Category — Golf News
Sorenstam to play last tournament in Europe (AP)
Annika Sorenstam will play her last tournament in Europe this weekend at the Nykredit Masters. The second-ranked Swede, who will retire at the end of the season, headlines the Ladies European Tour event at Simon’s Golf Club. “I’m on a kind of goodbye tour and am happy to play in some of the countries that I don’t get the chance to visit too often,” Sorenstam said Thursday on the eve of the 54-hole…
September 4, 2008 No Comments
Havret wins; Wilson clinches Ryder Cup spot
Gregory Havret shot a 3-under 70 on Sunday for a one-stroke victory in the Johnnie Walker Championship and Oliver Wilson finished 10th to clinch Europe’s 10th and final automatic Ryder Cup spot.
September 4, 2008 No Comments
Faldo adds Poulter, Casey to Ryder Cup team
Ian Poulter and Paul Casey were chosen Sunday as wild-card picks for Europe’s Ryder Cup team.
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Garcia, Weir have their work cut out in order to catch Singh
Players still standing after two weeks of the FedExCup playoffs face a tall order trying to take down the Big Fijian.
September 3, 2008 No Comments
Sponsor asks LPGA to rethink English requirement
LPGA tournament sponsor State Farm Insurance is urging the women’s golf organization to reconsider its recent policy that will …
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Critics should take a mulligan in assessing LPGA policy
A tempest in a tee box flared this past week over the news that the LPGA Tour was requiring all of its international players, …
September 3, 2008 No Comments
Critics need mulligan on LPGA policy
A tempest in a tee box flared this past week over the news that the LPGA Tour was requiring all of its international players, …
September 3, 2008 No Comments
Former U.S. Open champ Tommy Bolt dies at 92
Tommy Bolt, the 1958 U.S. Open champion who had one of golf’s sweetest swings and most explosive tempers, has died. He was 92.
September 3, 2008 No Comments
Adelson: New English rule creates a culture clash
If LPGA Tour Commissioner Carolyn Bivens understood the culture of the South Korean players, she would have known that asking them to learn conversational English was something way outside the norm, writes ESPN The Magazine’s Eric Adelson.
September 3, 2008 No Comments
Dominant Singh has one hand on playoff trophy (Reuters)
Buoyed by victories in his
last two PGA Tour starts, Vijay Singh has all but clinched the
FedExCup ahead of this week’s BMW Championship.
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PREVIEW-Golf-Dominant Singh has one hand on playoff trophy (Reuters)
Buoyed by victories
in his last two PGA Tour starts, Vijay Singh has all but
clinched the FedExCup ahead of this week’s BMW Championship.
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Hall of Fame golfer Tommy ‘Thunder’ Bolt dies
Tommy Bolt, the 1958 U.S. Open champion who had one of golf’s sweetest swings and most explosive tempers, has died. He was 92.
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Garcia, Weir chase Singh in rain-threatened PGA playoffs (AFP)
Spain's Sergio Garcia and Canada's Mike Weir will try to close the gap on PGA playoff leader Vijay Singh of Fiji at the BMW Championship whose start Thursday is threatened by heavy showers.
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US Open champ Tommy Bolt dies at 92 (AP)
Tommy Bolt, the 1958 U.S. Open champion who had one of golf’s sweetest swings and most explosive tempers, has died. He was 92. His wife, Mary Lou Bolt, said he died Saturday after “his liver shut down.” “He was the best man I ever knew,” she said Wednesday. Bolt won 15 times on the PGA Tour, with his lone major at Southern Hills in the 1958 by four shots over Gary Player.
September 3, 2008 No Comments
Former U.S. Open winner Bolt dies (Reuters)
The PGA Tour paid tribute on Wednesday
to former U.S. Open champion Tommy Bolt, who died last week at
the age of 92.
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Mediate was a near-miss for US Ryder Cup team (AFP)
Rocco Mediate suffered another near miss almost as painful as his US Open playoff loss to Tiger Woods when he was a near-miss at being selected for the American Ryder Cup team.
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Golf-Former U.S. Open winner Bolt dies, aged 92 (Reuters)
The PGA Tour paid tribute on
Wednesday to former U.S. Open champion Tommy Bolt, who died last
week at the age of 92.
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Former US Open winner Bolt dies at 92 (AFP)
World Golf Hall of Fame legend Tommy Bolt, the 1958 US Open champion who had battled liver problems, died here on Saturday at age 92, the US PGA Tour announced Wednesday.
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Hall of Famer Bolt dies (PA SportsTicker)
CHEROKEE VILLAGE, Arkansas (Ticker) — Tommy Bolt, the 1958 U.S. Open winner, has died. He was 92.
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Weir regains lead at Deutsche Bank Champ.
Mike Weir holed a 5-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole for a 4-under 67 to take a one-stroke lead Sunday in the Deutsche Bank Championship.
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Sluman shoots 67 to win First Tee Open
Jeff Sluman won the First Tee Open for his second Champions Tour victory, closing with a 5-under 67 at Pebble Beach on Sunday for a five-stroke victory over Fuzzy Zoeller and Craig Stadler.
September 3, 2008 No Comments
Clarke Omission a Shocker
Faldo raises eyebrows with his two captain’s picks for the European team: Ian Poulter and Paul Casey.
September 3, 2008 No Comments
Weather could cause problems at BMW Championship (PA SportsTicker)
By Andrew Both PA SportsTicker Golf Writer
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Former U.S Open champ Tommy Bolt dies at 92
Tommy Bolt, the 1958 U.S. Open champion who had one of golf’s sweetest swings and most explosive tempers, has died. He was …
September 3, 2008 No Comments
Jimenez aims to play all five Ryder Cup matches (Reuters)
Miguel Angel
Jimenez, at 44 the oldest player on the European Ryder Cup
team, is aiming to play all five matches against the U.S. later
this month.
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