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The 2013 Travelers Championship immediately follows the golf season’s second major but will nevertheless boast a strong field at TPC River Highlands on Thursday. Defending tournament champion Marc Leishman became the third consecutive first-time winner in Cromwell, Conn. after a wonderful final-round 62 to beat out Charley Hoffman and Bubba Watson by one stroke. Leishman was in contention at...
Published: June 19, 2013
After making some controversial comments regarding the Steubenville rape case in a Rolling Stone article by Stephen Rodrick, women’s tennis star Serena Williams has publicly apologized. From her website: What happened in Steubenville was a real shock for me. I was deeply saddened. For someone to be raped, and at only sixteen, is such a horrible tragedy! For both families...
Published: June 19, 2013
Tiger Woods didn’t look like himself this past weekend at the 2013 U.S. Open, and now we know why. A press release on TigerWoods.com announced the No. 1 golfer in the world has a left elbow strain that will keep him out of the upcoming AT&T National Tournament. Here is what Tiger said in the statement: I was examined after I returned home form the U.S. Open, and the doctors determined I...
Published: June 19, 2013
Tiger Woods was supposedly one of the favorites heading into the 2013 U.S. Open. Merion was meant to be Woods’ kind of course—a shorter course where he could play small ball and tactically take apart this classical American gem in a manner similar to what he did at The Players Championship just a month ago. As Woods began to struggle, and then struggle some more, people were actually shocked....
Published: June 19, 2013
Mercedes and Pirelli will find themselves in the dock at the FIA International Tribunal (IT) this Thursday (20 June) as Formula One’s “Tyregate” controversy approaches its conclusion. It all stems from a “secret” tyre test back in May, held by Pirelli. Accusations and press releases have been flying around the paddock for weeks now. Finger-pointing seems to be the order...
Published: June 19, 2013
French Open champions Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams are the hottest players coming into Wimbledon, which starts Monday. But the outlook for those two on the grass of the All England Club is very different. Friday’s draw will be much more significant for the men’s event than for the women’s tournament. Nadal is ranked only fifth at the moment, and he will be seeded No....
Published: June 19, 2013
Eight-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal will be seeded outside the top four of the men’s draw at Wimbledon for the first time in 10 years according to The Guardian‘s James Riach. You have to go all the way back to Nadal’s first Wimbledon appearance in 2003 to find the only other time the King of Clay entered the All England Club seeded lower than fourth. Nadal was unseeded that...
Published: June 19, 2013
From the red clay of Roland Garros to the green grass at Wimbledon, the world’s best tennis players are preparing for the third Grand Slam event on the calendar in 2013. Play begins on Monday, June 24 and ends on Sunday, July 7 at the All England Club in London. While the clay in France favored players like David Ferrer and Rafael Nadal, the hard surface at Wimbledon favors players who have huge...
Published: June 19, 2013
The 2013 U.S. Open was supposed to be a story about how today’s players—using today’s equipment—can overpower the classic venues of old. Instead, it became a story about how—with an assist from the USGA—a course long thought too short to host a U.S. Open can more than hold its own. Last week was an incredible one for Justin Rose, of course, as the Englishman was...
Published: June 19, 2013
The U.S. Open was like the potpourri category on Jeopardy, everything from English history to agronomy. It was unpredictable. It was a challenge to complete. It was made more difficult than it needed to be. Phil Mickelson suffered, in his own words, another heartbreak. Tiger Woods experienced frustration and another injury. Luke Donald’s ordinarily...