I can never thank the fans enough, says Sergio Garcia

I can never thank the fans enough, says Sergio Garcia Virginia Water: Sergio Garcia spoke of his unending gratitude to the Wentworth galleries after soaring into title contention at the PGA Championship with a sizzling four-under-par 68 in Saturday's third round. The 33-year-old Spaniard was embroiled in a racism row with Tiger Woods earlier this week and had to issue an unreserved apology after making a "fried chicken" jibe at the world number one. Garcia was almost lost for words...
10:08 PM, May 25, 2013

McIlroy slumps to 74 after late Wentworth collapse

McIlroy slumps to 74 after late Wentworth collapse Virginia Water: World number two Rory McIlroy was blown off course by unseasonally cold weather at Wentworth on Thursday, bogeying five of the last six holes to sink to a two-over 74 in the PGA Championship first round. The 24-year-old Northern Irishman made an encouraging start to the European Tour's flagship event and was three-under after 12 holes but a series of late blunders meant he walked off the 18th...
10:55 PM, May 23, 2013

Golf legend Ken Venturi dies aged 82

Golf legend Ken Venturi dies aged 82 Los Angeles: Former U.S. Open champion and television broadcaster Ken Venturi, a 14-times winner on the PGA Tour, died on Friday at the age of 82 following various health complications. Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame just 11 days ago, Venturi had been in hospital for the last two months for a spinal infection, pneumonia and an intestinal infection, the PGA Tour said in a statement. Venturi's son,...
10:13 AM, May 18, 2013

Tiger Woods nearing dominance with the win in Florida

Tiger Woods nearing dominance with the win in Florida 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....
03:55 PM, May 13, 2013

Tiger Woods holds on to win Players as Garcia implodes

Tiger Woods holds on to win Players as Garcia implodes 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

Tiger Woods tied with Sergio Garcia, David Lingmerth at Players

Tiger Woods tied with Sergio Garcia, David Lingmerth at Players 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

Garcia fumes at Woods after losing lead at Players

Garcia fumes at Woods after losing lead at Players 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

Rory McIlroy tries to change his fortunes at Sawgrass

Rory McIlroy tries to change his fortunes at Sawgrass 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

Scott back at work after the high of Augusta win

Scott back at work after the high of Augusta win 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

Woods goes from red carpet to TPC Sawgrass

Woods goes from red carpet to TPC Sawgrass Ponte Vedra Beach: One night after making his red carpet debut in New York, Tiger Woods was on a golf course that hasn't treated him very well over the years. Woods said it took him a week to get over his tie for fourth at the Masters. Next up is The Players Championship, where he has won only once in 15 years and has just one top 10 since that...
09:21 AM, May 08, 2013

Emotional Couples and Montgomerie enter Hall of Fame

Emotional Couples and Montgomerie enter Hall of Fame 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

Rookie Derek Ernst wins Quail Hollow in a playoff

Rookie Derek Ernst wins Quail Hollow in a playoff 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...
08:19 AM, May 06, 2013

Australia's Brett Rumford wins China Open; Jeev tied 14th

Australia's Brett Rumford wins China Open; Jeev tied 14th Tianjin: Brett Rumford has become the first Australian in 41 years to win back-to-back European Tour titles after capturing the China Open on Sunday. Rumford shot a final-round 68 to win by four shots with a 16-under 272 total. It had taken Rumford more than five years and 121 tour events to capture a fourth title at last week's Ballantine's Championship but he has managed a fifth just seven days...
04:11 PM, May 05, 2013

Mickelson and Watney share Quail Hollow lead

Mickelson and Watney share Quail Hollow lead 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

Chopra one shot off lead, Atwal misses cut at Athens

Chopra one shot off lead, Atwal misses cut at Athens Athens: Daniel Chopra, who has a head cover depicting Yoda, the iconic character of Star Wars, carded a second successive three-under 68 to move to six-under 138 and into tied second even as Arjun Atwal missed the cut at the end of the second round of the Stadion Classic here. The Indo-Swede Chopra, who lost his PGA Tour card last season, and is now playing on Web.Com and hoping to...
06:40 PM, May 04, 2013