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Sep 30, 2007 5:43 AM CDT

US Cruising to Presidents Cup Victory

Americans have huge lead, but singles play may provide sparks

(Newser) - The Americans' trouncing of the International team in yesterday's Presidents Cup matches brings the standings to14½-7½, which leaves little chance for Gary Player's Internationals to rally. But ESPN forecasts some potential drama in today's 12 singles matches with Phil Mickelson teeing off against Fiji's Vijay Singh, and Canadian Mike...

US Sinks International Golfers

Sep 28, 2007 6:09 AM CDT

US Sinks International Golfers

Euros don't win a single match in first round of President's Cup

(Newser) - The first round of the President's Cup couldn't have gone much better for the US team—or much worse for the International team. Strong performances by a number of golfers, including Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods, kept the International team from winning a single match.

Greg Norman's Ex Dishes Dirt on Evert

Sep 24, 2007 7:29 AM CDT

Greg Norman's Ex Dishes Dirt on Evert

Says tennis star pursued golf champ right in front of her

(Newser) - Greg Norman’s former wife would still be his current wife, she says, if not for tennis star Chris Evert’s brazen pursuit of the former World No. 1. “She came after him. I have never seen anything like it,” Laura Andrassy tells the Daily Mail, saying Evert...

Golf Groups Ban Drugs, Will Start Screening

Sep 20, 2007 4:44 PM CDT

Golf Groups Ban Drugs, Will Start Screening

PGA will implement its new anti-doping policy beginning next season

(Newser) - Finally catching up with other professional sports, major golf groups today announced new anti-doping policies, to be put into effect in 2008. Though the PGA Tour isn't adopting the World Anti-Doping Association list of banned substances, the AP reports, it has its own laundry list, which includes anabolic agents, hormones,...

Woods Grabs Daily Double

Sep 17, 2007 6:19 AM CDT

Woods Grabs Daily Double

He walks away with Tour Championship and Fedex Cup

(Newser) - Tiger Woods bolstered his case yesterday as the best golfer ever—not once, but twice. Woods ran away from the field at the Tour Championship, winning for the second straight year, and setting tour records along the way. That victory also secured Woods the Fedex Cup, which will net him...

Clark Ties
East Lake Record

Sep 14, 2007 5:13 AM CDT

Clark Ties East Lake Record

His 62 is a bright spot on a soggy first day for the PGA Tour

(Newser) - With an 8 under par, South African Tim Clark began the PGA Tour Championship by tying the 62-stroke record at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, reports the Kansas City Star. Only nine of his fellow golfers can compare their scores to his, however, as severe weather delays kept the...

Tiger to Skip PGA in Bermuda

Sep 13, 2007 2:43 AM CDT

Tiger to Skip PGA in Bermuda

Furyk will putt in his place while Woods spends time with family

(Newser) - Tiger Woods will not be playing in the PGA Grand Slam of Golf in Bermuda this October, citing a desire to spend more time with his family, AP reports. The seven-time PGA Grand Slam champion will be focusing on his new daughter, Sam Alexis, and wife Elin Nordegren. Alternate Jim...

Stricker Strikes It Big at Barclays

Aug 27, 2007 1:46 AM CDT

Stricker Strikes It Big at Barclays

'I never knew if I was going to win again,' says golfer after six-year dry spell

(Newser) - Steve Stricker shot a final-round 69 at The Barclays yesterday to best K.J. Choi and hoist his first trophy in over six years. Stricker's four birdies in the final five holes capped a masterful run at Choi, who'd taken a one-stroke lead with two enormous birdie putts. Stricker's 16-under...

Choi Takes Lead at Barclays

Aug 24, 2007 10:23 PM CDT

Choi Takes Lead at Barclays

(Newser) - K.J. Choi gave Tiger Woods a run for his money at the Barclays today, even though the new dad wasn't entered in the first round of the FedEx Cup. Choi, who's having his best year in golf, made a 5-under 66, giving him a two-shot lead over Rich Beem...

Bill Murray's Perfect Day Ruined

Aug 22, 2007 5:36 PM CDT

Bill Murray's Perfect Day Ruined

Actor admits to driving golf cart under the influence in Sweden

(Newser) - Bill Murray stole a scene out of “Caddyshack” today by admitting to driving a golf cart through downtown Sweden while under the influence. When cops pulled him over, the lively thespian refused to take a breathalyzer test but did sign a statement admitting he had been drinking. Police said...

Tiger Designing First Golf Course

Aug 15, 2007 5:20 AM CDT

Tiger Designing First Golf Course

Champ plans challenging game in Blue Ridge Mountains

(Newser) - Super champ Tiger Woods is ready to hit the greens again—this time with his first-ever design for a golf course. He's planning a whole new 18 holes on a scenic spread in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains. Describing himself as a "minimalist," Woods said he'll rely on...

Tiger Woods Takes PGA

Aug 12, 2007 9:08 PM CDT

Tiger Woods Takes PGA

(Newser) - Tiger Woods collected his 13th career major by winning the PGA Championship on the steamy Southern Hills course in Tulsa today, scoring a 1-under 69 for a two-shot victory over Woody Austin. Woods was the first major champion in seven tries, Newsday reports, to make a par on the...

Garcia DQed
for Math Error

Aug 12, 2007 8:15 AM CDT

Garcia DQed for Math Error

2007 meltdown continues for golf's unluckiest man

(Newser) - An error on a scorecard he signed caused Sergio Garcia to be disqualified from the PGA Championship in Tulsa, the culmination of a nightmare 2007 for him. The Spaniard's partner, Boo Weekley, misrecorded Garcia's 17th hole as a 4 when it was a 5. Had Garcia remained, he would have...

Woods Tees Up Victory in Tulsa

Aug 11, 2007 9:32 PM CDT

Woods Tees Up Victory in Tulsa

Tiger emerges as favorite at 7 under after workmanlike 3rd round

(Newser) - After an historic 7-under 63 at Southern Hills, Tiger Woods had no problem holding his lead in the third round of the PGA Championship today, even with a decidedly average 1-under 69. Woods will go into the final with a three-stroke lead over Stephen Ames—a position in which he's...

Woods Catches Fire in Tulsa

Aug 11, 2007 8:03 AM CDT

Woods Catches Fire in Tulsa

Tiger storms into PGA lead with 7-under 63, tying record

(Newser) - In his last chance to win a major in 2007, Tiger Woods hit a record-tying 63 in yesterday's second round at the PGA Championship in Tulsa. He recorded eight birdies against one bogey and would have hit 62, a score never achieved in 403 Grand Slam events, had his 18th-hole...

Chain-Smoking Daly Dominates on Day 1

Aug 10, 2007 5:50 AM CDT

Chain-Smoking Daly Dominates on Day 1

Golf's wild child putts his way to 2nd with 3-under 67 in Tulsa

(Newser) - John Daly, the hard-living golfer and author of the confessional, "My Life In and Out of the Rough," came out gangbusters on Day 1 of the last major event of 2007, the PGA Championship. Sustained by Diet Coke and Marlboros, the 41-year-old withstood 110-degree heat and put on...

Tiger Gears Up for Championship

Aug 8, 2007 6:38 AM CDT

Tiger Gears Up for Championship

Hopes Firestone success will carry over to PGA Championship at Southern Hills

(Newser) - Tiger Woods hopes to carry last week's success at Firestone over to this week's PGA Championship at Southern Hills, a course where he's struggled in the past—he finished 12th there in the 2001 US Open. But his strategy will be markedly different from the one that carried him to...

Tiger Trounces the Field at Firestone

Aug 6, 2007 6:31 AM CDT

Tiger Trounces the Field at Firestone

Heads to PGA Championship with confidence high

(Newser) - At Sunday's Bridgestone Invitational Tiger Woods did what Tiger Woods does best: win. He left the field, including rival Rory Sabbatini, in the dust for an eight-shot victory. Aside from a crazy 9th hole, where the entire final group struggled, Tiger was dominant. He now heads to...

Harrington Wins British Open

Jul 22, 2007 2:26 PM CDT

Harrington Wins British Open

Irishman is first European to charm claret jug away in eight years

(Newser) - Ireland's Padraig Harrington became the first European to win the British Open since 1999 today, shooting a 4-under 67 in the final round to force a four-hole playoff with Spain's Sergio Garcia. In one of the tightest finishes the unforgiving Carnoustie Links has ever seen, Harrington hit twice into the...

Tiger Good, Garcia Better at British Open

Jul 20, 2007 3:02 AM CDT

Tiger Good, Garcia Better at British Open

Garcia leads the pack at six-under 65 after Day One in Carnoustie

(Newser) - In a year characterized by high scores and sloppy majors play, Carnoustie has thus far proved the antidote; 24 players finished under par after day one, led by Spain's Sergio Garcia at a 6-under 65. Carnoustie was Garcia's first major tournament, in 1999, when he hit an 89 on the...