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Tiger Woods has eight victories at Firestone Country Club, host of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. For some professionals, that’s more than they can amass in a career. That means Firestone is a great measure of the state of Woods’ game. Is he on? Is he ready? Is he still struggling to return to form? Firestone will tell us. It was at Firestone that Woods tied Jose Maria Olazabal’s...
Published: July 28, 2014
It’s hard to imagine that Tiger Woods would have the most to prove when the PGA Championship gets underway next week at Valhalla Country Club in Louisville. But that’s the way it’s working out. His hopes to play in the FedEx Cup playoffs and be on the United States Ryder Cup team will depend on his performance at Valhalla, as well as how he does this week in the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone...
Published: July 28, 2014
Syria is falling apart, Iraq is a drive-in war theater, and the leader of the free world can’t find the fairway. If a recent picture of a custom golf ball is to be believed, we are indeed living in dark days. Time political reporter Zeke Miller (h/t Extra Mustard’s Peter Bukowski) spotted a picture of a Titleist golf ball marked with the number “44” and “POTUS.” Instagram...
Published: July 28, 2014
Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg are involved in perhaps the most intense Formula One championship battle since 1989. The two Mercedes drivers have a car which is the class of the field. Under normal circumstances and putting reliability aside, they would finish first and second in every single race. But the 2014 Hungarian Grand Prix was anything but “normal circumstances.” Rosberg had started...
Published: July 28, 2014
Serena Williams has something to prove at the Bank of the West Classic at Stanford University this week. Despite the fact that she’s had a tough year, it wouldn’t be smart to doubt her. It’s been a long time since Williams was in a position that required she prove she’s still the best female tennis player on the planet. But that’s exactly where she is now. Why All...
Published: July 28, 2014
Formula One’s 2014 season continues to go from strength to strength. The Hungarian Grand Prix was one of the best races in recent memory—and at a circuit renown for producing mediocre races. At the heart of all great races are great drives. Lewis Hamilton‘s blast from last to third will go down as one of his finest races. Fernando Alonso also put in a stellar performance, dragging...
Published: July 28, 2014
Daniel Ricciardo has exceeded expectations so far this season, winning two races and cementing his position in a Red Bull team previously built around four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel. His latest victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix has seen the Australian’s confidence rise through the roof, with Ricciardo aiming to steal the world championship from under the noses of Nico Rosberg...
Published: July 28, 2014
There was no Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth or Tiger Woods contending with Bernhard Langer at the Senior British Open at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, but the 56-year-old played like a young man amongst seniors en route to a 13-shot win. Per Justin Ray of the Golf Channel, the win was the largest in Champions Tour history. On Sunday, Langer punctuated his performance with a five-under 67 to finish 18...
Published: July 28, 2014
Like it or not, Dunga has returned to coach Brazil for a second time following the selecao’s dramatic failure at the 2014 World Cup. The CBF have never been ones to bow to public pressure and, yet again, they have done things their own way in appointing a manager who irritated many fans and media representatives in his first spell in charge. Prior to the 2010 World Cup, his record as Brazil coach...
Published: July 28, 2014
The Waratahs and the Crusaders clinched their places in the 2014 Super Rugby final with victories over the Brumbies and Sharks on Saturday, respectively, but neither win came without its scrapes. The match in New South Wales was particularly physical, and while the Crusaders’ 38-6 mauling saw them control a lot of the tempo, the Brumbies put up more of a fight in their semi-final. That being,...