Golf News / April 2008

Defending champ Weekley surges to PGA Heritage lead

Sun April 20, 2008, 02:26 AM

Defending champion Boo Weekley fired a six-under 65 here Saturday to surge to a three-shot lead after three rounds of the 5.5 million-dollar Heritage. Weekley's 15-under total of 198 put him three strokes in front of fellow…

Golfer McGrane takes lead in China Open

Sat April 19, 2008, 11:31 AM

Ireland's Damien McGrane looked positioned for the maiden win of his career after a four-under-par 68 shot him to the top of the leaderboard in the third round of the China Open on Saturday. Overnight leader Michael Lorenzo-vera…

Glover grabs sole possession of lead at PGA Heritage

Sat April 19, 2008, 09:38 AM

American Lucas Glover grabbed the lead at the 5.5 million dollar PGA Heritage tournament by firing a five-under 66 in Friday's third round. Glover rolled in six birdies and a bogey after starting at the 10th to grab a one-shot…

Taiwan's Tseng takes LPGA Ginn lead with course-record 64

Sat April 19, 2008, 12:41 AM

Rookie Yani Tseng jumped out to the lead at the 1.3 million dollar Ginn Open by firing a course-record eight-under 64 in Friday's second round. The rising Taiwanese star had nine birdies and broke Cristie Kerr's mark of…

Lorenzo-Vera confounds chasing pack in China golf open

Fri April 18, 2008, 12:28 PM

French rookie Michael Lorenzo-Vera shook off a poor night's sleep and an attack of nerves to maintain a narrow one-shot lead at the China Open on Friday. The 23-year-old battled to three-under 69 for a two-day total of…

Lu and Koch share Ginn Open LPGA lead

Fri April 18, 2008, 01:49 AM

Taiwan's Teresa Lu and Sweden's Carin Koch posted first-round five-under 67s on Thursday to share the lead in the 2.6 million-dollar Ginn Open. Koch, a two-time winner on the US women's tour, notched seven birdies to counter her…

Three share lead at PGA Heritage

Fri April 18, 2008, 01:25 AM

Former champions Justin Leonard and Davis Love jumped out to a quick start at the Heritage on Thursday grabbing a share of the first-round lead along with Lucas Glover. All three carded five-under-par 66 at Harbour Town Golf…

McDowell striving for golf Ryder Cup glory

Wed April 16, 2008, 09:53 AM

Graeme McDowell has set his sights on a place in Nick Faldo's Ryder Cup team and knows he needs to place highly at the Volvo China Open this week to keep the dream alive. The Northern Irishman is currently tenth on the European…

Tiger Woods undergoes knee surgery

Wed April 16, 2008, 03:36 AM

Tiger Woods, who is fresh off a second-place finish at the 2008 Masters, will miss at least four weeks of the PGA Tour after undergoing surgery on his left knee. "I made the decision to deal with the pain and schedule the…

PGA Tour boss Finchem eyes Olympic inclusion

Wed April 16, 2008, 02:58 AM

PGA Tour boss Tim Finchem wants to reopen the debate on whether golf should be included in the Olympic Games. Finchem would like to see golf part of the 2012 Olympics. Decisions on the Olympic programme for those Games will be…

Woods' golfing Grand Slam dream dies but rivals say he still strongest

Tue April 15, 2008, 01:43 AM

Trevor Immelman passed the stringent test of Augusta National to win the Masters on Sunday, but the South African said Tiger Woods remains at the head of the class. "I don't think it's ever easy to win a major," said the…

Immelman Masters' win denies Tiger Woods a Grand Slam

Mon April 14, 2008, 01:07 PM

South African Trevor Immelman won the 72nd Masters to capture the first major title of his career and deny Tiger Woods a chance at a 2008 Grand Slam. Immelman, 28, became just the second South African to win the coveted Green…

Gary Player was inspiration to golf Masters' victorious Trevor Immelman

Mon April 14, 2008, 02:15 AM

Sporting heroes inspire others to become sporting heroes, as new Masters champion Trevor Immelman testified following his two strokes win over Tiger Woods. As a young boy growing up in Cape Town, Immelman looked up to the…

Super Immelman wins golf Masters

Mon April 14, 2008, 01:43 AM

Sporting heroes inspire others to become sporting heroes, as new Masters champion Trevor Immelman testified following his two strokes win over Tiger Woods. As a young boy growing up in Cape Town, Immelman looked up to the…

Mexico's Ochoa punishes field at Corona Championship

Mon April 14, 2008, 12:47 AM

Mexico's Lorena Ochoa fired a final round four-under 69 for an 11-stroke victory over South Korea's Song-Hee Kim at the LPGA's 1.3 million dollar Corona Championship on Sunday. Ochoa, who posted three consecutive seven-under-par…

Snedeker seizes share of Masters lead as Woods stalls

Sun April 13, 2008, 07:46 PM

Brandt Snedeker wasted no time in seizing a share of the lead in the final round of the Masters on Sunday, eagling the par-five second to join Trevor Immelman atop the leaderboard. With Tiger Woods unable to generate any early…

Mexico's Ochoa extends lead at LPG Corona Championship

Sun April 13, 2008, 01:19 AM

Lorena Ochoa carded her third consecutive seven-under-par 66 in Saturday's third round of the 1.3 million dollar Corona Championship, extending her lead to five shots. It also was the second straight bogey-free round for Ochoa,…

Ochoa grabs lead in homeland LPGA event

Sat April 12, 2008, 06:45 AM

World number one Lorena Ochoa fired her second consecutive seven-under par 66 here Friday to grab a one-stroke lead after Friday's second round of the 1.3 million-dollar LPGA Corona Championship. The Mexican star, who won her…

Immelman seizes Masters Golf lead, Mickelson climbs leaderboard

Fri April 11, 2008, 06:11 PM

South African Trevor Immelman seized the second-round lead at the Masters on Friday, closing with impressive back-to-back birdies for an eight-under total of 136. Immelman, who started the day tied for the lead with England's…

Eagle saves day for Woods as Rose rises

Fri April 11, 2008, 01:18 AM

Tiger Woods opened his bid for a Grand Slam sweep with a steady par-72 in the first round of the Masters Thursday, as Justin Rose underlined his credentials as a potential winner. The 27-year-old Englishman produced a…

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