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
Reuters: Triple major winner Padraig Harrington, a late addition to the four-man field, birdied three of the last five holes to grab a two-shot lead after Tuesday's opening round of the end-of-season PGA Grand Slam of Golf in Bermuda. The 41-year-old Irishman, who replaced British Open champion Ernie Els in the elite event which brings together the winners of the year's four majors, fired a sparkling five-under-par 66 at Port...
12:50 AM, Oct 24, 2012
MEDINAH, Illinois: Backed by the deafening roar of the crowd, Bubba Watson has led off the Ryder Cup for an American team carrying a 10-6 lead. It was not an auspicious start, however, as he launched his tee shot into the gallery while Luke Donald was in the middle of the fairway. The Americans need just 4.5 points to regain the Ryder Cup, which they've won only once in the...
10:01 PM, Sep 30, 2012
Medinah: Keegan Bradley went from a rookie to a rock star in the Ryder Cup, and Phil Mickelson saw it coming. Moments after Bradley poured in an 18-foot birdie putt on the second hole Friday morning, Mickelson stood off to the side of the tee box to watch Bradley prepare to smash another drive. He nodded in the direction of Luke Donald and Sergio Garcia, who had never lost a...
09:10 AM, Sep 29, 2012
Cromwell: A struggling Arjun Atwal shot a birdie in the flawless six holes that he managed to complete in the weather-hit second round and remained in the hunt to make the weekend cut at the Travelers Championship here. Atwal, who has disappointed this season with a series of missed cuts, is now even through 24 holes and has 12 more to play in the second round. He is currently on...
02:11 PM, Jun 23, 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
Georgia: Bubba Watson conjured a miraculous par from pine straw to become only the third left-hander to win the Masters with an emotional playoff victory over Louis Oosthuizen at Augusta National on Sunday. The American clinched his first major title with a two-putt par on the second extra hole, the par-four 10th, where South African Oosthuizen bogeyed after ending up just short of the green in two and failing to...
09:14 AM, Apr 09, 2012
Augusta, Georgia: Rory McIlroy moved in for the kill and Tiger Woods was left kicking his club in frustration during a Masters second round that ended with Americans Jason Dufner and Fred Couples sharing the lead on Friday. A log-jammed leaderboard, featuring five players one stroke off the pace, sets up a fascinating weekend for the first Major of the year with 52-year-old Couples, winner here 20 years ago, cast...
08:55 AM, Apr 07, 2012
Florida: Bubba Watson hit one shot over the green and off the tower. Another shot hit a fan in the gallery. As wild as it looked at time, he never lost control of his game and he never lost the lead on Saturday in the Cadillac Championship. Watson raced off to an eagle-birdie start, then survived a few errant shots coming home on the Blue Monster for a 5-under 67,...
10:44 AM, Mar 11, 2012
Doral: Bubba Watson and Justin Rose put on an amazing show of birdies in blustery conditions here, making 17 between them while playing in the same group Friday at the Cadillac Championship. Their playful duel was decided by Watson's eagle, giving him a 10-under 62 and a one-shot lead. Watson belted a 3-iron that barely got over a palm tree, carried over the water into the wind and settled 6...
08:38 AM, Mar 10, 2012
Avondale: Bubba Watson entered the Zurich Classic as a favour to his mother. "My mom really wanted me to come," said Watson, tied for first-round lead with Matt Jones after opening with a 6-under 66 on Thursday. "My mom always comes to this golf tournament, so when my mom says she wants to come, I'm here. And somehow I shot 6 under today." Watson, the winner at Torrey Pines in...
01:46 PM, Apr 29, 2011
San Diego: American Bubba Watson held off late charges by Phil Mickelson and Venezuela's Jhonattan Vegas to clinch his second PGA Tour title with an emotional one-shot victory at the Farmers Insurance Open on Sunday. Left-hander Watson coolly birdied the par-five last to keep his challengers at bay as he closed with a sparkling five-under-par 67 on the tricky South Course at Torrey Pines. The long-hitting 32-year-old, a stroke off...
09:57 AM, Jan 31, 2011
