Next week's Memorial tournament at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio will feature one of the season's strongest fields with the world's top six players all taking part in the PGA Tour event hosted by Jack Nicklaus. Top-ranked Tiger Woods will be back to defend the title he claimed by two shots last year while Rory McIlroy (second), Adam Scott (third), 2010 champion Justin Rose (fourth), Brandt Snedeker (fifth) and Luke Donald (sixth) will also be competing.
Apart from five-times winner Woods and Rose, seven other former champions will be returning - K.J. Choi (2007), Fred Couples (1998), Ernie Els (2004), Jim Furyk (2002), Kenny Perry (2008), Carl Pettersson (2006) and Vijay Singh (1997). "We are always extremely proud of the fields we are able to assemble ... and this year's stands as one of our finest," tournament founder Nicklaus said in a statement on Friday after the 120-strong field was set for the May 30-June 2 event.
"We have the top five players in the world, and almost the entire top 10 from the FedEx Cup and money lists. We are delighted that world No. 1 Tiger Woods is returning to defend his victory from 2012, and that recent world No. 1s Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald and Lee Westwood have joined him." Also taking part next week will be Chinese sensation Guan Tianlang who became the youngest player to make the cut in a major championship at the Masters last month.
The surprisingly mature 14-year-old will make
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06:23 PM, May 20, 2013
Kavarna, Bulgaria: Britain's Graeme McDowell and South African Branden Grace set up a mouth-watering showdown in the semi-finals of the World Match Play Championship by winning on Saturday. World number eight McDowell, the highest-ranked player in the field, avenged his defeat in last year's final by easing past holder Nicolas Colsaerts of Belgium 2 & 1. Colsaerts was already trailing when his drive at the 10th hole found a hazard...
09:22 AM, May 19, 2013
Los Angeles: Kardashian sisters Kourtney, Kim and Khloe were forced to rename their beauty brand after losing a year long trademark battle with a Florida based cosmetics company Kroma. The Kardashian sisters changed the name of their makeup line from Khroma Beauty to Kardashian Beauty, reported New York Daily news. The Kardashians' line of make up and nail polish hit the shelves last fall. The brand is managed by Santa...
06:07 PM, May 11, 2013
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10:08 AM, May 06, 2013
Augusta: The longest, strangest day at the Masters for Tiger Woods began with a text message from his agent Saturday morning to meet with Augusta National officials nearly six hours before his tee time. It ended some 10 hours later with a relieved fist pump for a key par that kept him in the mix for another green jacket. It was far different for the two guys atop the leaderboard....
08:59 AM, Apr 14, 2013
KFC parent Yum Brands Inc warned that a new bird flu outbreak in China badly hit restaurant sales there this month, even as the company also reported a sharper-than-expected slide in March sales in the country caused by the lingering impact of a separate food safety scare. "Within the past week, publicity associated with Avian flu in China has had a significant, negative impact on KFC sales," the company said...
11:30 AM, Apr 11, 2013
Snedeker returns to competition this week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. ...
10:46 AM, Mar 20, 2013
Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Monday he wanted to remove or relax "outdated" caps on foreign direct investment (FDI) in different sectors, as his government struggles to revive an economy that has posted its weakest growth in a decade. ...
11:52 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Set in the streets of Chandigarh, 'Mere Dad Ki Maruti' takes you on a joy ride through the story of a Punjabi boy who sneaks out his father's fancy new car to impress a college girl and loses it. The film goes overboard promoting Maruti's life utility vehicle Ertiga. ...
12:36 PM, Mar 16, 2013
Continuing their attack on the Congress-led UPA government for allowing FDI in multi-brand retail, opposition parties on Thursday accused it of working against the national interest, with the BJP asserting that it will oppose the move till its "last breath". ...
03:06 AM, Mar 08, 2013
Sportswear group Adidas plans to keep its Reebok brand in India despite finding financial irregularities at the unit, CEO Herbert Hainer told reporters on Thursday. ...
03:40 PM, Mar 07, 2013
Google is the most trusted online brand in the country, with Facebook coming in at number two, says a study by Brand Trust Advisory. Yahoo has emerged as the second-most trusted search engine after Google, says the report. ...
11:00 PM, Feb 25, 2013
Though the Fiat-owned Ferrari brand couldn't compete against the other companies with respect to size, it excelled in loyalty and brand affection. ...
04:23 PM, Feb 22, 2013
The Academy Awards are usually well scripted events, but sometimes even Oscar gets a taste of the most unexpected. ...
01:51 PM, Feb 21, 2013
The Finance Ministry on Wednesday will consider four FDI proposals in single brand retailing, including that of Decathlon and Fossil Inc, worth Rs 750 crore. Proposals of French fashion brand Promod, crockery maker Le Creuset and sports giant Decathlon along with that of US-based accessories firm Fossil Inc are listed on the agenda of Wednesday's Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) meeting, an official said. ...
03:40 AM, Feb 13, 2013
FedExCup champion Brandt Snedeker finally reaped just reward for his red-hot early form on the PGA Tour this year when he eased to victory by two shots at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am on Sunday. ...
08:45 AM, Feb 11, 2013
Russell Brand, who divorced Katy Perry after 14 months of marriage, wants to get tie the knot again. ...
10:57 AM, Feb 08, 2013
