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| Harig: Don't expect any Cinderella stories from playoffs |
| Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:13:50 PDT |
| With a revised system for the 2008 FedEx Cup playoffs, golf fans likely will see more volatility from week to week. But could someone come from the bottom half of the standings to grab that $10 million check? Not likely, writes ESPN.com's Bob Harig. |
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| Weekly 18: Money talks as playoffs set to begin |
| Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:24:51 PDT |
| Act II of the PGA Tour playoff season starts this week as the top 144 players compete at the Barclays with the hope of collecting that $10 million bonus check at the end of September. After a few tweaks from Year 1, the FedEx Cup playoffs are better than last year, but still remain a work in progress. ESPN.com's Jason Sobel explains in the Weekly 18. |
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| Home turf: Pettersson wins Wyndham by 2 shots |
| Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:17:49 PDT |
| Carl Pettersson won his hometown event for his first PGA Tour victory in two years, shooting a 2-under 68 on Sunday for a two-stroke victory in the Wyndham Championship. |
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| De Jonge captures Xerox for 1st Nationwide win |
| Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:42:51 PDT |
| Zimbabwe's Brendon de Jonge won the Xerox Classic for his first Nationwide Tour title Sunday, closing with a 1-under 69 at Irondequoit Country Club for a two-stroke victory over Australia's Jarrod Lyle. |
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| Tseng melts down as Hull wins Canadian Open |
| Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:22:16 PDT |
| Australia's Katherine Hull won the Canadian Women's Open on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title, taking advantage of Yani Tseng's final-round meltdown for a one-stroke victory at Ottawa Hunt. |
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| Funk cruises to first Champions Tour major title |
| Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:25:50 PDT |
| Fred Funk won the JELD-WEN Tradition for his first Champions Tour major, closing with a 3-under 69 on Sunday for three-stroke victory over Mike Goodes at the Crosswater Club. |
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| Tiger doesn't expect to swing club for five months |
| Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:29:08 PDT |
| Tiger Woods is riding a stationary bike two or three times a day, but the No. 1-ranked golfer in the world does not expect to be able to swing a club for another five months and gave no indication of his return to competitive golf. |
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| Surgery KOs Donald for European Ryder team |
| Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:45:48 PDT |
| Luke Donald has undergone surgery on his left wrist and will miss the remainder of the season, officially ending any hopes of playing on the Ryder Cup team for Europe. |
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| Harrington putts way to PGA Championship victory |
| Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:01:27 PDT |
| Padraig Harrington rallied from three shots behind Sunday to win the PGA Championship, closing with a 4-under 66 at Oakland Hills to become only the fourth player to win the British Open and PGA in the same year. |
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| Yang spoils Sorenstam's Swedish finale |
| Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:03:06 PDT |
| Amy Yang of South Korea spoiled Annika Sorenstam's finale on home turf, tying the course record with a 9-under 63 Sunday for a six-shot victory at the Scandinavian TPC. |
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| Blumenherst closes out Munoz, wins Women's Am |
| Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:43:54 PDT |
| Duke star Amanda Blumenherst won the U.S. Women's Amateur on Sunday, rallying to beat NCAA champion Azahara Munoz 2 and 1 in the 36-hole final at Eugene Country Club. |
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| Piercy's even 71 wins Nationwide's Wichita Open |
| Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:33:51 PDT |
| Scott Piercy won the Wichita Open for his first Nationwide Tour title, closing with an even-par 71 for a two-stroke victory over Daniel Summerhays, Hunter Haas and Spencer Levin. |
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| AP Danny Lee watches a fairway shot on the ninth hole during the final round of the Wyndham Championship golf tournament in Greensboro, N.C., Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008. The world's top-ranked amateur could have worked out the few kinks in his game with a practice round or two at Pinehurst, N.C., before the national championship of amateur golf begins there Monday. Instead, he went some 75 miles across the state to Greensboro to tune up with the pros after making his first start on the PGA Tour. Fillmore wins qualifying portion of US Amateur (AP) |
| Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:32:07 PDT |
 Robbie Fillmore, who never touched a club during two years away from golf, shot 5-under 65 on Tuesday to win the stroke-play portion of the U.S. Amateur. The lowest score in two days of qualifying came on the No. 4 course at Pinehurst and followed Fillmore's opening 69 on Pinehurst No. 2, giving him a total of 6-under 134.
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| Harrington a major champ and motivational speaker (AP) |
| Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:05:52 PDT |
| Kenny Egan, a light heavyweight boxer from Ireland who advanced to the medal round Tuesday at the Olympics, was trying to figure out how to peak for the biggest events. He went to the right guy for help. Padraig Harrington has won only three times in the past 13 months, all of them major championships. |
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| Stricker looks to repeat FedExCup run |
| Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:11:48 GMT |
Steve Stricker was the darling of the inaugural FedExCup playoffs a year ago, a fan and player favorite who punctuated a return ...  |
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| Tseng leads Canadian Women's Open |
| Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:39:52 GMT |
Yani Tseng finished off a course-record 8-under 64 in the rain-delayed second round, then shot a 68 in the third to take a four-stroke ...  |
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