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Remember that guy in 2010 who had two top-10 finishes in 31 PGA Tour events and missed the cut 13 times? Well, that same guy won the U.S. Open this year, and he’s leading the Greenbrier Classic through two rounds. Not a bad turnaround. Webb Simpson, 26, has risen dramatically since 2010. Last year, he had 12 top-10 finishes in 26 Tour events, including victories at the Deutsche Bank Championship...
Published: July 7, 2012
Fresh off his third PGA Tour victory of the year, Tiger Woods came into the 2012 Greenbrier Classic with some fire. Phil Mickelson, coming off a disappointing 65th-place finish at the U.S. Open, was looking to get his game back on track. Both failed to make the cut on Friday. Woods, who captured the AT&T National just a week ago, finished with an even-par 140, one stroke away from the cut. The...
Published: July 6, 2012
Michelle Wie shot a six-under 66 in the second round of the U.S. Women’s Open on Friday. It was her lowest round ever at the U.S. Open by three strokes. The problem is that she also shot a two-over 74 on Thursday and has missed six cuts in her last eight LPGA tournaments this year. She finished 33rd and 68th in the other two tournaments. I hate to be a downer, but that’s just the reality...
Published: July 3, 2012
Victoria Azarenka may be the No. 2 women’s tennis player in the world, but Serena Williams will look like No. 1 by the time she’s done with the 22-year-old. Both Azarenka and Williams advanced to the semifinals of Wimbledon 2012 on Tuesday. Azarenka defeated unranked Tamira Paszek 6-3, 7-6. Williams knocked out defending champion Petra Kvitova 6-2, 7-5. But, Williams has...
Published: June 30, 2012
Hunter Mahan, the 30-year-old American from Orange, Calif., jumped out to the lead at the 2012 AT&T National on Friday, shooting a six-under-par 65 to close the second round in style. Then again, the world No. 10 had quietly been putting together a solid season on the PGA Tour before Friday’s explosion. Mahan, who leads the tournament with a seven-under-par 135, already won the Houston Open...
Published: June 29, 2012
Tiger Woods once again showed on Friday at the AT&T National why he’s not the same player in 2012 as he’s been the past couple of years. That’s a good thing. Despite being a 14-time major champion, Woods hasn’t won a major since the 2008 U.S. Open. But he’s getting closer. On Friday at Congressional, Woods shot a three-under-par 68, which brought him to two under par...
Published: June 23, 2012
Roger Federer may be 30 years old and trailing Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal in the world rankings, but he also has a men’s record 16 Grand Slam singles titles to his name, including six at Wimbledon. Heading into Wimbledon 2012 on Monday, Federer, the No. 3 player in the world, holds a 39-6 record with four singles titles on the year. Despite Nadal’s dominance lately (capturing his seventh...
Published: June 22, 2012
Well, it’s been another exciting year of tennis. Heading into Wimbledon 2012, it figures to be even more exciting, as some of the premier players in the world gun for the prized Grand Slam singles title. Adding intrigue on the men’s side, Rafael Nadal has stepped up his game after getting upstaged by world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in 2011. Nadal, the world No. 2, has a 41-5 record this...
Published: May 18, 2012
Coming off a victory at the Madrid Open, Roger Federer continues to show he has plenty of life in those legs at the Rome Masters. Federer is displaying the resilience and, more importantly, the stamina needed to propel himself through the upcoming French Open. On Thursday in Rome, Federer beat Juan Carlos Ferrero in the third round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome. But more important...
Published: May 12, 2012
Caroline Wozniacki may have once been the No. 1 women’s tennis player in the world according to the rankings, but we all know she was never the top player on the circuit. Since her WTA debut in 2005, Wozniacki has won 18 singles titles, but she has never been able to win a major championship, and that’s the true test of an elite player. On Friday at the Madrid Open, Wozniacki predictably...