Topic: The Masters

US stars try to avoid record major golf drought

For only the second time in modern golf history, no American owns any of the four major titles.And if no US player captures the 111th US Open that begins on Thursday at Congressional Country Club, the drought will be America's longest ever.The ...

Ishikawa ready to be 'beaten up' at US Open

Japanese teenage golf star Ryo Ishikawa says he is ready to be "beaten up" at next week's US Open as he struggles for form after missing the cut for two straight weeks on the domestic tour.But Ishikawa, who has one year to ...

Schwartzel set for Memorial with media whirlwind behind him

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 ...

Seve Ballesteros mourned at US tour event

Seve Ballesteros was recalled by US PGA players and officials for his style and flair as well as his golf skills on Saturday, hours after his death from respiratory failure at age 54."It was his creativity, his imagination, and his desire to ...

Schwartzel's Masters breakthrough trumps Woods

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 ...

Heritage draws strong field, despite date change

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, South Carolina (Reuters) - Initial fears that a later date on the PGA Tour schedule would weaken the field for The Heritage this week have proved unfounded with seven of the world's top 20 set to take part.Last year, ...

Cink, Henry share Texas PGA lead

Former British Open champion Stewart Cink and J.J. Henry shared the Texas Open lead, but it was Kevin Na who found himself in an unwelcome spotlight.Na's 16 strokes at the par-4 ninth hole on Thursday guaranteed he wouldn't be challenging for the ...

McIlroy vows to learn from Masters disaster

An upbeat Rory McIlroy said on Wednesday he was determined to learn from his heart-breaking US Masters final round when he threw away a commanding lead to finish well off the pace.The 21-year-old Northern Irishman said he had time to reflect during ...

Norman consoles Aussies after more Masters misery

The jinx of Australian golfers having never won the Masters remained intact on Sunday after another Augusta National heartbreaker for co-runner-ups Adam Scott and Jason Day.But Greg Norman, the master of Masters near-misses, telephoned the Down Under duo with words of support ...

Schwartzel wins Masters with birdie blitz

South African Charl Schwartzel birdied the last four holes at formidable Augusta National to win the 75th Masters by two strokes over Australians Adam Scott and Jason Day.No Masters champion had ever finished with such a run as Schwartzel capped a suspenseful ...