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While a desert snowstorm did its best to cool off the world’s top golfers, it couldn’t keep Matt Kuchar from raising his golf temperature. Kuchar took the Accenture Match Play Championship title over defending champion Hunter Mahan, after a long, cold and upset-filled week of golf. So, while everyone hopes the switch in coasts for the Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla....
Published: February 22, 2013
Down go Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods! Shane Lowry beat World No. 1 McIlroy, 1 up, and Charles Howell III beat Woods, 2 and 1. They were the most notable top seeds to fall, but certainly not the only ones. Upsets ruled the weather-delayed first round at the Accenture Match Play Championship. With a desert snow storm prematurely ending the first day of competition, the second day suffered...
Published: February 20, 2013
All brackets were not created equal. At the 2013 Accenture Match Play Championship, Rory McIlroy faces an easier path to the semifinals than Tiger Woods. That is just the nature of this tournament. Some brackets are going to be loaded with more hot players than others. We’ll rank the four brackets below. No. 4: Bobby Jones Bracket Seeding: 1. Rory McIlroy, 2. Bubba...
Published: February 19, 2013
John Merrick is flying high after his first career PGA victory while world No. 1 Rory McIlroy is just sitting on the runway as the 2013 PGA season is getting geared up with the year’s first major just over a month away. Following the Northern Trust Open, most of the world’s best golfers are preparing for the bracket-style Accenture Match Play Championship which begins on Wednesday. In...
Published: February 19, 2013
Hunter Mahan will try to defend his Accenture Match Play Championship title following a late Sunday collapse from the lead of the Northern Trust Open. He is definitely among the favorites, but this field is so deep, he doesn’t even crack our top three. Of course, there is no guarantee anyone will be in contention. As if the PGA was not already hard enough to predict, we...
Published: February 18, 2013
The Northern Trust Open provided yet another thrilling finish. Local boy John Merrick beat Charlie Beljan in the second sudden-death hole at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif., on Sunday to earn his first PGA win. Merrick won the playoff after sinking a five-foot par putt while Beljan missed his four-foot effort to match him. The playoff wasn’t the only aspect...
Published: February 15, 2013
With ideal golfing conditions, the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California was relatively defenseless as the pros strutted their stuff in the first round of the Northern Trust Open. Matt Kuchar led the way with a brilliant round of 64, which is good for seven-under on the par-71 course. Last year, Phil Mickelson, Keegan Bradley and Bill Haas entered a playoff after finishing tied...
Published: February 13, 2013
We can only hope this year’s Northern Trust Open comes close to providing the kind of entertainment that last year’s offered. Last year, Bill Haas took home the win after beating Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley in a playoff. Haas, Mickelson and Bradley are all scheduled to give this tournament a go in 2013, not to mention many other talented golfers in this deep field. The field...
Published: February 11, 2013
The Nigerian Super Eagles will take the experience and confidence gained in their championship at the Africa Cup of Nations into the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, and parlay that into a nice run. On Sunday, Nigeria took down Burkina Faso, 1-0. The game’s only goal came in the first half on a brilliant play by Sunday Mba. The midfielder got a ricochet near the edge of the box, volleyed over a defender...
Published: February 8, 2013
Hunter Mahan and Russell Knox both carded opening rounds of six-under to sit atop the leaderboard for the 2013 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. It was a great day for golf on the Monterey Peninsula, as the deep field of PGA pros and celebrities hit three different gorgeous courses to entertain the masses. Check out the full leaderboard here via PGA.com. Round 1 Leaderboard T1. Hunter...