Crane wins McGladrey in playoff; Simpson tops money list October 17th, 2011 | No Comments »

Webb Simpson and caddie Paul Tesori get a lay of the land Sunday at Sea Island. (Getty Images) Ben Crane wasnt sure why he was even playing the McGladrey Classic. The real mystery came Sunday afternoon, when he sat down next to a shiny silver trophy. “What the heck am I doing here?” Crane said. [...]

Couples fires 62 for 7-stroke lead at TPC San Antonio October 16th, 2011 | No Comments »

Fred Couples birdied six of the first seven holes and finished with a course-record 10-under 62 on Saturday to take a seven-stroke lead in the Champions Tours AT&am and a double bogey to reach 17 under at TPC San Antonios Canyons Course, the first-year venue after nine years at Oak Hills. “It was just a [...]

Pond Scrum: $$ chase, wienergate, Tiger’s T30, Fowler’s W October 12th, 2011 | No Comments »

They long ago dubbed it the “Fall Series,” but more than just leaves from massive oak trees were wafting through the air. Birdies, bogeys, hot dogs, Nike drivers and F-bombs were flying at the Frys.com Open outside San Jose, Calif., where Tiger Woods was returning to PGA Tour play for the first time in two [...]

Longest tour playoff of ’11 leaves Molder the winner October 10th, 2011 | No Comments »

Bryce Molder captures his first tour win by making a 6-foot birdie on the sixth playoff hole. ( Bryce Molder knows better than most that theres no sure thing in golf. That wasnt the case when he left Georgia Tech nearly a decade ago after being an All-American all four years. And it certainly wasnt [...]

Tseng wins sixth LPGA title of year in South Korea October 9th, 2011 | No Comments »

Top-ranked Yani Tseng won the LPGA Hana Bank Championship on Sunday for her sixth LPGA Tour victory of the season and 10th overall title of the year, shooting a 5-under 67 to edge Na Yeon Choi by a stroke. Hana Bank Championship Leaderboard The 22-year-old Taiwanese star, the LPGA Championship and Womens British Open winner, [...]

Tiger makes cut, trails Casey by seven at CordeValle October 8th, 2011 | No Comments »

Tiger Woods digs his way out of a bunker on No. 18 to finish with a bogey. ( The fog finally lifted at CordeValle and revealed a Tiger Woods that looked vaguely familiar. Woods ran off three straight birdies early in his round, survived a rough patch around the turn and kept the stress to [...]

Saltman hole-in-one in Madrid worth his weight in ham October 7th, 2011 | No Comments »

Scottish golfer Elliott Saltman has hit a hole-in-one during his second his bodyweight in ham. Madrid Masters Leaderboard Saltman made the shot from the par-3 third at El Encin Golf Hotel. Heavily cured and salted ham is a Spanish delicacy. Despite the feat, the 686th-ranked player is well off the leaders pace. His opening-day 75 [...]

South Korea’s Choi hunting third consecutive Hana Bank title October 6th, 2011 | No Comments »

Na Yeon Choi is looking for her third consecutive Hana Bank Championship when the LPGA Tours annual swing through Asia begins Friday at the South Korean port city of Incheon. The 23-year-old Korean is ranked No. 4 in the LPGA, but has failed to win on tour this season. She will be up against 48 [...]

Woods out of world top 50 for first time since ’96 October 5th, 2011 | No Comments »

Tiger Woods is out of the top 50 in the world ranking for the first time in nearly 15 years. Woods, who hasnt won in nearly two years, was assured of dropping from the top 50 when Louis Oosthuizen finished in a three-way tie for fifth in the Dunhill Links Championship. That ends a streak [...]

Pond Scrum: Na’s painfully slow arrival; Tiger Watch out West October 4th, 2011 | No Comments »

The tune, worn out to the point of becoming a place-name cliche over the years, is actually doubly perfect in a certain, limited regard. Dionne Warwick has had a career thats spanned multiple decades, but she will forever mostly be known for a ditty thats already coursing through our heads this week for obvious geographical [...]