Tag Archives: Tournament
SBS Championship kicks off 2010 PGA TOUR season
The 2010 PGA TOUR season gets underway this week in Hawaii. The SBS Championship invites all 2009 tournament winners to play the Plantation Course at Kapalua Resort and this year’s event fields 28 of them, including all four major championship winners.
Though the top two PGA stars – Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson – will not [...]
Furyk wins Chevron World Challenge
Jim Furyk secured his first win since 2007 with final round 67 at the Sherwood Country Club to take home the Chevron World Challenge trophy. Furyk’s five-under par final round gave him a one-shot edge over Graeme McDowell, who took Tiger Woods’ spot after the tournament host withdrew.
McDowell held the lead heading into the final [...]
Yang leads Chevron World Challenge
Y. E. Yang shot 65 in the second round of the Chevron World Challenge to take a two shot lead over Padraig Harrington, Kenny Perry and Ian Poulter heading into the weekend.
The tournament, which benefits the Tiger Woods Foundation, has been overshadowed by the news of Tiger Woods’ car accident and confessed “indescressions.” But, the [...]
Preview: Chevron World Challenge
Eighteen of the best players in the world, including tournament host Tiger Woods, are in California for the Chevron World Challenge, benefiting the Tiger Woods Foundation and its Tiger Woods Learning Center youth education facility. The Sherwood Country Club, a Jack Nicklaus design, will once again play host to this elite event.
The field consists of [...]
Nordqvist wins LPGA Tour Championship
Anna Nordqvist won the LPGA Tour Championship by two shots over Lorena Ochoa for her second win of her 2009 rookie season. The season-ending event was shortened to 54-holes after heavy rains washed out play on Saturday.
Nordqvist, who won the McDonald’s LPGA Championship earlier in the season, shot a seven-under par, 65, in the final [...]
LPGA Tour Championship delayed by rain
The second round of the LPGA Tour Championship at The Houstonian Golf & Country Club in Texas was suspended due to darkness after rain kept play delayed until the afternoon. Only 58 of 116 players started the second round as play will resume Saturday morning.
There will be a first cut made after the second round [...]
Ochoa leads LPGA Tour Championship
Lorena Ochoa leads the LPGA Tour Championship with a first round 66, six-under par, to lead Reilley Rankin by one shot at The Houstonian Golf & Country Club in Houston, Texas.
Ochoa started her round on the 10th hole with a birdie and added another on the 12th hole before finishing the side bogey-birdie. After a [...]
Preview: LPGA Tour Championship
The LPGA is in Houston, Texas for the season-ending LPGA Tour Championship, presented by Rolex. The Houstonian Golf and Country Club will play host as the top 120 players in the world fight for a share of the $1.5 million prize.
The two top ranked players in the world – Lorena Ochoa and [...]
Wie gets first LPGA win at Lorena Ochoa Invitational
Michelle Wie won her first LPGA tournament with a final round 69 at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational to beat Paula Creamer by two shots at the Guadalajara Country Club in Mexico.
Wie, who shared the lead with Cristie Kerr at the start of the day, had to fight off a great charge by Creamer, who shot [...]
Playoff win for Ames at Children’s Miracle Network Classic
Stephen Ames beat Justin Leonard and George McNeill in a playoff to win the Children’s Miracle Network Classic for the second time in three years. Ames shot 64 on Disney’s Magnolia Course to move up from eighth place in the final round.
Ames got off to a great start, making four birdies in the first [...]
Kerr, Wie tied at Lorena Ochoa Invitational
Cristie Kerr and Michelle Wie are tied for the lead at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational at the Guadalajara Country Club in Mexico. The pair hold a one-shot lead over Jiyai Shin, Paula Creamer and Song-Hee Kim heading into the final round.
Kerr shot a bogey-free 67 on Saturday to take the lead at 10-under par. [...]
Four tied at Children’s Miracle Network Classic
Mathias Gronberg shot a six-under par, 66, to catch leader Justin Leonard for a share of the lead at the Children’s Miracle Network Classic after three rounds at the Disney Magnolia Course in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The pair are joined at the top of the leaderboard with Justin Rose and George McNeill, who [...]
Shin opens 3-shot lead at Lorena Ochoa Invitational
Jiyai Shin shot 66 in the second round at the Guadalajara Country Club to take a three shot lead over Paula Creamer and Michelle Wie in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational.
Shin, who currently leads the Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year races, moved into the lead with a bogey-free round. She made three [...]
Leonard leads Children’s Miracle Network Classic
Justin Leonard shot 64, eight-under par, in the second round to take a two shot lead over Justin Rose and George McNeill at the Children’s Miracle Network Classic.
Leonard, who played Disney’s Palm Course, started the second round on the 10th hole and made four straight birdies. A bogey on the 14th hole was followed by [...]
Rose leads Children’s Miracle Network Classic, Fowler in second
Justin Rose shot 65 on Disney’s Palm Course to lead the Children’s Miracle Network Classic by one shot over Rickie Fowler, Greg Owen and Casey Wittenberg.
Rose, who started the first round on the 10th hole, made birdies on the 11th, 13th and 14th holes to get off to a solid start, closing out the side [...]
Preview: Children’s Miracle Network Classic
The PGA TOUR is in Florida for the final tournament of the 2009 season – the Children’s Miracle Network Classic at Disney’s Magnolia and Palm courses. Davis Love III earned his 20th TOUR victory, earning a lifetime exemption on the PGA TOUR, with a final round 64 to beat Tommy Gainey by one shot.
Love comes [...]
Preview: Lorena Ochoa Invitational
The LPGA returns to North America for the Lorena Ochoa Invitational, presented by Banames and Corona Light, at the Guadalajara Country Club in Mexico. Last year, Angela Stanford made two birdies on the back nine to beat Annika Sorenstam and Brittany Lang by one shot.
This year, Stanford will have to fight back 36 of the [...]
Song wins LPGA Mizuno Classic
Bo Bae Song beat Lorena Ochoa by three shots to win the LPGA Mizuno Classic at the Kintetsu Kashikojima Country Club in Shima-shi, Mie, Japan. Song, who plays on the Japan LPGA, shot 68 in the final round for a 15-under par total for her first LPGA Tour victory.
Song made five birdies through 13 holes [...]
Mickelson wins World Golf Championship-HSBC Champions
Phil Mickelson made a birdie on the 17th hole to hold off the charging Ernie Els to win the World Golf Championship-HSBC Champions at Sheshan International Golf Club in Shanghai, China.
Mickelson made a clutch par save on the 16th hole to bounce back from a whiffed flop shot before making his 10-foot birdie putt on [...]
Mickelson leads Woods, Watney at HSBC Champions
Phil Mickelson took a two-shot lead over Tiger Woods and Nick Watney after shooting 67 in the third round of the World Golf Championship-HSBC Champions at the Sheshan International Golf Club in Shanghai, China. Mickelson and Woods will be paired in the final group for the first time since 2005 at Doral, where Woods erased [...]
Choi wins Hana Bank KOLON Championship
Na Yeon Choi wins the Hana Bank KOLON Championship with a birdie on the final hole at the Sky 72 Golf Club in South Korea. Choi edged out Yani Tseng and Maria Hjorth by one shot for her second victory of the 2009 LPGA season.
Choi shot a bogey-free 67 in the final round. She carded [...]
PGA TOUR postpones first round of Viking Classic
The first round of the Viking Classic was postponed due to heavy rains that left the Annandale Country Club in Madison, Mississippi unplayable. With no PGA TOUR event scheduled next week and rains expected overnight and Friday, there is no guarantee that the event will be finished by Monday, if not shortened.
Preview: Hana Bank KOLON Championship
The LPGA Tour is in South Korea for the Hana Bank KOLON Championship at the Sky 72 Golf Club. The event kicks off a two week Asian stretch on the LPGA schedule. Defending champion Candie Kung, who was runner-up at this year’s U. S. Women’s Open, looks to earn her first victory of the 2009 [...]
Preview: Viking Classic
The PGA TOUR heads to the Annadale Golf Club in Mississippi for the Viking Classic, where Will MacKenzie looks to find the magic that gave him a playoff victory here last season. The Fall Series has had its storylines but none are bigger than Rickie Fowler, who enters the Viking Classic as the hottest player [...]
Ogilvy repeats at PGA season opener