Topic: United States

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 ...

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 ...

US major win drought stokes fires at PGA

American golfers know all too well that they are on a record win drought of six consecutive majors entering the 93rd PGA Championship, and some of them are fired up to do something about it.World No. 5 Steve Stricker, the highest-ranked US ...

Masters champion Schwartzel happy with Georgia on his mind

JOHNS CREEK, Georgia (Reuters) - Charl Schwartzel's return to Georgia for this week's PGA Championship suits the South African to a tee following his stunning major breakthrough at the Masters in nearby Augusta in April.Schwartzel birdied the last four holes in a ...

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 ...

US golfers fly the flag at British Open

The British Open leaderboard at the halfway stage on Friday gave support to those who deny that American golf is in full-scale decline.In stark contrast to last month's US Open in Washington when only two US players made it into the top ...

Change as good as a rest for smiling Furyk

SANDWICH, England (Reuters) - A change is as good as a rest, so the old adage goes, and for American Jim Furyk a trip across the Atlantic for the British Open may turn out to be the perfect antidote to a wretched ...

Kelly gets British Open under way with bogey

Jerry Kelly got the 140th British Open under way at Royal St George's and could be thankful for his bogey at the first hole.That dropped shot by the American on Thursday morning was in stark contrast to the horrendous 11 he started ...

No extra pressure on Americans, Watney says

American hopefuls teeing off in this week's British Open need feel no extra pressure over the US winless streak in Majors that dates back to last year's Masters, according to top hope Nick Watney.It is the first time in golf history that ...
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