Archive for the Weekly Tournament Roundup Category


School’s Out

They call it the toughest week in all of golf, which is actually an understatement – It actually runs about a week and a half end to end. After two preliminary stages, six final stage rounds and a total of 252 holes, 25 players earned their PGA Tour playing rights for 2010 on Monday at Bear’s […]

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Mickelson and Woods capture Tour Champs and FedEx Cup honours

The biggest stars of the PGA Tour were its biggest winners over the weekend. Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson shared the honours after The Tour Championship in East Lake – Woods winning the FedEx Cup and Mickelson coming up trumps in the tournament itself. Woods finished second to Mickelson in the tournament – three shots […]

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Spaniard closes with 60 to win Austrian Open

Spain’s Rafael Cabrera Bello produced one of the most sizzling final rounds in European Tour history to win the Austrian Open near Vienna. Cabrera Bello, eight shots behind the leaders after the third round, fired an 11-under-par 60 to storm up the leaderboard and edge England’s Benn Barham by a single stroke. The first-time Tour […]

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Woods hails one of his best seasons ever

His best may have come too late for the season’s majors but there is always next year. Tiger Woods declared boldly that he his back to his best after a storming victory at the BMW Championship that returned him to the top of the FedEx Cup standings. Woods, who left the PGA Tour last year […]

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Eagle from bunker gives Noren first European Tour title

The second man who ever walked on the lunar surface may have been in the galleries but it was Sweden’s Alexander Noren who was over the moon at the Omega European Masters in Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland. Noren, being watched by former US astronaut Buzz Aldrin, shot a five-under-par 66 in the final round for total of […]

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Pakistani pair put themselves in world spotlight

When it comes to Pakistan and sport, one would instantly mention cricket. Hockey and squash are other codes in which the sub-continental country has boasted world-class athletes. Golf-wise, Pakistan are still among the minnows. However, a significant breakthrough was made by two Pakistani golfers on the Asian stage that could lead to world recognition. Muhammad […]

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Slocum slays big guns for opening FedEx Cup win

Heath Slocum nailed a 21-foot pressure putt on the 18th to emerge from a list of golfing luminaries led by Tiger Woods and win The Barclays tournament by a single stroke. Slocum barely qualified to compete in the FedEx Play-offs and the last thing he expected was to be fighting on the final day of […]

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US victory raises profile of Solheim Cup and women’s golf

The Solheim Cup was more than a victory for the United States over Europe. It also proved that women’s golf was worth watching. Golf watchers from both sides of the Atlantic hailed the event as it provided riveting theatre, drama and great shots from both sides. The US won the tournament 16-12 for their third […]

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Woods wins for seventh time at Bridgestone Invitational

Tiger Woods stared down the man who, briefly last year, was the toast of the majors, when he won the Bridgestone Invitational at Akron, Ohio. The world number one shot five-under-par 65 in the final round for a total of 268 and a four-stroke victory. Ireland’s Padraig Harrington, who won two majors last season while […]

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Woods triumphs at Buick Open

Tiger Woods won the Buick Open but, careful … don’t mention the major. It was his fourth title of the season after coming back from eight months off to recuperate from knee surgery. Naturally, four PGA Tour titles after such a long lay-off is an amazing record – something any pro worth his endorsements would […]

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Green lifts Canada gloom with first PGA Tour title

The Canadian Open provided golf fans with gloomy weather, a record birdie barrage, delays, a play-off and, at the end of it all, an Australian winner. Nathan Green defeated South African Retief Goosen on the second play-off hole to capture his first US PGA Tour title. The 34-year-old closed with a four-under-par 68 to finish […]

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Cink prevails to win Open as Watson fades in play-off

It was the kind of ending that was heartbreaking for most of fans but one that doesn’t begrudge hard-working Stewart Cink. A Tom Watson victory would have been a great fairytale. But as these things happen in golf, eight feet of putting length is a long distance between glory and despair. For Watson, it was […]

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Harrington, Kaymer triumph ahead of Open

Padraig Harrington wanted to play in the Irish PGA Championship mainly to get in some links golf and boost his confidence ahead of the British Open. He achieved both targets in emphatic style, winning the tournament for the third straight year and eyeing a similar feat at the Open, played this year at Turnberry. Although […]

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‘Greedy host’ Woods denies Mahan and Kim

While the young guns provided a window into the future, Tiger Woods showed them just who owns the AT&T National. As the “greedy host” he promised to be, Woods took the lead with a 20-foot birdie on the 16th and then parred the final two holes for his 68th PGA Tour victory. Hunter Mahan equalled […]

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Fortysomething Perry wins 14th career title

Kenny Perry will not let people forget him. The hard-working professional, a cut above journeyman, was the best player in the world aged over 40 last year. After his loss to Angel Cabrera in the US Masters final, the Kentucky man returned to our collective conscious. And he refuses to go away, at 48 years […]

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