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Magical Woods claims 73rd PGA Tour title

Magical Woods claims 73rd PGA Tour title

Rediff.com4 Jun 2012

Tiger Woods overhauled a fading Spencer Levin and a charging Rory Sabbatini with a few moments of magic to win his 73rd PGA Tour title by two shots at the Memorial tournament on Sunday.

Rickie Fowler wins first PGA title in playoff

Rickie Fowler wins first PGA title in playoff

Rediff.com7 May 2012

Rickie Fowler delivered on his vast potential by claiming his first PGA Tour win at the Wells Fargo championship with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff against Briton Rory McIlroy and fellow American DA Points at Quail Hollow on Sunday.

Petrovic claims maiden PGA Tour win

Petrovic claims maiden PGA Tour win

Rediff.com2 May 2005

Tim Petrovic beat James Driscoll on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff to claim his maiden PGA Tour victory at the $5.5 million Zurich Classic at New Orleans.

McIlroy cruises to victory at PGA championship

McIlroy cruises to victory at PGA championship

Rediff.com13 Aug 2012

Rory McIlroy underlined his superstar credentials as he repelled an early onslaught by Britain's Ian Poulter before cruising to his second major title by a record eight shots at the PGA Championship on Sunday.

Women's PGA: Aditi tied-12th alongside Lydia Ko, Michelle Wi

Women's PGA: Aditi tied-12th alongside Lydia Ko, Michelle Wi

Rediff.com1 Jul 2017

Aditi Ashok is in a great position to launch her challenge over the weekend at the KPMG Women's PGA Championships.

PGA Golf: Jeev slips, Jyoti misses cut

PGA Golf: Jeev slips, Jyoti misses cut

Rediff.com9 Aug 2008

Jeev Milkha Singh turned in a roller-coaster four-over 74 to slip to the tied seventh spot even as Jyoti Randhawa and Daniel Chopra fell by the wayside after the second round of the 90th PGA Championships in Bloomfield.

Jeev in joint lead at PGA championships

Jeev in joint lead at PGA championships

Rediff.com8 Aug 2008

Jeev Milkha Singh shrugged off an ankle problem to claim a share of the early lead in the US PGA Championship first round.

Tiger Woods drops out of two PGA Tour events due to back spasms

Tiger Woods drops out of two PGA Tour events due to back spasms

Rediff.com10 Feb 2017

Tiger Woods will not compete in two scheduled upcoming PGA Tour events due to nagging back spasms that forced him to pull out of an event in Dubai last week, the former world number one said on Friday.

Jeev stays in hunt at PGA Tour Q-School

Jeev stays in hunt at PGA Tour Q-School

Rediff.com7 Dec 2002

The Chandigarh-based pro was six-under 210 for the tournament at the halfway stage of the six-round event.

Woods in disarray for next week's PGA Championship

Woods in disarray for next week's PGA Championship

Rediff.com9 Aug 2010

Tiger Woods will go into next week's PGA Championship with his game in total disarray and the emotional state of his mind highly questionable after a career-worst performance at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.

Garcia snaps PGA Tour drought, qualifies for Ryder Cup

Garcia snaps PGA Tour drought, qualifies for Ryder Cup

Rediff.com20 Aug 2012

Sergio Garcia snapped a four-year PGA Tour title drought with victory at the rain-delayed Wyndham Championship in North Carolina on Monday that secured the Spaniard a spot on the European Ryder Cup team.

Doug Barron banned for doping by PGA Tour

Doug Barron banned for doping by PGA Tour

Rediff.com3 Nov 2009

American Doug Barron on Monday became the first golfer to receive a ban for taking a performance-enhancing drug.

PGA: Struggling Woods misses cut at third major in a row

PGA: Struggling Woods misses cut at third major in a row

Rediff.com16 Aug 2015

Tiger Woods plumbed new depths when he missed the cut in a third successive major for the first time in his career at the storm-delayed PGA Championship on Saturday.

Woods to make PGA Tour comeback next week

Woods to make PGA Tour comeback next week

Rediff.com20 Feb 2009

Tiger Woods will return to the PGA Tour at next week's WGC-Match Play Championship in Arizona after being sidelined by injury since his U.S. Open victory last year.

Lahiri makes Indian golf history with top-5 finish at PGA Championship

Lahiri makes Indian golf history with top-5 finish at PGA Championship

Rediff.com17 Aug 2015

Asian Tour star Anirban Lahiri wrote a small slice of Indian sporting history with an eye-catching equal fifth place finish at the PGA Championship on Sunday and reinforced his growing reputation in world golf.

Jeev targets first victory on US PGA Tour

Jeev targets first victory on US PGA Tour

Rediff.com14 Jan 2009

Jeev Milkha Singh has set his sights on becoming the first Indian to win a US PGA Tour event after ending his most successful campaign as the Asian Tour's number one player and with four global victories to his name. The 37-year-old secured his second order of merit title on the back of a thrilling Singapore Open triumph in November and the world number 35 is targeting more victories as well as a place in the International Team for the Presidents Cup.

India gets a second Asian PGA Tour event

India gets a second Asian PGA Tour event

Rediff.com29 Jan 2008

India will stage a second Asian PGA Tour event near capital New Delhi from Feb. 20, organisers said on Tuesday

Jeev off to flying start at PGA Tour Q-School

Jeev off to flying start at PGA Tour Q-School

Rediff.com5 Dec 2002

The ace Indian golfer began his quest to become the first Indian pro to qualify for the top-grade US PGA Tour shooting a three-under 69, which tied him for the 19th place after the first round.\n\n

First woman to play in a men's PGA Tour event

First woman to play in a men's PGA Tour event

Rediff.com4 Dec 2002

Suzy Whaley qualified for the tournament by winning the PGA Connecticut Sectional in September, the first woman to do so.

Lahiri continues blazing form in pursuit of maiden PGA Tour title

Lahiri continues blazing form in pursuit of maiden PGA Tour title

Rediff.com22 Oct 2016

Anirban Lahiri moved into position to record a first PGA Tour victory when the Indian fired an exquisite third round seven-under 65 at the TPC Kuala Lumpur course to storm four shots clear of the field at the CIMB Classic on Saturday. Lahiri's nine birdies offset an ugly double-bogey six on the 12th as the Pune-born 29-year-old moved to 19-under for the tournament, well ahead of overnight leader and defending champion Justin Thomas (71) and Scotland's Russell Knox (68). "I just have to try and do the same thing on the last round," Lahiri told reporters. "Everybody is making birdies all the way around so I don't think there's any other way to do it."

The good, bad and ugly part of Tiger's first PGA Tour in 17 months

The good, bad and ugly part of Tiger's first PGA Tour in 17 months

Rediff.com27 Jan 2017

Tiger Woods produced the good, the bad and the ugly in his first PGA Tour start in 17 months on Thursday while Olympic champion Justin Rose set the early pace in the opening round of the Farmers Insurance Open.

Atwal is first Indian to win on PGA Tour

Atwal is first Indian to win on PGA Tour

Rediff.com23 Aug 2010

Arjun Atwal became the first Indian and just the sixth Asian-born player to win on the PGA Tour when he secured a one-stroke victory at the Wyndham Championship on Sunday. Atwal joined Japanese trio Isao Aoki, Shigeki Maruyama and Ryuji Imada and South Koreans K.J. Choi and Y.E. Yang in an elite but growing club of champions from world's most populous continent.

SSP Chowrasia tied third at BMW PGA C'ship

SSP Chowrasia tied third at BMW PGA C'ship

Rediff.com21 May 2010

Indian golfer SSP Chowrasia showed glimpse of vintage form and fired a blazing four-under 67 to lie tied third after the opening round of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.

Dominant Woods pockets his 75th PGA title at Torrey Pines

Dominant Woods pockets his 75th PGA title at Torrey Pines

Rediff.com29 Jan 2013

Tiger Woods withstood a late bogey, double-bogey, par, bogey wobble in strengthening winds to end a week of dominant golf by clinching his 75th PGA Tour title by four shots at the Farmers Insurance Open on Monday.

Atwal makes the cut on PGA Tour debut

Atwal makes the cut on PGA Tour debut

Rediff.com17 Jan 2004

The Indian ace has a two-day tally of one-under 139, the very score at which the cut was applied, in the Sony Open in Hawai.

Williams sisters join Tiger, McIlroy's golf revolution

Williams sisters join Tiger, McIlroy's golf revolution

Rediff.com9 Jun 2023

Ohanian and Williams sisters taking up golf with TGL ownership

Sports Shorts: Sharma in joint lead at CIMB, eyes maiden PGA Tour title

Sports Shorts: Sharma in joint lead at CIMB, eyes maiden PGA Tour title

Rediff.com13 Oct 2018

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday

Jeev on course at PGA Tour Q-School

Jeev on course at PGA Tour Q-School

Rediff.com6 Dec 2002

The ace Indian golfer shot his second successive three-under 69 to tie for for the ninth place with a 36-hole tally of six-under 138.\n\n\n\n

PGA Tour Qualifying: Atwal plummets to 109th, Chopra 69th

PGA Tour Qualifying: Atwal plummets to 109th, Chopra 69th

Rediff.com2 Dec 2012

Arjun Atwal suffered a dramatic fall over the last three holes, dropping four shots in that span to plummet to tied 109th after the fourth round of Final Stage of the PGA Tour Qualifying School, in La Quinta, California.

Woods clinches seventh PGA Tour win in a row

Woods clinches seventh PGA Tour win in a row

Rediff.com29 Jan 2007

Tiger Woods carved out another slice of history with a two-shot victory at the Buick Invitational on Sunday.

Shubhankar secures best ever result by an Indian at Open

Shubhankar secures best ever result by an Indian at Open

Rediff.com24 Jul 2023

India's Shubhankar Sharma produced the best-ever result by an Indian at golf's oldest Major, the Open Championships, as he finished tied-eighth in Hoylake on Sunday.

Woods is US PGA player of the year again

Woods is US PGA player of the year again

Rediff.com9 Dec 2003

The American claimed the honour for the fifth straight season.

Rivalries, rankings and Olympics offer Women's PGA subplots

Rivalries, rankings and Olympics offer Women's PGA subplots

Rediff.com11 Jun 2015

Winning a major is its own reward, but rivalries, rankings and next year's Rio Olympics were also on the mind of contenders at the Women's PGA Championship.

Lahiri lands an eagle, makes cut at Byron Nelson on PGA Tour

Lahiri lands an eagle, makes cut at Byron Nelson on PGA Tour

Rediff.com21 May 2016

Anirban Lahiri landed a crucial eagle on the back nine to make a cut for the weekend at the $7.3 million AT&T Byron Nelson on the PGA Tour.

Golf: Aditi makes cut in France; Diksha misses out

Golf: Aditi makes cut in France; Diksha misses out

Rediff.com29 Jul 2023

Aditi Ashok played a steady round of even par 72 to be tied-28th after the second round of the Amundi Evian Championship.

Woods to tee off at Masters with Hovland

Woods to tee off at Masters with Hovland

Rediff.com5 Apr 2023

Tiger Woods is set to tee off at the Masters with Viktor Hovland and Xander Schauffele.

Thankful Woods enters Hall of Fame: 'I didn't get here alone'

Thankful Woods enters Hall of Fame: 'I didn't get here alone'

Rediff.com10 Mar 2022

Woods delivered a speech about his career and those who helped him along the way after his daughter Sam introduced him for induction.

Tiger Woods to return to golf at The Masters?

Tiger Woods to return to golf at The Masters?

Rediff.com26 Mar 2022

Tiger Woods' name appears in the field for the 2022 Masters on the golf tournament's official website -- and not on the list of past champions who are not scheduled to compete.