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CHICAGO, United States (AFP)–South Korea’s Park Sung-hyun birdied twice in a weather-disrupted playoff Sunday to win the Women’s PGA Championship, capturing the second major women’s golf title of her career. The 24-year-old from Seoul, last year’s US Women’s Open champion, defeated compatriot Ryu So-yeon, denying her bid to reclaim the world number one ranking, and Japanese teen star Nasa Hataoka in the playoff to capture the $547,500 top prize. “It was a really long round […]
KILDEER, United States (AFP)–Park Sung-hyun blasted her way up the leaderboard at the Women’s PGA Championship on Thursday, using precision drives to fire a bogey-free 66 for a one-shot lead over four others. The sweet-swinging 2017 US Women’s Open champ got off to a roaring start in the opening round by rolling in a half dozen birdies for a slim lead over Brooke Henderson, Jaye Marie Green, Jessica Korda and Brittany Altomare, who all shot […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)– Two-time major champion Hubert Green, a 19-time US PGA Tour winner and 2007 World Golf Hall of Fame inductee, has died at age 71, the tour announced Wednesday. Green, who won the 1977 US Open and 1985 PGA Championship, died Tuesday night after a lengthy battle with throat cancer. The American famously took his first major title 41 years ago at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Oklahoma, after being notified by […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP)—Justin Rose got off to a sizzling start in sweltering conditions Saturday, then held on to push his PGA Fort Worth Invitational lead to four shots with a third-round 66. England’s Rose birdied four of the first six holes at Colonial Country Club, where temperatures reached 100 degrees Farenheit (38 C). His 14-under par total of 196 put him four clear of another US Open winner, Brooks Koepka, and Argentina’s Emiliano […]
HILTON HEAD, United States (AFP) — Rory Sabbatini battled through the discomfort of a sore back to shoot a seven-under 64 for first-round lead at the RBC Heritage, with world number one Dustin Johnson not far behind. South Africa’s Sabbatini has a two-stroke lead over a group of four Americans at five-under 66, including Matt Kuchar and Billy Horschel, while Johnson fashioned four consecutive birdies at one stage of his opening round for a 69. […]
by Rebecca Bryan Agence France Presse AUGUSTA, United States (AFP) — Rory McIlroy came up empty again in his bid to complete a career Grand Slam at the Masters, but the Northern Ireland star insists he has the game to win at Augusta National. “I think 100 percent I can come back and win here,” McIlroy said after fading to a 2-over par 74 and a tie for fifth behind first-time major winner Patrick Reed. […]
by Jim Slater © Agence France-Presse AUGUSTA, United States (AFP) — Tiger Woods admitted frustration and disappointment with slow progress in his comeback from back surgery after struggling off the tee again in Saturday’s third round of the Masters. The 14-time major winner, who had not competed at Augusta National since 2015 because of nagging back issues, fired a level-par 72 to stand on 4-over 220 after 54 holes in his first major since 2015. […]
by Jim Slater © Agence France-Presse AUGUSTA, United States (AFP) — Anticipation built Sunday around Augusta National for Tiger Woods returning to the Masters, ticket scalpers already offering prized passes to the unfolding drama at the year’s first major golf tournament. Players traveled Magnolia Lane to the clubhouse on the eve of Monday’s first official pratice session for the 82nd Masters, where 14-time major winner Woods will try for a fifth green jacket after his fourth […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Tiger Woods had the crowd roaring, but rookie Corey Conners held his nerve to stay one stroke ahead of the former world number one after three rounds of the Valspar Championship. Woods, playing his fourth US PGA Tour event since returning in January from spinal fusion surgery last April, fired a four-under par 67 that left him tied for second on eight-under 205 alongside former US Open champion Justin Rose of […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — India’s Shubhankar Sharma opened with an eagle and closed with three consecutive birdies to seize a two-stroke lead after Friday’s second round of the WGC Mexico Championship. The 21-year-old Asian Tour Order of Merit leader, who has won twice in the past three months, has outclassed a world-class field for 36 holes at Club de Golf Chapultepec near Mexico City. “I’ve definitely proven to myself I belong here and I […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Tiger Woods was in the thick of things Friday after a one-over par 71 at windy PGA National left him four shots off the Honda Classic halfway lead held by Luke List and Jamie Lovemark. Former world number one Woods, playing the third tournament of his latest comeback bid, shook off an early bogey with two birdies on the front nine. He had moved into the top 10 with five pars to […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Tiger Woods said he was “very pleased” with an even-par 70 in the first round of the Honda Classic that left him four shots behind clubhouse leader Alex Noren of Sweden on Thursday. Woods called it the best ball-striking round of his latest comeback, which has included a tie for 23rd at Torrey Pines last month and a missed cut at Riviera in Los Angeles last week. “I’m very pleased,” […]
