K.J. Choi holed an 11-foot birdie putt worth $270,000 on the 18th hole Sunday to win the 26th Skins Game with $415,000. Stephen Ames missed a nine-footer that would have tied the hole and forced the foursome including Phil Mickelson and Rocco Mediate into a playoff. Instead, Choi’s putt gave him $340,000 for Sunday’s nine [...]
Zach Johnson found his putting touch in time for a season-salvaging victory in the Texas Open. “I’ve been working on my putting over the last six weeks with my teachers and it really paid off this week,” Johnson said. “I had a tough year, but the putts started to fall into today and that why [...]
After a career full of miraculous shots — including one from a parking lot during his first British Open win – Seve Ballesteros was preparing for the “hardest challenge” of his life Sunday after announcing he has a brain tumor. Ballesteros, 51, was set to undergo a biopsy on Tuesday before doctors determine how to [...]
They bungled the lyrics and were decidedly off-key, but their motivation and intentions were surely pure. As homegrown hero Kenny Perry stood in the first tee box Sunday, a group of his Commonwealth brethren in the bleachers began blurting out the words to Old Kentucky Home, an effort that fizzled when the lava-lunged fans couldn’t [...]
Padraig Harrington isn’t interested in sentimental story lines that keep popping up at the majors. He’s too busy winning them, and writing his name into the history books. First came the British Open, where he ended a fairy tale for Greg Norman with a 32 on the back nine of Royal Birkdale. Then came the [...]
Padraig Harrington enjoys few moments more than the walk down 18th fairway of a century-old links course, especially with a four-shot lead in the British Open and the engraver putting the final touches on the oldest trophy in golf. He stopped Sunday to share the moment with Greg Norman, who knows this path all too [...]
Tiger Woods on crutches was supposed to be a chance for someone else to seize the spotlight at the British Open. Greg Norman wasn’t the guy anyone had in mind. Neither was David Duval. Indeed, Royal Birkdale proved to be fertile ground for fairy tales Friday. K.J. Choi rolled in a 25-foot birdie on the [...]
The day started with howling wind and soaking rain. By afternoon, the showers had stopped and the breeze tailed off. Rocco Mediate was among those taking advantage of the break in the weather. Mr. Everyman proved his performance at the last major championship was no fluke, becoming the first player at the British Open to [...]
Kentucky, Kenny Perry is coming home. Perry shot a 6-under 66 on Sunday to win the Buick Open by a stroke at 19 under, likely locking up a spot on the Ryder Cup team that will face Europe at Valhalla about 40 miles from his birthplace. “I’m ecstatic,” he said. “It really won’t sink in [...]
Tiger Woods has undergone reconstructive surgery on his left knee in Utah to repair a torn ligament, and doctors say it’s “highly unlikely” there will be any long-term effects. It was the second time in 10 weeks Woods had surgery on his knee, this time on his anterior cruciate ligament. “We were confident going into [...]
