Articles, tagged with "defending champion", page 1

Canada's White making mark in Mirabel

The all-around 27-year-old athlete from Red Deer, Alta., certainly made a splash in the soggy conditions at the opening round of the 2011 CN Canadian Women’s Open on Thursday. She toured the Hillsdale Golf and Country Club layout in fine fashion with a th... Read >
Author: yukilee

Advantage McIlroy in Abu Dhabi

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy got his season off to a great start as he shared the lead with Swede Robert Karlsson after the first day of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. McIlroy and Karlsson both shot five-under-par 67s to grab a one-shot lead over an... Read >
Author: fiona18

Westwood, Schwartzel in front

World No 3 Lee Westwood and Masters champion Charl Schwartzel both shot four-under-par 68s to share a one-shot lead after the first round of the Ping G20 4-PW, GW Iron Set with Steel Shafts-Red Dot Challenge. The duo outscored the rest of the elite 12-ma... Read >
Author: fiona18

O'Hara hangs in as Goosen closes

solid 4-under 68 on a Serengeti Golf course near Johannesburg that has been getting dryer, harder and faster, kept him in front of the baying pack. TaylorMade R9 Superdeep TP Driver Without a win in 222 events going back a decade and down in 134th pl... Read >
Author: yukilee

Miyazato shares Canadian lead

Japanese star Ai Miyazato and unheralded Swede Pernilla Lindberg shared the lead after Thursday's first round of the CN Canadian Women's Open in Quebec. The two front runners both shot 7-under 65s at the Hillsdale Golf & Country Club outside Montreal an... Read >
Author: fiona18

USA in charge at storm-hit Barclays

The American trio of defending champion Matt Kuchar, Harrison Frazar and William McGirt lead The Barclay's after a storm-hit, unfinished first round on Thursday. Frazar shot first-day 7-under 64 to grab the early clubhouse lead in the opening tournament... Read >
Author: fiona18

Kerr looking for victory on Carnoustie links

Two-time major winner Cristie Kerr is hoping her love of links golf will help secure a first victory of the season at the Women's British Open. The American, whose best finish at the British Open was a tie for second at Royal Lytham in 2006, is second ... Read >
Author: stacey777

Shin looking for best form

Defending champion Jiyai Shin is still looking for her best form and first Callaway Men's RAZR X Muscle Back Irons - 3-PW of the year entering the Evian Masters. Shin birdied the 18th hole to win in dramatic style last year, becoming the first South Kore... Read >
Author: fiona18

Golf news, TaylorMade R7 Irons, Cheap golf clubs

Tiger Woods has signed on the dotted line to play in the Australian Open in Sydney in November, the organizers announced on Monday. Coming in the week prior to this year's President Cup matches between the United States and a rest-of-the-world Internati... Read >
Author: yukilee

The US Open Champion--- Olin Brown

Overnight leader Olin Brown resolutely kept himself on track, never wavering, as he marched to the greatest victory of his life in Toledo, Ohio on Sunday. "This goes back a long way for us," Browne told the media afterwards as he looked back more than 3... Read >
Author: yukilee

Siem Catch the Chance in Ireland

Siem, whose sole European Tour victory came at the 2004 Dunhill Championship more than seven years ago, made three birdies on his front nine, before carding his first bogey after the turn on the par-four 12th. He hit straight back with a birdie on 13, b... Read >
Author: yukilee

Wind Should be Considered

Because of the strong winds expected on Thursday, some tees at Royal St George's may be brought forward for the first day of the Open Championship. Gusts of up to 30 miles per hour are forecast for Thursday, making some fairways unreachable off the tee ... Read >
Author: yukilee

Tom Lewis shocks the World's stars

It was no surprise that a young 20-something would be sharing the lead after the first round. It was a huge surprise that he is an amateur. Yes, instead of a Rory McIlroy, a Rickie Fowler, a Ryo Ishikawa, a Noh Seung-Yul, or a Jason Day, it was the high... Read >
Author: fiona18

Champs par for course

As workers pieced together plastic tables and hammered the last tents into place Sunday, Aaron Baddeley got an idea of just how punishing a British Open course can be when you don't hit the ball straight. Coming to the final hole of a friendly practice g... Read >
Author: fiona18

Kerr leads as storms halt US Open

Christie Kerr won't be hitting her first shot on day two of the US Women's Open off a tee box. Instead it will be from a greenside bunker at the 15th . This because that's where she was when the siren sounded to end play ahead of an approaching string... Read >
Author: fiona18

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