The Wachovia Championship has become known for its numerous perks. It’s what made Tiger Woods’ absence stick out even more on Wednesday. There was no sign of the Buick pitchman’s vehicle among the sea of Mercedes courtesy cars in the players’ parking lot. The tournament known for its pampering of players is the first scheduled event Woods will miss since undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his left…
Torrey Pines will be listed at 7,643 yards, making it the longest course in major championship history. But what gets Mike Davis excited is the potential for the shortest par 3 at a U.S. Open in eight years. The third hole will measure 195 yards on the card, about the same distance used in the Buick Invitational.
One of the most vexing labels in golf is “best to have never won a major,” which is now affixed to Sergio Garcia with little debate. But there is another description that is even more burdensome, and it belongs to Adam Scott. Best to never even contend in a major. “That’s the last thing he needs to do to get to the next level,” swing coach Butch Harmon said Monday night.
The house where Lorena Ochoa grew up overlooks the swimming pool at Guadalajara Country Club, a playground paradise for a tiny, wiry girl with big dreams. She would scamper to the tops of magnolia and ceiba trees that crowd the golf course. She would swim and play tennis and hold putting contests for a peso until it was too dark to see the hole.
Drug testing at the British Open at Royal Birkdale will be delayed a year because some international players have not been exposed to doping education programs. Royal & Ancient chief executive Peter Dawson said Tuesday the British Open was not ready to begin the testing program because of the tournament’s international qualifying system.
Phil Harison, who introduced everyone from Ben Hogan to Jack Nicklaus to Tiger Woods during his 60 years as the starter on the first tee of the Masters, has died. He was 82. He died Sunday of natural causes, Augusta National Golf Club said. Harison was one of two people to attend every Masters since it began in 1934, and he became a familiar voice to the many fans who grew accustomed to his Southern…
When Adam Scott was home in Australia after the Masters, he knew he needed to be somewhere else. “This was not a good time for me to sit at home and wait a couple of weeks before coming back,” Scott said. “I didn’t need to fine-tune anything. I just needed to get out here. … Obviously, it worked well.” Instead of wasting his good play against his mates down under, Scott cut short his visit home to…
At last year’s ADT Championship, when Annika Sorenstam’s first winless season since her rookie campaign came to a disappointing end, she issued what seemed like a vow. “I’ll be back,” Sorenstam said that day in November. Her performance this week shows she might be there. Sorenstam’s par on the first playoff hole Sunday was good enough to beat Paula Creamer and win the Stanford International Pro-Am,…
A long birdie putt on the final hole gave Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke a one-shot victory Sunday in the Asian Open, his first title in five years. The estimated 25-footer left him at 1-over 73 for an 8-under 280 total, a stroke ahead of Robert-Jan Derksen (73) of the Netherlands. England’s Robert Dinwiddie shot 74 to share third with Italy’s Francesco Molinari (69) and Taiwan’s Lin Wentang…
Tom Watson and Andy North got what they wanted, but had to work for it, edging Craig Stadler and Jeff Sluman by a stroke Sunday in the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf. Watson and North teamed for a better-ball 64 at The Club at Savannah Harbor for a 31-under 185 total. Stadler and Sluman shot a 61 on the island course in the middle of the Savannah River.