Michelle Wie has been playing LPGA Tour events since she was in the seventh grade, drawing the biggest galleries because of her youth and power, but earning little respect from players because of her preferential treatment. In the 62 tournaments she has played over the last seven years, Wie received 53 exemptions or invitations. [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 1, 2008
The PGA Tour revamped its FedExCup race Tuesday for the third straight year of its existence, this one geared toward making sure the winner of the $10 million prize is decided at the Tour Championship. Tiger Woods was so dominant during the inaugural year in 2007 that he skipped the opening playoff event and [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Woods, a global icon in sports with his 14 major championships, has been carrying the ‘ logo on his golf bag for the last nine years and still had one year left on his contract. But General Motors Corp. was looking to cut costs and hoard cash while trying to survive the worst sales downturn [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Sergio Garcia of Spain has become the first European-born player since 1937 and first from his homeland to win the Vardon Trophy, PGA of America officials have announced. The Vardon Trophy, first presented to English-born “Lighthorse” Harry Cooper in 1937 for season-long scoring excellence, completes the first year in which two of The PGA [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 30, 2008
The inaugural Ginn sur Mer Classic tournament moves just up the Florida coast to the Ginn Hammock Beach Conservatory Course in Palm Coast from last year at Tesoro Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla.After this event in Palm Coast, Fla., the Children’s Miracle Network Classic presented by Walmart closes the official 2008 PGA Tour season [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 16, 2008
Padraig Harrington of Ireland, who won this year’s British Open and PGA Championship, has become the first from his homeland and only the second European player in history to win The PGA of America’s 2008 Player of the Year award. Harrington follows England’s Nick Faldo (1990) as the only Europeans to earn the prestigious season-ending [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Another “Woods” in golf. Cheyenne Woods has golf in her DNA. Cheyenne has the firm grip and a fluid swing and not to mention the eyes and huge smile of her uncle Tiger. Like Tiger, Cheyenne got her first set of clubs at an early age from the late Earl Woods Sr., her grandfather [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Bruce Vaughan won the Senior British Open on Sunday for his first career victory, sinking a 20-foot putt to beat John Cook on the first playoff hole. Who is Bruce Vaughan? • 17 Champions Tour events last season (best finish was 2nd place at Dick’s Sporting Goods) • Finished 44th on money [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 18, 2008
Kenny Perry, one of the hottest players in golf, heads to Milwaukee this week hoping to dethrone Joe Ogilvie as the champion of the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee. A year ago, Ogilvie came from a stoke off the lead entering the final round, shot a 3-under 67 and cruised to a four-shot win over [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 17, 2008
Golf’s major governing bodies stepped up their campaign to get the sport added to the Olympic program in 2016, naming former LPGA Comissioner Ty Votaw to lead the effort. Votaw, now an executive vice president of the PGA Tour, will be loaned out from that post over the next 15 months to represent seven of [...]
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