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At the 2013 Presidents Cup on Sunday, Team USA flirted with a collapse greater than the one suffered at last year’s Ryder Cup, but it was able to ward off those demons en route to an 18.5 to 15.5 win. The Americans have dominated this biennial event, having lost just once since the event’s inception in 1994. Fittingly, it was Tiger Woods who clinched the victory when he sank a putt...
Published: October 6, 2013
By simply making the final of the China Open, Rafael Nadal guaranteed he would reclaim his No. 1 ranking. It doesn’t matter that the man he is overtaking, Novak Djokovic, will be his opponent in the final. This will be Rafa’s first return to the No. 1 ranking since 2010. Nadal didn’t even have to break a sweat while advancing to the final. The 27-year-old was a break...
Published: September 23, 2013
Emma Lofgren is $10 million richer now that her husband, Henrik Stenson, won the Tour Championship and consequently the FedEx Cup. That is a good starting point on things we need to know about Lofgren. This season, Stenson made 17 PGA starts and had seven top-10 finishes. However, he hadn’t claimed a win until the FedEx Cup playoffs began. Stenson then won two of the four...
Published: September 22, 2013
By winning the Tour Championship, Henrik Stenson overtook Tiger Woods in points to win the FedEx Cup. Once Stenson gets done dreaming of how he will spend his $11.4 million in prize money, he might take a moment to sit back and reflect on how impressive it was to beat out one of the all-time great closers in the history of sports. Obviously, Stenson will be on this list of impressive players. However,...
Published: September 22, 2013
Tiger Woods‘ poor Tour Championship shouldn’t be a surprise. It is a fitting end consistent with his successful yet frustrating season. Woods entered the final leg of the FedEx Cup playoff with the points lead. After three rounds, he is tied for 26th place in a field of 30 golfers. At three-over, he is a massive 14 strokes behind leader Henrik Stenson. For all intents and purposes,...
Published: September 21, 2013
The Sebastian Vettel victory tour motors into Singapore for the latest F1 race. On the poll is none other than the three-time defending series champion, Vettel. That, of course, is no surprise. The 26-year-old has won three poles this season, and that includes the last stop on the F1 schedule: the Italian Grand Prix. Vettel went on to win the Italian Grand Prix, picking up his sixth checkered...
Published: September 19, 2013
The final leg of the FedEx Cup, the Tour Championship, will determine who walks away with $10 million as the FedEx Cup champion. Only the top 30 in the FedEx Cup standings will play this event, which begins Thursday at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. The top five in the standings—No. 1 Tiger Woods, No. 2 Henrik Stenson, No. 3 Adam Scott, No. 4 Zach Johnson and No. 5 Matt Kuchar—are...
Published: September 16, 2013
Entering the the BMW Championship, Zach Johnson sat in 27th in the FedEx Cup standing and was simply hoping to stay inside the top 30 to qualify for the final event. After firing a six-under 65 in the final round at rain-soaked Conway Farms Golf Course in Lake Forrest, Ill., the 37-year-old finished the event at 16-under to win the tournament by two strokes over second-place finisher Nick Watney. Johnson’s...
Published: September 15, 2013
With the leaders never stepping onto the first tee box, weather spoiled Sunday’s action at the 2013 BMW Championship. Play is scheduled to resume at Conway Farms Golf Course in Lake Forest, Ill., on Monday. Kelly Tilghman of the Golf Channel shared this gloomy picture of the conditions: In all, 22 players did not tee off in the third leg of the four-stage FedEx Cup Playoffs. So,...
Published: September 8, 2013
Everyone chasing Henrik Stenson in the FedEx Cup standings has to be glad the PGA granted them a week off. That is just more time for Stenson to lose his insanely hot swing. Stenson surged to the top of the FedEx Cup leaderboard after his win at the Deutsche Bank Championship. However, he is just 14 points ahead of Tiger Woods, and there are still two more tournaments to be played. In...