Golf
Players - Matt Kuchar was consistent through four rounds to win by two strokes over Martin Laird, Zach Johnson, Ben Curtis and Rickie Fowler. Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods were ten and 13 strokes behind Kuchar, respectively. [JAM 5/14/2012]
Quail Hollow - Rickie Fowler won his first PGA tournament by making a four-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole with D.A. Points and Rory McIlroy. Phil Mickelson finished eight strokes behind the leaders. Tiger Woods missed the cut. [JAM 5/6/2012]
Masters - Bubba Watson defeated Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa with a par on the second playoff hole to win his first major tournament. Oosthuizen recorded the first double-eagle on the 2nd in the history of the tournament to take an early fourth-round lead. Phil Mickelson triple-bogeyed the 4th hole and fell two shots short of the playoff. Tiger Woods had 15 bogeys in the four rounds and fell 15 strokes behind the leaders. [JAM 4/8/2012]
Bay Hill - Tiger Woods won this tournament for a record seventh time. It was his first PGA win in almost three years and his 72nd PGA victory. [JAM 3/25/2012]
WGC Doral - Justin Rose shot a steady, final-round of 70 to win the tournament. Third-round leader Bubba Watson missed a short birdie-putt on the 18th hole to fall one-shot behind Rose. Tiger Woods withdrew from the tournament with a leg injury after shooting 72-67-68. [JAM 3/11/2012]
Palm Beach Gardens - Rory McIlrory won the tournament by two strokes but Tiger Woods shot a final-round 62 to finish second and chop seven strokes from McIlroy's third-round lead. [JAM 3/4/2012]
WGC Match Play Championship - Hunter Mahan defeated Rory McIlroy for the title. Tiger Woods was eliminated in the second round by Nick Watney when Woods missed a five-foot putt on the 18th hole. [JAM 2/26/2012]
Pebble Beach - Phil Mickelson dominated the field and easily erased a six-shot deficit with a bogey-free round of 64. Third-round leader Charlie Wi started with a double bogey and never recovered to finish in second place. Tiger Woods cut the lead to one stroke but then faded by missing six easy putts to finish nine strokes behind in 15th place. [JAM 2/12/2012]
Abu Dhabi Golf Championship - Robert Rock defeated Rory McIlroy by one stroke with a bogey on the final hole. Tiger Woods, who snubbed the PGA and Torrey Pines for the appearance cash, finished two strokes behind in third place after starting the final round tied for the lead. [JAM 1/29/2012]
World Challenge - Sherwood Country Club - Tiger Woods birdied 17 and 18 in the final round to win the tournament by one stroke and finally break a long two-year losing streak. [JAM 12/4/2011]
President's Cup - The U.S. team won the cup in Melbourne, Australia 19-15. [JAM 11/20/2011]
Australian Open - Greg Chalmers won his second Open title in spite of an excellent rebound by Tiger Woods. John Senden finished one stroke behind Chalmers in second place. Woods led after two rounds shooting 68-67 but then stumbled in round three with a 75. He fought back on Sunday to cut the lead to one stroke with eagle on 14. His final round of 67 put him in third place, two strokes behind Chalmers. [JAM 11/13/2011]
CordeValle Golf Club - San Martin, California - Tiger Woods returned to the PGA Tour and had 19 birdies and rounds of 73-68-68-68 to finish at seven under par (30th). Meanwhile, Bryce Molder won his first PGA tournament on the 6th playoff hole with Briny Baird after completing 72 holes at 17 under par. [JAM 10/9/2011]
PGA Tour Championship - Bill Haas (son of Jay) made a four-foot par putt on the third playoff hole to defeat Hunter Mahan win the tournament and the ten million dollar bonus. Several golfers had a chance to win right down to the end but someone was missing - Tiger Woods. [JAM 9/25/2011]
LPGA Classic - Lexi Thompson became the youngest player to win an LPGA tournament at age 16. She posted a five-stroke victory at 17 under par for the 72-hole tournament in Prattville, Alabama. [JAM 9/18/2011]
Senior Players - Fred Couples defeated John Cook with a birdie on the third playoff hole to win his first senior major title. [JAM 8/21/2011]
PGA Championship - Rookie Keegan Bradley defeated Jason Dufner in a three-hole playoff. Dufner blew a four-stroke lead in regulation with bogeys on three of the last four holes. Steve Stricker tied the tournament record with a first-round 63 but faded to 12th place. Phil Mickelson tied for 19th at even par. Tiger Woods missed the cut. [JAM 8/14/2011]
WGC Firestone - Adam Scott, playing with Steve Williams, the former caddy of Tiger Woods, cruised to a four-stroke win over orange-clad Rickie Fowler and Luke Donald from England. Woods, returning from a three-month injury-break, was never a factor in the tournament but finished well (37th) with three birdies in the last four holes. Phil Mickelson was two strokes behind Woods. [JAM 8/7/2011]
The Open Championship - Darren Clarke of Northern Ireland won his first major tournament by three strokes over Americans Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson. Clarke shot four solid rounds of golf. Mickelson briefly led the tournament with four birdies and an eagle in the first ten holes of the final round. However, four bogeys in the last eight holes ended his bid. Tiger Woods was again unable to play because of his leg injury. [JAM 7/17/2011]
U.S. Women's Open - So Yeon Ryu of South Korea defeated Hee Kyung Seo of South Korea in a three-hole playoff in the rain-delayed tournament in Colorado Springs. Christie Kerr finished third, two strokes behind the leaders. [JAM 7/11/2011]
U.S. Open - Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland broke all of the tournament records on a course that was much too easy for a U.S. Open venue. His 16-under-par 268 score could be a record that is never broken. Jason Day was second, nine strokes behind McIlroy. The tournament had a different feel since Tiger Woods was unable to play with a leg injury. Phil Mickelson was never in contention finishing seven over par in 54th place. [JAM 6/19/2011]
Players - K.J. Choi won the tournament on the first playoff hole when David Thoms missed a three-foot putt. Tiger Woods withdrew after nine holes of the first round after reinjuring his knee. Phil Mickelson made the cut but never contended finishing eight strokes behind the leaders. [JAM 5/15/2011]
Masters - Charl Schwartzel of South Africa birdied the last four holes to shoot 66 and win the tournament by two strokes. Adam Scott and Jason Day, both from Australia, tied for second. Tiger Woods charged through the front nine with four birdies and an eagle to tie for the lead but could not make putts on the back nine. Woods finished with a 67 to tie for fourth place. Third round leader Rory McIlroy lost a four-stroke lead and then shot 43 on the back nine and 80 for the final round to drop to 15th place. Defending champ Mickelson finished tied for 27th. [JAM 4/10/2011]
Arnold Palmer Bay Hill - Martin Laird of Scotland birdied the 15th and 16th holes to regain his lead in spite of four bogeys and a double bogey, to defeat Steve Marino ("The Man in Black") by one stroke. Tiger Woods played well in the fourth round but double-bogeyed the 18th hole to fall back to 24th. Woods is still a very good golfer but is no longer the superior player who dominated the tour from 1997 to 2008. Phil Mickelson bogeyed three holes on the back nine to finish tied with Woods. [JAM 3/27/2011]
WGC Doral - Nick Watney shot a final-round 67 to defeat Dustin Johnson by two strokes. Tiger Woods moved up to 10th place with his best round (66) of the tournament. Phil Mickelson finished four over par in a tie for 55th place. [JAM 3/13/2011]
WGC Match Play Championship - Luke Donald of England defeated Martin Kaymer of Germany with a par on the 16th hole. Tiger Woods was eliminated by Thomas Bjorn on the 19th hole of the first round. Phil Mickelson was smoked by Ricky Fowler in 13 holes of the second round. [JAM 2/27/2011]
Torrey Pines - Bubba Watson birdied the final hole to win the tournament by one stroke over Phil Mickelson. Tiger Woods played without a bogey for the first 27 holes but then carded 12 bogeys in the last three round to fall out of contention. [JAM 1/30/2011]
World Challenge - Graeme McDowell overcame a four-stroke lead of Tiger Woods to win the made-for-television, invitational tournament on the first playoff hole. Woods played three excellent rounds but lost the lead with an awful double bogey on the 13th hole. Although he rallied to tie the match, his overtime loss completes a thoroughly forgettable year for the best player in the game. [JAM 12/5/2010]
HSBC China - Francesco Molinari of Italy finished 19 under par, one stroke ahead of Lee Westwood in a two-man finale. Tiger Woods shot a final-round 68 to finish tied for sixth, the highest finish of the U.S. golfers. Phil Mickelson was tied for 34th with a disappointing performance. [JAM 11/7/2010]
Ryder Cup - In cold, rainy, nasty weather on a golf course in Wales of all places, Europe's finest golfers won bragging rights for two years. U.S. golfers built a 6-4 lead in early team matches but fell behind 9-1/2 to 6-1/2 in the late matches. The U.S. team closed the gap in the singles matches with Stricker, Mickelson, Woods, Johnsons (Dustin & Zach) and Overton winning their matches. Cink and Fowler rallied for draws. However, Graeme McDowell from Northern Ireland birdied the 17th hole of the final match for the one-point victory. [JAM 10/4/2010]
Tour Championship - Final Round - After being disqualified from round one, Jim Furyk saved par from the sand to win the tournament and the ten million dollar bonus by one stroke. However, the tournament did not seem like a big deal because the defending champion and number one player in the world (Tiger Woods) did not play enough golf in 2010 to qualify for the finale. I think the defending champ should be seeded in next year's tourney. Phil Mickelson was never a factor in the tournament finishing tied for 22nd. [JAM 9/26/2010]
Tour Championship - Round Three - Dustin Johnson shot a final-round 69 to outlast Paul Casey and several others at the former site of the Western Open at Cog Hill near Chicago. Tiger Woods tied for 15th but failed to advance to the final round. Phil Mickelson tied for 8th place to move to tenth place for the tour championship in two weeks. [JAM 9/12/2010]
Tour Championship - Round Two - Charley Hoffman shot a final-round 62 to easily win the second tournament. Tiger Woods shot 68 to tie for 11th and qualify for the third round. Phil Mickelson fade to 25th place with a final-round 76. [JAM 9/6/2010]
Tour Championship - Round One - Matt Kuchar birdied the playoff hole to win the tournament. Martin Laird of Scotland had a three-putt bogey on the final hole of the regular to allow the playoff. Tiger Woods shot 67 on his final round to finish tied for 12th and qualify for the second round. Phil Mickelson missed the cut but was already qualified for the next round. [JAM 8/29/2010]
PGA Championship - Martin Kaymer of Germany won the tournament with a bogey on the third playoff hole against Bubba Watson who had hit his second shot into the water. Watson's fifth shot hit the flagstick but did not fall in the hole. Dustin Johnson should have been the playoff but he was penalized two strokes for grounding his club in an area that was ruled to be a sand trap. Phil Mickelson shot a final-round 67 to finish five strokes behind in 12th place. Tiger Woods had four birdies in his first seven holes but faded to a 73 and finished tied for 28th. [JAM 8/15/2010]
WGC Invitational - Hunter Mahan shot a final-round 64 to win the tournament at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. Tiger Woods played the worst 72-hole tournament of his professional career finishing 18 over par. Phil Mickelson shot a final-round 78 to drop 36 spots and finish three over par. [JAM 8/8/2010]
U.S. Senior Open - Bernhard Langer from Germany won the tournament by three strokes over hometown favorite, Fred Couples. [JAM 8/1/2010]
Women's British Open - Yani Tseng of Taiwan won the tournament in Southport, England by one stroke over Katherine Hull of Australia. Cristie Kerr was the highest finisher from the U.S., five strokes behind Tseng. [JAM 8/1/2010]
The Open Championship - Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa cruised to a seven-stroke victory and his first major win at St. Andrews, Scotland. Lee Westwood again finished second in a major tournament. First-round leader (63) Rory McIlroy came back from a second-round 80 to finish tied for third with Paul Casey and Henrik Stenson. Tiger Woods was tied for 23rd place, 13 strokes behind. Phil Mickelson and John Daly were over par in 48th place. The highest finishing U.S. player was Sean O'Hair who was tied for seventh. [JAM 7/18/2010]
U.S. Women's Open - Paula Creamer won her first major tournament with a four-stroke victory over Suzzane Pettersen and Na Yeon Choi. Creamer had just ten bogeys and one double-bogey on the very difficult Oakmont Country Club course in Pennsylvania. She was the only golfer under par for the tournament. [JAM 7/11/2010]
National - Justin Rose of England won the tournament in Pennsylvania at ten under par. Host Tiger Woods barely made the cut and finished tied for 46th with four over par and 16 bogeys in the tournament. Phil Mickelson skipped this one. [JAM 7/4/2010]
U.S. Open - Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland shot a final round 74 but held on for a one-stroke victory as the other leaders imploded. Third-round leader Dustin Johnson shot 82 with no birdies. Gregory Havret of France was second and Ernie Els was third. In spite of a third-round 66, Tiger Woods finished in a tie for fourth place with Phil Mickelson who had a second round 66. The six leaders were 23 over par for the final round. McDowell won the tournament but the real winners were Pebble Beach and the USGA. [JAM 6/20/2010]
Memorial - Justin Rose scored a final-round 66 to defeat the third-round leader, 21-year-old Rickie Fowler by three strokes. Fowler faded to a final-round 73 after posting three strong rounds (65-66-69). Ricky Barnres also faded to a 73 after setting the tournament record with a third-round 62. Mickelson finished seven strokes behind and Woods was 12 strokes behind. [JAM 6/6/2010]
Players Championship - Tim Clark of South Africa shot a final round of 67 for a one-shot lead over Robert Allenby of Australia. Masters champ, Phil Mickelson fell nine strokes back with a final-round 74. Tiger Woods made the cut but withdrew with a neck injury after six holes of the fourth round. [JAM 5/9/2010]
Tres Marias - Ai Miyazaki of Japan shot 67 to win by one stroke over Stacy Lewis in Morelia, Mexico. Michelle Wie was third, two strokes behind. In her final professional tournament, Lorena Ochoa finished in sixth place.[JAM 5/2/2010]
Quail Hollow - 20-year-old Rory McIlroy from Northern Ireland shot a final-round 62 to win his first PGA event in Charlotte, North Carolina. Masters champ, Phil Mickelson finished in second place, four strokes behind McIlroy. Third-round leader, Billy Mayfair faded with 76 in round four. Tiger Woods missed the cut by eight strokes. [JAM 5/2/2010]
Masters - Phil Mickelson shot a final-round 67 to win his third Masters tournament by three strokes over Lee Westwood. Anthony Kim finished in third place. In spite of erratic play, Tiger Woods was five strokes behind Mickelson, tied (with K.J. Choi) for fourth in his first tournament of the year. [JAM 4/11/2010]
Tour Championship - Phil Mickelson won the final tournament with a fourth round score of 65. However, Tiger Woods finished second in the tournament to finish the season as the points leader to win $10 million. [JAM 9/27/2009]
PGA Championship - Y.E. Yang (South Korea) chipped in for eagle on the fourteenth hole and defeated Tiger Woods. Mr. Woods had led each of the first three rounds but could not make a putt on Sunday, finishing in second place three strokes behind Yang. [JAM 8/16/2009]
WGC Invitational - Tiger Woods won his 70th PGA tournament by four strokes with a 65-65 finish in the last two rounds. Woods made an amazing third shot to the par-five sixteenth hole for a birdie to defeat Padraig Harrington who triple-bogeyed the same hole. Harrington, who entered the final round with a three-stroke lead and led Woods by one stroke before the 16th, finished tied for second with Robert Allenby. [JAM 8/9/2009]
U.S. Senior Open - Fred Funk ran away with the senior major tournament by six strokes shooting 68-67-68-65. Joey Sindelar was second. Greg Norman tied for third with Loren Roberts. Second round leader Tim Jackson (amateur) faded to eleventh place with a final round of 76. Tom Watson tied for 43rd place. [JAM 8/3/2009]
Women's Open - Catriona Matthew (Scotland) won the open at Royal Lytham & St. Anne's by three strokes over Karrie Webb (Australia). Paula Creamer (U.S.), Christina Kim (U.S.), Ai Miyazaki (Japan) and Hee-Won Han (South Korea) tied for third place. Michelle Wie (U.S.) was seven strokes behind the leader. [JAM 8/3/2009]
Buick Open - Tiger Woods won his 69th tournament by three strokes, shooting 63-65-69 after a disappointing first round of 71. [JAM 8/3/2009]
Senior Open - Loren Robert won the playoff with Mark McNulty and Fred Funk at Sunningdale. Third-round leader Greg Norman double-bogeyed the 17th hole to finish in sixth place. Tom Watson tied for eighth. [JAM 7/26/2009]
The Open - Stewart Cink won the tournament at Turnberry, Scotland by defeating 59-year-old Tom Watson in a four-hole playoff. Watson had a chance to win the tournament with a par on 18 on the 72nd hole. His eight-foot putt was short. Tiger Woods missed the cut by one stroke. [JAM 7/19/2009]
National - Tiger Woods birdied the 16th hole to win his 68th PGA tournament with a final-round 67. Hunter Mahan shot a course-tying record 62 to finish one stroke behind Woods in second place. Anthony Kim started the round tied for first but shot 71 to finish third. Kim had set the course record on Thursday. [JAM 7/5/2009]
U.S. Open - Lucas Glover won the 109th open championship. Phil Mickelson and David Duval tied for second. Tiger Woods finished in sixth place four strokes behind Glover. [JAM 6/22/2009]
Memorial - Tiger Woods shot a final-round 65 to win the tournament in Dublin, Ohio. Tiger birdied the last two holes to finish one stroke ahead of Jim Furyk. [JAM 6/7/2009]
Players - Henrik Stenson of Sweden won the Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida by four strokes over Ian Poulter. Stenson had six birdies and 12 pars in a flawless final round of 66. Tiger Woods finished seven strokes behind the leader in eighth place. [JAM 5/10/2009]
Masters - Angel Cabrera of Argentina won a two-hole playoff with Kenny Perry and Chad Campbell to win the 72nd Masters. Phil Mickelson was three strokes back in fifth place. Tiger Woods was four strokes back in sixth place. [JAM 4/12/2009]
Arnold Palmer Invitational - Tiger Woods won his 66th PGA tournament and 6th at Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando, Florida. Tiger birdied the 18th and shot 67 to overcome the five-stroke lead of second-place finisher, Sean O'Hair. Ho hum. Look out Augusta. [JAM 3/29/2009]
WGC Doral - Phil Mickelson won his first WGC with 27 birdies in 72 holes. Tiger Woods finished eight strokes back in ninth place. Phil out-putted him 99 to 113. Poor Tiger was paid only $142,500 for his week of work. [JAM - 3/15/2009]
(2/25/2009) Tiger is back! Tiger Woods played his first round of competitive golf since he limped to the U.S. Open championship in a playoff in June 2008. Tiger defeated Australian Brendan Jones in 16 holes. Golf season is here.