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Kuchar wins Players Championship
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Matt Kuchar has won the Players Championship, holding on for a two-shot win over four others on the Stadium Course...
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Scrappy Spencer Levin leads Memorial with Tiger Woods lurkingSpencer Levin gets another crack at his first PGA Tour win, this time with a smaller lead and a lot more star power behind him. (Associated Press, 3:04 a.m.) Tiger Woods makes a move at Memorial, trails Sabbatini by a strokeThat other Rory - Rory Sabbatini - played his best golf in the worst weather Friday at the Memorial in Dublin, Ohio, and made a surprising appearance atop the leaderboard. One shot behind him was a Tiger Woods that looked all too familiar. (Associated Press, 6/2/12) Stallings leads Memorial, Compton one backErik Compton considers the Memorial a special week no matter how he plays, knowing his second heart transplant came from a donor in Ohio. (Associated Press, 6/1/12) For golf dreamers, it’s Open season18-year-old Ryan Harris is one of a number of local golfers who have advanced past the 18-hole local qualifying stage, ready to compete in 36-hole sectional qualifying on Monday for the right to play in the US Open, which starts June 14 at the Olympic Club in San Francisco. (Globe Staff, 5/31/12) The week in golfPlayer of the week, newsmakers, statistics, schedules, tweet of the week (Boston Globe, 5/31/12) Johnson was lucky, on either side of the coinZach Johnson had someone looking out for him at the conclusion of last week’s Crowne Plaza Invitational, a tournament he officially won by one stroke over red-hot Jason Dufner. (Globe Staff, 5/31/12) Golf tour schedulesPGA: Memorial Tournament, Dublin, Ohio. Purse: $6.2 million (winner’s share $1.116 million). Defending champion: Steve Stricker. Number of top-10 players in field: Eight (Luke Donald, Rory McIlroy, Bubba Watson, Hunter Mahan, Tiger Woods, Steve Stricker, Phil Mickelson, Justin Rose). TV: Thursday/Friday 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel), Saturday 3-6 p.m. (Ch. 4), Sunday 2:30-6 p.m. (Ch. 4). (Boston Globe, 5/31/12) |
