Updated: May 22, 2010, 19:43
IRVING, Texas(AP) Jordan Spieth finally felt like a kid teeing it up against the big boys on the PGA Tour.The golf part wasn't what troubled the 16-year-old high school junior.His dilemma was whether to call Tom Pernice Jr., his 50-year-old playing partner, "Mr. Pernice'' or "Tom.''While Spieth never actually figured that out - alternating between the two, then avoiding it - he continued to defy the expectations of everyone but himself, shooting a 3-under 67...Read Full Story
Updated: May 21, 2010, 21:29
IRVING, Texas(AP) Jordan Spieth did something Tiger Woods couldn't do. And his pal Tony Romo showed up to watch.Who the heck is this guy?Spieth is a high school junior from Dallas who cut class this week to play in the Byron Nelson Championship, becoming the first prep to take on the pros in this event since Woods in 1993. He's handled his nerves and the TPC Four Seasons course quite nicely, shooting a 3-under 137 through two rounds to become the sixth-youngest...Read Full Story
I am out at the 2011 HP Byron Nelson Championship, in Las Colinas (known to the Dallas natives as Irving), Texas, providing my golf fans a view of what goes on behind the scenes of a PGA event. You can follow the action at my Mr Business Golf blog and on my Twitter feed at @mrbusinessgolf…just follow the hashtag #HPBNC.
On the social media side of things HP, the title sponsor of The Nelson, is really stepping up to plate to what is rapidly becoming a social media extravaganza. Naturally the...Read Full Story
Updated: March 27, 2011, 21:57
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BROUSSARD, La. (AP) PGA Tour winner Brett Wetterich won the Nationwide Tour's Louisiana Open for the second time, closing with a 2-under 69 on Sunday for a one-stroke victory over University of Florida senior Andres Echavarria.The 37-year-old Wetterich, the 2006 Byron Nelson...Read Full Story
Updated: March 27, 2011, 19:58
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BROUSSARD, La. (AP) PGA Tour winner Brett Wetterich won the Nationwide Tour's Louisiana Open for the second time, closing with a 2-under 69 on Sunday for a one-stroke victory over University of Florida senior Andres Echavarria.The 37-year-old Wetterich, the 2006 Byron Nelson...Read Full Story
There are also the Friday morning headline makers that time forgot - guys like Robert Wrenn (1988), John Huston (1997), Brandel Chamblee (1999), Dennis Paulson (2000) and Brett Wetterich (2007). Remember them?! Poor Wetterich had one of the more ...
MacKenzie and Pappas are both one shot ahead of defending and two-time Louisiana Open champion Brett Wetterich, who finished with an 18th-hole birdie at nearly the same moment that MacKenzie was holing out from the ninth fairway. Wetterich ...
VIRGINIA WATER, England, May 23 (Reuters) - Lee Westwood isengaged in a three-way fight for top spot in the world rankingsand nothing would please him more at this week's PGAChampionship than a runaway win in his unofficial fifth major. The 39-year-old Briton is third in the world, just behindRyder Cup team mates Luke Donald and Rory McIlroy, heading intothe European Tour's flagship event at ...
From the CBS & PGA special "Get Golf Ready", Golf is about a lot more than swatting a ball in a hole in the least number of strokes. As this feature shows, for kids like Tristan Usry, it's a life-changing vehicle that helps prepare young people for the future.
May 21 (Reuters) - Leading money winners on the 2012 PGATour on Monday (U.S. unless stated): 1. Bubba Watson $3,204,778 2. Hunter Mahan $3,109,088 3. Jason Dufner $3,108,972 4. Matt Kuchar $3,035,049 5. Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) $2,996,000 6. Phil Mickelson $2,838,778 7. Rickie Fowler $2,461,254 8. Carl Pettersson (Sweden) $2,411,753 9. Justin Rose (England) $2,357,702 10. Luke Donald ...
BENTON HARBOR, Mich., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A select group of advanced golf-teaching tools are making their way to the 73rd Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid on May 22-27, 2012 via ...