“It all started out with that first day. I made that hole-in-one and all of a sudden I felt like I could make some birdies. I haven’t had that feeling for a while,” said Johnson, who had struggled the last few years on tour. Make some birdies he did, enough to record his first PGA tour victory in a finish during which nine players had an opportunity to win the Milwaukee event. Mr. Johnson birdied three of his last four holes to shoot 64 and win by a stroke over Ken Duke. He became the seventh first time winner on tour this year.
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E Schuster - Jul - 20th
Martin Anderson - Jul - 20th
Padraig Harrington successfully defended his Open title with a four shot victory at Royal Birkdale, beating Ian Poulter into second place.
Four days of truly attritional golf where rain and wind had torn through the field, experience held through as the Irishman held his nerve to take his second major. Harrington started the final day alongside [...]
E Schuster - Jul - 13th
The day started with three players tied atop the leaderboard. Eighteen holes later three players were still tied atop that same leaderboard. Off to a playoff went Kenny Perry, Jay Williamson. and Brad Adamonis. With the honors Mr. Adamonis hit his tee shot into the trees on the right, while Mr. Williamson and Mr. Perry found the fairway. As Mr. Adamonis prepared to hit his second shot his caddy said “if you’ve got the shot then go with it”, not exactly the positive note of conviction
E Schuster - Jul - 12th
“They may have some anxiety,” Perry said. “I’m not. I’m very relaxed. I’m enjoying the ride, I’m enjoying the walk. If it goes my way, great. If it doesn’t, I really don’t worry too much about it. It’s been awesome how I’ve played this year. It’s been so much fun.” The words belong to Kenny Perry who finds himself tied with Eric Axley (67) and Brad Adamonis (66) atop the leaderboard at the John Deere Classic. For Mr. Perry, a win would be his third in his last five events. Redefining the term “Hot” as it applies to one’s golf game, which would mean if you looked up the word Hot in the golfers dictionary there would be a picture of Tiger Woods and Mr. Perry arm in arm.
E Schuster - Jul - 5th
Tom Pernice Jr. shot 1 under par 69 and came out atop the leaderboard after three rounds of the AT&T National Tournament. In a round totally unremarkable, much like his career, Mr Pernice had 15 pars and managed to make only two putts of significance. A 41/2 footer for par and a 7 footer for birdie. But hey, at 48 he’s in position to win for the first time in seven years. “It will be interesting to see how it goes tomorrow,” Pernice said. “But I’m looking forward to it.” He’ll need to play better than this to win tomorrow as there are 10 players are within four shots of his 10 under par score.
E Schuster - Jun - 28th
Daniel Chopra stands atop the leaderboard after the third round of the Buick Open at Warwick Hills. Hitting only 3 of 14 fairways, Mr. Chopra still hit 13 of 18 greens today. “I have a good imagination and can hit trundlers and cuts and hooks and find ways to get it on the green,” he said. “As long as you give me a swing and some kind of a gap, I’m pretty good at finding it.” I’d call that an understatement given those numbers. “This golf course allows you to do that. It relaxes me a little bit off the tee so that I can go ahead and hit it. If I miss, I can use my skill to recover.”
Apparently the caddies are searching for a nickname for the 34 year old Swede. Todd Hamilton’s caddie came up with “Rambo” because he’s deadly from the trees. I think I like Wild Thing better, given the spray shots he launches from the tee. I’m sure he’ll settle for Champ at the end of the day tomorrow.
E Schuster - Jun - 21st
In what seems like a common occurrence lately, Stewart Cink finds himself atop the leaderboard after 54 holes. With six top 10’s this year and several meltdowns while leading it’s hard to figure how tomorrow will play out. Mr. Cink did birdie the last two hole after dunking his tee shot into the water on the 16th hole, allowing him to finish with a 65 and a 15 under par total 195. “I felt like I gained some momentum back and put myself in a good mind-set for tomorrow,” Cink said. He’ll need it.