Tournament News
Heartbreak Kid
Phil Mickelson fell just short at the U.S. Open once again -- and there's
only one word for that, writes John Garrity.
PGA Tour Confidential
The Rose And The Thorns
Did Justin Rose win the U.S. Open or did Phil Mickelson lose it? Plus Tiger's
major problems and more.
Kim makes up for missed 5-footer in playoff
BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) Needing only to make a 5-foot putt on No. 18 to win the SemGroup Championship on Sunday, Mi Hyun Kim pushed it right of the hole. But she received a quick chance for redemption, and took advantage of it. Kim, forced into a p ...Go to article
Hoch breaks through on Champions Tour
LAKEWAY, Texas (AP) Scott Hoch fired a final-round 68 Sunday to capture his first Champions Tour victory, winning by two shots over D.A. Weibring at the FedEx Kinko's Classic. Hoch, who turned 50 last year but has battled left wrist problems si ...Go to article
Woods not his best, but still good enough
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Tiger Woods walked with a slight limp toward the 18th green. He was sore and hadn't played his best, yet was minutes away from winning for the ninth time in his last 12 PGA Tour events. Third-round leader Rory Sabbatini had ...Go to article
Williamson shoots 63 in Nationwide win
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) Jay Williamson shot a 7-under 63 in the final round Sunday of the Fort Smith Classic to earn his first Nationwide Tour victory by a stroke. The 40-year-old Williamson posted his fourth straight round in the 60s (69-66-66-63) an ...Go to article
Notebook: Tour deliberating on cut policy
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) It looked as though 70 players would make the cut at the Wachovia Championship until Tripp Isenhour missed a 15-foot par putt on the final hole, dropping the cut to 3 over par and allowing 15 players back into the tour ...Go to article
Windy day, and a blustery leader at Players
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) The wind was strong enough to knock branches from palm trees and keep Tiger Woods without a birdie on his card for the first time in four years. It really got blustery when Rory Sabbatini completed a 5-under 67 Thursday to ...Go to article
Record 50 balls in water at island hole
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) Camilo Villegas dropped his club, then dropped his head. His ball dropped a few seconds later - right into the murky lagoon surrounding the famed 17th hole at the TPC Sawgrass. Villegas hit one of 50 balls into the water ...Go to article
Lee's bogey-free 68 good for lead at Michelob
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) Sarah Lee shook off some pre-round nerves and avoided the mistakes that plagued most everyone else Friday, shooting a bogey-free, 3-under 68 to take a two-shot lead over Becky Morgan halfway through the Michelob Ultra Open. Mo ...Go to article
Lefty stays out of trouble and takes the lead
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) On a day when so many crucial shots found the water, Phil Mickelson wasn't sure whether his glass was half-empty or half-full at The Players Championship. Based on where he hit some of his tee shots Friday, he was t ...Go to article
A hat trick of birdies gives O'Hair the lead
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) Sean O'Hair braced for the worst as his ball descended toward an island green that suddenly looked smaller. He bowed his head, then stuck his hand on his hip as he waited to see his ball disappear into the water. It ...Go to article
Pettersen gets first LPGA Tour victory
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) Suzann Pettersen became the first Norwegian winner in LPGA Tour history, making a 1 1/2-foot par putt after Jee Young Lee missed one from about 2 feet on the third extra hole Sunday in the Michelob Ultra Open. Both players par ...Go to article
Mickelson on way back with Players victory
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) In his third week with a new coach, Phil Mickelson suddenly looks as good as ever. Mickelson added a mini-major to his collection Sunday by winning The Players Championship with control that had been lacking the last thr ...Go to article
Champions event refuses to go down the drain
CONCORD, Mass. (AP) The local seniors tour event has a strategy to deal with the New England weather that could be borrowed straight from the old Boston Braves: Dig and drain and pray for no rain. A year after calling off the entire 54-hole Bank of ...Go to article
Mickelson's makeover could set up a summer of fun
Tiger Woods was long gone by the time Phil Mickelson won perhaps the second-most important tournament of his career. Too bad, because if he had stayed he could have pulled a lawn chair out of the trunk, popped open a beer and joined the crowd around t ...Go to article
'Cancer mom' kid fails in Open bid
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) Dakoda Dowd failed to advance to the second round of qualifying for the U.S. Women's Open, shooting a 78 on Monday while her cancer-stricken mother rested in a hotel room near the Imperial Country Club. The 14-year-old Dowd ma ...Go to article
