Archive for 'July,2016 '
Walker 4th first-time major champ in ’16
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Jimmy Walker shot a bogey-free, 3-under-par 67 Sunday to win the PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club, becoming the fourth first-time major champion this year. Walker, who was in the lead after every [...]
Thailand has first major champ — Ariya
WOBURN – Thailand has a major champion. On Sunday at Woburn Golf Club, 20-year-old Ariya Jutanugarn captured her first major title at the RICOH Women’s British Open. With her victory, Jutanugarn becomes the first player, male [...]
Mickelson leaves PGA “excited”
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. – The PGA Championship didn’t turn out as he had hoped but Phil Mickelson still left Baltusrol “excited” about where his game is. So excited, in fact, that he is putting renewed emphasis on [...]
Golf Bag: PGA screws up pin sheet
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. – Colt Knost loves a good practical joke, but he wasn’t laughing when PGA of America rules officials gave him an incorrect pin sheet before Friday’s second round at Baltusrol, leading to an early [...]
A father’s love: Senior and Junior’s link
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – Ken Griffey Sr. never had the swing his son had. That couldn’t be taught. It came naturally. He also played in a different era that kept him away from home, limiting his opportunities [...]
Experiencing another Junior moment
COOPERSTOWN, NY — When it comes to baseball heaven, there is no place quite like this out-in-the-middle-of-nowhere town that, for one weekend of every year, steals the spotlight from the various Major League pennant races. And, for [...]
Broadhurst surges to Senior Open title
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland — England’s Paul Broadhurst overcame a four-shot deficit on the final day to clinch the Senior Open title at Carnoustie. Broadhurst, 50, began the last round four shots adrift of overnight leader Miguel Angel [...]
Sr. knew in ’90 that Jr. had HOF talent
COOPERSTOWN, NY — It wasn’t until they played side-by-side in the Mariners outfield during the final six weeks of the 1990 season that Ken Griffey Sr., realized that the player on his left had Hall of Fame [...]
PGA Championship: Tee times
First- and second-round tee times for the PGA Championship at Baltusrol: Round 1 1st Tee Round 2 10th Tee 7 a.m. 12:15 p.m. Mark BROWN Oyster Bay, NY Patton KIZZIRE Sea Island, GA Bradley DREDGE WALES [...]
Snedeker leads, amateur lurks in Canadian
OAKVILLE, Ontario — Jared du Toit was in position to become the first Canadian to win the RBC Canadian Open in 62 years — and the first amateur to break through on the PGA Tour in [...]
