(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: Sang-Moon Bae gets 1st PGA Tour victory, holding off Keegan Bradley at Byron Nelson
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Golf: Tiger’s breathtaking victory was tempered by a soap opera sideshow
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(PhatzRadio / Golf.com) — There is the golfer and there is the man, and both are great, as Jay Gatsby was great, as Barry Bonds and Mickey Mantle and Michael Jordan were great. Can you imagine someone more exciting and flawed and unknowable than Tiger Woods? For a half-hour there at the finale of the [...]
Golf: Tiger Woods wins Players Championship as Sergio Garcia collapses on 17th hole
May 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(Richard Heathcote/Getty Images. Tiger Woods at No. 18 at the Players Championship as he won his 78th title. Sergio GarcÃa was six over on the final two holes.) PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A weekend filled with sharp words between Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia came down to one last showdown Sunday in The [...]
Golf: Tiger Woods hangs on to win The Players Championship
May 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Story Highlights Tiger Woods finishes with a 2-under 70 to win The Players Championship It was Woods’ 78th PGA Tour victory and second Players title David Lingmerth, Kevin Streelman and Jeff Maggert tied for second, two shots back (PhatzRadio / AP) — PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Digging deep after dunking his tee shot into [...]
Golf Roundup: Mickelson stumbles to 73, hits spectator in head, but still tied for lead
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(PhatzRadio / AP) — Phil Mickelson and Nick Watney wound up tied for the lead Saturday in the Wells Fargo Championship, minus the separation from the rest of the field. Mickelson hit a shot out-of-bounds on the 15th hole and hit another shot that struck a spectator in the head, costing him three shots over [...]
Golf Roundup: Pettersen wins LPGA tourney in Hawaii; Hoffman has PGA Tour lead
April 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / AP) — Suzann Pettersen won the LPGA Lotte Championship on Saturday in Kapolei, Hawaii, beating Lizette Salas with a par on the first hole of a playoff after Salas chunked her approach shot into the water. Pettersen, the leader after the second and third rounds at Ko Olina, bogeyed the final hole of [...]
Golf Recap: Martin Laird ties course record with 63 to win Texas Open, Rory McIlroy finishes second
April 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Martin Laird tied the course record with a 9-under par 63 to hold off Rory McIlroy to earn his first win in more than two years at the Texas Open. Laird began Sunday four shots behind leader Billy Horschel, but posted a bogey-free round to finish 14 under overall and earn [...]
Golf Recap: Points has an old putter and takes early lead in Houston
March 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / AP) — HUMBLE, Texas – The putter D.A. Points once took from his mother paid off nicely for him Thursday in the Houston Open. Points opened with five straight birdies and wound up with an 8-under 64 on a pleasant morning with only moderate wind at Redstone Golf Club. He had a one-shot [...]
Golf Roundup: Streelman emerges from pack to win Tampa for first career title
March 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Kevin Streelman plays a shot on the 14th hole during the final round of the Tampa Bay Championship at the Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club on March 17, 2013 in Palm Harbor, Florida. (March 16, 2013 – Source: Sam Greenwood/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / AP) — PALM HARBOR, Fla.: Kevin Streelman finally won in [...]
Golf Roundup: McIlroy storms off course at Honda Classic
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Martin Kaymer of Germany and Tiger Woods of USA watch on the second hole during the first round of the Honda Classic on February 28, 2013 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. (February 27, 2013 – Source: Stuart Franklin/Getty Images North America) PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Rory McIlroy left before his round was even [...]
