May 21, 2013

Golf Recap: Great debut for Castro, solid start for Woods and McIlroy

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy had their best start ever Thursday in The Players Championship. It still wasn’t enough to catch Roberto Castro, who had never played the TPC Sawgrass and made a debut he won’t soon forget. Castro hit shots into tap-in range on the famed 17th and [...]

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: Phil Mickelson has two-shot lead at Quail Hollow

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — Phil Mickelson has figured out the secret to the greens at Quail Hollow. Or maybe he’s just had a lot of good bounces for two days. Mickelson opened with a pair of 15-foot birdie putts, dropped in a 40-foot putt at the turn, and made back-to-back birdies late in his round [...]

Golf Roundup: Rory McIlroy among logjam at top

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — For all the talk about the greens, Rory McIlroy’s most important club was his driver Thursday in the Wells Fargo Championship. McIlroy kept the ball in play at Quail Hollow and gave himself plenty of birdie chances on a cloudy, soft afternoon in Charlotte, N.C. He ran off six birdies in [...]

Golf Roundup: Day, Leishman keep Australian flag flying

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — England’s Brian Davis took the first-round lead in the RBC Heritage, while Jason Day and Marc Leishman kept the Australian flag flying high in Hilton Head Island, S.C. Four days after countryman Adam Scott became the first Australian to win the Masters, Day and Leishman shot 4-under 67 to finish two [...]

Golf – The Master 2013: Comfortable, confident Tiger Woods is ready to win the Masters again

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(PhatzRadio / Golf.com) — AUGUSTA, Ga. — Two things were obvious here Tuesday: Tiger Woods looks like a spring chicken again, and walking into Augusta National makes me write like a 92-year-old man. Let’s just say he is really good at golf again, and in a fabulous mood. Woods cracked jokes with the media, talked [...]

The Masters 2013 first-round tee times: Tiger off at 10:45 a.m. Thursday

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(PhatzRadio / Golf.com) — The initial pairings for the two opening rounds for the Masters have been released. Tiger Woods tees off in Group 15 at 10:45 a.m. ET along with Luke Donald and Scott Piercy. Phil Mickelson joins last year’s runner-up Louis Oosthuizen and Martin Kaymer at 1:30 p.m. in perhaps the most intriguing [...]

Golf Recap: Martin Laird ties course record with 63 to win Texas Open, Rory McIlroy finishes second

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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: Billy Horschel maintains lead at Texas Open; Rory McIlroy four shots behind

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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Billy Horschel was confident about his chances of staying on top at the Texas Open after taking the second-round lead. The relatively unknown up-and-comer lived up to his words on Saturday, holding off an experienced leaderboard to shoot a 2-under 70 and take a two-shot lead entering the final round. Horschel [...]

Golf Recap: McIlroy gets off to slow start, trails Bettencourt, Tomasulo in Texas

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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Matt Bettencourt has spent the last year searching for answers to his severe asthma problem. The journeyman PGA golfer finally found that answer last week, in the form of the right combination of medication. His comfort showed on the golf course Thursday as he shot a 5-under par 67 to earn [...]