With a 15-foot birdie on the final hole of the tournament, Danny Willett won the Omega Dubai Desert Classic by a shot over Andy Sullivan and Rafa Cabrera-Bello. Willett shot 3-under 69 at Emirates Golf Club in the United Arab Emirates, good enough to hang on to the one-shot edge he had over the Spaniard […]
College student sinks 94-foot putt at basketball game, wins $500
January 26, 2016 by
This was a pressure-packed putt. Franklin Pierce University student Brandon Knight was plucked from the crowd during Saturday’s showdown with Southern Connecticut State University in men’s basketball and told that if he could drain an end-to-end, 94-foot putt, by sinking in into a 3-inch hole that he’d win $ 500. If you’ve been to college […]
Jason Dufner wins CareerBuilder over Lingmerth on 2nd playoff hole
January 25, 2016 by
Call it the Escape from Alcatraz. Jason Dufner’s tee shot on the island-green par-3 17th – named after the infamous San Francisco prison – at PGA West’s TPC Stadium Course on Sunday went long and landed in some rocks in a hazard just off the grass. Tied with David Lingmerth at 25 under par, Dufner […]
Fabian Gomez wins Sony Open on 2nd playoff hole against Snedeker
January 18, 2016 by
Fabian Gomez is a two-time PGA Tour winner, taking the Sony Open in Hawaii on Sunday on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff against Brandt Snedeker. Playing the par-5 18th at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu for the third time that day, Gomez scored his second birdie, building on the first that he made […]
Bubba Watson dominates Albany, wins Hero World Challenge by 3
December 8, 2015 by
Bubba Watson was in, then he was out, then he was back in, then he won the Hero World Challenge. Watson, a day after tying the course record at host Albany in the Bahamas with a 9-under 63, closed with 66 to cruise to a three-shot win over Patrick Reed. Watson’s total of 25-under 263 […]
Roundup: Garcia wins in Vietnam, Leishman takes Sun City in South Africa
December 6, 2015 by
Sergio Garcia won his first tournament in two years on Sunday, taking the Asian Tour’s inaugural Ho Tram Open in a four-man, sudden-death playoff. Garcia finished on 14-under 270 along with Wen-tang Lin, Himmat Rai and Thaworn Wiratchant. The Spaniard made a double bogey on the 71st hole of the tournament, relinquishing a two-shot lead, […]
Schwartzel wins Alfred Dunhill Championship for fourth time, 10th Euro Tour win
November 29, 2015 by
It must be that home cookin’ for Charl Schwartzel. The 2011 Masters champion won the Alfred Dunhill Championship for the fourth time on Sunday, taking the title at Leopard Creek in his native South Africa with a 15-under 273 total. Schwartzel was four better than Frenchman Gregory Bourdy, with Bourdy’s countrymen Benjamin Hebert and rookie […]
56-year-old Peter Senior wins third Aussie Masters; DeChambeau second
November 27, 2015 by
Peter Senior won his third Australian Masters title on Sunday in Melbourne, 20 years after taking his second gold jacket. With an 8-foot par putt on the final hole at Huntingdale Golf Club, the 56-year-old Aussie finished off a 3-under 68 that gave him a two-shot win over U.S. Amateur champion Bryson DeChambeau, John Senden […]
Kerr wins LPGA finale, Ko wins CME Globe, Park qualifies Hall of Fame
November 26, 2015 by
There were three big winners on Sunday on the LPGA Tour. Cristie Kerr won the actual golf tournament at hand, taking the CME Group Tour Championship at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Fla., winning by a shot over Gerina Piller and Ha Na Jang at 17-under 271. Kerr’s eagle 3 on the 17th hole gave […]
Graeme McDowell wins OHL Classic in three-man playoff for 1st Tour win since ’13
November 16, 2015 by
Graeme McDowell is a winner again on the PGA Tour, taking the OHL Classic at Mayakoba on Monday on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff against Jason Bohn and last week’s WGC-HSBC Champions winner Russell Knox. All three players finished at 18-under 270 at El Camaleon Golf Club, with Knox bogeying the final hole […]
