McIlroy In Tie For Lead; Woods 1 Behind At BMW Championship
Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy seem to be spending a lot of time together these days. That included the top of the leaderboard Thursday in the BMW Championship.
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Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy seem to be spending a lot of time together these days. That included the top of the leaderboard Thursday in the BMW Championship.
Rory McIlroy has won the Deutsche Bank Championship for his third PGA Tour this year.
Louis Oosthuizen combined one of the sweetest swings in golf with a putting stroke that was just as pure. That's all it took for him to race by Rory McIlroy, leave Tiger Woods behind and seize control Sunday in the Deutsche Bank Championship.
Rory McIlroy went from one extreme to another on par 5s only 30 minutes apart, but steadied himself down the stretch for another 6-under 65 that gave him a two-shot lead among the early starters Saturday in the second round on the TPC Boston.
Seung-yul Noh has birdied his last two holes for a 9-under 62 to take a two-shot lead in the Deutsche Bank Championship.
Tiger Woods overcame a bogey-bogey start, struggled in the simple task of retrieving the ball from the cup and stayed well within range of Nick Watney and the resurgent Sergio Garcia, who shared the lead going into the weekend.
Rory McIlroy has won the PGA Championship, routing the field by a record eight strokes Sunday for his second major title.
First came the black cloud that has been following Tiger Woods on the weekend at the majors. The real storm showed up a short time later Saturday in the PGA Championship, halting the brilliant start by Rory McIlroy and giving Woods a chance to stop his slide at Kiawah Island.
On the toughest scoring day in PGA Championship history, Tiger Woods made putts from one end of Kiawah Island to the other Friday for a 1-under 71 that gave him a share of the lead with Vijay Singh and Carl Pettersson going into the weekend.
For the first time in a dozen years, Tiger Woods has started three straight majors with a round in the 60s.
Jim Furyk had another good day with the putter, making a few birdies early and saving par from the bunker four times on the back nine at Firestone for a 4-under 66 and a two-shot lead over Rafa Cabrera-Bello of Spain.
Amid plenty of wayward swings, Brandt Snedeker and Adam Scott were steady as can be at the British Open. And look who's lurking right behind them: a fist-pumping Tiger Woods.
Tiger Woods hit every tee shot exactly where he was looking, needed only eight putts through seven holes and reached 4-under par to quickly get his name atop the leaderboard Thursday in the British Open.
The good folks over at Sports Illustrated put together a list of The 50 Highest-Earning American Athletes from the past year.
Webb Simpson shot a 2-under 68 in the third round to grab the clubhouse lead at 3 over Saturday, forced to sweat out the afternoon with a pack of notable names on the course just ahead of him.
Maybe all Michael Thompson needs to do to stay in front in the U.S. Open is stay out of trouble.
Michael Thompson has taken the clubhouse lead at the U.S. Open, shooting a 4-under 66 for a three-shot lead on a late-charging Tiger Woods.
There's something spectacular about the U.S. Open that the casual fan may not appreciate.
For many others, the truth is obvious. The man who electrified the sporting world, who turned the worst players on the PGA tour into millionaires, who could do no wrong, is dead.
The highlight of Tiger Woods' Sunday was his chip in for birdie on 16.
Tiger Woods was at his best Sunday at the Memorial. He hit nearly every shot just the way he wanted, worked the gallery into a frenzy with one last charge over the final hour and left everyone buzzing — especially Jack Nicklaus — with a shot they will talk about for years.
Spencer Levin gets another crack at his first PGA Tour win, this time with a smaller lead and a lot more star power behind him.
Ian Poulter has birdied all of the par 5s on the TPC Sawgrass for a 7-under 65 and the early lead Thursday at The Players Championship.
Tiger Woods may have won his first golf tournament in 30 months a few weeks ago, but he hasn't regained the respect of everyone surrounding professional golf.
Bubba Watson wins the Masters, beating Louis Oosthuizen on the second hole of a playoff.
