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Tiger vs. Phil! If there was ever a major that sets up as a confrontation between the two most decorated and scrutinized players on the tour, it’s the 2013 PGA Championship. The last of the four majors will be played at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., and both Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are at the top of their games. As the golf world gathers at Oak Hill, there is no shortage of...
Published: August 5, 2013
The PGA Championship appears to have the stuff that could make it one of the best and most dramatic major championships in recent years. While last year’s winner Rory McIlroy is struggling badly, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are both at the top of their game. Could this be the tournament where golf’s two biggest superstars both put on a show for the ages down the stretch on Sunday? The...
Published: August 5, 2013
Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y. is the site of the fourth and what could be the most dramatic major of the year. The PGA Championship features Tiger Woods enjoying one of the best seasons of his career. He is coming off a spectacular seven-stroke victory in the Bridgestone Invitational, his fifth triumph of the 2013 golf season. While Woods searches for his first major title since 2008, Phil...
Published: August 3, 2013
Tiger Woods does not give big leads away. While he hasn’t lapped the field like he is doing at the Bridgestone Invitational in quite a while, it’s apparently a lot like riding a bicycle. You simply don’t forget how to do it when you get the opportunity. Woods shot a 68 in the third round at Firestone, and he has a seven-stroke lead after 54 holes at one of his favorite tournaments....
Published: August 2, 2013
Tiger Woods was frank in his assessment of Oak Hill, the site of next week’s PGA Championship. Woods played a practice round at Oak Hill Wednesday, and he appeared to be unhappy with the conditions of the greens. He told Bob Harig of ESPN they were “spotty” and said he thought that the PGA officials would do what they could to get the greens to the proper speed before the tournament...
Published: July 31, 2013
Rory McIlroy is learning how the other half lives this year. In the grand scheme of things, one miserable year does not have to be the end of the world. It certainly hurts, and his reputation has taken a big hit, but the McIlroy who won major tournaments in both 2011 and 2012 could come back to the forefront at any time. The cold, hard truth is that McIlroy is 46th on the PGA Tour’s money-earned...
Published: July 30, 2013
Golf is about rules. Golfers follow a code of behavior on and around the course known as etiquette. Golfers are expected to carry themselves in a sportsmanlike and dignified way and behave with a certain amount of decorum. However, sometimes they don’t always do the expected. At times, their behavior can be colorful and even outrageous. Here’s a look at 10 of the most outrageous golfers...
Published: July 30, 2013
OK, it’s not a major, but the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational is about as good as it gets outside of the big four tournaments. Since it comes a week before the PGA Championship, golf fans are clearly going to see the best golfers in the world in top form. These players want to fine-tune their game, but they also want to tame the Firestone Country Club and pick up the 550 FedEx Cup points that go...
Published: July 29, 2013
The 2013 golf season is in full maturity. While there are still two months to go and one more major championship to play, we know this has been a brilliant year for Phil Mickelson and a disastrous one for Rory McIlroy. With two weeks to go prior to the PGA Championship, here’s our ranking of the top contenders for the 2013 Player of the Year honors. (Earnings figures are courtesy of PGATour.com. Begin...
Published: July 29, 2013
It was a good weekend for Dustin Johnson, who finished tied for second in the RBC Canadian Open with three others. Or was it? Johnson was tied for first after he birdied the 16th hole in the final round. But instead of pushing hard on the final two holes and putting a ton of pressure on eventual winner Brandt Snedeker, Johnson lost his concentration and shot a triple-bogey seven on the 17th hole. Johnson...