Tapioca at the Accenture Match Play - Day 2
Day 1 was bloody (1-2), though at least Carl Pettersson closed his match out this morning. We trudge forward. All units are in jelly beans - for entertainment purposes only.
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Pettersson to stick with long putter
Carl Pettersson isn't about to ditch his long putter.
In his first comments since golf's governing bodies announced a plan to ban putters that are anchored to the body, Pettersson says the decision feels like a ''witch hunt.'' He says it wouldn't have been an issue if not for three of the past five majors being won by players using a belly putter.
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January 02, 2013
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Pettersson: Golf on 'witch hunt' of long putters
Carl Pettersson isn't about to ditch his long putter anytime soon.
In his first comments since golf's governing bodies announced a plan to ban putters that are anchored to the body, Pettersson says the decision feels like a ''witch hunt.'' He says it wouldn't have been an issue if not for three of the last five majors being won by players using a belly...
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January 02, 2013
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Keegan Bradley, Carl Pettersson plan to fight ban on anchoring stroke
Keegan Bradley and Carl Pettersson are among the professional golfers who use long or belly putters, and both say they plan to fight the US Golf Association’s proposed ban on the anchoring stroke used with those putters. Both golfers spoke out from the WGC-HSBC Championship in China this week. “I’ve kind of kept my mouth shut on this for a while, but I think it’s time that...
Sergio Garcia Finds Himself In The Hunt At The Wyndham Championship
Sergio Garcia, remember him? Garcia was going to break into golf’s elite few when he broke onto the scene in 1999. Garcia was an exciting player who shared some of the same emotions we have seen from other great players from Spain. Garcia never really found the form that would take him where only the few have stepped. Garcia who lives in Borriol, Spain has only 7 PGA Tour victories...
Carl Pettersson takes 1-shot lead at Wyndham
Carl Pettersson shot an 8-under 62 on Thursday to take the first-round lead in the Wyndham Championship.
David Mathis and Tim Clark were a stroke back, Tom Gillis, Scott Stallings and Troy Matteson shot 64, and Matt Every had a 65 in the final event before the FedEx Cup playoffs.
The top of the leaderboard had a decidedly local flavor. Pettersson went to high school in Greensboro...
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August 16, 2012
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Pettersson docked 2 shots on 1st hole
Carl Pettersson was given a two-shot penalty in the final round of the PGA Championship because a leaf moved on the opening hole.
Pettersson, three shots out of the lead to start the final round Sunday, drove just inside a hazard on the first hole. He made sure he could touch the grass with his club, as long as he didn't ground the club. He played out to the middle of the green...
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August 12, 2012
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Golf Recap: PGA Championship – Pettersson in the lead with McIlroy and Tiger close
Tiger Woods of the United States hits a shot on the ninth hole during Round One of the 94th PGA Championship at the Ocean Course on August 9, 2012 in Kiawah Island, South Carolina.
(August 8, 2012 – Source: Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images North America)
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — The breakthrough moment Thursday wasn’t just the sun shining over Kiawah Island. It was Carl Pettersson...
Pettersson leads PGA by firing 66
Carl Pettersson broke 70 for the first time in 21 tries at the
PGA Championship on Thursday to take a one-stroke lead, with Rory
McIlroy and even John Daly among those hot on his tail after the
opening round.
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August 09, 2012
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