Topic: Professional Golfers' Association

Greg Norman names lineup for 2011 Shootout

Six major champions, including 2011 PGA Championship winner Keegan Bradley, were among 24 golfers named to compete in the 23rd annual Franklin Templeton Shootout hosted by Greg Norman.The 54-hole event, set for December 9-11, matches 12 pairs of US PGA players in ...

No hang-ups over phones on course at PGA

Spectators will be allowed to bring portable telephones onto the course for the first time at a major golf event when the 93rd PGA Championship tees off on Thursday at Atlanta Athletic Club.The idea has been tested at US PGA and Champions ...

"Tiger vacuum" filled by flood of new talent

LONDON (Reuters) - There will be a huge depth of golfing knowledge amid the galleries of Royal St George's this week but even the keenest statistician might be hard pressed to name the winners of the last 11 major championships.What makes it ...

Toms to miss British Open with hip injury

American David Toms said Thursday he will miss next week's British Open because of a hip injury that has also forced him to withdraw from this week's $4.5 million US PGA John Deere Classic."Had to WD from John Deere with a hip ...

Injured David Toms pulls out of British Open

LONDON (Reuters) - Former U.S. PGA champion David Toms has withdrawn from next week's British Open at Royal St George's due to a hip injury, organizers said on Thursday.The American's place will go to Briton Simon Dyson and Thomas Bjorn, the Dane ...

Americans ponder major title drought after McIlroy win

BETHESDA, Maryland (Reuters) - While the European Tour celebrated its fifth successive major champion after Rory McIlroy's astonishing eight-shot victory at the U.S. Open, American golf grappled with an unprecedented title drought.For the first time since the Masters was launched in 1934, ...

US Open is as open as ever

Unpredictability has become the hallmark of major golf tournaments in the last three years and that trend is carrying on into the US Open, which starts Thursday at Congressional Golf Club.Gone are the days when Tiger Woods and, to a lesser extent, ...

Choi seeks major breakthrough at US Open

Not until K.J. Choi captured two key US PGA tuneup events for major championships in 2007 did the South Korean golf star start thinking he had the talent to win a major title himself.Four years later, and after yet another impressive triumph ...

Woodland, Adamonis complete US Open lineup

Americans Gary Woodland and Brad Adamonis were added to the field for the 111th US Open golf championship on Monday, completing the 156-player field for the second major event of the year.Woodland was the only qualifier under a new exemption category added ...

Infected fingernail foils Garcia's British Open bid

Spain's Sergio Garcia withdrew from a British Open qualifying event on Monday because of an infected fingernail on his left hand that made grasping clubs difficult.The 31-year-old had played in every British Open since 1998 - finishing second to Padraig Harrington in ...
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