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September 21, 2008
Americans win first Ryder Cup since 1999
The Americans didn't need a miracle putt or even the best player in the world to take back the Ryder Cup.
Strong as a team, strong as individuals, the Americans rode the emotion of a flag-waving crowd and its two Kentucky players on Sunday to win the Ryder Cup for the first time since 1999.
August 07, 2008
Par is precious at the Monster
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The PGA Championship looked a lot like the U.S. Open, with only seven players under par when darkness finally covered Oakland Hills on Thursday and put “The Monster” to sleep.August 05, 2008
One last shot for Lefty
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Phil Mickelson already had crossed the finish line the last time he showed up at Oakland Hills.July 21, 2008
Padraig Harrington wins British Open
SOUTHPORT, England — Padraig Harrington enjoys few moments more than the walk down 18th fairway of a century-old links course, especially with a four-shot lead in the British Open and the engraver putting the final touches on the oldest trophy in golf.
July 19, 2008
Norman takes 2-shot lead in 3rd round
SOUTHPORT, England — Gusts that approached 50 mph required Greg Norman to manufacture shots from his 53-year-old memory Saturday in the British Open, which he called among the toughest tests he has ever faced in golf.
July 18, 2008
K.J. atop British Open board
SOUTHPORT, England — Tiger Woods on crutches was supposed to be a chance for someone else to seize the spotlight at the British Open. Greg Norman wasn’t the guy anyone had in mind.
July 17, 2008
Mediate in 3-way tie atop board
From sunny San Diego to bleak and blustery Royal Birkdale, the expression on Rocco Mediate’s face didn’t change.
July 05, 2008
Pernice takes 1-shot lead
BETHESDA, Md. — Tom Pernice Jr. was easy to ignore Saturday in the AT&T National until he wound up in the lead. All he did was make 15 pars on an explosive afternoon of birdies and bogeys at Congressional, and his lone complaint was that he made only two putts longer than his shadow. One was from 4½ feet for par, another from 7 feet for birdie.June 18, 2008
Playoffs will be a man short after Woods’ injury
Tiger Woods will still be part of the PGA Tour playoffs for the FedEx Cup, but only in name. Woods, who said Wednesday he will miss the rest of the year because of surgery to repair a torn knee ligament, is atop the FedEx Cup standings with a 6,755-point lead over Phil Mickelson.Tiger Woods to have season-ending knee surgery
Tiger Woods walked tenderly out of Torrey Pines with a U.S. Open trophy he was destined to win on a left leg worse than anyone imagined. A group of children called out to him and Woods looked over and waved.
It turned out to be a most symbolic gesture.
June 16, 2008
Woods wins on wounded knee
SAN DIEGO — Tiger Woods cradled the silver U.S. Open trophy in his right hand and limped toward the edge of the Pacific bluffs, each step as much a burden as the 91 holes he played at Torrey Pines for a major that might have been his most amazing yet.
Out of competition for two months because of knee surgery, he won the toughest test in golf.
June 15, 2008
Forced to Monday
SAN DIEGO — Tiger Woods wasn’t sure if his left knee would allow him to finish 72 holes of the U.S. Open. After yet another defining moment at Torrey Pines, he was thrilled to get a chance at 18 more.
Down to his last stroke, Woods holed a 12-foot birdie putt that curled into the right side of the cup on the 18th hole to force a playoff with Rocco Mediate, who could only watch on TV as Woods delivered another epic moment in an Open loaded with them.
June 14, 2008
Woods charges to the front
SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Open went prime time, and so did Tiger Woods. With unbearable pain and three unforgettable shots, Woods turned in one of his most memorable performances in a major Saturday by holing two long eagle putts, chipping in for birdie and somehow taking a one-shot lead over Lee Westwood.June 13, 2008
Woods hits stride, makes move
SAN DIEGO — Even with a sore knee, Tiger Woods hit his stride Friday at the U.S. Open.
It started with his feet on a concrete cart path and a shot that went under a tree and over a bunker to 18 feet for birdie. What followed was flawless golf and a 30 on the front nine at Torrey Pines that gave Woods a 3-under 68 and left him one shot behind Stuart Appleby going into the weekend.
June 12, 2008
Woods narrowly misses par
SAN DIEGO — Tiger Woods grimaced and pursed his lips, unable to disguise the pain Thursday in the U.S. Open.
No, it wasn’t his left knee, though that was still tender from surgery.
It was more the three-putt to end his round at Torrey Pines and leave him four shots behind a pair of surprising leaders and one behind Phil Mickelson.
Nothing torments Woods more than that.
May 25, 2008
Mickelson wins Colonial on last putt
FORT WORTH, Texas — Phil Mickelson made a 9-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a one-stroke victory at the Crowne Plaza Invitational over Tim Clark and Rod Pampling, who led by two strokes going to the back nine Sunday.
It was the 34th career victory for Mickelson, who began the final round with a one-stroke lead. But like he did the day before, Mickelson fell behind before regaining the lead on his final putt of the day.
May 24, 2008
Mickelson stands alone
FORT WORTH, Texas — Phil Mickelson was already frustrated by his slow start in the third round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational.
Then he finally saw a scoreboard.
“I couldn’t see the first five holes how anybody was doing,” Mickelson said. “I walk up to the sixth tee and I see I’m three or four shots back. That was kind of rude awakening.”
Mickelson still alone at top of Colonial leaderboard
FORT WORTH, Texas — The frustration was evident on Phil Mickelson’s face during a slow start in the third round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational. Lefty was feeling a lot better — and still in the lead alone — when he finished the third round Saturday with a 17-foot birdie putt from the front edge. “A nice way to finish the round,” Mickelson said.May 11, 2008
Garcia wins The Players
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Sergio Garcia, the best player without a major, got the next best thing Sunday.
Garcia ended the longest victory drought of his career by making a clutch par putt to force a playoff and hitting the island-green 17th on the first extra hole to defeat Paul Goydos in The Players Championship.
May 10, 2008
Goydos takes the lead
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Paul Goydos doesn’t have a Q-rating, an endorsement deal or a top-30 finish in the last 16 months. What he does have for the first time in his career is a 54-hole lead — in The Players Championship, no less.
Seemingly immune to the mounting pressure and a course getting tougher by the day, Goydos seized the lead Saturday with a 10-foot birdie on the island-green 17th and a great escape on the closing hole for a 2-under 70 and a one-shot lead over Kenny Perry.
April 17, 2008
With a wounded left knee, Woods has surgery and sits
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