Nick Watney

Losing patience with each missed putt, Woods knocked in a 10-foot birdie on the ninth hole and was on his way. With five birdies over the final 10 holes, he pieced together another 5-under-par 67 and surged into a share of the 36-hole lead with Nick Watney in a World Golf Championship event with a distinctive American flavor. Seven of the top nine players on the leaderboard are from the United States.  

The back nine Saturday at the HSBC Champions changed names atop the leaderboard, as Phil Mickelson made three birdies over the last five holes for a 5-under 67 that took him from a two-shot deficit to a two-shot lead over Tiger Woods and Nick Watney in the final World Golf Championship of the year.  

JOHANNESBURG - South African Retief Goosen clung to his lead while American Nick Watney stole the show Saturday in round three of the Sun City Challenge. Former winner and twice US Open champion Goosen continued his stroke-a-day improvement to card a 67 on the par-72, 7,162-metre Gary Player Country Club in a north-west entertainment centre.  

• American equals course record with eight-under-par 64• Woods again frustrated by camera-wielding crowdsNick Watney tied the course record with a virtually flawless eight-under-par 64 to claim a two-stroke first-round lead at the World Golf Championships – HSBC Champions tournament.The American Watney, who won this year's Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines in California, carded only one bogey at Sheshan International Golf Club to top the...  

• Nick Watney scores eight-under-par 64 for a two-shot lead• Tiger Woods pleased with his first-round 67 in ShanghaiNick Watney shot an eight-under-par 64 to race into a two-shot lead after the opening round of the WGC-HSBC Champions, the American just missing out on the course record with a bogey at his final hole. The German Martin Kaymer, Ireland's Shane Lowry and the American Ryan Moore share second after matching 66s, while world No1...  

Tiger Woods realized that no one was pulling away at the HSBC Champions on Friday, so he settled into a good groove with the putter and made sure he caught them. Woods birdied five of his last 10 holes for another 5-under 67, giving him a share of the 36-hole lead with Nick Watney in the final World Golf Championship of the year that continues to have a distinct American look.  

So much for that notion that American golfers don't travel well. The first World Golf Championship in Asia opened Thursday to a leaderboard filled with Stars & Stripes, led by wide-eyed Nick Watney and his 8-under 64 that tied the course record at the HSBC Champions and including, as always, Tiger Woods. Watney got more excitement than he expected when he went to Shanghai's metropolis in a cab that weaved through six lanes of cars on a three...  

Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell shot a better-ball 58 on Thursday to give Ireland a three-stroke lead over Argentina after the first round of the World Cup of Golf on Thursday. Argentina's Tano Goya and Rafael Echenique were at 11-under 61, with Japan another shot behind. The United States pair of Nick Watney and John Merrick was tied for 15th at 5-under 67 after four birdies by Watney. Defending champion Sweden was tied with Italy, Canada...  

There was a time when the U.S. seemed unbeatable in the World Cup. Now, the country can't even come close to sending its best two players to the event, which is being played at the Mission Hills Golf Club in China. The U.S. will be represented by Nick Watney and John Merrick. They are decent players, but the facts are Watney is the only Tour winner of the two (he's won twice). He's 31st in the World Golf Rankings, and Merrick is 139th.read...  

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Nick Watney fired an eight-under-par 64 to race into a two-shot lead after the opening round of the WGC-HSBC Champions on Thursday, the American just missing out on the course record with a bogey at his final hole.  

• Woods shares lead with fellow American Watney• World No1 misses several putts before birdie on 18thTiger Woods birdied the final hole to complete a second round five-under-par 67 that moved him into a share of the lead with his American compatriot Nick Watney at the halfway stage of the HSBC World Golf Championships in Shanghai today.The world No1 had spurned a raft of birdie chances early on at the Sheshan International but holed a short...  

Nick Watney has tied the course record at Sheshan International with an 8-under 64 to take the early lead in the HSBC Champions and give himself another chance at winning a World Golf Championship.  

Shanghai -- So much for that notion that American golfers don't travel well. The first World Golf Championship in Asia opened Thursday to a leaderboard filled with Stars and Stripes, led by Nick Watney and his 8-under 64 that tied the course record ...  

SHANGHAI — Making the first of two trips to China this month, Nick Watney made an immediate impression Thursday in the HSBC Champions by tying the course record with an 8-under 64 to build a two-shot lead. As hundreds of cameras inside and outside ...  

American golfer Nick Watney tied the course record with an eight-under-par 64 to overshadow world No. 1 Tiger Woods on the opening day of the HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai.