preview: PGA Championship

Aug 6th, 2008 | By TeeOff | Category: Golf, Preview, Tournaments

Tiger Woods will not be at Oakland Hills to defend his PGA Championship title leaving the door open for a number of players to take hold of the last major championship trophy. 
Vijay Singh has the momentum but he needs to be more steady with the short putts than he was last week in winning the [...]



Fudoh up one at Women’s British Open

Aug 2nd, 2008 | By TeeOff | Category: Golf, LPGA, Majors, News

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 [...]



Fudoh, Shin tied for Women’s British Open lead

Aug 1st, 2008 | By TeeOff | Category: Golf, LPGA, Majors, News

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 [...]



Inkster on top at the Women’s British Open

Jul 31st, 2008 | By TeeOff | Category: Golf, LPGA, Majors, News

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 [...]



Tournament Preview: RICOH Women’s British Open

Jul 30th, 2008 | By TeeOff | Category: Golf, Majors, Preview, Tournaments

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 [...]



Luck of the Irish…not this time: Harrington repeats at the British Open

Jul 20th, 2008 | By TeeOff | Category: Golf, Majors, News, PGA

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 [...]



Shark bite: Norman up two at the British Open

Jul 19th, 2008 | By TeeOff | Category: Golf, Majors, News, PGA

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 [...]