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Aug 27, 2007 1:46 AM CDT

Stricker Strikes It Big at Barclays

'I never knew if I was going to win again,' says golfer after six-year dry spell

(Newser) - Steve Stricker shot a final-round 69 at The Barclays yesterday to best K.J. Choi and hoist his first trophy in over six years. Stricker's four birdies in the final five holes capped a masterful run at Choi, who'd taken a one-stroke lead with two enormous birdie putts. Stricker's 16-under...

Tiger Woods Takes PGA

Aug 12, 2007 9:08 PM CDT

Tiger Woods Takes PGA

(Newser) - Tiger Woods collected his 13th career major by winning the PGA Championship on the steamy Southern Hills course in Tulsa today, scoring a 1-under 69 for a two-shot victory over Woody Austin. Woods was the first major champion in seven tries, Newsday reports, to make a par on the...

$Garcia DQed for Math Error$

Garcia DQed
for Math Error

Aug 12, 2007 8:15 AM CDT

Garcia DQed for Math Error

2007 meltdown continues for golf's unluckiest man

(Newser) - An error on a scorecard he signed caused Sergio Garcia to be disqualified from the PGA Championship in Tulsa, the culmination of a nightmare 2007 for him. The Spaniard's partner, Boo Weekley, misrecorded Garcia's 17th hole as a 4 when it was a 5. Had Garcia remained, he would have...

Woods Tees Up Victory in Tulsa

Aug 11, 2007 9:32 PM CDT

Woods Tees Up Victory in Tulsa

Tiger emerges as favorite at 7 under after workmanlike 3rd round

(Newser) - After an historic 7-under 63 at Southern Hills, Tiger Woods had no problem holding his lead in the third round of the PGA Championship today, even with a decidedly average 1-under 69. Woods will go into the final with a three-stroke lead over Stephen Ames—a position in which he's...

Woods Catches Fire in Tulsa

Aug 11, 2007 8:03 AM CDT

Woods Catches Fire in Tulsa

Tiger storms into PGA lead with 7-under 63, tying record

(Newser) - In his last chance to win a major in 2007, Tiger Woods hit a record-tying 63 in yesterday's second round at the PGA Championship in Tulsa. He recorded eight birdies against one bogey and would have hit 62, a score never achieved in 403 Grand Slam events, had his 18th-hole...

Tiger Gears Up for Championship

Aug 8, 2007 6:38 AM CDT

Tiger Gears Up for Championship

Hopes Firestone success will carry over to PGA Championship at Southern Hills

(Newser) - Tiger Woods hopes to carry last week's success at Firestone over to this week's PGA Championship at Southern Hills, a course where he's struggled in the past—he finished 12th there in the 2001 US Open. But his strategy will be markedly different from the one that carried him to...

Tiger Trounces the Field at Firestone

Aug 6, 2007 6:31 AM CDT

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...

Golf Tourneys Putt Short
for Charity

Jul 5, 2007 4:54 AM CDT

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...

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...