Topic: U.S. Open (Golf)

Furyk among 11 to book Masters trip

American Jim Furyk, the 2003 US Open winner, was among 11 golfers to secure a trip to the 2012 Masters by finishing among the year-end top 50 in the world golf rankings issued on Monday.Furyk qualified for a 17th consecutive Augusta National ...

I wept after U.S. Masters meltdown, says McIlroy

(Reuters) - Rory McIlroy said he wept after letting victory slip from his grasp at the U.S. Masters in April and the world number two is hoping the only golf-related crying he does in the future will be tears of joy.In a ...
Tiger Woods will be challenged by one of the strongest fields assembled for this week's Australian Open as he attempts to break a two-year tournament drought at The Lakes in Sydney.The former world number one, who has been marooned on 14 major ...

Major champions set for 36-hole showdown

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke, South African Charl Schwartzel and American Keegan Bradley will battle for bragging rights starting Tuesday in the PGA Grand Slam of Golf.The $1.35 million event at Port Royal Golf Course is the 29th showcase of ...

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 ...

Breakthrough year sees majors swept by first-timers

From Charl Schwartzel's four-birdie finish to win the Masters, Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke's emotional triumphs and Keegan Bradley's PGA shocker, 2011 was a breakthrough year in golf majors.Bradley's victory at Atlanta Athletic Club over fellow American Jason Dufner in a three-hole ...

Toothless Tiger misses cut as unknowns lead PGA

Once-mighty Tiger Woods played like a has-been in missing the cut on Friday at the PGA Championship, his comeback from injury resembling the failed final bows of Mike Tyson or Michael Jordan.The 14-time major champion, in only his second event after left ...

No long-term injury worries for McIlroy

Reigning US Open champion Rory McIlroy has no long-term injury fears about finishing the PGA Championship with a strained right wrist tendon and no concern that he might do it more damage.McIlroy's physical worries about playing on after suffering the injury in ...

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 ...

McIlroy injured early at PGA Championship

Reigning US Open champion Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland suffered an injury to his right forearm on Thursday after hitting a ball near a tree root in round one of the PGA Championship.McIlroy was in the trees on the third hole and ...
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