Volvo World Match Play Championship Results
Thursday At Thracian Cliffs Golf and Beach Club Kavarna, Bulgaria Yardage: 7,291; Par: 72 Round Robin Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Spain, def. Jamie Donaldson, Wales, 1 up
Carl Pettersson, Sweden, def. Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark, 4 and 3
Francesco Molinari, Italy, def. Henrik Stenson, Sweden, 2 and 1
Branden Grace, South Africa, def. Nicolas Colsaerts, Belgium, 4 and 3
Bo Van Pelt...
Clark speaks out on anchoring ban
There is a passion in his voice. What's more, it's hard to debate that he doesn't provide a well-grounded and profound thought process that any courtroom attorney would be proud to call his own. If Tim Clark wowed them at a PGA Tour players' meeting Jan. 21 to discuss the proposed ban on anchoring, he demonstrated Wednesday night exactly why.
Compelling and committed...
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.
>> Garrigus over Oosthuizen, 100 to win 120
Fearless player, mad bomber, dangerous in this format.
>> Sterne over Mahan, 100 to win 130
Check Sterne's European results, he'...
Accenture Match Play--And the Winner is.........
Without getting into a breakdown of all 32 opening events, here is a look into my crystal golf ball for this week's Accenture Match Play Championship at Dove Mountain, Arizona. Â Get your brackets out, follow along, make the corrections where necessary and bet with confidence.
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Jones Division: I see a Graeme McDowell v. Charl Schwartzel duel out of this division with...
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.
The...
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...
On the back roads of golf, tales from the tour
Dave Kindred, a preeminent American sports writer who has worked his trade for the better part of four decades, was walking down the right side of the first fairway at Kiawah Island with the final group at the PGA Championship when he mentioned he had been teaching a writing class to college students.
Like most great columnists, Kindred's strength is his power of observation...
Franklin Templeton Shootout Scores
Scores Saturday in the Franklin Templeton Shootout, a US PGA Tour team event on the 7,288-yard, par-72 Gold course at Tiburon Golf Club:
Second Round (Best Ball) Sean O'HairSKenny Perry 64-61 -125
Davis Love IIIDBrandt Snedeker 62-65 -127
Charles Howell IIICRory Sabbatini 66-63 -129
Jason DufnerJVijay Singh 66-63 -129
Stewart CinkSCarl Pettersson 67-62 -129
Jerry KellyJSteve...
GF,MGSPINTL *2070 AP-GLF--Nedbank Challenge Scores,0109
Nedbank Golf Challenge Scores Scores Thursday at the Nedbank Challenge, a Sunshine Tour invitational tournament at the par-72, 7,590-yard (6,941-meter) Gary Player Country Club course:
First Round Bill Haas, United States 35-35-70
Nicolas Colsaerts, Belgium 36-34-70
Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa 37-34-71
Paul Lawrie, Scotland 35-36-71
Lee Westwood, England 35-36-71
Francesco...
Long putters to go belly up
Golf's governing bodies, worried that players will turn to long putters as an advantage instead of a last resort, proposed a new rule banning the putting stroke used by three of the last five major champions.
The Royal & Ancient Golf Club and the U.S. Golf Association said on Wednesday the rule would not outlaw belly putter or broom-handle putters, only the way they are...
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...
Garcia takes one-shot lead at Wyndham
Sergio Garcia shot a 4-under 66 on Saturday to take the lead at 14-under 196 after three rounds at the Wyndham Championship.
Tim Clark and Bud Cauley were a stroke back, with Jason Dufner, Harris English and Carl Pettersson at 12 under entering the final round of the last event before the FedEx Cup playoffs.
Dufner shot a 63, Cauley had a 66, Clark a 67, and English and Pettersson...
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...
Walker has one-shot lead at Wyndham
Jimmy Walker shot an 8-under 62 on Friday to top the leaderboard at 12 under in the Wyndham Championship.
Defending champion Webb Simpson was a stroke back after a 63, and first-round leader Carl Pettersson, Tim Clark, Sergio Garcia and rookie Harris English were 10 under. Pettersson had a 68, Clark shot 67, Garcia 63 and English 64.
Tim Herron matched the tournament record with...
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...
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...
Wyndham Championship- Tim Clark set to shine
The PGA Tour heads to Greensboro, North Carolina this week for the Wyndham Championship at the Sedgefield Country Club.
This will be the regular season finale as the players jockey for a position in the top 125 standings to extend their seasons.
Sedgefield Country Club has hosted this event since 2008. It is a Par 70 course measuring at 7177 yards. There are 48 sand bunkers and...
Leaf Penalties, Headbutts, and ELITE Celebrations!
Last week, I mentioned my feelings about how amputees should not be competing in The Olympics. I stand by that but, once again, this blog crept into my real life unexpectedly. I was walking the dog Friday night after work and some shirtless chap was running toward us. As he got closer, it became very apparent that he was missing something. Yep, no arm--just a nub. I figured...
GF,MGSPINTL *2080 AP-GLF--PGA Championship Leaders Cards,0139
PGA Championship Leaders Cards Leaders Cards Sunday at the $8 million U.S. PGA Championship, played on the par-72, 7,676-yard Kiawah Island (Ocean Course)
Final Round Par Out 454 434 534-36
Rory McIlroy 443 434 434-33
David Lynn 444 434 434-34
Justin Rose 343 444 424-32
Keegan Bradley 544 433 434-34
Ian Poulter 343 324 444-31
Carl Pettersson 653 324 434-34
Par In 454 434...
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...
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...
Joost Luiten holds up tee times at PGA Championship
If you were looking for tee times for Saturday’s third round of the PGA Championship and had trouble finding them, there’s a good reason why. One golfer’s decision not to complete his second round because of darkness prevented tee times for Saturday from being posted.
Dutch golfer Joost Luiten chose not to play the 18th hole of his second round on Friday after play was suspended...
PGA Championship not Tiger's...yet
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. -- Certainly he's the favorite.
You can't pooh-pooh a guy with 14 majors who shares the Friday lead at four-under on the toughest golf course in America.
But those who are ready to carve Tiger Woods' name in the Wanamaker Trophy need to jiggle their memory banks. It was just a few short weeks ago that Tiger was leading and seemingly in command of...
PGA Championship not Tiger's...yet
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. -- Certainly he's the favorite.
You can't pooh-pooh a guy with 14 majors who shares the Friday lead at four-under on the toughest golf course in America.
But those who are ready to carve Tiger Woods' name in the Wanamaker Trophy need to jiggle their memory banks. It was just a few short weeks ago that Tiger was leading and seemingly in command of...
Poulter in major contention - again
Ian Poulter's playing well at a major again. And this time, it could help in his bid to make the European Ryder Cup team.
Poulter shot a 1-under 71 in the PGA Championship on Friday and was a stroke behind leaders Tiger Woods, Carl Pettersson and Vijay Singh after two rounds at The Ocean Course. Poulter was tied for the top heading to his final hole, but made a bogey on the...
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