Yardbarker: Rod Pampling

Best of the decade: The 10 worst golf chokes of the 2000s

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:33:29 -0500

We're at the end of the decade of the 2000s, and so we're looking back on the highs and lows of the decade. And today, it's definitely about the lows -- the most painful coulda-been chokes from the last 10 years. How would the golf world have been changed had any of these gone a different way? We'll never know. Read and cringe. 1. Phil Mickelson, 2006 U.S. Open. For a brief moment, it appeared Phil Mickelson was ready to challenge Tiger Woods for the title of best golfer in th...

Terrible Golfer Banned For Using Drugs To Enhance His Terrible Performance

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:45:14 -0500

Doug Barron, a 40-year-old veteran with zero PGA Tour wins, is the first golfer to be suspended under the tour's anti-doping policy. Now he will no longer terrorize the professional ranks with his massive 270-yard drives. Barron made exactly no dollars this year on the Nationwide and PGA Tours and missed the cut in 12 of 17 starts last year. So if he was looking to enhance his performance, it sure didn't work. Unless you consider not wanting to die to be performance enhancing. More th...

Pampling shoots 67, leads Legends Reno-Tahoe Open

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:00:08 -0500

Rod Pampling shot a 5-under 67 in swirling mountain wind Thursday to take the first-round lead in the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, a stroke ahead of a group that included two-time winner Vaughn Taylor and former Nevada player Rich Barcelo.

Rod Pampling leads Reno-Tahoe Open by one shot

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:34:24 -0500

Rod Pampling shot a 5-under 67 in swirling mountain wind to take the first-round lead in the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, a stroke ahead of a group that included two-time winner Vaughn Taylor and former Nevada player Rich Barcelo.

Two tied for Legends lead

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:32:32 -0500

Rod Pampling and Spence Levin shot opening rounds of 67 to lead the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open at Montreux Golf and Country Club by one shot. Pampling carded birdies on the fourth and sixth holes before closing out the front side with a bogey on the ninth. After a par on the 10th hole, Pampling birdied four [...]

Pampling leads Legends Reno-Tahoe Open

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:30:35 -0500

RENO, Nev. (AP) -Rod Pampling shot a 5-under 67 in swirling mountain wind Thursday to take the first-round lead in the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, a stroke ahead of a group that included two-time winner Vaughn Taylor and former Nevada player Rich Barcelo.

The Bloggers British Open Picks

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:21:00 -0500

The golf blogging community is a fairly tight-knit group. We have some great websites all around the web that produce original content that makes you laugh, smile and even think (wait, bloggers making us think?!?!!!).I asked some of the best on the net who they thought might win this week, in a segment we will begin for each of the big tournaments. Here is what we thought of the Players. Here is who we liked at Bethpage Black. This is our take on the British ...Vince, at One-Eyed Golfer -- Yo...

Tiger Woods Surges to Lead at AT&T

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:30:00 -0500

by Ryan WilsonFiled under: PGATiger Woods struggled with his putting at Bethpage Black two weeks ago, and he cited that as the primary reason he only managed a T6 at the U.S. Open. After two rounds at the AT&T National, the tournament Tiger is hosting at Congressional Country Club, he's 10-under par, one shot clear of Rod Pampling. Following a Thursday 64 that included a four-birdie, no-bogey front nine, Woods fired 66 on Friday. No idea what 36 nearly flawless holes from the World No...

Ranking the 2009 US Open Opening Round Pairings

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:11:00 -0500

You're gonna be in attendance for the entire 1st and 2nd round at Bethpage. So you obviously need to know who to follow.The Top Ten Groups You Want to Watch1. 8:06 a.m. Padraig Harrington, Angel Cabrera, Tiger Woods - Oh Tiger Woods is in the most intersting pairing, way to go out on a limb there.2. 1:25 p.m. Sergio Garcia, Camilo Villegas, Adam Scott - You have three players who are amongst the best in the world without a major, yet all three could easily be trainwrecks and out before th...

Accenture Match Play Update

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:06:08 -0500

I just thought it was worth tossing up a quick update, since the bracket layout with 64 players is tougher to analyze than our economic exit strategy. So, here goes -- -- Phil Mickelson is keeping the hot streak going from the Northern Trust win. So far today, he's three up on Angel Cabrera ...

Rod Pampling Hates Phil Mickelson

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:14:30 -0500

Everyone loves a good squabble between athletes. This story isn't one of those, though. Because Rod Pampling and Phil Mickelson are golfers, not athletes. We'd much prefer another Robin Ventura vs. Nolan Ryan melee, but we're thinking that probably won't happen in the tee box at the third hole. Still, there are some (relatively speaking) bad vibes here. Rod Pampling doesn't like your attitude, Phil Mickelson. You and your private plane and fluid relationship with time. So what if your chartered plane couldn't take off, forcing you to miss the Pro-Am for the Byron Nelson Classic this week? You could have found a way. And because you didn't make it, you should be disqualified from the tournament. After all, it IS the Byron Nelson Classic. Come on, man ... (Continued on site)