Topic: Shanghai

Woods to battle crowds, heat at Australian Masters

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Tiger Woods must overcome packed crowds, scorching heat and a strong local contingent bent on humbling the world number one on home soil to win his first title Down Under at this week's Australian Masters.Woods, who was flustered by ...

Woods aims to shut out Mickelson in Shanghai duel

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Tiger Woods is hoping to inhabit a world of his own as he tries to make up two shots on tournament leader Phil Mickelson in Sunday's final round showdown between the top two in the world at the WGC-HSBC ...

American golfers still reluctant to travel

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson might be at the WGC-HSBC Champions this week but a host of other Americans who qualified haven't taken up the offer.USPGA Tour players are renowned for not travelling overseas out of their comfort zone, unlike many of ...

Tiger prowls in Shanghai as WGC comes to China

BEIJING (Reuters) - Tiger Woods makes a third trip to Shanghai this week still looking for a first HSBC Champions title but now with the added incentive of bagging what would be his 17th World Golf Championship (WGC) victory.The world number one ...
Japanese teenager Ryo Ishikawa gets leave to play in HSBC Champions tournament in ShanghaiJapanese teenager Ryo Ishikawa will participate in next month's HSBC Champions tournament in a field that includes Tiger Woods.The 18-year-old Ishikawa was scheduled to play in a smaller event ...
Phil Mickelson is excited to be back in Shanghai to defend his HSBC Champions title and further his global ambitions, but he knows he is facing one of the best fields ever gathered in Asia.Although the injured Tiger Woods will not tee ...