By Helen Ross, PGATOUR.COM Monday finishes, golf’s youth movement and the popularity of the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup were among the topics of conversation earlier this week as PGA TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem joined Gary Williams and Erik Kuselias on Golf Channel’s “Morning Drive.” The Hyundai Tournament of Champions kicks off the 2012 [...]
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DETROIT — After a decade of losing, the Detroit Lions are in the playoffs.
And they made sure the San Diego Chargers are out.
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J.B. Holmes withdrew from the Franklin Templeton Shootout due to his continuing recovery from brain surgery, which also caused him to miss the FedEx Cup Playoffs.
Ben Crane announced on his Twitter feed Monday that he has a torn labrum in his left hip but that he was “going to try and play” through September before he undergoes surgery. By putting off his surgery until September, Crane would at least give himself a chance to make the PGA TOUR Playoffs for [...]
William McGirt, who finished 141st on the money list in 2011, is back on TOUR in 2012 after getting into the clubhouse at 11 under. McGirt, who made it through two events in the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup, fired a 69 Monday to move off the bubble. He will be joined by 48-year-old [...]
ARLINGTON, Texas — With Texas Rangers fans chanting his name, Mike Napoli kept fouling off pitches until getting the big hit after James Shields had hit two batters.
Then Tampa Bay’s starter really got wild.
NEW YORK — The rainy season rolls on.
The playoff opener between the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees was suspended because of rain in the second inning Friday night, wiping out the ace of each pitching staff for a few days.
Before we get to the 2011 MLB playoff schedule, let’s just recap real quick. The final night of the season was unbelievable! Down 7-6 to the Yankees in the bottom of the ninth, Rays pinch-hitter Dan Johnson jacked a game-tying home run and sent the game into extra innings. Later in the evening after a long rain delay, Baltimore stunned the Red Sox in the bottom of the ninth and won on a walk-off hit by Robert Andino. Just three minutes after that, third baseman Evan Longoria hit a walk-off home run down the third base line to send Tampa Bay to the postseason. Oh, and the Braves completed their colossal collapse too.
Ok… so let’s get to the schedule shall we? (Everything is subject to change)
FIRST ROUND
There are 12 players in this week’s Tour Championship, the final leg of the PGA Tour Playoffs, who haven’t won on the PGA Tour this year. Only one, St. Simons Island, Ga., resident Matt Kuchar, has the mathematical chance of winning the FedEx Cup title without winning this week at East Lake.
While Yahoo!'s fantasy golf game will be coming to a close with the TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola in two weeks, salary leaguers and dynasty gamers are taking this week off as an opportunity to recharge for what is always a busy last four months of the year. But before we can dig into full-season data, the eventual Nationwide Tour and q-school graduates and other miscellany that commands the offseason in all fantasy sports, there is the matter of determining who will qualify for the finale of th
The PGA Tour Playoffs for the FedExCup continue this week with the BMW Championship from The Dubsdread Course at Cog Hill Golf and Country Club in Chicago. And it’s another loaded field with 70 of the best golfers in the world battling for the right to play in the Tour Championship next week. Have fun picking a winner. And get this. Everyone teeing off this week is still mathematically alive to …
Cog Hill’s Dubsdread course gets a chance at redemption this week. Unfortunately, it may be too late for the venue of this week’s BMW Championship – or what amounts to be the FedEx Cup Playoffs’ semifinal.
The FedEx Cup playoffs have changed the landscape of professional golf in the fall. Seventeen of the world’s top 25 players will tee it up at this week’s BMW Championship. Jim McCabe
By Chris Dunham, PGATOUR.COM The PGA TOUR takes its first week off in 2011 as the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup reach the midway point. Here are some numbers to note as we look forward to next week’s BMW Championship. 70 — Number of players in the BMW Championship field who could control their [...]
