06 Sep 2011
Posted by Brian Webb Simpson won a dramatic Deutsche Bank Championship - the second leg of the FedEx Cup competition – with a play-off defeat of countryman Chez Reavie. With the tournament destined for Reavie’s hands, Simpson rolled in a 30-foot birdie putt on the final hole to post a 6-under par round of 65 to charge...
Read more → 11 Jul 2011
Posted by Brian So Yeon Ryu carded birdies on two of the three playoff holes to defeat fellow South Korean Hee Kyung Seo and win the U.S Women’s Open. After a birdie on the 18th hole in regulation to join Seo at 3-under par, the pair set off down 16, 17 and 18. After both players made par at the par-3 16th hole,...
Read more → 13 Jun 2011
Posted by Brian Swede Robert Karlsson suffered a repeat of his 2010 St. Jude Classic playoff loss after succumbing once again to the same fate – this time at the hands of Harrison Frazar. Karlsson had started the day one ahead of Frazer but was pegged back on several occasions by the American, and at the 17th hole...
Read more → 08 Sep 2010
Posted by Brian Of the 125 players who set out on the road for the FedEx Cup playoffs, only 70 remain for this week’s event, the BMW Championship, which is to be played at Cog Hill, Chicago, Illinois. Cog Hill was re-worked ahead of the 2009 season by Rees Jones and is amongst the toughest courses on the Tour....
Read more → 30 Aug 2010
Posted by Brian Scot Martin Laird blew a gilt-edged chance to pick up his second PGA Tour victory after throwing away a three-shot overnight lead at The Barclays. Laird had started his final round clear at the head of the field, and opened with birdies on the first two holes to move five shots clear. But the Scottish...
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