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Steve Stricker is right at home at Ridgewood Country Club — and the top of The Barclays leaderboard.
A year after winning across the Hudson at Westchester Country Club, the Wisconsin player shot a 7-under 64 in perfect morning conditions Friday to take a three-stroke lead over Hunter Mahan in the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the [...]
August 23rd, 2008 | Posted in Golf News, PGA Tour | No Comments
Kevin Streelman almost holes out from 144 yards for eagle during the first round of the 2008 Wyndham Championship.
August 18th, 2008 | Posted in Golf News, PGA Tour | No Comments
Pettersson fires 68 on home course for first PGA win in two years
Carl Pettersson was one imperfect hole from leading the full final two rounds of the Wyndham Championship. It was that brief slip-up that propelled the Swede to victory in his adopted hometown of Greensboro, N.C.
Pettersson won his local tournament for his first PGA [...]
August 18th, 2008 | Posted in Golf News, PGA Tour | No Comments
Carl Pettersson carded a four-under 66 Saturday to maintain his lead after three rounds of the Wyndham Championship.
Pettersson, who set the new 36-hole scoring record here and matched the PGA Tour’s record for lowest opening 36 holes, smashed the tournament’s 54-hole scoring mark with his three-day total of 19-under-par 191.
The Swede broke his countryman Jesper [...]
August 17th, 2008 | Posted in Golf News, PGA Tour | No Comments
Bob Heintz and Martin Laird both opened with rounds of seven-under-par 63 Thursday to share the lead after the opening round of the Wyndham Championship.
Tim Clark posted a six-under 64. He was joined in a share of third place by Scott Sterling, Carl Pettersen and Garrett Willis.
The big story this week is players battling to [...]
August 15th, 2008 | Posted in Golf News, PGA Tour | No Comments
Padraig Harrington out dueled Sergio Garcia and Ben Curtis to secure his second straight major golf tournament, becoming the first European to win the PGA Championship in 78 years.
Ireland’s Harrington, who successfully defended his British Open title three weeks ago, finished at 3-under par at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Michigan. Garcia [...]
August 11th, 2008 | Posted in Golf News, PGA Tour | No Comments
A player with some experience in stealing a major championship on the final day had a share of the lead early in Sunday’s marathon 36-hole finish at the PGA Championship at Oakland Hills.
Ben Curtis, a surprise winner of the 2003 British Open, was at 2 under through his first nine holes of the rain-delayed third [...]
August 10th, 2008 | Posted in Golf News, PGA Tour | No Comments
Three thunderstorms have cut short the third round of the US PGA Championship, leaving the leaders facing 36 holes to decide the title on the fourth and final day tomorrow.
Heavy rain at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Michigan meant about half the field did not complete their round and a half dozen of the [...]
August 10th, 2008 | Posted in Golf News, PGA European Tour, PGA Tour | No Comments
In June, a one-legged Tiger Woods won the U.S. Open in a playoff over Rocco Mediate. Their score in regulation at Torrey Pines was 1-under par.
Last month at Royal Birkdale, Padraig Harrington defended his British Open title with a 3-over total that earned him a four-shot victory.
This week at Oakland Hills, even-280 would be a [...]
August 9th, 2008 | Posted in Golf News, PGA Tour | 1 Comment
Robert Karlsson and Jeev Milkha Singh shared the clubhouse lead at the end of the first day of the US PGA Championship after shooting fine rounds of 68.
The duo both started slowly, with India’s Singh taking a bogey five at the first and Sweden’s Karlsson racking up a six, but superb recoveries saw them in [...]
August 8th, 2008 | Posted in Golf News, PGA European Tour, PGA Tour | No Comments