Avondale: Billy Horschel sensed the time had come for him to win his first PGA Tour event. This could explain the composure he displayed in the face of two final-round weather delays and a 27-feet putt he had to make on the final hole to avert a play-off.
Horschel tied a course record at the TPC Louisiana with an 8-under 64 in the final round of the Zurich Classic on Sunday, which was good enough to win by one stroke over DA Points. Points put pressure on Horschel by hitting out of a bunker to set up a 5-feet birdie putt on the par-5 18th. Then Horschel rolled in his long victory-sealing putt, pumping his arms and letting out a triumphant yell before sinking into a crouch and briefly pulling his cap over his face as the crowd roared.
"I hadn't made a long one all week and I said, 'I'm due'," Horschel said. "I was like, 'If it's my time, this putt needs to go in'." Soon after, he saw a video replay of his celebration. "I know it was pretty intense," he said. "There was a lot going on. It's celebration time now."
The 26-year-old former Florida Gator began the day two shots behind third-round leader Lucas Glover and surged into the lead with six straight birdies after the first weather delay. He finished at 20 under, narrowly holding off Points, who won the Shell Houston Open last month by a stroke over Horschel and
09:00 AM, Apr 29, 2013
Avondale: Overnight leader Lucas Glover, bidding for his fourth PGA Tour title, survived a back nine wobble to move two strokes clear after Saturday's third round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans in Avondale, Louisiana. At one point three ahead of the chasing pack, former U.S. Open champion Glover bogeyed the 14th and 17th in breezy conditions before signing off in style with a two-putt birdie at the par-five...
09:40 AM, Apr 28, 2013
While Chinese prodigy Guan Tianlang looked near certain to make a second consecutive cut on the PGA Tour, American Lucas Glover surged into an early one-shot lead in Friday's second round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Former U.S. Open champion Glover maintained red-hot form with his putter at the rain-softened TPC Louisiana, firing a five-under-par 67 on a relatively calm morning in Avondale, Louisiana. Seeking his first PGA...
09:24 AM, Apr 27, 2013
Avondale: Ricky Barnes said he still owes his newborn daughter a late birthday present. Perhaps a piece of silver would be appropriate. Barnes birdied six of the last eight holes Thursday at rain-softened TPC Louisiana to take a one-stroke lead at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, which awards a silver cup to the winner. Barnes finished the opening round with an eagle, seven birdies and a bogey for an...
08:56 AM, Apr 26, 2013
Avondale: One year ago, Jason Dufner's victory at the Zurich Classic made him the fifth player in the last eight years to celebrate his maiden PGA Tour triumph in New Orleans. This weekend, Dufner will try to become the first repeat winner in the Big Easy since Carlos Franco in 2000. But even if Dufner remains beset by the inconsistency that has kept him out of the top 10 this...
10:24 AM, Apr 25, 2013
Viswanathan Anand capitalised on a blunder by Vladimir Kramnik of Russia to beat him in the final round and finish second in the Zurich Chess Challenge. ...
01:27 PM, Mar 02, 2013
Victory eluded world champion Viswanathan Anand yet again as he played out a fourth draw in five games, against Boris Gelfand. ...
11:27 AM, Mar 01, 2013
The other game of the four-player double round-robin tournament between Vladimir Kramnik of Russia and Boris Gelfand of Israel ended in a draw in spite of a tough fight. ...
07:40 PM, Feb 28, 2013
World champion Viswanathan Anand will take on Fabiano Caruana of Italy in the fourth round of Zurich Chess Challenge here. ...
06:19 PM, Feb 27, 2013
World champion Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw with Fabiano Caruana of Italy in the first round of the Zurich Chess Challenge that got underway here. ...
10:19 PM, Feb 24, 2013
Anand played out an easy draw with Caruana in the first round of the Zurich Chess Challenge that got underway. ...
10:28 AM, Feb 24, 2013
The four-player tournament will be played on a double round-robin basis and there will be just six rounds in all. ...
01:15 PM, Feb 23, 2013
India's commercial capital, Mumbai, has been named among the world's 'dirtiest' cities, ranking last in the 'cleanest streets' category, a global survey of 40 key tourist cities has found. ...
08:20 AM, Dec 15, 2012
Geneva: A Zurich-based foundation says it will prove to the world on Thursday that Leonardo Da Vinci painted an earlier version of the Mona Lisa, a claim doubted by at least one expert on the multifaceted Renaissance artist. The Mona Lisa Foundation, which has been working with the anonymous owners of the "Isleworth Mona Lisa," says that after 35 years of research, experts believe it predates the famed 16th-century masterpiece...
03:02 PM, Sep 27, 2012
Bangalore: Infosys has agreed to buy Zurich-based Lodestone Holding AG in a deal valued at 330 million Swiss francs. The acquisition may take Infosys a step closer to its goal of becoming a software-and-services giant providing clients with higher value services and consulting. The company has recently completed implementing Infosys 3.0, a strategy that it expects will take it towards this goal. "This acquisition fits perfectly into that strategy," chief...
10:33 AM, Sep 10, 2012
Zurich: Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake both set Weltklasse meeting records despite rain and cold winds at the Diamond League event on Thursday. The hottest star attractions in athletics continued to fulfill their post-London Olympics plan of dividing the glamor sprints between them " and making fast times seem routine. Bolt playfully shivered for the television cameras at the 200 meters starting line, then timed 19.66 seconds in the fastest...
06:35 PM, Aug 31, 2012
London: Want to shed those extra flab but struggle to get to the gym? Don't worry, scientists have now found a potential pill which they say could motivate you to exercise harder. Researchers from the University of Zurich in Switzerland found that when a certain hormone in the brain was elevated in mice, it motivated them to run faster. The hormone, called erythropoietin (or Epo), had the beneficial effect without...
01:22 PM, Jun 14, 2012
Avondale, USA: Daniel Chopra ended the week with another roller-coaster of a round to sign off tied 45th at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans on Sunday. Chopra, who was third after the first round, finished at seven-under 281 for four days. He carded a final round of 73 which had four birdies, three bogeys and one double bogey. Jason Dufner finally ended his title drought by beating Ernie Els...
10:57 PM, Apr 30, 2012
Avondale: Daniel Chopra had an incredible eight birdies but still came back only with a two-under 70 in the second round of the Zurich Classic at New Orleans on Friday. Chopra, who made his first cut on the PGA Tour this season, had a terrible triple bogey on the 11th and a double on the 16th after starting from the tenth. He had eight birdies, three on the back nine...
06:39 PM, Apr 28, 2012
