STUART APPLEBY RUMORS

Defending champion Stuart Appleby has withdrawn from the Australian Masters due to a back injury. Appleby shot a 1-under 70 in the opening round at Victoria Golf Club on Thursday, five strokes off the lead. He said he decided before teeing off for the second round on Friday that his injury was too painful for him to continue. The Australian said earlier in the week that with rest...

Defending champion Stuart Appleby is in doubt for this week' Australian Masters due to a nagging back injury. Appleby said Tuesday that his back had become so painful it had ruined his swing and made practice difficult. He said he hoped rest and treatment over the next two days would enable him to tee off Thursday at the Victoria Golf Club, but may need to withdraw. Appleby...

Stuart Appleby has been voted the PGA Tour comeback player of the year after going from his worst season to a magical win. Appleby won The Greenbrier Classic by closing with a 59, making him one of only two players to hit golf's magic number in the last round. His historic win followed a year in which he finished outside the top 125 on the money list for the first time since his rookie season.

STUART APPLEBY MAY NOT make it into the World Golf Hall of Fame as a player. With nine PGA Tour wins and no majors, Appleby currently falls short of the numbers that have put other players in the Hall.But after shooting a PGA Tour record-tying 59 on August 1 at the Greenbrier Classic, a final round that also earned the Aussie a victory in the inaugural event, Stuart’s attire is...

Another fine weekend, another fine roster of shots that we all wish we could pull off. Let's close off the weekend with one last look back at the best. First off, let's give one more tip of the ol' visor to Stuart Appleby and his landmark 59: More follows.The spectacularly-named D.A. Points had a fine little birdie on the 16th at Greenbrier: Big bad bomber JB Holmes threw down a...

Stuart Appleby just posted a final round 59 to become the 5th player in PGA Tour history to accomplish the feat. He did it at the Greenbrier Classic in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Oh by the way he won the tournament by 1 stroke. I mentioned a couple weeks ago when Paul Goydos did the same thing, that is what we call video game status. Tough to really appreciate how impressive...

Stuart Appleby shot the PGA TOURs fifth round of 59 in the final round of the Greenbrier Classic to win by one shot over Jeff Overton. Appleby started the final round seven shots behind Overton and made birdies on six of the first nine holes.  He started the back nine with pars on the 10th and 11th holes before making and eagle on the 12th hole.  Overton still held a one shot lead...

Shooting in the 50s has always been somewhat of an achievement in the game of golf. But for some reason, we’ve seen a lot of different players shoot below 60 recently. There was the high school kid from Alabama. There was Ryo Ishikawa. There was Nationwide player Trevor Murphy in a pro-am. There was Paul Goydos earlier this month. And today, another name is added to the list...

Stuart Appleby has become the fifth player in PGA Tour history to shoot a 59. He pulled it off by going eleven-under in the final round of The Greenbrier Classic in West Virginia.Jeff Overton had a chance to tie at 22-under on the par-five 17th, but his birdie out from three feet ran over a spike mark and lipped out.Overton's tee shot on the par-three 18th came up a half-club short...

Stuart Appleby shot a second consecutive 6-under-par 66 to take a six-stroke lead at the wind-suspended Australian Open on Friday. Appleby had played just two holes before a near six-hour suspension due to gusting winds on the oceanside links-style New South Wales Golf Course. When darkness stopped play, Adam Scott was in second place on six-under, having picked...