(Reuters) – The royal and ancient game of golf, renowned for its etiquette and self-imposed penalties, has undergone many changes to the rules over its 600-year history but few issues have triggered as much debate as the proposal to outlaw the anchoring of putters. In a genteel sport where an inadvertent cough on a downswing [...]
Woods: Garcia comment hurtful, time to move on
May 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Sergio Garcia apologized to Tiger Woods on Wednesday for saying he would have “fried chicken” at dinner with his rival, a comment that Woods described as hurtful and inappropriate. “I want to send an unreserved apology. I did not want to offend anyone,” Garcia said Wednesday. “My answer was totally [...]
Golf: Anchors away! Golf adopts rule to outlaw putters anchored to the body
May 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(Darron Cummings, Associated Press – Ap) (PhatzRadio / AP) — Golf’s two governing bodies outlawed the anchored putting stroke used by four of the last six major champions, approving a new rule that starts in 2016 and urging the PGA Tour to follow along so the 600-year-old sport is still played under one set of [...]
Golf Recap: Sang-Moon Bae gets 1st PGA Tour victory, holding off Keegan Bradley at Byron Nelson
May 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / AP) — IRVING, Texas – Sang-Moon Bae watched anxiously after hitting his tee shot at the par-3 17th hole Sunday in the Byron Nelson Championship. When the ball landed on the front edge of the green fronted by water, he bent his knees and leaned backward obviously relieved. He was only a few [...]
Golf Recap: Keegan Bradley’s lead shrinks to one stroke at Byron Nelson
May 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Keegan Bradley still hasn’t gotten things right on the 18th hole at the Byron Nelson Championship, even when finally going left. The bogeys on the closing hole at TPC Four Seasons haven’t cost him the lead yet. Bradley overcame consecutive bogeys early and bogeyed No. 18 for the third round in [...]
Golf Recap: Keegan Bradley leads by three strokes at Byron Nelson
May 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Keegan Bradley again bogeyed Nos. 1 and 18 in the second round of the Byron Nelson Championship. Unlike the first round, Bradley didn’t set a course record. But he still finished with a three-stroke lead. Bradley started and ended his round Friday with those bogeys, part of a 1-under 69 that [...]
Golf: Hall of Famer Venturi dies aged 82
May 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(Reuters) – Former U.S. Open champion and television broadcaster Ken Venturi, a 14-times winner on the PGA Tour, died on Friday at the age of 82 following various health complications. Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame just 11 days ago, Venturi had been in hospital for the last two months for a spinal [...]
Thursday’s Golf Roundup: Keegan Bradley shoots 60 to lead Byron Nelson
May 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / AP) — Irving, Texas — Keegan Bradley had no thoughts about a course record, or the possibility of a 59, after consecutive bogeys in the middle of his opening round at the Byron Nelson Championship. Until his 136-yard wedge shot on his final hole Thursday. “It was going right at it. (A 59) [...]
Sports: Garcia’s remark again roils racial waters in sports
Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia stand on the 11th tee during round three of THE PLAYERS Championship.(Photo: Richard Heathcote, Getty Images) Story Highlights Sergio Garcia’s remark shows how racist language still can stir visceral emotions. “A fried chicken joke, that’s from the museum of historic racist comments” Tiger Woods said he believed there was real [...]