Inspired by Pak Se-ri’s triumph 10 years ago, Park In-bee became the youngest winner of the US Women’s Open title when she triumphed by four strokes at Interlachen in Edina, Minnesota.
Just short of her 20th birthday, Park replaced Pak as the youngest winner, having first been introduced to the game by watching her older compatriot […]
Tiger Woods is recovering from his second knee operation in 10 weeks, having gone under the knife to repair torn ligaments.
The world number one was forced to have another operation only days after winning the US Open earlier this month, when his grueling 91 holes, including 19 holes of play-off golf against Rocco Mediate, aggravated […]
Stewart Cink ended a four year title drought when he lifted the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut.
Cink shot a three-under-par 67 to finish at 18-under-par 262, a career best effort for him. It was also only the second time out of 10 tournaments in which he actually ended up winning after going into the final […]
When Tiger Woods first burst on to the scene, now more than a decade ago, he appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show with his father, Earl.
The famous host asked Earl, in his son’s presence, if Tiger was bigger than the game. His answer was an emphatic “absolutely not!”
Indeed, we would all like to think that […]
Tiger Woods’ strength-sapping victory at the US Open on Monday has come at a heavy cost. The world number one will need to have further surgery on his left knee and is out for the rest of the season.
This means he will miss the final two majors of the year, the British Open at Royal […]
At times during Monday’s US Open play-off between world number one Tiger Woods and veteran Rocco Mediate, it was difficult to determine who was mentally bullying whom.
Woods’ standing as world number has been due in no small part to his ability to psyche out his opponents. But that didn’t seem to work against the 45-year-old […]
“I’ll never be as good as Tiger Woods. I don’t want to be as good as Tiger Woods.” These are the words of Rocco Mediate, several years ago, when Woods was enjoying one of the best periods of his career.
For much of Sunday’s fourth round of the US Open at Torrey Pines, Mediate was actually […]
All eyes will be on Tiger Woods, yet again, this week as he tries to overcome a lack of match fitness and the effects of knee surgery and win his 14th major title at this week’s US Open.
The last time Woods came off a long break was when his father and the most influential figure […]
Justin Leonard tuned up for the US Open in fine style with victory at the Stanford St Jude Championship, beating Trevor Immelman and Robert Allenby in a play-off.
He did it the hard way, squandering a one-stroke lead with two holes remaining, failing to get one last roll of a putt on the 72nd green and, […]
Expect to see a huge gallery following one particular flight at the US Open at Torrey Pines next week.
Organisers have guaranteed a huge presence for the 8.06am tee-off on Thursday, with world number one Tiger Woods and second-ranked Phil Mickelson drawn into the same group.
If that didn’t have enough drawing power, Australian world number three […]
Kenny Perry achieved what only Tiger Woods was previously capable of doing when he won his third Memorial tournament.
Perry shot a final round of three-under-par 69 for an eight-under total of 280 and a two-stroke victory over the foursome of Jerry Kelly, Justin Rose, Mathew Goggin and Mike Weir.
Not only did the veteran American join […]
Thai teenager Pornanong Phatlum will be hoping to emulate American Michelle Wie by trying to qualify for the weekend during next week’s Bangkok Airways Open.
Wie became the first female player to play all four rounds of an Asian Tour event when she took part in the SK Telecom Open in Korea in 2006.
Now, 18-year-old Pornanong […]
Tiger Woods won’t be making an early comeback after all, but he says he is still on track to take part in the US Open in two weeks time.
There was talk that Woods would return from knee surgery at this week’s Memorial but the world number one, who has been out of action since the […]
Phil Mickelson sank a nine-foot birdie on the final hole to preserve his one-stroke overnight lead and win the Colonial Crown Plaza Invitational from Rod Pampling and Tim Clark over the weekend at Fort Worth, Texas.
While he showed composure and confidence in nailing that crucial putt, it was an amazing Seve-esque shot on the fifth […]
Tiger Woods may make an earlier than expected comeback after arthroscopic surgery, with rumours abounding that he would take part in next week’s Memorial, hosted by Jack Nicklaus.
Woods underwent surgery soon after April’s US Masters, where he finished second, and said he hoped to return to the PGA Tour in time for the US Open.
Although […]