Archive for 'May,2012 '
‘Golf junkie’ smiles his way to victory
LAURA HILL: It’s my pleasure to introduce and announce our 2012 The Players Championship winner, Mr. Matt Kuchar. I know any win is special, this one for a variety of reasons, Mother’s Day, your family is here. [...]
MLB Power Ratings: Giants climb
GW’s MLB Power Ratings (Week 5): 1. Rangers (1): If I was a free-agent-to-be starting pitcher, I would be pro-active and insist that my agent call the Rangers right now and have a little chit-chat with [...]
Rank takes back seat at The Players
The world rankings meant absolutely nothing in the first round of The Players Championship. Nine of the top 10 players in the universe are playing in the tournament — considered by many as the “fifth [...]
Just hit the damn ball, Kevin Na
What I want to say is this, no, wait. What I want to say is. Wait. Stop. Start again. What I want to say…what I want to say…what I want to say…pull the trigger, Bob. What [...]
Tiger: Still breaking old habits
JOHN BUSH: We’d like to welcome Tiger Woods into the interview room. He’s making his 15th start at The Players Championship, and he won this tournament in 2001. Welcome back. If we can just get some [...]
Mickelson honors past in HOF speech
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Here is the entire text of Phil Mickelson’s World Golf Hall of Fame speech, delivered on Monday as part of the Induction Ceremony at the World Golf Village. PHIL MICKELSON: I love [...]
Roundup: Fowler’s wedge sets up win
When the story on Rickie Fowler’s career is written, the gutsy shot he made on the first hole of a three-way playoff on Sunday afternoon will be one of the chapters. It could be titled: The [...]
MLB Power Rankings (Week 4)
GW’s MLB Power Ratings (Week 4): 1. Rangers (1): Promotion idea: Have a Michael Young bobble head giveaway. You just wind it up and a line drive comes off the bat. 2. Dodgers (2): The reunion [...]
Ricky Fowler: Holds up under pressure
MARK STEVENS: We’d like to welcome Rickie Fowler, the 2012 champion of the Wells Fargo Championship. If you want to take us through the last couple holes and then the playoff and then we’ll take a few [...]
Bum back shelves Points
The first round of The Players Championships came equipped with a strange twist. D.A. Points, experiencing back problems, withdrew from his 5:39 a.m. (PT) starting time at the latest possible moment on Thursday, after the first player [...]