Charlotte: One phone call changed his plans. One shot changed a whole lot more for Derek Ernst. Six days after Ernst received a call that he was in the Wells Fargo Championship as the fourth alternate, the 22-year-old rookie found himself one shot out of the lead and 192 yards away from the flag on the 18th hole, the toughest at Quail Hollow in the cold, wind and rain of a grueling final round.
Ernst choked up on a 6-iron and hit a draw that landed 4 feet from the hole for one of only four birdies on the closing hole Sunday.
"I was trying to hit it as close as I possibly could," he said. The birdie gave him a 2-under 70 and tied him with David Lynn of England, who also had a 70. And it turned out to be no fluke. Returning to the 18th in the playoff, as the rain started coming out harder, Ernst hit a 3-iron to about 15 feet left of the flag that set up his stunning victory.
Phil Mickelson didn't get a chance to join them. He had a one-shot lead with three holes to play until making back-to-back bogeys, missing putts of 6 feet and 10 feet. His 20-foot birdie putt on the 18th narrowly missed, and Mickelson closed with a 73....
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08:19 AM, May 06, 2013
Phil Mickelson and Nick Watney survived some late-round misadventures to emerge from Saturday's third round tied for the lead in the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mickelson topped the leaderboard for most of the day and Watney took his turn alone in first place during the final stretch before both players fell back with double-bogeys to head into Sunday's final round knotted at eight-under-par 208....
10:20 AM, May 05, 2013
Charlotte: World number two Rory McIlroy, back at the scene of his first PGA Tour win, fired a five-under 67 at Quail Hollow on Thursday for a seven-way share of the first-round lead in the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Northern Irishman was joined atop the leaderboard by Americans Nick Watney, Ryan Moore, Robert Garrigus, Daniel Summerhays, Derek Ernst and Monday qualifier Nate Smith. Another six players...
09:05 AM, May 03, 2013
Charlotte: Vijay Singh withdrew from the Wells Fargo Championship because of a sore back Wednesday, one day after the PGA Tour said it would not punish the Fijian for his admission that he used deer antler spray. The tour said on Tuesday the World Anti-Doping Agency informed it that the spray contains only small amounts of a growth hormone factor that is banned under the anti-doping policy. The tour had...
09:11 AM, May 02, 2013
Charlotte: Tiger Woods is sticking to his long break after the Masters, meaning he will miss the Wells Fargo Championship next week. Asked about Woods not playing Quail Hollow this year, agent Mark Steinberg replied in an email, "Accurate." Woods typically takes three weeks off after the year's first major. Because of a change in scheduling this year, the Wells Fargo Championship is only two weeks after the Masters. Woods...
02:28 PM, Apr 24, 2013
Mumbai: Even though the US is in the election mode and is under the anti-outsourcing Obama administration, the fourth largest lender there by assets, Wells Fargo has decided to move an unspecified number of jobs to India, as part of its plan to trim cost. "As part of our efforts to increase efficiency, we are thoughtfully pursuing a strategy for where we grow and where we shift resources over the...
05:01 PM, Jun 24, 2012
Charlotte: Arjun Atwal landed two eagles in the final round of the Wells Fargo Championships to finish tied 21st in what has been best result of an otherwise dismal season. Atwal, who ballooned to a 75 on third day, shot three-under 69 with two eagles, three birdies but also had four bogeys, including three in a four-hole span between ninth and 12th. Atwal, seven-under for the week, has made only...
05:22 PM, May 07, 2012
Charlotte, N.C.: Rickie Fowler finally picked up his first PGA Tour win on Sunday in what might be the start of a rivalry for years to come. Fowler brought style and substance to a sudden-death play-off at Quail Hollow and delivered a clutch shot " a wedge into 4 feet to birdie the 18th hole and win the Wells Fargo Championship over US Open champion Rory McIlroy and DA Points....
09:14 AM, May 07, 2012
Charlotte (USA): Indian golfer Arjun Atwal endured a tough day, carding a three-over 75 in the third round to slip from overnight tied 10th to tied 42nd at the Wells Fargo Championship. Atwal is now four-under 212 for 54 holes and will need a brilliant final round for a decent finish. Atwal bogeyed the third and fourth and dropped another stroke on the eighth after a birdie on seventh. On...
05:26 PM, May 06, 2012
Charlotte, North Carolina: Home-town favourite Webb Simpson birdied the 17th hole to break a logjam at the top and seize a one-stroke lead going into Sunday's final round of the Wells Fargo Championship, as Rory McIlroy charged into contention with a 66. Simpson, who lives near the Quail Hollow golf course at Charlotte, North Carolina, carded a three-under-par 69 for a total of 202 to lead second-placed countrymen Ryan Moore...
09:32 AM, May 06, 2012
Charlotte (USA): Arjun Atwal, who made just one cut in 11 starts before this week, showed signs of revival as he was tied 10th and in sight of his first top-10 finish at the Wells Fargo Championship. Atwal, the only Indian winner on the PGA Tour, was seven-under 137 for two rounds following rounds of 68 and 69. Atwal's fiend Tiger Woods though missed only the eighth cut of professional...
06:44 PM, May 05, 2012
Charlotte, North Carolina: A frustrated Tiger Woods missed a cut for only the eighth time in a PGA Tour event while Nick Watney stormed into a one-shot lead in Friday's second round of the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina. Former world number one Woods battled to a one-over-par 73 at Quail Hollow Club, struggling with his putter, failing to birdie any of the four par-five holes and finishing...
09:23 AM, May 05, 2012
Charlotte, North Carolina: While Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson made uneven starts, Stewart Cink birdied his last three holes to surge into a three-way tie for the lead in Thursday's opening round of the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina. American Cink, seeking his first PGA Tour victory since his play-off win at the 2009 British Open, fired a seven-under-par 65 to end a humid day at Quail Hollow...
09:53 AM, May 04, 2012
Los Angeles: Tiger Woods returns to PGA Tour action at this week's Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina, confident he has solved the ball-striking problems which plagued him at last month's Masters. The former world number one failed to break 72 in any of his four rounds at the year's opening major, completing his worst performance at Augusta National since he turned professional. He battled his way to a...
05:27 PM, May 01, 2012
Charlotte, N.C.: Tiger Woods is taking a three-week break before returning to golf at the Wells Fargo Championship. Woods announced on Wednesday that he will resume an up-and-down season from May 3-6 at Quail Hollow, where he won in 2007. He also committed to The Players Championship the following week. A year ago, he injured his left Achilles tendon and withdrew after nine holes at TPC Sawgrass. Woods missed the...
09:55 PM, Apr 13, 2012
New York: Standard & Poor's reduced its credit ratings on 15 big banking companies, mostly in the Europe and the United States, on Tuesday as the result of a sweeping overhaul of its ratings criteria. JPMorgan Chase & Co, Bank of America Corp, Citigroup Inc, Wells Fargo & Co, Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Morgan Stanley, Barclays Plc, HSBC Holdings Plc, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and UBS AG, were...
09:53 AM, Nov 30, 2011
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