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After Season of Turmoil, L.P.G.A. Names a New Commissioner

Whan will take over in January after a transition period. Bivens was forced out after a player revolt precipitated largely by a loss of tournament sponsors that reduced the 2009 schedule to 27 events from 34 in 2008. Whan, 44, is an experienced ...

From LARRY DORMAN, The New York Times,  28 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Adidas,  PGA,  National Basketball Association,  Donna Orender,  Helen Alfredsson

Early Charge Helps U.S. Retain Presidents Cup

SAN FRANCISCO About two hours before the final putt fell, the United States clinched the Presidents Cup by sweeping the first five singles points. They finished with a 19 ½ to 14 ½ victory at the Harding Park Golf Club to retain the Cup. The victory ...

From LARRY DORMAN, The New York Times,  11 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Tiger Woods,  Fred Couples,  Greg Norman,  Kenny Perry,  Y.E. Yang

U.S. Team Takes Control Entering Singles Play

SAN FRANCISCO Led by their unbeaten team stars Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Steve Stricker, the United States Presidents Cup team took control of the biennial competition Saturday at Harding Park Golf Club. Woods and Stricker, 4-0 as a team this ...

From LARRY DORMAN, The New York Times,  10 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Tiger Woods,  Phil Mickelson,  Vijay Singh,  Tim Clark,  Steve Stricker

Big Performances Provide a Boost for Internationals

SAN FRANCISCO A Friday that started out well for international golf with the announcement that the sport will return to the Olympic Games after a 112-year absence closed on a harmonious note, with a late charge by a determined group of players who kept ...

From LARRY DORMAN, The New York Times,  9 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Tim Clark,  Greg Norman,  Fred Couples,  Tiger Woods,  Phil Mickelson

As Fog Lifts, U.S. Team Rallies for Presidents Cup Lead

SAN FRANCISCO When play began Thursday in the Presidents Cup, some of the golf on the old Harding Park municipal layout was as foggy and cold as the marine layer that enveloped the cypress-lined fairways. Justin Leonard, left, and Jim Furyk after ...

From LARRY DORMAN, The New York Times,  8 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Phil Mickelson,  Anthony Kim,  Justin Leonard,  Jim Furyk,  Hunter Mahan

Internationals Look to Upset U.S. in Presidents Cup

SAN FRANCISCO Since its inception in 1994, the biennial Presidents Cup competition, which matches a team of 12 golfers from the United States against a dozen from an International team, has been as lopsided as a broken jaw. That has been the figurative ...

From LARRY DORMAN, The New York Times,  7 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Tiger Woods,  Phil Mickelson,  Greg Norman,  Frank Nobilo,  Camilo Villegas

Amid Setbacks, Norman Focuses on Presidents Cup

SAN FRANCISCO As the two Presidents Cup captains took their seats on the dais for a news conference Tuesday, no interpreter was needed to read the early body language in the run-up to the biennial match-play event that starts Thursday. There was the ...

From LARRY DORMAN, International Herald Tribune,  6 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Greg Norman,  Fred Couples,  AT&T Inc.,  Barack Obama,  Adam Scott

Mickelson and Woods Share the Stage

ATLANTA Phil Mickelson won the Tour Championship on Sunday by playing the best round of the tournament and his best round of the year. Tiger Woods, who finished second, won the FedEx Cup by playing the best golf of the playoffs and the best golf of ...

From LARRY DORMAN, The New York Times,  27 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Phil Mickelson,  FedEx,  Tiger Woods,  Sean O'Hair,  Padraig Harrington

Perry Vaults Into Lead at Tour Championship

ATLANTA Kenny Perry is teaching the youngsters a lesson again, this time in golf’s richest event. The oldest player to win on the PGA Tour this year with his victory at the Travelers Championship at 48 years 10 months, Perry is on the verge of winning ...

From LARRY DORMAN, The New York Times,  26 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Kenny Perry,  PGA,  FedEx,  Tiger Woods,  Jim Furyk

Two Misses by Woods Throw Tour Championship Field a Lifeline

ATLANTA Tiger Woods could have taken control of the Tour Championship on Friday. On a stiflingly humid day, he could have coolly tucked the title under his arm, run away and hid and let the rest of the field in the PGA Tour playoffs sweat over the ...

From LARRY DORMAN, The New York Times,  25 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Tiger Woods,  Sean O'Hair,  FedEx,  PGA,  Padraig Harrington

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