Posts Tagged Tiger Woods


Top golfers back IGF’s Olympic bid

An 18-strong group of golfing heavyweights, including Tiger Woods, Padraig Harrington, Vijay Singh and Colin Montgomerie, have joined forces to throw their weight behind the sport’s bid to obtain Olympic status. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will decide this August in Copenhagen, Denmark on two sports that will join the Olympic fold from a list […]

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Masters Week is Here! Time For Previews and Predictions

The longest three months of the year for a fan of the PGA Tour ranges from the Mercedes Championship until the world’s best finally ascend on Augusta National Golf Club in early April. For those of us in foul weather climates, it also signals the unofficial start to the golf season. The Masters is not […]

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Repaired Woods looking forward to Masters

Tiger Woods’ victory in the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill last month was his way of telling the world that it is possible to recover from ligament surgery and come back better than ever. The world number one, as if telling those who remain unconvinced, reiterated that message this week in the lead-up to […]

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Triumphant Woods back to winning ways

Tiger Woods answered the final question in emphatic style. Chipping away at Sean O’Hair’s five-stroke lead, Woods nailed an 18-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational for the sixth time, and second year in a row. In an amazing finish at Bay Hill, Woods bogeyed the 17th to allow […]

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Woods has no issue with Aussie appearance fee

As Tiger Woods was announcing plans to return to China, he also found himself on the defensive over a recession-busting appearance fee he is receiving to play in Australia. Woods must have thought he was an AIG executive by the way he was grilled by journalists in Orlando, Florida on the eve of the Arnold […]

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Woods ready for stroke play return

Having made a brief two-round appearance at the World Match Play a few weeks ago, Tiger Woods says he is now ready for the whole hog. The world number one, on the comeback trail after eight months on the sidelines, has entered this week’s World Golf Championship CA Championship in Miami, Florida. It will be […]

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Ogilvy shows he is a match for anyone

Geoff Ogilvy is often left out when people talk about the current giants of the game. But he still keeps reminding us that he is out there and capable of competing, and beating, the best. His second Accenture World Match Play title, after he defeated England’s Paul Casey four and three in the final, is […]

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Commercial Breakdown

The WGC Accenture Matchplay is being played this week and justifiably it is receiving a lot of air time on the Golf Channel here in the United States. This abundance of TV golf may appear to be a god send for the average golf fan, but in reality so much TV golf can be a […]

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Tiger Shows Rust, as Well as Flashes of Brilliance in Victory

The eight month wait is over. The world’s number one player made his return to professional golf this afternoon at the Accenture Match Play Championships in Tucson, Arizona. Tiger Woods defeated the Australian  Brendan Jones 3&2 in the first round, and will face South African Tim Clark on Thursday. If Tiger was nervous at all […]

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Two-legged Tiger brings hope to TV executives

If Tiger Woods is to be believed, many of the 14 majors he has won in his career was achieved with just one leg. Now, with both legs to stand on, Woods believes he is stronger than ever. The world number one returns to competitive golf after eight months out at this week’s Accenture Match […]

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Tiger confirms comeback

Well, he’s back. Just days after his caddie says Tiger Woods is due to make his comeback in “a few weeks”, the word is out that, indeed, the world number one will step on to the tee next week at the Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson, Arizona. According to the PGA Tour website, Woods […]

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Tiger To Return ‘Shortly’

Here’s some news the players on the PGA Tour really don’t want to hear- Tiger Woods is set to return to competition sooner rather than later. Woods’ longtime caddie Steve Williams told Television New Zealand in an exclusive interview that his boss was set to return to the PGA Tour in the “next few weeks.” […]

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Tiger waits for new cub

There is another factor for Tiger Woods to consider when he ponders his comeback to the professional circuit. And it has nothing to do with his ball-striking, mental strength or the knee injury that has sidelined him since June last year. Woods’ concern is the impending arrival of his second child with wife Elin. Writing […]

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A Great Golf Story – Tiger, Els And Feherty

Everyone loves a good golf story, particularly when it involves Tiger. David Feherty tells a funny story about a spectacular shot Tiger Woods hit at Firestone. David and Ernie Els are left dumbfounded after Tiger blasts a wedge shot 190 yards from a terrible lie – the kind where you can hardly see your ball […]

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Five things to look forward to in 2009

A new year brings a new dawn for golf with plenty to look forward to in 2009. An epic 12 months has just passed us with Tiger Woods’ incredible victory at the US Open, his subsequent injury-enforced withdrawal from the Tour, the emergence of Padraig Harrington as a genuine star and the United States’ Ryder […]

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