Vijay Singh storms ahead at Augusta
Golf story by
Boris Webb,
Fri, 07 Apr 2006 12:36:00GMT
AUGUSTA, Ga. - Vijay Singh emerged as the early leader at the end of day one at the Augusta Masters on Thursday. The 70th Masters proved to be quite a tough one for defending champion Tiger Woods who needed a 35-yard birdie putt on his final hole to finish five strokes behind Singh.
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Karrie weaves a ''Webb'' around Wie, wins at Nabisco
Golf story by
Boris Webb,
Mon, 03 Apr 2006 11:28:01GMT
RANCHO MIRAGE, California - Australian Karrie Webb scripted an amazing comeback to clinch the Karft Nabisco Championship at Mission Hills Country Club on Sunday and thus spoiled Michelle Wie's dream of annexing her first professional title.
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Woods wins despite bogeys on last two holes
Golf story by
Carl Anders,
Tue, 07 Mar 2006 03:48:00GMT
MIAMI - Tiger Woods has shown time and again this year that a champion sticks to the task always and something inevitably gives way even when things are not going the way you want them to. Further evidence that this is Tiger's year was on hand in the Ford Championship at Doral on Sunday.
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Ogilvy defeats Love to win Match Play
Golf story by
Gareth Bowman,
Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:32:01GMT
28-year-old Geoff Ogilvy of Australia defeated Davis Love III 3 and 2 in the 36-hole final at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship on Sunday. And there was further good news for the affable Australian on Monday as he climbed to the 26th place in the world rankings list.
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Sabbatini wins Nissan Open
Golf story by
Dominic Taylor,
Tue, 21 Feb 2006 04:56:00GMT
LOS ANGELES - Rory Sabbatini stuttered and stumbled, but finally managed to hang on to win his third PGA tour title at the Riviera Country Club in the Nissan Open yesterday. The South African squandered a four-shot lead and seemingly lost the pristine touch that he displayed all week.
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Oberholser win at Pebble Beach
Golf story by
Gareth Bowman,
Mon, 13 Feb 2006 21:24:00GMT
PEBBLE BEACH, California - Arron Oberholser appeared to be overwhelmed by the occasion on Sunday and made a couple of basic errors, but managed to hold his nerve in the final stretch to clinch the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
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Woods wins Dubai Desert Classic
Golf story by
Dominic Taylor,
Mon, 06 Feb 2006 15:28:00GMT
DUBAI - Tiger Woods bailed out of a tight place for the second time this year before going on to win the Dubai Desert Classic yesterday. Woods forced a playoff against Ernie Els, the defending champion. Woods had also won the Buick Invitational after a play off.
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Opponents' mistakes help Woods claim a fourth Buick title
Golf story by
Brian Watters,
Mon, 30 Jan 2006 14:24:00GMT
SAN DIEGO - Tiger Woods was lucky to seal a win at the Buick Invitational yesterday as Jose Maria Olazabal failed to hold his nerve and lipped out a 4-foot putt to par in the sudden-death play-off against the champion. This was Woods' 47th PGA Tour title.
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Campbell wins Bob Hope Classic
Golf story by
Georgina Scane,
Mon, 23 Jan 2006 19:20:00GMT
PALM DESERT, California - Chad Campbell shot his way to a brilliant win in the Bob Hope Classic late on Sunday with a score of 1-under-par 71. Campbell overcame a stiff challenge from Scott Verplank and Jesper Parnevik.
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Appleby wins at Hawaii for third straight year
Golf story by
Georgina Scane,
Tue, 10 Jan 2006 23:32:00GMT
KAPALUA, Hawaii - Stuart Appleby overcame a stiff challenge posed by the conditions as he defeated Fijian Vijay Singh to claim a third straight win in the PGA'S season opening Mercedes Championships at Hawaii. With this win, the Australian jumped nine places to the 21st spot in world ranking.
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