Archive for September, 2010


An elevated-view position overlooks the 16th green and 17th tee on CordeValle’s championship course. Photo by: Lora Schraft SAN MARTIN — Less than two weeks before it hosts the first PGA Tour event in Silicon Valley, CordeValle Golf Club is almost ready for its close-up. Construction is picking up along the resort’s tranquil championship course this month as workers install grandstands …

NEWPORT, Wales — For the first time in his career, Tiger Woods isn’t facing high expectations at a golf tournament. For good reason.

One British bookmaker is giving 6-1 odds on Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson being paired at some point during the Ryder Cup matches this weekend.

Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker went 4-0 at the Presidents Cup last year. NEWPORT, Wales (AP) — U.S. captain Corey Pavin called on one of his strongest tandems to lead off his team’s defense of the Ryder Cup.

His Father’s Son—Earl and Tiger Woods, Gotham Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA), Inc. Copyright © 2010 by Tom Callahan, 304 pages, $27. The November 2010 issue of Golf Digest features the most revealing portrait yet of Earl Woods and the son he raised to become the world’s most famous golfer.

Forget for a second everything you learned about Tiger Woods in the last year. It won’t matter this weekend at the Ryder Cup. While you’re at it, forget everything you knew about Tiger Woods before last Thanksgiving. The 14 majors and 71 career victories—none of that will matter this week either. The only thing that matters for Tiger this weekend? His mojo. Without it, Tiger is just another …

Golf fans have been robbed of a grudge match, with Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy kept apart.

NEWPORT, Wales – U.S. captain Corey Pavin called on one of his strongest tandems to lead off his team’s defense…

Steve Stricker and Tiger Woods during a Ryder Cup practice round. NEWPORT, Wales – When the worst-kept secret of the Ryder Cup buildup was made official, Tiger Woods had his 12th different partner in this biennial competition.

Tiger Woods’ aura of intimidation is not what it used to be. But challenge him at your peril, Europe. He has a lot to prove at the Ryder Cup; expect that to show, writes Michael Bamberger.

Steve Stricker’s wife stays home, Amy Mickelson coming late Though freshly divorced Tiger Woods generated the big headlines when he arrived in Wales without a wife or girlfriend, he isn’t the only U.S. Ryder Cup member going solo this week.

Don’t expect to see Americans Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson playing together again anytime soon.

Though he hasn’t enjoyed the best season, despite a victory in the Masters in April, Phil Mickelson is fired up about participating in this year’s Ryder Cup match.

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are part of the United States’ opening lineup Friday morning at the Ryder Cup, but Jim Furyk and Hunter Mahan are not.

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