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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Leading first-round scores on Thursday in the US PGA Tour Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina (Par-70, USA unless noted): 61 – John Huh 63 – Im Sung-jae (KOR) 64 – Peter Malnati, Brandon Wu 65 – Brian Stuard, Cameron Percy (AUS), Aaron Wise, Austin Smotherman, Ben Kohles, Alex Smalley, Ryan Moore, Rafa Cabrera Bello (ESP), Michael Gligic (CAN) 66 – Anirban Lahiri (IND), Ryan Brehm, J.T. Poston, Kelly […]
by Daniel HICKS When a little-known teenager from the Philippines burst into the global golf spotlight by winning last year’s US Women’s Open it changed her life — but left tricky decisions ahead. Yuka Saso will next week enjoy the new experience of defending a major. But at Pine Needles she will play under a different flag, the crimson red circle of Japan. Saso, who was born in the Philippines and has a Filipino mother […]
KAWAGOE, Japan (AFP) — The Tokyo Olympics women’s golf tournament could be cut to 54 holes, organizers said Wednesday, because of an approaching tropical storm due to hit Kasumigaseki Country Club at the weekend. “We have notified the players that we may have to be forced to reduce to a 54-hole competition,” International Golf Federation official Heather Daly-Donofrio told a media briefing at the course in Saitama prefecture on Wednesday evening. “We will not change […]
(Eagle News)– Two Filipina golfers are competing at the start of the rounds for the women’s golf tournament in the Tokyo Olympics today, Wednesday, Aug. 4. The two golfers are Yuka Saso who won the first ever gold medal for the Philippines in both women’s individual and women’s team event in Asian Games golf competitions, and team mate Bianca Pagdanganan,a dual medalist in the 2018 Asian Games who won a bronze in the women’s […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Philippine teenager Yuka Saso birdied the third playoff hole to beat Japan’s Nasa Hataoka and win the US Women’s Open at Olympic Club on Sunday. Saso, 19, shook off two early double bogeys, coming back with late birdies at 16 and 17 in a two-over 73 to thrust herself into a playoff with a four-under total of 280 for 72 holes. As overnight leader Lexi Thompson faded, Hataoka carded […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Tiger Woods is not facing charges of reckless driving following the car crash in which he suffered serious leg injuries, authorities said Wednesday. “A reckless driving charge has a lot of elements into it, this is purely an accident,” Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva told reporters. He added that the most Woods could face would be a low-level offense known as an infraction if investigators conclude that he […]
by Rebecca BRYAN LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Tiger Woods says “bifurcation” in the rules of golf to allow recreational players to use different equipment from professionals should be considered in the quest to curb ever-increasing hitting distance in the game. “It’s on the table whether we bifurcate or not,” Woods said, noting that differing equipment rules could keep the game more enjoyable for the less-skilled while still limiting the distance professionals could hit […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) — Tiger Woods has won 15 majors and a record 82 US PGA Tour events all over the world but the US superstar admitted Sunday there was something extra special in winning the Presidents Cup. Woods became only the second playing-captain to lift the biennial match play trophy after Hale Irwin in the inaugural Presidents Cup in 1994, juggling both roles seamlessly. The 43-year-old won all three matches he played, skipping only the […]
by Jim SLATER AUGUSTA, United States (AFP) — Tiger Woods completed an epic “full circle” comeback from career-threatening injury and scandal by winning the 83rd Masters on Sunday, capturing his 15th major title with an unprecedented back-nine rally. Ending an 11-year major drought, the 43-year-old American superstar — who underwent spinal fusion surgery in 2017 due to chronic back pain — seized his first major title since the 2008 US Open. “It’s overwhelming just because […]
LOS ANGELES, California (AFP) — Former world number one Tiger Woods withdrew from this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational on Monday after failing to shake off a neck strain. In a post on Twitter, Woods said the problem was unrelated to the lower back issues which sidelined him for nearly two years, and added he had no concern over his long-term fitness. “Unfortunately due to a neck strain that I’ve had for a few weeks, I’m […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Steve Stricker will captain the US 2020 Ryder Cup team, vowing Wednesday to do everything he can to help the Americans regain the coveted trophy from Europe. Stricker, 51, becomes the first US Ryder Cup captain never to have won a major championship. But 14-time major winner Tiger Woods lauded the appointment, saying Stricker was “the overwhelming choice” of the selection committee on which Woods himself served. PGA of […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Tiger Woods, who counts four Masters titles among his 14 majors, has been laying plans for Augusta National in April ever since October. “Started probably back in October, November,” Woods said Wednesday when asked just when he began thinking about the first major championship of 2019. “Thinking about shots I would need, clubs I’d be using for the event, what kind of swings I have been struggling with or doing […]
