Greensboro: Rainy weather left Sergio Garcia stuck in central North Carolina for an extra day. Turns out, it was worth the hassle " because he's leaving with his first PGA Tour victory in four years.
Garcia claimed a two-stroke win Monday in the water-logged Wyndham Championship for his first victory on tour since the 2008 Players Championship.
He finished with a 66 to wind up at 18-under 262, claim $936,000 in prize money and maybe seal a spot on the European Ryder Cup team.
"I think there were a lot of things going on. It shows a lot to me," Garcia said. "Hopefully, this will secure my spot on the Ryder Cup team, and winning is always nice."...
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09:15 AM, Aug 21, 2012
Greensboro: It's been four years since Sergio Garcia's last PGA Tour victory. He'll have to wait one more day before he can try to finish this one off. And a downpour at the Wyndham Championship meant another day of uncertainty for others on the playoff bubble. Garcia had the lead at 15 under through four holes Sunday when the final round in the last event before the FedEx Cup playoffs...
08:30 AM, Aug 20, 2012
Greensboro: An error-filled five-over 75 saw Arjun Atwal slip down to tied 69th at the end of three rounds in the Wyndham Championships, where he won his first and only PGA Tour title two years ago. Atwal started well with two pars and a birdie on the third, but thereafter it was trouble. He bogeyed the fourth, double bogeyed the fifth and added one more bogey on ninth to turn...
07:40 PM, Aug 19, 2012
Greensboro: No lead is ever really safe at birdie-friendly Sedgefield Country Club. The last time Sergio Garcia played here, he learned that the hard way. Garcia shot a 4-under 66 on Saturday to take the lead at 14-under 196 after three rounds at the Wyndham Championship. It's a familiar spot for the Spaniard, who shared the third-round lead in 2009 but wound up finishing fourth after falling a stroke shy...
08:21 AM, Aug 19, 2012
Greensboro, North Carolina: Jimmy Walker played what he called boring but extremely effective golf to shoot an 8-under 62 on Friday and moved to the top of the leaderboard at 12 under in the Wyndham Championship. Defending champion Webb Simpson was a stroke back after a 63, and first-round leader Carl Pettersson (68), Tim Clark (67), Sergio Garcia (63) and rookie Harris English (64) were 10 under. Tim Herron matched...
08:42 AM, Aug 18, 2012
North Carolina: Swede Carl Pettersson, riding momentum from his good form at the PGA Championship, fired a flawless eight-under 62 for a one-shot lead after Thursday's opening round of the Wyndham Championship in North Carolina. Pettersson, fresh off a tie for third at Kiawah Island in the year's last major, had eight birdies to sit one shot clear of American David Mathis and South African Tim Clark at Sedgefield Country...
08:52 AM, Aug 17, 2012
New Delhi: Arjun Atwal's PGA Tour victory at the Wyndham Championship was a triumph not just for India's top golfer but also for a Delhi-based physiotherapist and his controversial methods. Jatin Chaudhry, 28, boasts an enviable list of other clients for a young physio, including cricketer Yuvraj Singh and tennis player Sania Mirza. He is also physio of the Kings XI Punjab side in the Indian Premier League. But the...
11:30 PM, Aug 23, 2010
Greensboro: Arjun Atwal became the first Indian and just the sixth Asian-born player to win on the PGA Tour when he secured a one-stroke victory at the Wyndham Championship on Sunday. Atwal joined Japanese trio Isao Aoki, Shigeki Maruyama and Ryuji Imada and South Koreans KJ Choi and Y.E. Yang in an elite but growing club of champions from world's most populous continent. The 37-year-old, who now lives in Florida,...
08:16 AM, Aug 23, 2010
Greensboro: Golfer Arjun Atwal, who lost his card barely a few weeks ago and then had to play the qualifiers to get into the tournament, is three shots clear of the field as he seeks his maiden PGA Tour title at the Wyndham Championship. A win will make Atwal the first Indian ever to win on the PGA Tour. Daniel Chopra, who is half Indian - his mother is Swedish...
10:17 PM, Aug 22, 2010
Greensboro (US): Never before has the leaderboard at a PGA Tour featured two Indians in top-10 as it has for the first two days of the Wyndham Championships. Arjun Atwal continues to have a share of the lead at 12-under, while Jeev Milkha Singh, third after first day, was tied seventh after the second. Atwal, who came through the Monday qualifiers, is tied for the lead at 12 under with...
08:48 AM, Aug 21, 2010
