Topic: South Africa
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Britain's Graeme McDowell will begin his U.S. Open title defense next week alongside Louis Oosthuizen and top amateur Peter Uihlein while the world's top three players were all put in the same group for the second major of ...
DUBLIN, Ohio (Reuters) - Life has finally settled back into something approaching normal for Charl Schwartzel after the dizzying whirlwind of media attention he faced following his spectacular Masters victory in April.At this week's Memorial tournament, the South African will be making ...
VIRGINIA WATER, England (Reuters) - Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen failed to cope with a fiendishly difficult West Course and unseasonably cool weather when both major winners missed the cut at the PGA Championship on Friday.As the two South African friends reflected ...
Ernie Els, whose deceptively effortless swing has earned him the nickname the "Big Easy" -- and three major golf titles -- has led a class of six inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame."It's been a long journey coming from South ...
TERRASSA, Spain (Reuters) - South African Thomas Aiken extended his lead at a windswept Spanish Open on Saturday but the day's action was overshadowed by the death of Seve Ballesteros.Aiken, who will take a two-shot advantage into Sunday's final round after carding ...
Bellerive Country Club of St. Louis was named on Friday by the PGA of America as host of the 2018 PGA Championship, the 100th edition of the last major golf tournament played each season.The par-71 layout, which stretches 7,547 yards, has twice ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Almost overlooked as Charl Schwartzel surged clear of a congested leaderboard to clinch this month's U.S. Masters with a sizzling finish was the fact that he eclipsed Tiger Woods with his breakthrough.Woods, a four-times winner of the season's ...
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - U.S. Masters champion Charl Schwartzel was just happy to stay awake after carding an opening round one-over-par 73 at the Malaysian Open on Thursday.The South African looked exhausted after struggling to sleep during the night because of jetlag ...
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - One of the biggest surprises for golfing great Gary Player in recent years at the Masters has been the failure of fellow South African Ernie Els to claim the green jacket.Els, a three-times major winner, has twice finished ...
Reigning British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen has new confidence after his first Major triumph entering the 75th Masters, where he is among a host of strong South African contenders.Oosthuizen withstood the swirling winds of St. Andrews last July for a seven-stroke triumph ...
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