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NEWS ABOUT: Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods stories: 138 news summaries

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Tiger Gears Up for Championship

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

Aug 8, 07 6:38 AM CDT
(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... More »

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golf • Tiger Woods • PGA • Southern Hills • PGA Championship • US Open Golf

Tiger Trounces the Field at Firestone

Heads to PGA Championship with confidence high

Aug 6, 07 6:31 AM CDT
(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... More »

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golf • Tiger Woods • PGA • Rory Sabbatini • Bridgestone Invitational • Southern Hills

Garcia Heads For Carnoustie Win

Spaniard closes in after brilliant third round; Tiger out

Jul 21, 07 4:31 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Tiger Woods • Carnoustie Golf Links • British Open (golf) • Sergio Garcia • Steve Stricker

Tiger Good, Garcia Better at British Open

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

Jul 20, 07 3:02 AM CDT
(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... More »

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golf • Tiger Woods • Carnoustie Golf Links • British Open (golf) • Sergio Garcia

Player Charges PGA Drug Use

Gary Player says at least 10 golfers are
using enhancers

Jul 19, 07 5:45 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Tiger Woods • LPGA • anabolic steroids • British Open • PGA Tour • Carnoustie Golf Links • Gary Player • creatine • USGA • human growth hormone

Choi Takes First AT&T National

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

Jul 9, 07 4:50 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Tiger Woods • Jack Nicklaus • K.J. Choi • Bethesda, MD • ATandT National • Stuart Appleby • British Open • Congressional Country Club • Jack Nicklaus Memorial Tournament • Carnoustie Golf Links

Golf Tourneys Putt Short
for Charity

Biggest beneficiaries are golfers, not  philanthropies

Jul 5, 07 4:54 AM CDT
(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... More »

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philanthropy • golf • Tiger Woods • PGA • charity

Tiger Cub Is Already in the Zone—of Privacy

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

Jun 20, 07 8:00 AM CDT
(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... More »

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golf • Tiger Woods • privacy • children • Jack Nicklaus • Elin Woods • Sam Alexis Woods • family • paparazzi

Tiger Skips Paternity Leave, Eyes Carnoustie

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

Jun 19, 07 8:00 PM CDT
(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... More »

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golf • Tiger Woods • LPGA • children • Jack Nicklaus • baby • Scottish Open • Peter Thomsen • US Open Golf

Cabrera Aces Out Tiger at Oakmont

Argentine journeyman outlasts Woods, Furyk for shock US Open victory

Jun 18, 07 2:00 AM CDT
(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... More »

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golf • Tiger Woods • Angel Cabrera • Jim Furyk • US Open • Oakmont • US Open Golf

100 Biggest Celebrities

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

Jun 15, 07 10:39 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Rolling Stones • Tiger Woods • Johnny Depp • list • money • Oprah Winfrey • 50 Cent • Halle Berry • celebrity • Jim Carrey

Tiger, Phil
Brace for Tough US Open

Lefty injured;
 Woods sobered
 by speedy greens

Jun 13, 07 6:16 AM CDT
(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... More »

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golf • Tiger Woods • Phil Mickelson • US Open • Oakmont • US Open Golf

Phil's Getting His Groove Back

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

May 14, 07 6:45 AM CDT
(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... More »

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golf • Tiger Woods • Phil Mickelson • Sean O'Hair • Butch Harmon • PGA • Players Championship • US Open

Own a Piece Of Your Favorite Athlete

Plans are in motion
for a stock market in professional athletes

Apr 23, 07 10:55 PM CDT
(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... More »

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stock market • Tiger Woods • Payton Manning • A.S.A. Sports Exchange • athlete • fantasy sports

Hoffman: Tiger's No Superman  

Johnson tugs the
cape and ends the
aura of invincibility

Apr 9, 07 12:13 PM CDT
(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." More »

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sports • golf • Tiger Woods • Zach Johnson • Masters

Masters Goes to Johnson

Apr 9, 07 5:36 AM CDT
(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... More »

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sports • Iowa • golf • Augusta • Tiger Woods • Zach Johnson • Masters • Cedar Rapids

Woods Hapless at Augusta

Apr 7, 07 10:45 AM CDT
(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... More »

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sports • golf • Augusta • Tiger Woods • Phil Mickelson • Tim Clark • Brett Wetterich • Masters

Tiger Unopposed
In Augusta

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

Apr 5, 07 6:45 AM CDT
(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... More »

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sports • golf • The Masters • Tiger Woods • Phil Mickelson • Jack Nicklaus

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