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
09:34 AM, May 25, 2013
Fred Couples, renowned for being one of the most laid-back figures in the game, was overcome by emotion after being inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2013 on Monday. The American former world number one, a 15-times champion on the PGA Tour, twice choked up with tears during his acceptance speech in St. Augustine, Florida on what he described as "the coolest...
11:18 AM, May 07, 2013
Lucknow: An elderly couple was stabbed to death by unidentified persons in Gomti Nagar area, police said. The bodies of RN Mehra, 61, a retired bank cashier, and his 58-year-old wife Lata, labour enforcement officer posted in Barabanki, were found inside their Vipul Khand residence on Sunday night, they said. Police said the bodies have multiple stab wounds. The incident came to fore when the couple's daughter Gunjan, who lives...
12:00 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Kurukshetra: Parents of an employee of Kurukshetra University were axed to death while four other members of the family injured when armed robbers struck at his residence in Kurukshetra, police said on Saturday. Robbers decamped with cash and valuables after assaulting Kurukshetra university employee Vivek Ratan and his family on Friday night, they said. Ratan, his wife, brother and his wife, suffered serious injuries in the incident, police said. A...
02:52 AM, Apr 14, 2013
Mathura: A Russian couple was looted by two men during their visit to the sacred hill 'Govardhan' in the district, the police said on Saturday. Larmonoa and her husband Oxen had come see the Govardhan temple with their friends on Friday when the men attacked them and snatched away their handbag which contained cash worth Rs 7,000, their visas and other important documents. Investigations are in progress and a search...
01:49 PM, Apr 06, 2013
In a big development, the Union Home Ministry has come up with new guidelines which bars foreign gay and lesbian couples from seeking surrogacy services in India. Furthermore, only those couples who have been married for at least two years can apply for babies via surrogacy. ...
09:36 AM, Mar 07, 2013
The Union Home Ministry has come up with new guidelines which bar foreign gay and lesbian couples from seeking surrogacy services in India. ...
11:59 PM, Mar 06, 2013
It was a clash of couplets between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj in the Lok Sabha as the debate on Motion of Thanks to the President's Address peaked on Wednesday. The Prime Minister, while replying to the debate, attacked BJP with an Urdu couplet saying "Humko hai unse wafa ke umeed, jo jante nai hai wafa kya hai (We are expecting loyalty from those who...
09:08 PM, Mar 06, 2013
Singer Beyonce Knowles and her rapper husband Jay Z have been honoured as the Power Couple of 2013. ...
10:09 AM, Feb 17, 2013
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, his leading lady in films like 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge' and 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai', have been voted the most romantic Bollywood screen couple of all time. ...
11:58 AM, Feb 14, 2013
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05:31 AM, Feb 03, 2013
In a flip-flop, police on Thursday said they will crack down on couples found meeting in isolated places in Mumbai but soon amended their decision after it evoked sharp criticism. ...
09:48 PM, Jan 24, 2013
Mumbai Police have warned of action against couples who meet at isolated places. According to police officials such couple face the risk of becoming the victim miscreants and rapists at isolated location. ...
11:21 AM, Jan 24, 2013
Noida Cyber Cell has arrested two porn website operators for allegedly loading a couple's obscene video on the website. The operators were on Monday produced before the district court which granted six days police remand. ...
09:45 PM, Jan 14, 2013
The Calcutta High Court is likely to give its verdict in the Norway custody row on Thursday in which two NRI children are caught between a legal and diplomatic fight. The High court completed its hearing on Wednesday and reserved the order for Thursday. ...
07:27 AM, Jan 10, 2013
Asansol Police is set to present a compliance report before the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday on the status of handing over the custody of the children, who are caught between a legal and diplomatic fight with Norway since 2011, to their uncle. ...
10:50 AM, Jan 09, 2013
Hollywood actresses Katie Holmes, Jennifer Aniston and Jessica Biel have landed top hottest celeb bodies accolades in a new end-of-year survey. ...
04:51 PM, Dec 14, 2012
A couple has alleged that three of their newborn boy's fingers were gnawed off by a cat at a state-run maternity hospital in Hyderabad. Police are investigating allegations made by the baby's parents while the hospital authorities have rubbished the claim. ...
08:43 PM, Dec 12, 2012
