Kuala Lumpur: Indian golfer Arjun Atwal’s historic PGA title triumph today fetched him a place in the list of nominees for the Asian Tour’s Special Achievement Award along with Korean teen Noh Seung-yul and Thai legend Boonchu Ruangkit. Come Sunday, a panel comprising Tour officials and members of the media will name the winner during …
Malelane: British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen missed the cut by one stroke at the Alfred Dunhill Championship on Friday after he was penalised one shot in bizarre circumstances. The South African, the highest ranked player in the field at world number 24, had been on course to salvage his tournament after an opening round 76 …
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London: US PGA champion Martin Kaymer and US Open winner Graeme McDowell achieved a first on Tuesday by being named joint winners of the European Tour’s golfer of the year award. Golfing media judges were unable to separate the pair after a lengthy debate and European Tour chief George O’Grady agreed to the panel’s suggestion …
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Mumbai: Former champion Ashok Kumar, who heads the PGTI annual rankings currently, and third-place finisher in the recent Indian Open, Manav Jaini, lead the star-studded field in the Rs 80-lakh prize money Crompton Greaves Open Golf Tournament commencing here on Wednesday. The other top professionals who would be vying for the Rs 12.93-lakh first prize …
New Delhi: Rahil Gangjee sealed the Nationwide Tour Card after finishing in tied 74th position after the sixth and final round of the US PGA Tour Qualifying School at the Orange County National Golf Center & Lodge in Orlando. The only Indian at the Q-school this year, Gangjee ended with a one-over 73 at the …
US Ryder Cup star Jim Furyk has been named the 2010 PGA Tour Player of the Year. PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem announced on Saturday at the Chevron World Challenge that Furyk, winner of the season-ending FedExCup series, had won the award after votes had been cast by his player colleagues. Furyk, a seasoned 40-year-old …
Maria Hjorth took advantage of a huge early stumble from Amy Yang to win the season-ending LPGA Championship in Florida. Yang suffered a quadruple-bogey on the third hole and, although she was excellent across most of the final nine holes, she could not repair the damage as she finished one shot behind Hjorth. Hjorth was …
World number one Lee Westwood eased his way to a first-ever Nedbank Golf Challenge victory at Sun City. The Englishman carded a four-under-par 68 at the Gary Player Country Club to end with a tournament total of 271 and a winning margin of eight strokes over his closest challenger Tim Clark – the South African …
* McDowell caps golden year with fourth win * Woods ends turbulent year without a victory (Adds detail, quotes) THOUSAND OAKS, California Dec 5 (Reuters) – Tiger Woods’s miserable year ended with more disappointment as he gave up a four-stroke lead and suffered a crushing playoff loss to Graeme McDowell in the Chevron World Challenge …
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