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Through three rounds of action at Oak Hill and the 2013 PGA Championship, Jim Furyk has posted the lowest score. It’s been 10 years since Furyk won his first and only major championship, but he’s been one of the best golfers on the course in New York this week and carries the weight of being the leader into Sunday’s final round. That being said, ESPN’s Justin Ray...
Published: August 11, 2013
Oak Hill Country Club finally woke up and provided a much tougher test for the leaders of the 2013 PGA Championship on Saturday. As a result, the lead is exactly where it was when the day began, albeit with a different golfer holding it. Some Saturday winners surged up the leaderboard. Some of the day’s losers drifted or absolutely tumbled down it. Others managed to hold their place and remain...
Published: August 10, 2013
After two days of allowing the world’s best golfers to run rampant on its surface, Oak Hill Country Club finally bit back during Saturday’s third round of the 2013 PGA Championship. Course conditions, which had been exponentially softened by rains Thursday and Friday, hardened as the heat ratcheted up and the Pittsford, N.Y., sky had nary a cloud. Greens were swifter, rough was tougher...
Published: August 10, 2013
Rory McIlroy is back where we expected him to be all along in 2013. He’s in the conversation on the final Sunday of a major. Heading into the final round, McIlroy is six shots behind the leader, Jim Furyk, at the 95th PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y. After hanging around for most of the first three rounds, the two-time major champion looked confident in his game...
Published: August 10, 2013
Choosing the worst tennis parents is a challenge in a sport where players’ mothers and fathers have gained notoriety for their repulsive and exploitative behavior. Three of the 10 people mentioned in ESPN’s list of “sports’ most harmful relatives” were the fathers of tennis players. Our list includes parents whose actions either created a negative public image for...
Published: August 10, 2013
Jim Furyk is looking to find major championship glory for the first time in 10 years. After three rounds of play in the 2013 PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., Furyk has a one-shot lead over Jason Dufner heading into the final round. He hasn’t won a major since 2003 when he took home the U.S. Open title. This year’s PGA Championship hasn’t been a showcase...
Published: August 10, 2013
Jim Furyk is just over a year removed from a disappointing U.S. Open and Bridgestone Invitational, a pair of tournaments where he blew leads late. But he’s obviously moved past those major opportunities lost, as he holds the 54-hole lead at this week’s PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club. Furyk posted a third-round 68, giving him rounds of 65-68-68, and leads by a shot over second-round...
Published: August 10, 2013
No. 4 seed Rafael Nadal outlasted No. 1 Novak Djokovic in a 2:28 marathon to win his Rogers Cup semifinal and claim a spot in Sunday’s final. After Nadal dominated the match early, Djokovic was able to answer back, and by the end of the second set, there was almost nothing to choose between the two stars. A closely contested third set led to a tiebreak, where Nadal was able to get his rival back...
Published: August 10, 2013
“It’s hard to win a major championship, let alone repeat a major championship,” Graeme McDowell said earlier this year. If it’s so hard to win majors, why were Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy able to make it look easy, and then why did it get hard for them? To win one, what is the right combination of ingredients? And why is it so hard for most golfers to do? Woods has said...
Published: August 10, 2013
No one said being a golf reporter was easy. When Brandt Snedeker apparently misfired and his golf ball landed close to reporter Steve Sands of the Golf Channel, things escalated quickly. Sands jokingly turned around and shouted, “This is why you’re teeing off so early, your aim’s a little off!” Snedeker responded with a deliberate shot aimed at the reporter. Thankfully,...