Topic: U.S. Open (Golf)
Injured 14-time major champion Tiger Woods said Tuesday he remains uncertain if he will play at the British Open in two weeks and has no timetable for his recovery.Woods, chasing the all-time record 18 majors won by Jack Nicklaus, will not play ...
MUNICH (Reuters) - A disappointing finish denied former world number four Henrik Stenson the outright lead after the BMW International Open second round on Friday.However, the reinvigorated Swede was still in contention for his first victory for more than two years after ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tiger Woods withdrew from his own event, the AT&T National Tournament, on doctor's orders on Wednesday, saying he was still not fully recovered from knee and ankle injuries.Woods, who has not played since pulling out of the Players' ...
US Open champion Rory McIlroy is adamant he can handle the burden of expectation following his first Major success.The 22-year-old Northern Irishman left the rest of the field trailing with an eight-stroke win at the Congressional course in Maryland last week.It was ...
PITTSFORD, New York (Reuters) - Taiwan's Tseng Yani has drawn inspiration from Rory McIlroy's runaway win in the U.S. Open as she prepares for this week's LPGA Championship, the second women's major of 2011.Tseng finished runner-up to Stacy Lewis at the most ...
Japan's teenage golf star Ryo Ishikawa says he hopes to draw inspiration from newly-crowned US Open champion Rory McIlroy and challenge him for titles in the future."I have come to know so well how big the gap is between me and the ...
Rory McIlroy's youthful charm and overpowering form created a win for the ages at the US Open, personality and performance mixing in a way unseen since an exhuberant 21-year-old Tiger Woods won his first major at the 1997 Masters.After the infamous Woods ...
BETHESDA, Maryland (Reuters) - While the European Tour celebrated its fifth successive major champion after Rory McIlroy's astonishing eight-shot victory at the U.S. Open, American golf grappled with an unprecedented title drought.For the first time since the Masters was launched in 1934, ...
British and Irish Prime Ministers David Cameron and Enda Kenny on Monday joined the tributes to Northern Ireland golfer Rory McIlroy, who won the US Open in sensational fashion at the weekend.McIlroy fired a record 16-under-par 268 over 72 holes at Congressional ...
For those in the know from his earliest years in Holywood outside Belfast, it was just a matter of time before Rory McIlroy joined the ranks of major winners in golf.Like Tiger Woods, he was a child prodigy.Young McIlroy hit a 40-yard ...
