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Mickelson Surge Sets up Masters Showdown Today

Mark Russell — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 02:03:00 CDT

A thrilling birdie-battle on the back nine yesterday between crowd-favorite Phil Mickelson and little-known Swede Peter Hanson has the Masters posed for an epic final-day showdown, reports ESPN . Mickelson hit a 20-foot putt for an eagle on the 12th and an amazing shot on the 15th that had the crowds...

Pro Golfer: Who Needs a Coach? I Have YouTube

John Johnson — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:38:24 CST

South Korean golfer Y.E. Yang made a surprising revelation to reporters today: He split with his coach more than a year ago and replaced him with YouTube, reports AFP . "I've tried to put a lot of methodology into it," he said. "I've researched quite a few players, tried to...

N. Ireland's Clarke Hangs on to Win British Open

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 12:17:57 CDT

On another windy, wet and wild day at the British Open, Darren Clarke endured to win the British Open by three shots and give Northern Ireland another victory in one of golf's signature events. Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell have won the last two U.S. Opens. Now, it's the...

Rory McIlroy Leads After Historic Round

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:47:53 CDT

Rory McIlroy finally made a mistake, and even that wasn't enough to make this US Open a fair fight. For 17 holes today, McIlroy systematically dissected the monstrous layout at Congressional and put the same kind of hurt on a US Open record book that doesn't change easily. The 22-year-old...

Injured Tiger Woods Will Skip US Open

John Johnson — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:02:15 CDT

Another rough milestone for Tiger Woods: He will miss the US Open for the first time since 1994 because his leg still hasn't healed, reports USA Today . Woods messed up his left knee at the Masters in April while hitting from an awkward spot, and he says it's not ready...

End of an Era: Tiger Woods Losing Top 10 Golf Rank

John Johnson — Wed, 18 May 2011 19:18:40 CDT

When the new world rankings in golf come out Monday, the name Tiger Woods won't crack the top 10 for the first time in 14 years, reports AP . Woods has been on a steady decline in the rankings since his scandal, and he had to drop out of his last...

Golf's Seve Ballesteros Dead at 54

Sat, 07 May 2011 05:50:46 CDT

Seve Ballesteros, a five-time major champion whose passion and gift for imaginative shot-making invigorated European golf and the Ryder Cup, has died from complications of a cancerous brain tumor. He was 54. A statement on Ballesteros' website early today said the golf great died peacefully at 2:10am local time,...

Guess Who? Tiger Woods Makes Run at Masters

John Johnson — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:08:19 CDT

Tiger Woods is back to making headlines the usual way: He had a terrific round of 6-under-par today at the Masters and enters the weekend tied for third place, only 3 strokes off the lead, reports ESPN . At one point, Woods strung together birdies on six of eight holes, finishing...

John Daly's Ex-Wife Dishes on Sex, Golf, and 16th Hole

Polly Davis Doig — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 08:14:20 CDT

Hell hath no fury like a golfer's wife spurned, and Sherrie Daly has a new book out giving her philandering ex more than a little hell, reports the New York Post. The fourth ex-wife of hard-drinking, chain-smoking golfer John Daly dishes on the temptations of the PGA tour, their nine-year...