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British Open to return to St Andrews in 2015

(Reuters) - The Open will return to the 'home of golf' in 2015 when the championship is played at St Andrews, the Royal & Ancient said on Tuesday.It will be the 29th time that golf's oldest major has been held over the ...

Tiger Woods no longer the star attraction, says Faldo

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Tiger Woods will not be the star of the show when he joins the United States team for November's Presidents Cup, three-time Masters champion and former world number one Nick Faldo said on Thursday."Well everything has affected him, he's ...

Woods looking likely to miss PGA Championship cut

JOHNS CREEK, Georgia (Reuters) - Tiger Woods was poised to plunge new depths at the PGA Championship Friday when he looked certain to miss the cut in the year's final major for the first time.Woods, who has been a shadow of his ...

PGA Championship gets under way at Atlanta Athletic Club

JOHNS CREEK, Georgia (Reuters) - The 93rd U.S. PGA Championship, the year's final major, began at Atlanta Athletic Club under sunny skies Thursday as four-times winner Tiger Woods prepared for an early morning teeoff.American club professional Craig Stevens ended up in the ...

Woods grouped with Harrington and Love at PGA Championship

AKRON, Ohio (Reuters) - Four-times winner Tiger Woods has been drawn to play alongside former champions Padraig Harrington and Davis Love III in the first two rounds of next week's PGA Championship, organizers announced on Friday.American Woods, who has missed the last ...

Oosthuizen eyes Firestone boost after car crash

AKRON, Ohio (Reuters) - Former British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen is looking for a spark to reignite his game at this week's WGC-Bridgestone Invitational after escaping injury in a traffic accident while preparing for the tournament.The 28-year-old South African suffered whiplash when ...

McIlroy makes wrong kind of splash in Ireland

KILLARNEY, Ireland (Reuters) - Rory McIlroy dismayed a huge adoring gallery Thursday when the U.S. Open champion dunked his ball into the water at the 18th hole to run up a double-bogey six in the Irish Open first round.The 22-year-old local hero ...

Clarke celebrates all night after priceless Open victory

SANDWICH, England (Reuters) - Still wearing a grin almost the width of Royal St George's 18th fairway despite no sleep, Darren Clarke was slowly getting his muzzy head around becoming the oldest British Open champion for over 40 years.The 42-year-old Northern Irishman's ...

Watson may have won if wind had blown all week: Mickelson

SANDWICH, England (Reuters) - The 61-year-old Tom Watson would have been the man to beat if the wind and rain that lashed Royal St George's on Saturday had been in evidence at the British Open all week, according to fellow American Phil ...

Sandwich brickyard working against big hitters, says Lehman

SANDWICH, England (Reuters) - Royal St George's "brick hard" fairways could bounce the big hitters out of contention at this year's British Open, former champion Tom Lehman said on Friday.The veteran American used all his links course know-how to card a second ...
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