His newfound popularity has come at a price for Rocco Mediate.
The 45-year-old golfer is feeling the physical strain of his two-week ride as heroic runner-up to Tiger Woods in the U.S. Open.
He skipped last week’s PGA Tour stop in Connecticut to rest up, but then filled in for Boo Weekley at the CVS Caremark Charity [...]
Pablo Larrazabal continued his excellent form at the Open de France ALSTOM to establish a two stroke clubhouse lead over Lee Westwood and Peter Lawrie.
The Spaniard – inspired by his home country’s football performance in the Euro 2008 Championships on Thursday evening – was the first player to tee off on Friday morning and he [...]
Marion Dantzler is one of the top pro golfers on the NGA Hooters Tour, but like many of his colleagues, making ends meet on the third-tier circuit requires some creativity.
A veteran on the Tour since the mid 1990s, Dantzler drives his 1993 Toyota Camry between events, often staying with host families to limit expenses. When [...]
Australian Aron Price posted a solid 7-under 65 at the par-72 Raven Golf Club at Lora Bay Thursday to move into the first-round lead at the Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic presented by Samsung, a first-year event on the Nationwide Tour.Price’s roller-coaster of a round consisted of birdies at Nos. 1, 6, 7, 13 and 14 [...]
Setting up for the 63rd U.S. Women’s Open. The USGA is hosting the 63rd U.S. Women’s Open at Interlachen Country Club in Edina, Minn., this week—a state is one of only two in the nation to host all 13 USGA Championships (California is the second). Set up to play as a par 73 6,789-yard trek, [...]
Two time winner Bob Charles will tee up at The 2008 Senior Open Championship presented by MasterCard at Royal Troon Golf Club looking to maintain his remarkable record of being the only person to have played every tournament since the event began in 1987.
The evergreen New Zealander, who continues to compete at the top end [...]
Canadian Will Mitchell fired a competitive course record 9 under par 62 to hold a one stroke lead over Andrew Johnson and Eugene Smith after the first round of the ATB Financial Classic.
Mike Sica is alone in fourth after a 64 while Conner Robbins, Steve Conway, Jim Seki, Casey Watabu, Clayton Ogden and Canadians Stephen [...]
Chiang Rai, Thailand, June 27: Juvic Pagunsan fired a blistering nine-under-par 63 to snatch a one-shot lead from local hero Prayad Marksaeng at the halfway stage of the Singha Thailand PGA Championship presented by Sports Authority of Thailand on Friday.
The talented Filipino sank 10 birdies, including a stunning run of seven in a row, at [...]
Tiger or no Tiger, the show goes on at the Buick
GRAND BLANC, Michigan, June 25 (Reuters) - Golf adjusted to life without Tiger Woods on Wednesday as the 50th Buick Open prepared to get underway without the sport’s number one attraction.
Woods, who will not play again this season after undergoing knee surgery on Tuesday, had [...]
Calgary, Alta. – The Canadian Tour is on the outskirts of Calgary this week for the ATB Financial Classic at the Cottonwood Golf Club.
Although several top players qualified for the Wayne Gretzky Classic event this week, the field here in Calgary is a strong one. Defending champion Mike Grob is at Cottonwood and is looking [...]
