Florida: Playing with controlled aggression, Tiger Woods gave notice at the Players Championship that he stands poised to reassert his dominance once again on the world of golf. After an uncharacteristic wobble with a double-bogey on the back nine of TPC Sawgrass's Stadium Course, Woods reprised his familiar role of irresistible frontrunner to win his 78th PGA event and second Players title in his 300th career start on the tour.
The two-stroke victory by the world number one was his 52nd from the 56 times he has led or shared the lead after the third round of a 72-hole PGA Tour event. Most telling was the confidence and mastery Woods exhibited as he tailored his game to the challenges posed by the tricky Pete Dye-designed course. "It was fast and difficult," said Woods. "And I hit it so good today, it was fun. I hit it high, low, left to right, right to left, whatever I wanted.
"I pured a lot of putts, too," added the 37-year-old American, who finished with a 13-under total after a two-under 70 in his final round. "It could have been something pretty low today, just had a bunch of lip-outs." Woods accumulated 14 major titles with his last triumph at the 2008 U.S. Open, but then came a string of injuries, swing changes and the disintegration of his marriage.
The result has been a five-year lull in pursuit of his top career ambition - the record 18 major titles won by
03:55 PM, May 13, 2013
Florida: Tiger Woods held on to clinch his second Players Championship by two strokes on Sunday after long-time adversary Sergio Garcia spectacularly imploded on his last two holes. Spaniard Garcia shared the lead on 13-under with Woods when he teed off at the short but treacherous 17th, but hit into the water twice to crash to a quadruple bogey, after the world number one had parred the famed island hole....
08:39 AM, May 13, 2013
Florida: Tiger Woods finally made another birdie and finished off the third round with a 1-under 71, putting him in a three-way tie for the lead with Sergio Garcia and David Lingmerth in The Players Championship. Woods and Garcia will each walk the fairways of the TPC Sawgrass with someone else on Sunday afternoon. Lingmerth bogeyed the 18th for a 69 to finish on 11-under 205. Woods had four holes...
06:11 PM, May 12, 2013
Florida: Sergio Garcia blamed a roar from the crowd watching Tiger Woods for an errant shot that saw him lose the lead at the Players Championship on Saturday. Garcia glared in playing partner Woods's direction after the Spaniard sliced his second shot from the fairway on the par-five second hole well into the trees on the right. The gallery had erupted during Garcia's backswing upon seeing world number one Woods...
09:21 AM, May 12, 2013
Florida: Sergio Garcia roared into the Players Championship lead with Tiger Woods and Lee Westwood close behind after the second round as star power returned to the top of the leaderboard on Friday. Garcia, Woods and Westwood led a scoring parade as eagles and birdies flew all around TPC Sawgrass on a steamy day in what is widely regarded as golf's unofficial fifth major. Garcia, the 2008 champion, fired a...
08:12 AM, May 11, 2013
Florida, USA: Tiger Woods was nine shots out of the lead, not the best position at The Players Championship, especially since he had not even started his round. Perhaps the bigger surprise was the guy who posted the record-tying round Thursday. Roberto Castro had only played the TPC Sawgrass in a practice round. He made a debut he won't soon forget. There was the 9-iron to a foot on the...
08:52 AM, May 10, 2013
Ponte Vedra Beach: Rory McIlroy won two major championships at age 23. He was the youngest player since Tiger Woods to reach No. 1 in the world. He was won the money titles on the PGA Tour and European Tour in the same season. Now if he can just break par on the TPC at Sawgrass. Or at least make it to the weekend. McIlroy keeps showing signs that his...
08:54 PM, May 09, 2013
Ponte Vedra Beach: Adam Scott never had to take this much time walking from the clubhouse to the practice range at TPC Sawgrass. He couldn't take more than a few steps without a player or a caddie stopping to congratulate him for his feel-good win at Augusta National. There were so many fans pressed against the fence to get his autograph that it nearly collapsed. Finally, he got into a...
11:36 AM, May 09, 2013
Dubai: In an appointment that was backed by the BCCI, former India leg-spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan Monday replaced Tim May as a players' representative on the ICC Cricket Committee. "... Sivaramakrishnan is one of the two Current Player representatives [replacing Tim May]. The other Current Player representative is former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara, who has been on the committee since 2007," the ICC said in a statement here today. "Sangakkara...
12:48 PM, May 06, 2013
The Indian Tennis Players Association's first meeting on Saturday also saw the participation of two more vice-presidents, Mahesh Bhupathi and Somdev Devvarman. ...
10:11 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Bangalore: Somdev Devvarman, who led the players' revolt against AITA, on Sunday said veterans Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupahti have provided useful ideas for the betterment of Indian tennis but only time will tell if those ideas will work. Paes, who was the only top player to not side with the rebel players, surprisingly joined the newly-formed Indian Tennis Players Association as one of the vice presidents. Somdev said all...
12:53 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Bangalore: Former Davis Cupper Jaideep Mukherjea was on Saturday appointed president of the newly-formed Indian Tennis Players Association (ITPA) while Leander Paes was surprisingly named as one of three vice presidents. The ITPA had its first meeting here and chose Mahesh Bhupathi and Somdev Devvarman as the other vice presidents. Karti Chidambaram, AITA vice president, will be the secretary of the association, Mukherjea announced. Other members of ITPA are Rohan...
09:27 AM, Apr 07, 2013
IBN18 editor-in-chief Rajdeep Sardesai speaks on the controversial issue regarding the IPL 6 participation of Sri Lankan players in Chennai. ...
12:55 PM, Apr 02, 2013
Will the pullout of Sri Lankan players from Chennai matches affect their IPL teams? Cricketnext editor Jamie Alter joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
03:15 PM, Mar 30, 2013
Ranatunga charged both the Tamil Nadu leaders of playing politics with sport and was critical of the attitude of IPL organisers. ...
09:49 PM, Mar 27, 2013
Muttiah Muralitharan says that he is not aware of the full situation of playing in Chennai as of yet and he needs all the decisions in writing. ...
08:57 PM, Mar 27, 2013
Sri Lanka board said it would give the green light to the players provided they were happy to go and also did not play in Tamil Nadu. ...
07:09 PM, Mar 27, 2013
DMK Leader TKS Elangovan said, "this govt cannot give proper protection, Jaya says they should not play. She wants to involve DMK in everything. It shows she's not interested in Tamils of the island." ...
05:45 PM, Mar 27, 2013
Even as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa barred Sri Lankan players from taking part in the Indian Premier League matches in the state, questions of whether her decision was made due to the competitive politics in Tamil Nadu were abound. "You say Tamils are suffering, I can tell you the Sinhalese come from Orissa, West Bengal and Bihar. So tomorrow if they decide that any Tamil who comes there will...
07:50 AM, Mar 27, 2013
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying no Sri Lankan player should play the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches in her state. Earlier in February, Jayalalithaa had cancelled the Asian Athletics meet saying Sri Lankan players would not be allowed in Tamil Nadu. ...
11:57 PM, Mar 26, 2013
