Unbeaten Woods Leads Americans To dominant Singles Showing And Presidents Cup Victory
The final score wasn't indicative of the last-day whupping. The U.S. won the Cup, 19 1/2-14 1/2, but it wasn't really that close. How much of a rout was this? The Americans won the five matches they needed to clinch the Cup before the Internationals managed to score a single point.
No matter how much they tinker with the FedEx Cup, there's never going to be a system that pleases everyone. That said, it's hard to argue with this photo op from the PGA Tour's season-ending moneyfest: Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson standing side-by-side on the 18th green at East Lake Golf Club, each of them posing with a trophy of his own.
And so ends the Year of the Buzzkill. Korea's Y.E. Yang made sure the major championship season concluded just as it began — in disbelief and discombobulation. On Sunday, Yang did what had never been done, what we weren't entirely sure was possible.
There were all kinds of delicious implications had Padraig Harrington hung on to defeat Tiger Woods at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on Sunday, and the pundits were salivating.
Loren Roberts of the United States won his second Senior British Open title on Sunday, beating Mark McNulty on the third hole of a sudden death playoff.
Professional golfer, J. P. Hayes, is the U G L Y celebrity of 2008 as voted by over 1800 teens and tweens. Hayes won this year’s program by a landslide with Will Smith and the Jonas Brothers tying for second place.
At 6:19 p.m. Sunday, on a spit of land hard by the Firth of Clyde, an old man with a new hip strode down the center of a dusty fairway. The summer sun was bathing Turnberry in gold.
Eun Hee Ji found surprising calm in a double-bogey and a dramatic victory with an improbable birdie. The 23-year-old from South Korea made a lengthy birdie putt on the 72nd hole to emerge from a Sunday scramble with an even-par 71 and claim the U.S. Women's Open.
Adding to his lore with birdies on three of the last four holes - not to mention a highlight-reel chip-in for eagle a few holes earlier - Woods climbed out of a four-way tie with a 7-under 65 to win the Memorial Tournament on Sunday.
Mark McNulty didn't feel any pressure about the 30-foot putt he was staring down on the fourth hole of a playoff Sunday. After all, nobody expects to make those anyway. Well, McNulty nailed it.
James Driscoll didn't see where Zach Johnson's approach landed on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff Sunday. He didn't have to. Thanks to the gallery, he heard it.
If not for his victory at the Players Championship, Henrik Stenson might have lived the rest of his days only as the guy who stripped down to his Bjorn Borg boxer briefs to free his golf ball from a pile of mud.
Standing on the 18th tee, Sean O'Hair asked his caddie where he stood in the Quail Hollow Championship and got word that he had a one-shot lead. "Over who?'' O'Hair replied. It wasn't Tiger Woods. It might not have mattered.
Brian Gay put on a record-setting show at the Verizon Heritage. And this time, he didn't have to share the spotlight with anyone. Gay shot a 7-under 64 Sunday to win at Harbour Town Golf Links by an astounding 10 shots.
The Masters delivered the show everyone wanted and a champion no one expected. Angel Cabrera became the first Argentine to win the green jacket at Augusta National on Sunday by surviving a wild final round that began with a supercharged duel between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson and ended with a stunning collapse by Kenny Perry.
Tiger Woods had not felt such an adrenaline rush in nine months, especially when he stood over a 12-foot birdie putt Sunday at Bay Hill with only enough sunlight remaining for one last shot.
The greens were so crusty, firm and scary fast that Retief Goosen felt as though he was back at Shinnecock Hills, where his putting carried him to victory in the U.S. Open. Needing only two putts from 25 feet to win Sunday, he was thankful it didn't turn out like Southern Hills.
With his best chance at winning a World Golf Championship title, Phil Mickelson broke into a cold sweat and couldn't stop shaking. And this was 18 hours before his tee time.Once he got onto the Blue Monster, Mickelson looked better than ever.
Yang was first to finish at last year's Honda Classic. This time, he finished first.Alone in front the whole way Sunday, Yang shot a 2-under 68 to end up one shot ahead of John Rollins and pick up his first PGA Tour victory.
Given Tiger Woods's amazing history, but you can make a valid argument that Geoff Ogilvy may be the pro game's current best match-play warrior. Ogilvy made the case for that title with a sensational weekend of golf. He defeated Paul Casey in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship final on Sunday, 4 and 3.
Mark O'Meara said Sunday that Tiger Woods looks better than ever and is ready to return to the PGA Tour, but he stopped short of saying the world's No. 1 player would be at the Accenture Match Play Championship that starts Feb. 25.
Kenny Perry had always dreamed of making a long putt to win a tournament. Now he's done it. Perry made a 22-foot birdie putt to beat Charley Hoffman on the third playoff hole of the FBR Open on Sunday, his 13th PGA Tour victory and perhaps one of the most exhilarating.
Johnson seized control of the Sony Open with a 5-iron into 4 feet on the 11th to take the lead for good, a 7-iron to 8 feet on the 14th for another birdie, then two flawless swings on the closing hole.
Geoff Ogilvy has opened the PGA Tour season with a six-shot victory in the Mercedes-Benz Championship, overcoming a choppy start at Kapalua by closing with a 5-under 68.
It ended with a birdie, a standing ovation and a seventh-place finish for Annika Sorenstam, leaving the Hall of Fame golfer with no regrets after the final stroke of her career.
For the third time in three years, the PGA Tour's $35 million season-long FedEx Cup points structure will have a different look in 2009. This time, tour officials are assuring that the outcome is not decided before reaching the Tour Championship -- as was essentially the case in the first two years with Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh.
