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Arron Oberholser healed and ready for 2010

physical therapy three days a week, limiting his practice time and keeping his fingers crossed that he can rise as quickly as he fell. Byeung-Hun (Ben) An, who became the youngest U.S. Amateur Champion this year, committed to the Cal golf team. An, 17, ...

From ERIC PINKELA FOR THE MERCURY NEWS, The San Jose Mercury News,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Arron Oberholser,  PGA,  Ben Martin (footballer),  Western Athletic Conference,  AT&T Inc.

PGA Tour's Frys.com Open moving to Bay Area in 2010

elite golf event at the Institute when he opened the course in 2001. Frys.com Open tournament president Duke Butler acknowledged that the goal is to move the event to the Institute, but he said the earliest that could happen would be 2013. Officials ...

From ERIC PINKELA FOR THE MERCURY NEWS, The San Jose Mercury News,  5 Nov 2009
Related Topics: PGA,  Troy Matteson,  Mike Weir,  Robert Trent Jones,  AT&T Inc.

Pebble Beach tries to lure Tiger Woods back to AT&T National Pro-Am in 2010

Tiger-friendly as possible in a year when he was going to be tempted to make his first appearance since 2002 anyway. The PGA Tour qualifying tournament (a.k.a. "Q school") began in earnest last week with first-stage qualifying around the country, ...

From ERIC PINKELA FOR THE MERCURY NEWS, The San Jose Mercury News,  4 Nov 2009
Related Topics: AT&T Inc.,  Tiger Woods,  PGA,  Golf Digest,  Ritz-Carlton

Stanford event discouraging for area's top women's teams

season Oct. 7 with a fourth-place finish at the Firestone Grill Invitational in Nipomo, will get to test its mettle against the other top Bay Area squads next month at the Turtle Bay College Invitational in Hawaii. Every team except Stanford will close ...

From ERIC PINKELA FOR THE MERCURY NEWS, The San Jose Mercury News,  21 Oct 2009
Related Topics: AT&T Inc.,  PGA

Presidents Cup schedule

Wednesday: Practice rounds, gates open at 8 a.m. Opening ceremonies at 4 p.m. Thursday: Six foursome matches. Gates open at 9 a.m., matches begin at 11:30 a.m. TV: Golf Channel. Friday: Six four-ball matches. Gates open at 9 a.m., matches begin at 10:55 ...

From ERIC PINKELA FOR THE MERCURY NEWS, The San Jose Mercury News,  7 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Golf Channel

Inside the ropes

Tiger Woods will get the largest galleries (with Phil Mickelson a close second). But those watching Woods might leave disappointed. The world's No. 1 player has an unimpressive 13-11-1 record in Presidents Cup matches. But Woods does have fond ...

From ERIC PINKELA FOR THE MERCURY NEWS, The San Jose Mercury News,  7 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Phil Mickelson,  Tiger Woods,  John Daly,  Jim Furyk,  Stewart Cink

Star-gazing at Presidents Cup

Famous people will be in abundance at the Presidents Cup, and not just on the golf course. Of course, you can't go wrong following any match that involves the one-name wonders, like Tiger, Phil or even Vijay and Ernie. But these events always draw in a ...

From ERIC PINKELA FOR THE MERCURY NEWS, Contra Costa Times,  7 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Arnold Schwarzenegger,  Gavin Newsom,  PGA,  Michael Jordan

What is the Presidents Cup?

The Presidents Cup is a team golf competition featuring the best players from the United States against the best non-European players from around the world. It was developed by the PGA Tour to be a Ryder Cup-style event that would include players from ...

From ERIC PINKELA FOR THE MERCURY NEWS, The San Jose Mercury News,  6 Oct 2009
Related Topics: PGA,  Tiger Woods,  Ernie Els

Presidents Cup vocabulary

on a hole while Ogilvy and Singh get a 5, then Woods and Mickelson win the hole. They would be 1-up in the match. Any hole where the teams get the same score is halved. The match is won when one side has more holes won than holes to play (i.e.: 4 holes ...

From ERIC PINKELA FOR THE MERCURY NEWS, The San Jose Mercury News,  6 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Tiger Woods,  Phil Mickelson,  PGA,  Geoff Ogilvy,  Vijay Singh

Jerry Rice targeting pro golf

with Stonebrae pro Brian Paul, but he said he plans to tackle this challenge mostly on his own. He still works out every day and looks like he could still play football. But as the future Hall of Famer points out, golf is a game that is equally kind to ...

From ERIC PINKELA FOR THE MERCURY NEWS, The San Jose Mercury News,  1 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Jerry Rice,  PGA,  NFL,  Rick Rhoden

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