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Thu Sep 25 15:04:30 2008 |
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West Midlands, England (Sports Network) - Marcus Fraser and Mikael Lundberg
both opened with rounds of five-under-par 67 Thursday to share the lead after
the first round of the British Masters.
Fraser's lone tour win came at the 2003 Ru
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Thu Sep 25 13:47:04 2008 |
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Former television mates Paul Azinger and
Nick Faldo battled last weekend in the 37th Ryder Cup, with Azinger besting
Faldo - again.
Azinger captained the United States team to its first win since 1999, and
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Thu Sep 25 13:43:26 2008 |
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Tulsa, OK (Sports Network) - Diane Lang rolled to a 6 & 5 victory over Toni
Wiesner on Thursday to claim her third USGA Senior Women's Amateur
championship in four years.
Lang, a 53-year-old who was born in Jamaica, w
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Wed Sep 24 19:10:22 2008 |
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Tulsa, OK (Sports Network) - Diane Lang, who won back-to-back USGA Senior
Women's Amateur titles in 2005-06, will try to make it three titles in four
years as she squares off against two-time runner up Toni Wiesner after each
won th
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Wed Sep 24 18:57:41 2008 |
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Fort Worth, TX (Sports Network) - George Marucci, Jr. and George Zahringer
advanced in semifinal match play Wednesday at the USGA Senior Amateur.
Marucci, a former U.S. Amateur runner-up, defeated Frank Ford III 2-up, while
Zahringer, f
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Tue Sep 23 20:21:12 2008 |
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Tulsa, OK (Sports Network) - Former champions Carol Semple Thompson and
Carolyn Creekmore will meet in the quarterfinals of the USGA Senior Women's
Amateur after both women won two matches on Tuesday.
Semple Thompson, a four-time
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Tue Sep 23 20:03:33 2008 |
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Fort Worth, TX (Sports Network) - Stroke-play medalist Paul Simson was ousted
in match play Tuesday at the USGA Senior Amateur.
Simson, the 57-year-old reigning British Senior Open Amateur champion, was
defeated in the second round 2
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Mon Sep 22 18:55:57 2008 |
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Tulsa, OK (Sports Network) - Carolyn Creekmore, the stroke-play medalist and
the 2004 winner of this championship, cruised to a 5 & 4 win over Mary Flynn
on Monday at the USGA Senior Women's Amateur at Tulsa Country Club.
Creekmore a
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Mon Sep 22 18:41:44 2008 |
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Fort Worth, TX (Sports Network) - Stroke-play medalist Paul Simson rallied
from a 1-down deficit Monday to earn a 3 & 2 win at the USGA Senior Amateur
Championship at Shady Oaks Country Club.
Simson, the 2008 British Senior Open A
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Mon Sep 22 17:03:27 2008 |
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Gwladys Nocera won for the fourth time
this season on the Ladies European Tour and that win helped her jump into the
top 100 in this week's Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings.
The win moved Nocera up 1
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Mon Sep 22 16:34:28 2008 |
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - PGA TOUR - THE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP - East
Lake Country Club, Atlanta, Georgia - The PGA Tour's FedEx Cup playoffs come
to a conclusion this weekend and for the second straight year, the winner has
been de
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Mon Sep 22 13:22:32 2008 |
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - With a five-point defeat of Europe on
Sunday, the United States Ryder Cup team earned its largest margin of victory
in the competition since 1981.
Some other notes and minutiae from an exciting three days:
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Mon Sep 22 12:28:19 2008 |
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Will MacKenzie captured the Viking Classic
in a playoff on Sunday and moved up 148 spots to No. 185 in this week's
Official World Golf Rankings.
Tiger Woods stayed in first, despite missing month
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Sun Sep 21 22:04:00 2008 |
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Junction City, OR (Sports Network) - Matt Bettencourt survived a pair of back
nine bogeys Sunday to hang on and win the Oregon Classic.
Bettencourt posted a three-under 69 to complete his first Nationwide Tour win
at 19-under-par 269. Hi
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Sun Sep 21 21:04:25 2008 |
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Fort Worth, TX (Sports Network) - Paul Simson carded a one-under 70 Sunday to
earn medalist honors at the USGA Senior Amateur Championship at Shady Oaks
Country Club.
Simson, 2008 British Senior Open Amateur champion, completed the tw
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Sun Sep 21 20:46:20 2008 |
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Tulsa, OK (Sports Network) - Carolyn Creekmore shot a two-under 69 on Sunday
-- the only player to break par in two days -- and earned stroke-play medalist
honors at the USGA Senior Women's Amateur.
Creekmore finished two rounds at even
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Sun Sep 21 19:22:32 2008 |
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Madison, MS (Sports Network) - Will MacKenzie won a three-way playoff at the
Viking Classic on Sunday to pick up his second career PGA Tour victory.
MacKenzie birdied three of his last four holes to shoot a four-under 68 in the
final round,
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Sun Sep 21 17:28:12 2008 |
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Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - The United States finally won back the Ryder
Cup.
Jim Furyk beat Miguel Angel Jimenez on Sunday to get the United States the
necessary 14 1/2 points to win the Ryder Cup.
It was the first victory fo
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Sat Sep 20 21:17:22 2008 |
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Junction City, OR (Sports Network) - Matt Bettencourt fired a seven-under 65
Saturday to grab a three-stroke lead after three rounds of the Oregon Classic.
Bettencourt, who is winless on the Nationwide Tour, completed 54 holes at 16-
unde
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Sat Sep 20 21:05:11 2008 |
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Fort Worth, TX (Sports Network) - Howie Knodt carded a three-under 68 Saturday
to take a one-shot lead after the first round of stroke play at the USGA
Senior Amateur Championship at Shady Oaks Country Club.
Knodt, who missed match p
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