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For the second week in a row, Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina will play host to a major championship, this time to the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open. Many of the planet’s best men’s golfers flocked to Pinehurst last week, as Martin Kaymer won the men’s edition of the tournament with a resounding eight-stroke triumph. Defending women’s champion Inbee Park will be looking to...
Published: June 16, 2014
There hasn’t been much suspense throughout the 2014 U.S. Open in terms of who would take home the 114th championship’s $1,620,000 winner’s paycheck. Martin Kaymer never left the outcome in doubt, winning his second major title on Sunday with a final-round score of one-under 69. The former world No. 1 finished nine under overall. Kaymer beat out his main competitors in Rickie Fowler...
Published: June 14, 2014
Back-to-back rounds of 65 have seen Martin Kaymer bring Pinehurst No. 2 to its knees by seizing a massive six-stroke lead entering Saturday’s third round of the 2014 U.S. Open. We still have to wait until those nearest to Kaymer tee off, but monitoring the early scores provides some idea of what to expect when the leaders get underway on moving day. With the way Kaymer has run away with this...
Published: June 10, 2014
The 2014 U.S. Open will be the site of a unique golfing challenge at Pinehurst No. 2 in Pinehurst, North Carolina, beginning on Thursday. One of the big favorites figures to be new world No. 1 Adam Scott. However, the Aussie has never fared well at this tournament in 12 prior starts, as Kyle Porter of CBS Sports observes: Scott has transformed into a different player in recent years, and is coming...
Published: June 9, 2014
The 2014 U.S. Open begins Thursday at Pinehurst No. 2 in Pinehurst, North Carolina, as many of the globe’s best golfers seek to etch their names in immortal lore at the season’s second major championship. Justin Rose is the defending champion, but pulling off two straight wins at this tournament has been most rare. Curtis Strange was the last to accomplish the feat in 1988 and 1989. OddsShark.com...
Published: May 29, 2014
Tiger Woods is still in the process of recovering from back surgery and hasn’t teed it up in competition since the WGC-Cadillac Championship. He won’t be in the 2014 Memorial Tournament field, and according to ESPN’s Bob Harig, Woods reached out to tournament host Jack Nicklaus before play began: Wednesday also saw Woods declare himself out of action for the U.S. Open at Pinehurst...
Published: May 29, 2014
The 2014 Memorial Tournament gets underway Thursday at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. Hosted by golf legend Jack Nicklaus, this event is held in extremely high regard on the PGA Tour, but it is not among the most lucrative stops in terms of overall prize money. While the winner does walk away with a hefty payout of $1,116,000, there have been 16 checks of that amount or more among the...
Published: May 28, 2014
The 2014 Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, is hosted by the legendary Jack Nicklaus, and it emanates an innate prestige as one of the biggest events on the PGA Tour. Since it is a rare invitational, the field is even more select than most others. Nicklaus also established the tradition of paying tribute to some of the game’s greats, and this year, former women’s...
Published: May 26, 2014
Rafael Nadal commenced his quest for a ninth singles title at Roland Garros by defeating wild card Robby Ginepri 6-0, 6-3, 6-0 in a first-round match at the 2014 French Open on Monday. Play was suspended prior to the match due to rain, which made the already mountainous task for Ginepri just to stay competitive all the more challenging. It is difficult enough to generate pace on clay,...
Published: May 25, 2014
Rory McIlroy has been in constant contention at stroke play events as of late, but before the 2014 BMW PGA Championship, he had failed to convert those opportunities into wins. That changed Sunday in Surrey, England, when McIlroy finished 14 under par at the Wentworth Club to claim victory by one stroke over his closest challenger, Shane Lowry, as announced by Sky Sports News: PGA Tour equipment writer...