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PGA Tour golf is now in full swing, and the next stop on tour is one of the most iconic of all courses. Riviera Country Club will play host to the 2013 Northern Trust Open this weekend. With its rich history and challenging setup, the tournament should prove to be as eventful as ever. It will be hard to top Bill Haas’ sudden-death playoff finish of a year ago, but a field of 135 of the world’s...
Published: February 6, 2013
Rafael Nadal has been on the shelf for the last seven months, but with his knee finally in playing shape, he’s ready to pick up where he left off. Nadal made his return to the courts on Tuesday in Rafa-like fashion, winning his doubles match at the VTR Open (alongside Juan Monaco) 6-3, 6-2 (via ESPN). While he played as many expected he would, he’ll test his knee out in singles play on...
Published: February 2, 2013
After slow play brought the Farmers Insurance Open to a slow crawl last week, the USGA has made plans to focus on pace-of-play issues that have caused significant problems at every level of the game of golf. According to ESPN, USGA president Glen D. Nager talked about a “five-prong approach” to speeding up the game at USGA’s annual meeting this week: The cry that pace of play has...
Published: January 29, 2013
The best golfer on the planet didn’t don his red shirt on Sunday, but he made sure he wasn’t without his signature garb when he finished his final round on Monday. He cruised to a final round 72, and finished the Farmers Insurance Open with a four-stroke victory to start his season. Torrey Pines has been Woods’ playground throughout his career, and he navigated the course masterfully...
Published: January 17, 2013
While the golf world had its eyes on new Nike teammates and top-ranked players Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods, Justin Rose and Jamie Donaldson look toward Day 2 with a one-stroke lead over the field. Rose and Donaldson each tallied rounds of 67, good enough for five-under par on Day 1 of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, a stroke ahead of Thorbjorn Olesen and Pablo Larrazabal at four under. There...
Published: January 15, 2013
Roger Federer’s best days may be behind him, but he’s far from finished. Federer bowed out of the Australian Open short of the finals each of the last two years, and this year’s tournament may be his best chance to prove he still has what it takes to compete with the best players in the world. Federer has made it through the second round of the tournament with little resistance. It...
Published: December 12, 2012
Six months was far too long for tennis to be without one of its brightest stars and biggest rivalries. Rafael Nadal has been rehabbing from a partial tendon tear in his left knee that he sustained at Wimbledon in June. With Nadal off the court, tennis has lacked some of the luster the 26-year-old former No. 1 has provided for the sport. Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer currently sit atop the ATP World...