The Memorial had high hopes of landing all of the top 10 players in the world for the first time until Tiger Woods decided his left knee was not fully recovered from surgery. Since then, the stars have been falling like rain, which is never a good sign at Muirfield Village. Adam Scott opted not to play, citing fatigue. Vijay Singh was still smarting from a rib injury and had to pull out. Steve Stricker withdrew with an elbow injury. Even some of the alternates for the 120-man field... Read Full Story
Sergio Garcia is confident his victory at the Players Championship will help him break through at this week’s U.S. Open and shed the tag as the best current player who has not won a major title. “I guess winning the Players (is) something huge and that gives you a lot of confidence, winning on a tough golf course and probably the deepest field in golf we play all year,” the Spaniard told reporters on Tuesday. “It was a great victory.” World number seven Garcia, 28, came tantalizingly close... Read Full Story
Sergio Garcia became the first European winner of The Players Championship since Sandy Lyle 21 years earlier when he overcame Paul Goydos at the first extra hole, the famous 17th at TPC Sawgrass. The pair tied on 5-under-par totals of 283 after Garcia parred the 72nd hole while Goydos, in the final group, made bogey there. Garcia jumps 8 places in the Official World Golf Ranking to 10th while Goydos moves up to world number 59. Hennie Otto from South Africa won for the first time on the... Read Full Story
Pictured to the right is the 2007 British Open Champion Padraig Harrington. The Irishman Harrington captured his first Grand Slam Major yesterday surviving in a 4 hole playoff against runner-up Sergio Garcia. Congratulations to Padraig, however this post will focus in on Garcia as he once again was unable to seal the deal in yesterday's final round. Sergio Garcia remains in the golfing lexicon as BPNTHWAM, following yesterday's dramatic conclusion at the British Open. It stands for... Read Full Story
Tomorrow the Open will start at Royal Birkdale and much attention has been given to Phil Mickelson and Sergio Garcia. Who can forget that Sergio Garcia handed over the Open Champion at the 72nd hole a year ago and one could just imagine the moment the went through just to see the Open slipped out of his to Paddy Harrington. With Tiger out until the rest of the season, the door is wide open for the rest of the field, with world no 2 Phil topping the list and the ever hungry best ball striker... Read Full Story
