Silverman: Woods' Victory Makes Masters Compelling
This year, it may be the most compelling of all the tournaments as the game's heavyweights set to square off in what should be the most memorable of battles.
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This year, it may be the most compelling of all the tournaments as the game's heavyweights set to square off in what should be the most memorable of battles.
Bill Haas made the biggest putt of them all Sunday at Riviera — the putt that won the Northern Trust Open.
One shot clipped an ash tree and kept Phil Mickelson out of worse trouble than he was in. Another landed behind a Bottle Brush, blocking his path to the 10th green at Riviera. On yet another hole, Mickelson had to thread a 9-iron through the limbs of five eucalyptus trees.
Phil Mickelson wasn't at his best Friday at Riviera. Two shots at least helped him stay in the lead.
The winning point for Tiger Woods. A perfect record for Jim Furyk. And validation for U.S. captain Fred Couples. The Americans won the Presidents Cup as a team, 19-15, avenging their worst loss ever in any cup competition 13 years ago.
Luke Donald and Phil Mickelson have a real shot at winning the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup, but they might a little help from the top ranked FedEx Cup players.
Phil Mickelson has finally changed his putter in his bag, but will continue to work with both putters well into the off-season.
Bubble player Troy Matteson is off to a fast start, Charl Schwartzel is ready for the stretch run after a week off and Phil Mickelson is turning to a belly putter to help his putting woes.
As Mickelson prepares for the FedEx Cup Playoffs, he wants to put him self in position to add to his $5 million in earnings this year.
David Toms and Phil Mickelson were trying to get in position to stage a rematch of their duel at Atlanta Athletic Club a decade ago.
The PGA Championship is this year's final major and without the presence of a dominant player in the field, the player with the best fortune during the week will be the most likely winner.
Rory McIlroy finished 25th at the Open Championship. He's ready to move on to a tournament for which weather isn't such a factor.
Although Phil Mickelson did not win The Open Championship, his game has finally come back and is now in a position to win some tournaments or even a major or two.
Ten years after he last contended in a major, no longer in the top 100 in the world, Darren Clarke delivered his defining moment Sunday in the British Open when he held off brief challenges from Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson to win golf's oldest championship.
Dan Reardon at the U.S. Open. Phil Mickelson's poor performance continues. Rory McIlroy became the first player in US Open history to get to 13 under par. Sergio Garcia and others played the third round of the U.S. Open without hitting golf balls to warm-up. The easier course for the third round didn't tighten up the leaderboard.
Notes from the U.S. Open. McIlroy soars while Mickelson struggles. Amateur Patrick Cantlay is settling in at his first Open. Second-place Yang benefits from McIlroy's strong play.
Notes from the U.S. Open. Rory McIlroy shot an impressive first-round 65. Many players found the opening 199-yard, par-3 10th hole a little daunting. Congressional is the second longest course in U.S. Open history.
Light rain. Heavy rough. Welcome to the 111th U.S. Open.
David Toms doesn't feel as though he's done anything special over 36 holes, which sometimes can be good enough at The Players Championship.
When Tiger Woods withdrew from the The Players Championship Thursday morning after shooting a 6-over 42 on just nine holes, I finally reached a conclusion I never thought I would reach this soon.
The final round of the Masters was as exciting as it gets in the world of golf. The logjam atop the turbulent leaderboard on Sunday afternoon at Augusta National made for spectacular TV.
We all have our guilty pleasures. Cookie dough ice cream, a silly YouTube video watched a million times or lying in bed one morning when we should be getting something accomplished.
