Tournament News
Heart In Texas
Sang-Moon Bae surged past Keegan Bradley midway through his final round, then
hung on at the Byron Nelson Championship for his first career PGA Tour title.
PGA Tour Confidential
Good Moon Rising
Is Byron Nelson winner Sang-Moon Bae the next great young player on the PGA
Tour? Our panel discusses this, the best Texas stop and more.
Mediate, a realist, knows he's a long shot
SAN DIEGO (AP) Rocco Mediate, professional golfer. Rocco Mediate, everyman. Rocco Mediate ... sports writer? He played all three to stunningly good effect Saturday at the U.S. Open, never more hilariously than when he tucked himself into a gaggl ...Go to article
Tiger takes Torrey on one leg
SAN DIEGO It was ten seconds that shook the Open. That's how long it took for an eagle putt by Tiger Woods to traverse the 75 feet or so from the back of the 13th green to the bottom of the cup. The eagle propelled Tiger back into red numbers p ...Go to article
Woods hits his stride and makes his move
SAN DIEGO — Prime time on the East Coast is happy hour in the west. As Tiger Woods sauntered down the fifth fairway munching an apple at Torrey Pines on Friday, waves of exuberant fans flanking the fairway cheered lustily. It was 5:20 p.m., Woods had ...Go to article
'Other guy' Scott happy with opening round in U.S. Open
SAN DIEGO (AP) The "other guy" in the marquee threesome was happy with his opening round in the U.S. Open, considering he's playing with a broken bone near his right pinkie. Australian Adam Scott, ranked No. 3 in the world, shot a 2- ...Go to article
Stricker fights both burnout and Torrey Pines
SAN DIEGO (AP) A sizzling start briefly put Steve Stricker atop the U.S. Open leaderboard, not on top of the world. The man who battled Tiger Woods down to the wire at the 2007 FedEx Cup playoffs has been fighting burnout over the last two months. H ...Go to article
Defending champion Cabrera ditches smoking habit
SAN DIEGO (AP) If Angel Cabrera is smoking again this week at Torrey Pines Golf Course, it will be his golf game that's red-hot and not the Lucky Strikes and Camels. The 38-year-old Argentinean has snuffed out his cigarette habit since winning ...Go to article
Notebook: U.S. Open's 1-2-3 pairing is A-OK with Immelman
SAN DIEGO (AP) Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are all for it. Trevor Immelman says he'd pay to watch it - or at the very least, snag a media credential to follow along. The USGA's decision to pair Woods, Mickelson and Adam Scott - Nos. 1 ...Go to article
Mickelson right at home at Torrey Pines
SAN DIEGO (AP) This is one U.S. Open where Phil Mickelson should feel right at home. He grew up in San Diego and played high school matches at Torrey Pines. His photo hangs from the concourse in the San Diego airport, along with the city's othe ...Go to article
Woods coy about his knee, but at peace with playing
SAN DIEGO (AP) The U.S. Open, San Diego style, brought morning fog that clung to the cliffs and spilled over to Torrey Pines Golf Course when Tiger Woods showed up for another nine-hole session Tuesday. The setting could not have been more appropria ...Go to article
AT&T Classic will not return in 2009
ATLANTA (AP) Atlanta's TPC Sugarloaf is losing the AT&T Classic but apparently will be home to a new Champions Tour event. The PGA Tour announced Monday the AT&T Classic will not return to Atlanta in 2009. The tournament, formerly kno ...Go to article
Tiger's knee holds up in practice sessions at Torrey Pines
SAN DIEGO (AP) U.S. Open week arrived at Torrey Pines on Monday, when Tiger Woods had to share the city-owned course with fellow competitors and a gallery that grew at every hole. If anyone didn't realize that Woods had arthroscopic surgery on ...Go to article
Daly disqualified after missing Bay Hill pro-am
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) John Daly woke up Wednesday morning to read that swing coach Butch Harmon fired him. Then he got a phone call when he was at the entrance to Bay Hill letting him know he had been kicked out of the Arnold Palmer Invitational for miss ...Go to article
Tseng wins LPGA Championship in sudden death; Ochoa and Sorenstam miss playoff by a stroke
HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. (AP) In her rookie year on the LPGA Tour, playing in only her third major championship, 19-year-old Yani Tseng felt lucky to become the youngest winner of the LPGA Championship on Sunday. After the day she had at Bulle Rock, that ...Go to article
Gutschewski wins Nationwide Tour event
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Scott Gutschewski won his second career Nationwide Tour title Sunday, closing with a 5-under 66 for a two-stroke victory over Chad Ginn and Esteban Toledo in the Rex Hospital Open. Gutschewski finished with a 14-under 270 total at ...Go to article
Leonard wins Stanford St. Jude on second playoff hole
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Justin Leonard hasn't played in the Ryder Cup since 1999, when his 45-foot putt on the 17th hole at Brookline clinched the largest comeback in the history of the event. He's doing everything he can to make sure he's ...Go to article
