Archive for the 'USPGA Championship' Category

Beijing Games Revive Golf’s Olympic Issue

Friday, August 15th, 2008

With the Beijing Olympics nearing the halfway stage, fans from all over the world can look at the medals standings to check on how their country is doing or who is vying for gold in various sports.
Golf fans are not included in the vast group of people as the sport still tries to convince International […]

Frustrated Woods Hails Harrington’s Triumph

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

Tiger Woods has congratulated Padraig Harrington for his PGA Championship victory, while at the same time expressing frustration that he wasn’t there to battle it out with the Irishman.
Writing in his newsletter, Woods said he watched some of the action unfold at Oakland Hills last week when Harrington won his second straight major after the […]

Harrington Joins Major League of Champions

Monday, August 11th, 2008

If he hadn’t done so already at last month’s British Open, Ireland’s Padraig Harrington sealed his status as a true golfing heavyweight with his epic and draining victory at the USPGA Championship at Oakland Hills.
Battling through 36 strength-sapping holes on the final day, and then scrapping with Spain’s Sergio Garcia in a tussle reminiscent of […]

Kim and Westwood Aim for PGA Glory

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Two names were being bandied about on the eve of the 90th PGA Championship at Oakland Hills, those of Anthony Kim and Lee Westwood.
Of course, the usual suspects are high among the list of favourites, such as Phil Mickelson, Padraig Harrington and even former champion Vijay Singh, who returned to form last week with victory […]

Download Free 90th US PGA Factsheet Now

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Following on from the success of these factsheets:
2007 Open Championship Factsheet
2008 US Masters Factsheet
2008 US Open Factsheet
2008 Open Champioinship
I have produce this 2008 US PGA Championship Factsheet

This 2008 US PGA Championship Factsheet is perfect for bringing you right up to speed for the event starting on Thursday 7th August.
Print it out and read it in […]

Nicklaus’ Legacy Helps Make Tiger What He Is

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

With so much talk about Tiger Woods – whether we love him or hate him, whether or not swearing on the fairways is okay because athletes in other sports do it, whether or not he will win the Grand Slam in 2008 – it’s good to sometimes sit back, collect our thoughts and consider why […]

Greg Norman: What Could Have Been…

Monday, December 10th, 2007

Those who watched the Shark Shootout presented by Merrill Lynch this weekend were treated with a rare glimpse of Greg Norman. A blast from the past if you will – or a return to competition of one of the game’s all-time dynamic figures. Granted, The Shark Shootout is a team event with a format […]

Don’t Be Like Woody Austin

Saturday, August 18th, 2007

I have lived in Woody Austin’s hometown of Tampa, Florida for over twenty years — and have had the pleasure of his company on many occasions. So, as you can imagine, I was delighted to watch his performance at last weekend’s PGA Championship. Now, I’m not claiming us as life-long friends – but we have […]

Another Major Season Ends With A Minor

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

And so the major season ends for another year. 2007’s big four will be remembered for a variety of reasons. Zach Johnson, Angel Cabrera and Padraig Harrington clinched their first major wins. If they are to be breakthrough wins only time will tell.
But at the USPGA it was a return to form. Tiger was the […]

Tiger Closes Major Season with No. 13

Monday, August 13th, 2007

When talking about Major titles, there can be no more appropriate incongruity than Colin Montgomerie and Tiger Woods.
Those two are at the extremes of the Major tournament scale. Monty for his lack of Major success and Tiger for continuing to rack up the titles. It is especially worth sparing a thought for Monty when Tiger […]

Mickelson Ready to Make HSBC Debut

Friday, August 10th, 2007

As Phil Mickelson wonders whether or not his wrist is 100 per cent at the US PGA Championship, Asian golf fans will certainly hope that he is full fit by November.
Lefty scored 73 in the first round, eight strokes adrift of leader Graeme Storm. Though his wrist felt good, a series of poor shots on […]

Asians Among Euro Contingent For PGA Championship

Sunday, August 5th, 2007

A recent article on the European Tour website highlighted the “record number of European Tour members” competing at this year’s US PGA Championship, the final Major of the year at Tulsa, Oklahoma.
It claims to have 48 golfers due to take part at Southern Hills Country Club from August 9-12 but some of those names have […]

Jack vs Arnie — Act II

Monday, June 4th, 2007

Most historians would agree that the combination of Arnold Palmer and television brought golf to the masses.
It was the 1958 Masters, one of golf’s first televised events, which saw Palmer birdie the last two holes to win. That Masters victory propelled Palmer to become the sport’s first matinée idol since Bobby Jones. He was […]