Topic: World Golf Championships

Perspective on Players Championship depends on the passportJeff Sluman is off the hook this week.For the last seven years, any discussion about The Players Championship being the fifth major usually included Sluman's observation that "When you go to Denny's and order the ...

Tour looking for new sponsor after CA's Doral deal ends

MIAMI (Reuters) - The PGA Tour are searching for a new sponsor for the World Golf Championship event at Doral after software company CA chose not to extend their deal.The business software company said in a joint statement with the PGA Tour ...

Poulter wins WGC Match Play Championship

Ian Poulter beat Paul Casey 4 and 2 in an all-English final to win the World Golf Championships Accenture Match Play Championship on Sunday.With the win in the 36-hole final, Poulter earned his 10th professional victory worldwide, but his first both in ...

Mickelson to skip Match Play event due to family holiday

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - World number two Phil Mickelson will miss next month's WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona to take a family holiday which had to be postponed because of his wife Amy's cancer treatment.The elite World Golf Championships (WGC) events ...

American golfers still reluctant to travel

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson might be at the WGC-HSBC Champions this week but a host of other Americans who qualified haven't taken up the offer.USPGA Tour players are renowned for not travelling overseas out of their comfort zone, unlike many of ...

Woods and Mickelson renew battle in China

Tiger Woods renews battle with Phil Mickelson in China this week as Asia hosts its biggest golf tournament ever with the HSBC Champions now elevated to World Golf Championship status.The last time the world's top two players met, Mickelson surged to victory ...
More American no-shows overseas, though this time for a reasonThe field for a World Golf Championship is never as strong when Americans require a passport.The HSBC Champions is no exception.Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, the best two players in the world, are ...

HSBC Champions becomes World Golf event

Asian golf received a huge boost when the HSBC Champions became a World Golf Championship event with prizemoney bumped up to seven million dollars.The first tournament in the new format will be played from November 5-8 at Shanghai's Sheshan International Golf Club ...