Archive for September, 2009

Yep, that’s right ladies and gentlemen. It appears that Tiger Woods and Padraig Harrington have been put on the clock once again. Where? At the Tour Championship this past weekend. Remember when the two were playing together in the third round on Saturday? That’s apparently when the clocking happened. Ahhh, those pesky PGA officials. Always looking to stir something up.

I was browsing around on Golf.com earlier, and came across the “SI’s End-of-2009 PGA Tour Awards” and found them to be quite interesting. Gary Van Sickle does a great job breaking down some of the things that happened this year.

Now that the FedEx Cup playoffs have come and gone, it’s time to look back and decide whether or not it was a success. I would have to say that despite some of the negativity coming in about the format and other things of that nature, this year’s FedEx Cup would have to be considered a success. Most of the tournaments were exciting, and the only real surprise of the whole thing was Heath Slocum winning The Barclays.

We all thought Kenny Perry would be the feel good story today if he could hold off Tiger Woods at the Tour Championship. Someone did hold off Tiger, but it wasn’t Perry. It was Phil Mickelson. Mickelson, after being over par for the tournament after round one, finished at 9-under for the championship, three shots ahead of Tiger. I said in my predictions this week that I just hoped Phil would be in contention on Sunday, and he did me one better. He won the whole thing.

Being a huge Kenny Perry fan, I was excited to see him shoot 64 today at East Lake, and put himself atop the leaderboard after round three of the Tour Championship.

After a good round yesterday, there was little doubt that Tiger Woods would make his way towards the top of the leaderboard today. Tiger is your leader after two rounds at the Tour Championship, and looks to have all the confidence in the world heading into the weekend.

The Tour Championship got off to a great start today in Atlanta, as the best players in the world kicked off the final tournament in the FedEx Cup playoffs. And fans were not disappointed, as some excellent golf took place in round number one.

The Tour Championship is finally here, golf fans! The action gets underway today at East Lake in Atlanta, with the FedEx Cup trophy on the line. It should be a great weekend of golf, even if you don’t like the whole playoff format. You can check out my predictions for the week as well, and make your predictions on who you think will win in Atlanta. Here’s the TV schedule for the week:

Well after a week off for the PGA, it’s time to kick things into high gear as the Tour Championship is upon us. Whether you like the whole playoff system or not, this will still be an exciting tournament, and will offer some suspense I’m sure.

Here’s one of the best stories in golf today, as Kenny Perry was awarded the prestigous Payne Stewart Award. The award is given to the guy who shares Stewart’s honor and respect for the game of golf, and it couldn’t have been given to a better guy.

Off the heels of a great golf tournament, the LPGA tour has lot a pretty big event. It was announced today that the Michelob Ultra Open at Kingsmill is losing its sponsorship, therefore there will be no more event.

Well, she almost let it slip away. But in the end, Na Yeon Choi captured the victory at the Samsung World Championship. In what turned into a two player race for most of the final round, Choi finished at 16-under par for the championship, while Ai Miyazato came in one shot back at 15-under.