After Tiger Woods finished with a course-record 62 on Saturday, the BMW Championship was all but over. Entering Sunday with a seven-shot lead, Woods just had to avoid a collapse to take home the victory. As it turned out, his 68 on Sunday was easily enough.
Woods was -19 at the BMW Championship and won it by eight shots over Marc Leishman of Australia and Jim Furyk of the United States. Sean O’Hair, also of the United States, at -10 was the only other golfer to finish within ten shots of Woods.
After the victory, Woods said the difference between this week …read more

At Cog Hill, Tiger Woods is tied for the lead in the BMW Championship. Tied with Woods atop the leaderboard is Mark Wilson. Woods and Wilson are seven-under par — with Woods tallying a 67 on Friday, while Wilson finished at 66.
Third place is a three-way tie between American Bo Van Pelt, Australian Marc Leishman, South African Rory Sabbatini and Padraig Harrington of Ireland. Each player is six-under.
This is the first time Woods has been atop a leaderboard since the PGA Championship. Considering that he’s won four tournaments at Cog Hill, it’s not too surprising to see him doing well …read more

Steve Stricker shot his second straight 63 on Friday. His 14-under 126 total set a new record for 36 holes, as well as for any consecutive rounds at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at the Colonial Country Club.
Even with his record setting pace, it was just enough to keep him atop the leaderboard. Three golfers – Tim Clark, Sean O’Hair and Vijay Singh – shot 64 on Friday. Clark is currently -13, one stroke off the lead with Singh (-12) and O’Hair (-11) following. The conditions were ideal on Friday with soft greens and a light wind.

Stricker is happy about the …read more

Two-time major champion John Daly plans to return to the PGA Tour in three weeks for the St. Jude Championship and U.S. Open qualifying. Daly was suspended from the PGA Tour for six months back in November following a series of negative incidents.
During his time off from the Tour, he hasn’t been out of golf altogether. He has played in eight tournaments overseas and tied for second place in the Italian Open. Daly didn’t feel that he deserved to be suspended, but he’s sure to be glad to be reinstated.
“He’s been working on his game, working on trying to get …read more

These economic times have been challenging for everyone, including the PGA Tour. The longtime title sponsor of the PGA Tour opener at Kapalua on the Hawaiian Island of Maui, Mercedes Benz, ended their 10-year relationship with the Tour earlier this year and the Tour was scrambling to find a replacement.

No longer. South Korea-based SBS International has signed a ten-year agreement with the PGA Tour to sponsor the Kapalua event. In addition, Seoul Broadcasting System also extended by seven years its exclusive agreement to show PGA Tour events in Korea.
All of the Tour news is not cheery, however. The tour has …read more

Jerry Kelly, 42-year-old PGA veteran, carded two birdies on the back nine today to win the Zurich Classic in New Orleans. It is his first PGA Tour title since 2002. Kelly finished the tournament at -14 to grab the $1.1 first prize paycheck.

Rory Sabbatini, Charlie Wi, and Charles Howell II tied for second place at -13. David Toms and Steve Marino tied for fifth at -12.
Kelly won the Sony Open and the Advil Western Open in 2002. He also has two wins on the Nationwide Tour and two wins in non-PGA sponsored events. His best finish in …read more