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Tiger Woods played a nearly perfect round on Friday to take a two-shot lead after 36 holes in the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Trump Doral. He has won 16 World Golf Championship events in his career, and he won this event in 2007. Woods is leading at 13-under par and appears to be confident with every part of his game. He didn’t just hit fairways with his driver; he split the middle. His long...
Published: March 5, 2013
Justin Rose pocketed $1.4 million by winning the 2012 WGC-Cadillac Championship at what is now called Trump Doral. The total purse has been increased to $8.75 million in 2013. Rose posted a final-round 70 to finish one shot better than Bubba Watson, who went on to win the Masters a few weeks later. Doral always draws the best players to the top of the leaderboard, and some of the biggest names have...
Published: March 4, 2013
Lydia Ko is golf’s latest wunderkind from New Zealand. Who is this precocious youngster and why does she warrant such interest? Ms. Ko at the ripe old age of 15 has won three professional golf tournaments and the 2012 U.S. Women’s Amateur. She was born in South Korea, but her family moved to New Zealand when she was quite young. She began playing golf when her mother took her to a golf...
Published: March 2, 2013
Rory McIlroy walked off PGA National during Friday’s second round of the Honda Classic after playing just eight of his first nine holes. He was seven-over par at the time and had hit his second shot on No. 18 into the water bordering the right side of the fairway. He was staring certain bogey or worse straight in the face, which would have given him a 43 or 44 on the scorecard for his first nine...
Published: March 1, 2013
World No. 1 Rory McIlroy scrambled his way to an even-par 70 for his first round at PGA National in the Honda Classic Thursday. It was evident to everyone that McIlroy was playing better than his previous two starts in 2013, but his iron play was still not quite up to his high standards. He missed several greens and was forced to make difficult up and downs to save pars. He was one-under par through...
Published: February 24, 2013
Could it be possible that Tiger Woods and his ex-wife Elin Nordegren may get back together? The National Enquirer reported in January that Woods got down on one knee and proposed to Nordegren over the Christmas holidays. It was reported he offered a $200 million prenuptial agreement, and she countered with $350 million. Apparently Woods didn’t even think twice about her demands and agreed. The...
Published: February 22, 2013
How would you like to grab up the hottest young player in golf as your representative? Nike did just that when it scooped up Rory McIlroy in the offseason as a brand representative for the Nike Swoosh. Though the exact total is not official, The New York Times says it’s “reported to be worth as much as $100 million over five years to $250 million over 10 years provided McIlroy reaches...
Published: February 19, 2013
It has been reported by Golf Channel’s Alex Miceli that the PGA Tour Players Advisory Council (PAC) held a teleconference among its members on Monday, Feb 18. As many as 80 percent of the PAC disagrees with the USGA’s proposed ban on “anchored strokes,” which would essentially make the use of belly and long putters illegal in tournament play. The PGA Tour Policy Board is also...
Published: February 18, 2013
Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Luke Donald and Louis Oosthuizen will be the No. 1 seeds this week for the WGC-Accenture Match Play in Tucson, Ariz. The match play is played on the Golf Club at Dove Mountain, which can be stretched to over 7,700 yards. The winner will need to win six matches over five days in the Arizona desert. Only the top 64 golfers from the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR) are invited...
Published: February 17, 2013
Jiyai Shin posted a one-under 72 to win the inaugural event of the 2013 LPGA season, the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open. It was Shin’s 11th LPGA win. She is a former world No. 1 and has won two major championships. At the beginning of the final round, Shin was tied for the lead with teenage sensation Lydia Ko, who shot a final round three-over 76. Even though she is still an amateur,...