Featured Athletes
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Wu Chia-ching
22 July 2010 1:43 PM | No CommentsWu Chia-ching is a professional pool player. He is nicknamed the “Taisun” (“Little Genius”).
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Johnny Archer
22 July 2010 1:42 PM | No CommentsJohnny Archer (born 12 November 1968 in Waycross, Georgia) is an American professional pool player. He is nicknamed “the Scorpion” (his zodiac sign is Scorpio, and one of his sponsors is Scorpion Cues). On June 8, 2009, Johnny Archer was nominated to be inducted into...
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Golf Archive
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Bettencourt wins Reno-Tahoe Open by 1 stroke
Posted on July 18, 2010 | No CommentsMatt Bettencourt eagled on the 11th hole, then held off Bob Heintz by a stroke to win for the first time on the PGA Tour. Bettencourt capped his 4-under 68 with a bogey on No. 18 after a birdie on 17, finishing the Reno-Tahoe Open... -
Tommy Gainey wins Nationwide Tour stop, moves to top spot on money list
Posted on July 18, 2010 | No CommentsTommy Gainey shot a 3-under 69 on Sunday to become the Nationwide Tour’s first two-time winner this season, holding on for a three-stroke victory in the Chiquita Classic. Gainey, who matched the course record at TPC River Bend with a 62 in the third round,... -
Graeme McDowell holds on, wins US Open
Posted on June 20, 2010 | No CommentsGraeme McDowell doesn’t have the golfing pedigree of a U.S. Open champion at Pebble Beach. All he had Sunday was the game it takes to win. Even as the biggest stars—Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els—were lined up behind him on the leaderboard and poised... -
M. J. Hur
Posted on June 20, 2010 | No CommentsMi Jung “M.J.” Hur is a South Korean female professional golfer. Hur played most of her amateur career in South Korea. In 2006 she received a sponsors exemption to play in the Hana Bank-KOLON Championship and made the most of it by finishing T6. -
Tough opening day all around at Pebble
Posted on June 17, 2010 | No CommentsShaun Micheel sunk several clutch putts on his way to a 2-under 69 at the U.S. Open Thursday, earning him a share of the lead alongside side Paul Casey and Brendon De Jonge. Meanwhile, the big names misfired at Pebble Beach as the U.S. Open... -
Tough conditions could put golfers on edge
Posted on June 17, 2010 | No CommentsThe bright blue skies at Pebble Beach are almost always deceiving in June, mainly because they’re almost always accompanied by a brisk, humidity-sapping north wind. Beautiful days like these can be rough on golfers, and can prompt statements like these from the leaders at the... -
Woods and Yang tied at the turn in PGA Championship
Posted on August 16, 2009 | No CommentsTiger Woods tried turning up the heat on the field, taking a more aggressive approach on the tees and greens on the front nine holes in Sunday’s final round of the PGA Championship. It didn’t translate into lower scoring for Woods, who made two bogeys... -
Sabbatini and Mallinger Tied for Byron Nelson Lead
Posted on May 24, 2009 | No CommentsRory Sabbatini has already won at Hogan’s Alley. Now he shares the lead going into the final round at Byron Nelson’s tournament. “Anything associated with his name would be an absolute honor,” Sabbatini said after a five-under-par 65 on Saturday at the Byron Nelson Championship... -
Zach Johnson wins Texas Open in a playoff
Posted on May 17, 2009 | No CommentsZach Johnson made a 12-foot birdie on the first playoff hole to beat James Driscoll and repeat as the Valero Texas Open champion Sunday. Seven months after winning for the first time at La Cantera Golf Club in San Antonio, Johnson’s even-par 70 was good... -
Harrington voted PGA Tour player of the year
Posted on December 16, 2008 | No CommentsWinning back-to-back majors was the highlight of Padraig Harrington’s career. He felt winning the PGA Tour player of the year award Tuesday was just as significant. Harrington, only the fourth player to win the British Open and PGA Championship in the same season, became the...
