Graeme McDowell held on for a one-shot victory at the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship, the first PGA Tour win since 2015 for the former U.S. Open champ. McDowell started the final round in the Dominican Republic with a one-shot lead, but he was trailing Chris Stroud by a shot with two holes to […]
Monthly Archives: April 2019
PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic — Graeme McDowell won the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title since 2016, closing with a 3-under 69 for a one-stroke victory over Chris Stroud and Mackenzie Hughes. McDowell took the lead from Stroud with a birdie on the par-4 17th and closed with a bogey – […]
AUSTIN, Texas – For the first time since the third round of last year’s WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Francesco Molinari has lost a match, falling to Kevin Kisner in the semifinals on Saturday. The Italian was 5-0-0 this week at Austin Country Club, matching his mark from last year’s Ryder Cup, and rallied to tie […]
NEW DELHI – Stephen Gallacher birdied three of his last four holes in a stunning comeback to win Hero Indian Open on Sunday. Gallacher finished on a 9-under-par 279 to clinch the title, one shot ahead of Japan’s Masahiro Kawamura. Gallacher held a share of the first-round lead before second-round 74 saw him slip away. […]
When Morgan Pressel became the youngest major championship winner in LPGA history at the 2007 ANA Inspiration, it appeared as if the sky was the limit. But she hasn’t won in 250 starts, so it was newsworthy when she was in third place after one round at the Kia Classic. GGP+ Correspondent Ron Sirak writes […]
CARLSBAD, Calif. – Inbee Park curled in an 18-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th for her second straight 5-under 67 and the third-round lead Saturday in the Kia Classic, the final event before the major ANA Inspiration. Winless in a full calendar year, the seven-time major champion from South Korea had a one-stroke advantage over Nasa Hataoka […]
AUSTIN, Texas — Tiger Woods hit the putt he wanted. He just didn’t have the read he needed. Woods lipped out a 5-footer Saturday afternoon on the 18th green to lose his quarterfinal match to Lucas Bjerregaard and exit the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. Woods hit a disappointing second shot into the front bunker and […]
AUSTIN, Texas – I walked 35 holes, and I’m grouchy. Scattered thoughts from a marathon and mostly fun day in Austin that saw Tiger Woods bounced from the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play after a 1-down loss to Lucas Bjerregaard. · He lipped a 5-footer when he had to have it. There’s kind of no way around […]
PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic – Graeme McDowell one-putted the first 15 greens Saturday and shot his second straight 8-under 64 to take a one-stroke lead in the PGA Tour’s Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship. Winless since 2016, the 39-year-old major champion from Northern Ireland had a 15-under 201 total. He opened with a 73. ”I’ve been seeing […]
BILOXI, Miss. – Kevin Sutherland made a 15-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th for a 3-under 69 and a three-stroke lead Saturday in the PGA Tour Champions’ Rapiscan Systems Classic. Tied for the first-round lead with Marco Dawson after an opening 65, Sutherland now sits in first all alone at 10-under 134. Dawson was […]