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Martin Kaymer is $1.8 million richer after a gritty finish saw him take the 2014 Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass on Sunday at 13 under. Kaymer held on for a one-stroke victory over Jim Furyk. Furyk will undoubtedly lament another close loss, but pocketing just over $1 million for second will help him get over it. The payouts at this tournament are elite. One of the main factors for...
Published: May 8, 2014
The Players Championship offers the PGA‘s largest purse and a great setting at TPC Sawgrass. This year, the tournament carries a purse of $10 million with $1.8 million going to the winner. Both of those numbers are an increase from last season when Tiger Woods won $1.71 million of the $9.5 million purse. Unfortunately, Woods will not be at TPC Sawgrass to defend his title...
Published: May 6, 2014
The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass is the PGA Tour’s unofficial fifth major. It always packs a top field, which is no surprise given the purse and prestige of this event. This year, a record $10 million purse has attracted a top field. Like the Masters, however, Tiger Woods will miss this event while recovering from back surgery. On his website, the defending Players champion had this to...
Published: April 8, 2014
The Masters provides four of my favorite days on the sports calendar. Even in light of my love for golf and the event, it can feel overbearingly stuffy at times. That is partly due to the nature of golf and partly due to the steadfast oversight of this event. All of this is what helps make the Masters Par 3 Contest such a fun day of golf. There is a relaxed atmosphere among the golfers...
Published: April 8, 2014
Without Tiger Woods in the field, the 2014 Masters features a tightly packed group of golfers with the lowest odds to win. According to VegasInsider.com, the five favorites to take the green jacket have odds between 10-1 and 15-1. Defending champion Adam Scott and two-time major champ Rory McIlroy share the lowest odds at 10-1. Actually, just take a look at the odds on every golfer at 75-1 or...
Published: April 7, 2014
The ATP makes its only stop on the African continent with the clay-court Grand Prix Hassan II. The event will help players tune up their clay strokes and slides as the French Open looms less than two months away. This tournament features a strong but not elite field. Tommy Robredo beat Kevin Anderson to take this title last year. Robredo is not back to defend his title, but Anderson has returned,...
Published: March 28, 2014
Novak Djokovic has gotten off to a relatively slow start this year, but the world No. 2 is in the process of knocking his game into overdrive. Don’t let the fact that his victory over Andy Murray in the quarterfinals of the Sony Open was heavily assisted by a bad call fool you into thinking any differently. Nole is 12-2 on the year, and he got his first tournament title of the year at Indian...
Published: March 28, 2014
Steven Bowditch (-8) won his first PGA Tournament on Sunday at the 2014 Valero Texas Open, outlasting the field on a day in which low scores were few and far between. Will MacKenzie and Daniel Summerhays finished in second place at seven-under par, one shot behind, while Matt Kuchar and Andrew Loupe both dropped from second place into a tie for fourth at six-under par after poor outings on Sunday. Here...
Published: March 19, 2014
The Arnold Palmer Invitational tees off at Bay Hill in Orlando on Thursday with a top field gunning to make people forget two-time defending champion Tiger Woods will not participate. With the Masters less than four weeks away, this prestigious tournament is an important stop on the road to the year’s first major. Besides this tournament’s date making it a key tuneup for the...
Published: March 13, 2014
Robert Garrigus held onto a narrow lead through three rounds at the 2014 Valspar Championship at Innisbrook, but his final-round collapse gave way to a dramatic finish. Kevin Na, John Senden and Justin Rose all had strong performances on Saturday to remain near the top of the leaderboard at the end of Round 3. Rose also faltered on Sunday with the trophy on the line, as the tournament came down...