From a three-time major winner to a promising young rookie, there’s plenty of variety unveiled Monday on PGATOUR.COM’s Top 100 Players to Watch in 2012. Padraig Harrington owns three majors and Retief Goosen has a pair of U.S. Opens to his credit. Winners in the past year on this list also include Jonathan Byrd (Hyundai [...]
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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — The pool of young talent in golf has never looked deeper. Rory McIlroy won the U.S. Open at age 22, the second-youngest player to win a major since the Masters began in 1934. Jason Day, the 24-year-old Australian, was a runner-up in two majors this year.
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — The pool of young talent in golf has never looked deeper. Rory McIlroy won the U.S. Open at age 22, the second-youngest player to win a major since the Masters began in 1934. Jason Day, the 24-year-old Australian, was a runner-up in two majors this year.
Lee Westwood has decided to join the PGA Tour again. It will be the first time the English star has taken up PGA Tour membership since the 2008 season. The move requires Westwood to compete in 15 tournaments, which includes the four majors and World Golf Championships. Westwood says he will return to The Players Championship, which he skipped this year because his schedule already was full.
Former world number one Tiger Woods is confident he can once again dominate the game despite his two-year slump in form.The American won 14 majors in 11 years from 1997 but has not added to that total since his last victory at the US Open in June 2008, when his injury and personal problems began.
SYDNEY (AP) — The latest comparison between Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus was not about winning majors.
The latest comparison between Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus was not about winning majors.
The latest comparison between Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus was not about winning majors.
SYDNEY — The latest comparison between Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus was not about winning majors. It was about remembering how to win. Woods took a big step toward putting himself in position Friday in the Australian Open with a second straight day of crisp, controlled shots for a 5-under 67 that gave him a one-shot lead over Peter O’Malley going into the weekend at The Lakes. Read full article …
The latest comparison between Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus was not about winning majors.
By DOUG FERGUSON SYDNEY — The latest comparison between Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus was not about winning majors.
SYDNEY (AP) — The latest comparison between Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus was not about winning majors.
The latest comparison between Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus was not about winning majors. It was about remembering how to win. Woods took a big step toward putting himself in position Friday in the Australian Open with a second straight day of crisp, controlled shots for a 5-under 67 that gave him a one-shot lead over Peter O’Malley going into the weekend at The Lakes.
Masters champion Charl Schwartzel was just one of many breakthrough winners of big-time events in 2011.
