Twenty-six year old, Sean O’Hair bested a field of veterans, including Zach Johnson and Tiger Woods, to grab the trophy at the Quail Hollow Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina today. O’Hair, who turned pro in 1999, finished the tournament with a -11, one stroke better than Bubba Watson and Lucas Glover.
This is O’Hair’s third PGA victory. He won the PODS Championship in 2008 and the John Deere Classic in 2005. He is only the third player currently in his 20s to have three PGA wins. (The other two are Sergio Garcia and Adam Scott.)
O’Hair’s win brought high praise from Tiger …read more

The Quail Hollow Championship begins today at the Quail Hollow Golf Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. Some of the more interesting pairings for the first two rounds are as follows:

Angel Cabrera, Retief Goosen, Charles Howell III
Steve Lowery, J.B. Holmes, Stuart Appleby
Camilo Villegas, Vijay Singh, Padraig Harrington
Phil Mickelson, Davis Love III, Anthony Kim (pictured above)
Tiger Woods, Jim Furyk, David Toms
The Quail Hollow Championship continues through Sunday. Anthony Kim is the current tournament record holder and defending champion. The tournament, begun in 2003, carries a $6.5 million purse.
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Tiger Woods announced this week that he will be competing in next week’s Quail Hollow Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina. It will be his first tournament since the Masters.

Woods will be joined by Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia, Padraig Harrington, Vijay Singh, defending champion Anthony Kim (pictured above), Jim Furyk, and Masters champion Angel Cabrera.
The Quail Hollow Championship is April 30 – May 3 at Charlotte’s Quail Hollow Club. This is the seventh year for the event. Woods has competed four times.
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