|
Thu Apr 10 17:51:11 2008 |
|
Augusta, GA (Sports Network) - Gary Player never turns down a hug, or so he
says.
Which is why the woman waiting between the 18th green and the scorer's
tent on Thursday afternoon got what she wanted -- the embrace of a three-tim
|
|
|
Thu Apr 10 15:54:59 2008 |
|
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Here are some recent golf stories you may
not have seen:
HEART HELP
Years after becoming the first player to ever play on the PGA Tour after
receiving a heart transplant, Erik Compton needs another new
|
|
|
Thu Apr 10 15:10:25 2008 |
|
Augusta, GA (Sports Network) - Champions Tour regular and 1998 Masters
champion Mark O'Meara got off to a flying start on Thursday at Augusta.
The 51-year-old O'Meara had a stellar run on the back nine to move up the
leaderboard
|
|
|
Thu Apr 10 14:52:00 2008 |
|
Augusta, GA (Sports Network) - Ian Poulter aced the par-three 16th hole on
Thursday en route to a two-under 70 and the early lead during the first round
of The Masters at Augusta National.
Poulter's ace was the first at the Masters sin
|
|
|
Thu Apr 10 09:46:47 2008 |
|
Augusta, GA (Sports Network) - The start of the 72nd Masters was delayed one
hour Thursday due to dense fog.
Four-time Masters champion Arnold Palmer struck the ceremonial opening tee
shot just before 8:00 a.m. (et), but the first gro
|
|
|
Wed Apr 9 18:01:05 2008 |
|
Augusta, GA (Sports Network) - South African Rory Sabbatini captured the Par-
Three Tournament at the Masters on Wednesday with a five-under-par 22.
Sabbatini, who sank a long birdie putt on his final hole, finished one clear
of Wood
|
|
|
Wed Apr 9 13:19:31 2008 |
|
Trenton, NJ (Sports Network) - Steve Stricker and K.J. Choi, the fourth and
sixth-ranked players in the world respectively, will be participating in this
year's Exelon Invitational, joining tournament host Jim Furyk at the ACE Club
in Lafa
|
|
|
Tue Apr 8 13:33:22 2008 |
|
Augusta, GA (Sports Network) - Tiger Woods will begin his quest for the
single-season Grand Slam at 10:45 a.m. (et) Thursday morning during the first
round of the Masters.
Woods will play with reigning U.S. Open champion Angel C
|
|
|
Mon Apr 7 14:46:33 2008 |
|
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - PGA TOUR - THE MASTERS, Augusta National
Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia - After the LPGA Tour kicked off its major season
last weekend, the PGA Tour has its first major this week with The Masters.
Using a str
|
|
|
Mon Apr 7 13:34:23 2008 |
|
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - The idea of a coronation is an odd
concept for Americans to grasp.
See, we haven't had one since well before the Continental Congress.
Americans do like pageantry, though. Check out the ratings
|
|
|
Mon Apr 7 13:25:59 2008 |
|
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Lorena Ochoa won her second career major
championship on Sunday -- and second in a row -- to nearly double up Annika
Sorenstam in the latest world rankings for women's golf.
Ochoa's victory at the K
|
|
|
Mon Apr 7 13:19:09 2008 |
|
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Johnson Wagner's first career PGA Tour win
Sunday at the Houston Open earned him a berth in this week's Masters. It also
vaulted him 189 places to No. 124 in the latest world rankings.
Further up in the
|
|
|
Mon Apr 7 10:28:06 2008 |
|
(Sports Network) - Benjamin Franklin didn't know Tiger Woods, and so he can't
be faulted for not mentioning him in a 1789 letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy.
Commenting on the appearance of permanency in our new Constitution, Franklin
remarked to
|
|
|
Sun Apr 6 23:18:42 2008 |
|
Livermore, CA (Sports Network) - Aron Price needed two playoff holes Sunday to
defeat J.J. Killeen and win the Livermore Valley Wine Championship.
Price, who earned his first tour title, closed with an even-par 72 to match
Killeen at five
|
|
|
Sun Apr 6 20:09:28 2008 |
|
Daytona Beach, FL (Sports Network) - Leah Wigger struggled to a three-over 75
in the final round Sunday, but she held on for a two-stroke win at the Duramed
Futures Tour's American Systems Invitational.
Wigger, who led by five after two ro
|
|
|
Sun Apr 6 18:24:26 2008 |
|
Humble, TX (Sports Network) - To the victor go the spoils.
Johnson Wagner got up and down for par on the 18th hole Sunday to post one-
under 71 and win the Houston Open by two strokes.
Wagner completed his first tour crown at 16-under-par
|
|
|
Sun Apr 6 17:48:36 2008 |
|
Rancho Mirage, CA (Sports Network) - Lorena Ochoa waited a long time for her
first major championship. It only took one try to get No. 2.
Ochoa closed with a flawless five-under 67 on Sunday to win the Kraft Nabisco
Championship by five stro
|
|
|
Sun Apr 6 16:44:39 2008 |
|
Cap Cana, Dominican Republic (Sports Network) - Mark Wiebe claimed his second
Champions Tour title in just his 12th start on the senior circuit, closing
with a five-under 67 on Sunday to win the Cap Cana Championship by four shots.
Wieb
|
|
|
Sun Apr 6 14:10:19 2008 |
|
Estoril, Portugal (Sports Network) - Gregory Bourdy parred the third playoff
hole Sunday to defeat David Howell and Alastair Forsyth and win the Open de
Portugal.
With Forsyth knocked out on the second playoff hole, Howell found the fa
|
|
|
Sat Apr 5 22:15:46 2008 |
|
Livermore, CA (Sports Network) - Making just his sixth start, rookie J.J.
Killeen will carry a four-shot lead into the final round of the toughest event
on the Nationwide Tour.
Killeen, the overnight leader by five, took a step back S
|
|
|
