Topic: U.S. Open (Golf)

PGA Championship gets under way at Atlanta Athletic Club

JOHNS CREEK, Georgia (Reuters) - The 93rd U.S. PGA Championship, the year's final major, began at Atlanta Athletic Club under sunny skies Thursday as four-times winner Tiger Woods prepared for an early morning teeoff.American club professional Craig Stevens ended up in the ...

PGA Championship wide open with Woods no longer a favorite

JOHNS CREEK, Georgia (Reuters) - Professional golf's shifting landscape is sharply illustrated at this week's PGA Championship where four-times winner Tiger Woods is ranked among the 'others' behind three European favorites.U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland has been installed as ...

McIlroy not ready to end Tiger Era just yet

Rory McIlroy refused to pronounce an end to golf's Tiger Woods era on the eve of the 93rd PGA Championship, but the reigning US Open champion hopes to hasten a new age by winning more majors."I'm playing very well," McIlroy said Wednesday. ...

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 ...

PGA Championship wide open in uncertain Tiger era

JOHNS CREEK, Georgia (Reuters) - With a list of potential major winners unprecedented in depth and doubts over whether Tiger Woods will ever regain his former dominance, this week's PGA Championship is wide open for the taking.Ninety-eight of the world's top 100 ...

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 ...

Fit Tiger feels no rust from layoff

Former World No. 1 Tiger Woods said he felt as physically fit as he has been in years and not rusty following a nine-hole practice round Tuesday ahead of his first event after an 11-week injury layoff.The 14-time major champion, chasing the ...

Tiger Woods commits to next month's PGA Championship in Atlanta

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tiger Woods, who has been sidelined for the last 11 weeks because of leg injuries, has committed to play in next month's PGA Championship in Atlanta, Georgia, the PGA of America said Friday."We spoke with (Woods's manager) Mark ...

Tiger Woods to return next week at WGC event

Tiger Woods, a 14-time major champion who has struggled with a left knee injury, will play his first competitive event in nearly three months next week at a World Golf Championships tournament.The former World No. 1 announced Thursday on his website that ...

McIlroy makes wrong kind of splash in Ireland

KILLARNEY, Ireland (Reuters) - Rory McIlroy dismayed a huge adoring gallery Thursday when the U.S. Open champion dunked his ball into the water at the 18th hole to run up a double-bogey six in the Irish Open first round.The 22-year-old local hero ...