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Tiger Trounces the Field at Firestone

Heads to PGA Championship with confidence high

(Newser) - At Sunday's Bridgestone Invitational Tiger Woods did what Tiger Woods does best: win.  He left the field, including rival Rory Sabbatini, in the dust for an eight-shot victory.  Aside from a crazy 9th hole, where the entire final group struggled, Tiger was dominant.  He now heads to...

Garcia Heads For Carnoustie Win
Garcia Heads For Carnoustie Win
Jul 21, 2007 4:31 PM CDT

Garcia Heads For Carnoustie Win

Spaniard closes in after brilliant third round; Tiger out

(Newser) - Spain's Sergio Garcia has a three-stroke lead heading into the final round of the British Open, after a brilliant 3-under 68 today at Carnoustie Links. Now nine under, his nearest opponent in the finals is American Steve Stricker; Tiger Woods fell back to 15th today. If El Nino holds his...

Tiger Good, Garcia Better at British Open

Garcia leads the pack at six-under 65 after Day One in Carnoustie

(Newser) - In a year characterized by high scores and sloppy majors play, Carnoustie has thus far proved the antidote; 24 players finished under par after day one, led by Spain's Sergio Garcia at a 6-under 65. Carnoustie was Garcia's first major tournament, in 1999, when he hit an 89 on the...

Player Charges PGA Drug Use
Player Charges PGA Drug Use
Jul 19, 2007 5:45 AM CDT

Player Charges PGA Drug Use

Gary Player says at least 10 golfers are using enhancers

(Newser) - Former British Open champion Gary Player said yesterday he knows "for a fact" some players on the PGA Tour have used performance-enhancing drugs. "Whether it's HGH, whether it's creatine, or whether it's steroids," the 1968 Carnoustie winner lamented, "we're dreaming if we think it's not coming...

Choi Takes First AT&amp;T National
Choi Takes First AT&T National
Jul 9, 2007 4:50 AM CDT

Choi Takes First AT&T National

South Korean finishes 9 under in first run of Tiger's tournament

(Newser) - South Korean K.J. Choi shot a final-round 68 to win the first annual AT&T National tournament yesterday. Choi, fresh off his victory at the Jack Nicklaus Memorial five weeks ago, overcame Stuart Appleby's two-shot lead in the final round, capping his masterful play with a birdie from the...

Golf Tourneys Putt Short for Charity

Biggest beneficiaries are golfers, not philanthropies

(Newser) - As Tiger Woods's AT&T National tournament gets underway in Bethesda, corporate types are opening their wallets for the charity event—but, the Washington Post reports, their money may not go where they expect. Only about 15 cents out of every dollar raised by charity golf tourneys makes it to...

Tiger Cub Is Already in the Zone—of Privacy

You're not likely to be seeing Sam Alexis caddying for dad.

(Newser) - When superstar golfer Tiger Woods became a first-time dad earlier this week, the news appeared on his website--absent any specifics about daughter Sam Alexis' height, weight, or time of arrival. It was par for the course for the notoriously private pro and his wife, Elin, who've been hounded by the...

Tiger Skips Paternity Leave, Eyes Carnoustie

New dad has five weeks to prepare for Scottish Open title defense

(Newser) - Golf's most famously competitive personality is unlikely to miss the next major title, despite a frustrating defeat at the US Open at Oakmont and the birth of his first child shortly thereafter. Tiger Woods had announced he might possibly miss an event pending the birth of his daughter, Sam, but...

Cabrera Aces Out Tiger at Oakmont
Cabrera Aces Out Tiger at Oakmont
Jun 18, 2007 2:00 AM CDT

Cabrera Aces Out Tiger at Oakmont

Argentine journeyman outlasts Woods, Furyk for shock US Open victory

(Newser) - Argentina's Angel Cabrera edged out favorites Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk in the final round at Oakmont Country Club yesterday, to become the fourth straight foreigner to win the US Open. Cabrera, a chain-smoking 37-year old former caddy, sank two birdies in the back nine to stop Woods, who couldn't...

100 Biggest Celebrities
100 Biggest Celebrities
Jun 15, 2007 10:39 AM CDT

100 Biggest Celebrities

New Forbes list is full of ‘biggest-ever’s

(Newser) - Forbes’ new list of the 100 most powerful celebrities is packed with broken records, including the highest-grossing athlete (Tiger Woods: $100M in the past year), the highest-grossing concert tour (The Rolling Stones: over $400M in sales) and the highest-paid film role (Johnny Depp: $92M for Pirates II). But the ubiquitous...

Tiger, Phil Brace for Tough US Open
Tiger, Phil
Brace for Tough US Open
Jun 13, 2007 6:16 AM CDT

Tiger, Phil Brace for Tough US Open

Lefty injured; Woods sobered by speedy greens

(Newser) - This year's US Open, at Oakmont, PA, is likely to be an exceptionally difficult one, continuing a year of high scores and sloppy wins. Tiger Woods, who has won two of his last three majors, rated the first hole as one of golf's most difficult, and cites the lack...

Phil's Getting His Groove Back
Phil's Getting His Groove Back
May 14, 2007 6:45 AM CDT

Phil's Getting His Groove Back

Lefty wins the PGA Players Championship as partner O'Hair melts down on the 17th

(Newser) - Less than a year after a monumental 16th- and 18th-hole collapse at the 2006 U.S. Open, Phil Mickelson demonstrated his recovered mojo at the PGA Players Championship, cruising to a 69 on the final 18 en route to an 11-under 277.  The one blip was an 18th-hole shot...

Own a Piece Of Your Favorite Athlete
Own a Piece Of Your Favorite Athlete
Apr 23, 2007 10:55 PM CDT

Own a Piece Of Your Favorite Athlete

Plans are in motion for a stock market in professional athletes

(Newser) - The good news: fantasy sports will soon be obsolete.  The bad news: the replacement is far more insidious.  Companies are currently designing stock markets in athletes that would allow fans (not to mention dispassionate investors) to buy and sell shares in individual stars and up-and-comers in the sporting...

Hoffman: Tiger's No Superman
Hoffman: Tiger's No Superman  
Apr 9, 2007 12:13 PM CDT

Hoffman: Tiger's No Superman

Johnson tugs the cape and ends the aura of invincibility

(Newser) - When Tiger Woods flamed out at this year's Master's, he lost more than a tournament—he lost an aura, writes Rich Hoffman. "Twelve times before this, he had led on Sunday and won. Twelve times. Twelve wins. It was a stunning record of invincibility .... Now it is over."

Masters Goes to Johnson
Masters Goes to Johnson
Apr 9, 2007 5:36 AM CDT

Masters Goes to Johnson

(Newser) - The storybook re-coronation of Tiger Woods had a surprise ending in Augusta, where the entire field was hobbled by blunders, and an obscure Iowan walked away with the coveted green jacket.  Zach Johnson hit a three-under 69 on his last 18 holes to finish in the lead with a...

Woods Hapless at Augusta
Woods Hapless at Augusta
Apr 7, 2007 10:45 AM CDT

Woods Hapless at Augusta

(Newser) - The Masters remains wide open after Day 2, with an unassuming two-under 142 leading the field.  Tiger Woods is five shots from the lead, a strikingly poor performance from a player most pundits assumed would dominate Augusta in typical unflappable godlike fashion.  Relative golf demigod Phil Mickelson also...

Tiger Unopposed In Augusta
Tiger Unopposed
In Augusta
Apr 5, 2007 6:45 AM CDT

Tiger Unopposed In Augusta

Mickelson has a better short game, but Woods is driving for Nicklaus

(Newser) - Few humans are likely to threaten Tiger Woods this week at The Masters in Augusta, concludes The Times's John Hopkins, with a muted hope that Phil Mickelson (last year's winner) may make things interesting.  However, Hopkins edges closest to the disappointing truth when he notes that the person most...

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