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Congratulations to Steve Stricker on winning the opening tournament of the 2012 PGA season. Stricker defeated Martin Laird by three strokes to claim the title at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions, which was held at the Kapalua Resort in Hawaii from Jan.

In the last two years of the FedEx Cup playoffs, a runner-up finish for Martin Laird at The Barclays and for Chez Reavie at the Deutsche Bank Championship was enough for them to lock up a spot in the Tour Championship — and three of the majors — after what had been ordinary seasons.

KAPALUA, Hawaii — In the last two years of the FedEx Cup playoffs, a runner-up finish for Martin Laird at The Barclays and for Chez Reavie at the Deutsche Bank Championship was enough for them to lock up a spot in the Tour Championship — and three of the majors — after what had been ordinary seasons. Read full article >>

In the last two years of the FedEx Cup playoffs, a runner-up finish for Martin Laird at The Barclays and for Chez Reavie at the Deutsche Bank Championship was enough for them to lock up a spot in the Tour Championship — and three of the majors — after what had been ordinary seasons.

Laird targets Ryder Cup place

Scotland’s Martin Laird finally has lift-off in his bid for a Ryder Cup debut this year – four months after everybody else started picking up points.

KAPALUA, Hawaii – Steve Stricker’s first bogey of the day has reduced his lead to one shot through his first six holes in Monday’s final round. Stricker is 18 under, with Martin Laird and defending champion Jonathan Byrd each at 17 under. Stricker began the day with a five-stroke advantage. Stricker bogeyed the par-4 sixth [...]

In the last two years of the FedEx Cup playoffs, a runner-up finish for Martin Laird at The Barclays and for Chez Reavie at the Deutsche Bank Championship was enough for them to lock up a spot in the Tour Championship – and three of the majors – after what had been ordinary seasons.

In the last two years of the FedEx Cup playoffs, a runner-up finish for Martin Laird at The Barclays and for Chez Reavie at the Deutsche Bank Championship was enough for them to lock up a spot in the Tour Championship — and three of the majors — after what had been ordinary seasons. That scenario is not likely to change for 2012.

Fourth-round scores from the Chevron World Challenge at the par-72 Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California on Sunday (U.S. unless stated): 278 Tiger Woods 69 67 73 69 279 Zach Johnson 73 67 68 71 283 Paul Casey (Britain) 79 68 67 69 284 Hunter Mahan 72 68 73 71, Matt Kuchar 72 67 74 71 287 Jim Furyk 71 74 73 69, Martin Laird (Britain) 77 74 66 70, Rickie Fowler 71 70 75 71, Bubba …

HAVING dropped just a single shot in the opening two rounds, Stephen Gallacher and Martin Laird are heading into the weekend feeling confident about their chances of landing a second World Cup win for Scotland in four years.

Ernie Els has seen players like Heath Slocum and Martin Laird overcome low seeds to thrive in the FedExCup playoffs.

Matt Kuchar got off to a rousing start in last year’s FedEx Cup Playoffs. After a birdie on the final hole to Scotland’s Martin Laird at 12-under 272 in regulation at Ridgewood Country Club in New Jersey, Kuchar birdied the first playoff hole to win The Barclays.

Martin Laird has one thing on his mind for 2012: make the European Ryder Cup team.

Martin Laird has one thing on his mind for 2012: make the European Ryder Cup team.

Full tee times for the first round of the US Open at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland

(USA unless stated, all times BST):

(x) denotes amateurs

Starting at hole 1

12pm Dae-hyun Kim (Kor), Chez Reavie, Shane Lowry (Irl)

12.11 Greg Chalmers (Aus), Kirk Triplett, Brad Adamonis

12.22 Alex Cejka (Ger), Kevin Streelman, Marc Leishman (Aus)

12.33 Fred Funk, David Chung, Michael Campbell (Nzl)

12.44 Paul Casey (Eng), K J Choi (Kor), Matt Kuchar

12.55 Graeme McDowell (NI), Peter Uihlein, Louis Oosthuizen (SA)

1.06pm Henrik Stenson (Swe), Fredrik Jacobson (Swe), Johan Edfors (Swe)

1.17 Davis Love III, Jim Furyk, Ernie Els (SA)

1.28 Justin Rose (Eng), Jason Day (Aus), J J Henry

1.39 Ryan Palmer, Gary Woodland, Jeff Overton

1.50 Brandt Jobe, D.A. Points, Nick O’Hern (Aus)

2.01pm Joey Lamielle, Christo Greyling (SA), Adam Hadwin (Can)

2.12 Michael Tobiason jr., Michael Smith, Jesse Hutchins

5.40pm Maarten Lafeber (Ned), Ty Tryon, Scott Barr (Aus)

5.51 Geoffrey Sisk, Matthew Richardson (Eng), Cheng-tsung Pan (Chn)

6.02pm Kyung-Tae Kim (Kor), Bo Van Pelt, Ben Crane

6.13 Martin Laird (Sco), Mark Wilson, Peter Hanson (Swe)

6.24 Alvaro Quiros (Sp), Sergio Garcia (Sp), Miguel Angel Jimenez (Sp)

6.35 Edoardo Molinari (It), Matteo Manassero (It), Francesco Molinari (It)

6.46 Hiroyuki FujIt (Jpn), Kevin Na, Todd Hamilton

6.57 Ian Poulter (Eng), Rickie Fowler, Hunter Mahan

7.08pm Brandt Snedeker, Aaron Baddeley (Aus), Camilo Villegas (Col)

7.19 Do-hoon Kim (Kor), Robert Rock (Eng), Kevin Chappell

7.30 Andreas Harto (Den), Jon Mills (Can), Scott Pinckney

7.41 Elliot Gealy, Ryan Nelson, Steven Irwin

7.52 Wes Heffernan (Can), Chris Williams (SA), Christopher Deforest

Starting at hole 10

12pm Chad Campbell, Marc Turnesa, Harrison Frazar

12.11 Sung-hoon Kang (Kor), Marcel Siem (Ger), Justin Hicks

12.22 Thomas Levet (Fra), Gregory Havret (Fra), Brian Gay

12.33 Russell Henley, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel), Heath Slocum

12.44 Padraig Harrington (Irl), Stewart Cink, Angel Cabrera (Arg)

12.55 Y.E. Yang (Kor), Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn), Anthony Kim

1.06pm Luke Donald (Eng), Martin Kaymer (Ger), Lee Westwood (Eng)

1.17 Jonathan Byrd, Webb Simpson, Bill Haas

1.28 Robert Karlsson (Swe), Adam Scott (Aus), Bubba Watson

1.39 Sam Saunders, Scott Piercy, Tim Petrovic

1.50 Brad Benjamin, Matthew Edwards, Zack Byrd

2.01pm Michael Barbosa, Adam Long, Bud Cauley

2.12 John Ellis, Will Wilcox, Michael Whitehead

5.40pm Bubba Dickerson, Andres Gonzales, Alexandre Rocha (Bra)

5.51 Robert Dinwiddie (Eng), Patrick Cantlay, Michael Putnam

6.02 Robert Garrigus, John Senden (Aus), Scott Hend (Aus)

6.13 Stephen Gallacher (Sco), Jason Dufner, Seung-yul Noh (Kor)

6.24 David Toms, Retief Goosen (SA), Steve Stricker

6.35 Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy (NI), Phil Mickelson

6.46 Charl Schwartzel (SA), Zach Johnson, Trevor Immelman (SA)

6.57 Lucas Glover, Nick Watney, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus)

7.08pm Rory Sabbatini (SA), Robert Allenby (Aus), Ryan Moore

7.19 Briny Baird, David Howell (Eng), Kenichi Kuboya (Jpn)

7.30 Alexander Noren (Swe), Charley Hoffman, Sang-moon Bae (Kor)

7.41 Bennett Blakeman, Brett Petterson, Brian Locke

7.52 Beau Hossler, David May, Chris Wilson

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