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The final tuneup for the PGA Championship begins Thursday, as most of the world’s best golfers hit Firestone Country Club for the 2015 Bridgestone Invitational. We say “most,” of course, because there are a few glaring names missing from the participants list. Tiger Woods is sitting out the week fresh off his largely impressive performance at the Quicken Loans National, and Rory McIlroy‘s...
Published: August 5, 2015
The Barracuda Championship is the last chance golfers have to qualify for the year’s final major. This week’s winner qualifies for the PGA Championship if he isn’t already in the field. Montreux Golf and Country Club in Reno, Nevada, will be the site of a unique PGA Tour event. A Modified Stableford scoring system will be used in this tournament, as opposed to the typical stroke-play...
Published: August 5, 2015
Formula One has gone on its summer holidays at just the wrong time. After nine races of misery both on and off track, the 2015 season finally burst into life at the Hungarian Grand Prix, which produced a surprise winner and shock results throughout the field, with the two title protagonists failing to reach the podium for the first time this year. In an ideal world, F1 would have capitalised on the...
Published: August 5, 2015
The Rugby Championship has reached its denouement already. In just three rounds we are done and dusted this year as teams turn their attentions to World Cup preparations. We end with a deciding rubber between Australia and New Zealand in Sydney. The two will meet again the following week to ensure they get a couple of Bledisloe Tests in, but this is the one that will settle the Rugby Championship silverware. Both...
Published: August 5, 2015
With the tennis world preparing for the U.S. Open at the end of August, many of the WTA and ATP’s top stars are in Washington D.C. for the Citi Open tournament. Weather did turn out to be a problem, as rain caused two separate delays in play. It created havoc on the playing schedule, but all of the matches were able to be completed as darkness set in. Top 10 players Kei Nishikori (No. 5)...
Published: August 5, 2015
The second day of the Bank of the West Classic saw the first round of the singles tournament finish up, while the doubles side of the competition continued with its opening matches. Though the competition was without Serena Williams, who is nursing an elbow injury before the U.S. Open, headliners such as Caroline Wozniacki and Agnieszka Radwanska are waiting for a pair of the first-round victors. Here...
Published: August 5, 2015
The Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club has seen its share of memorable moments. Most of them involve Tiger Woods shooting in the dark, grinding out playoffs and velcroing his shots to the greens. Firestone Country Club played host to the World Series of Golf from 1962 to 1998 before it changed over to a World Golf Championship in 1999. Tire magnate Harvey Firestone founded Firestone...
Published: August 5, 2015
As the heart of the U.S. Open series draws near, the summer will decide the best hard-court players in tennis. This is the time when the stars must summon up energy through the summer heat in order to compete on faster outdoor surfaces, which can be very grueling. The following slideshow ranks the best 10 players at this moment who look to contend over the next two months. Their past histories and...
Published: August 5, 2015
The 2015 Citi Open in Washington D.C. is among the handful of professional tennis tournaments outside of Grand Slams where the ATP and WTA Tours share the same venue. Although men and women both play best of three sets, the prize money for the ATP winner is $343,000. The WTA winner gets $43,000. That’s nearly eight times as much money for the men. Is that fair? In this case, yes. As a woman who...
Published: August 4, 2015
Lindsey Vonn is taking the high road. Or slopes. One of the best female skiers in the world, Vonn was interacting with her fans on Twitter on Monday afternoon when the subject of her ex-boyfriend, golfer Tiger Woods, came up, as a fan asked her if he will ever win a PGA tournament again: Woods has competed in 10 events since December 2014 and has not sniffed a win. He missed the cut in three...