Tiger Woods played down the controversy over his reported appearance fee of $3 million for the Australian Masters in November when he will compete Down Under for the first time in a decade. "I know there's some controversy behind it but I'm really looking forward to getting down there and playing and competing," the world No 1 said.
Arjun Atwal is on the verge of becoming the first player from India to win on the PGA Tour after racing three shots clear of the field in the Greensboro Classic third round Saturday. The 37-year-old, a friend and regular practice partner of world number one Tiger Woods, squeezed six birdies into an inspired nine-hole run midway through the round as he fired a five-under 65 for a 17-under tally of 193.
There was no hiding the disappointment for Tiger Woods after he trudged off the final hole at the US PGA Championship on Sunday.
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.
Golfing great Arnold Palmer died on Sunday, aged 87. His death left the golfing fraternity in mourning. Tributes flow...
It was a scenario he had long dreamed about, yet facing the reality of playing Tiger Woods in Sunday's final round for a major championship made it difficult for South Korea's Yang Yong-eun to sleep. Yang kept his cool when it counted and outplayed Woods to win the US PGA Championship, ending the American's perfect mark of winning all 14 majors in which he led going into Sunday and becoming the first Asian male to win a major in one fell swoop.
The ominous figure of four-times winner Tiger Woods seized control of the US PGA Championship on Thursday, firing a flawless five-under-par 67 to charge one stroke clear in the opening round. Fresh from back-to-back wins on the PGA Tour in the last two weeks, the world number one delivered a superb display from tee to green on the monster Hazeltine National course.
Tiger Woods said on Tuesday he would compete at the 2016 Olympics if golf is added to the Games programme after an absence of more than a 100 years. Golf is vying with rugby, squash, karate, roller sports, baseball and softball and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will announce a shortlist of two sports on Thursday.
Standing over the hole to tap the ball in after yet another missed putt was a pose all too frequent for a frustrated Tiger Woods during another tough round in the British Open third round on Saturday.
Winning at least one major title has always been the yardstick for a good year according to Tiger Woods but for 2009 he is prepared to relax his goal.
While professional golf prepares to confront a bleak economic landscape in 2009, the biggest talking point in the game relates to the timing and immediate impact of Tiger Woods's comeback from injury. The American world number one has been sidelined since his astonishing US Open victory in June when he defied stabbing knee pain and a double stress fracture of his left tibia to clinch his 14th major title.
Tiger Woods is unsure when he will play golf again after a painful neck injury forced him to quit the Players Championship in Florida on Sunday.
Tiger Woods is eagerly anticipating his return to Bethpage Black for next month's U.S. Open, a venue where he will be defending the U.S. Open title in familiar and successful surroundings.
Tiger Woods came from five strokes behind to overhaul fellow American Sean O'Hair and win his 66th PGA Tour title in spectacular style at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando Sunday. Playing only his third tournament since returning from reconstructive knee surgery, Woods completed a record sixth victory in fading sunlight at the Bay Hill Club by sinking a 16-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win by a shot.
Tiger Woods is in danger of surrendering his position as world number one to Phil Mickelson in two weeks' time.
"I'm very proud of the fact that I stuck with my game plan ... and I was finally able to hit the shots on Sunday that we've been looking for.
Overnight joint leader Jeev Milkha Singh could not recreate the opening round magic and turned in a one-under 71 to slip to the tied eighth spot after the halfway stage of the US$ 8.5 million World Golf Championships in Doral. Jeev, who outshone mega stars like Tiger Woods with an opening round 65, faltered on a treacherous back nine and was five strokes off the pace after two days with a total of eight-under 136.
A day after his hotly anticipated return to the PGA Tour Tiger Woods made a premature exit from the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship after being upset 4 and 2 by South African Tim Clark on Thursday. The top seed and defending champion, who had been sidelined by a knee injury after winning his 14th major title at the US Open in June, surrendered an early one-hole advantage in the second round before losing on the 16th green.
Tiger Woods ended his eight-month absence from the PGA Tour in triumphant style by beating Australian Brendan Jones 3&2 at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona on Wednesday. The American world number one, sidelined by injury since his US Open victory last June, launched his title defence with a birdie at the opening hole before sealing the win on the 16th.
The American former world number one won the last of his 14 major titles in 2008 and the 41-year-old has only played six competitive rounds in the past two years while trying to recover from multiple back surgeries.
Unheralded Americans Justin Hicks and Kevin Streelman upstaged tournament favourites Tiger Woods at the US Open.
Tiger Woods has no idea when he will return to competitive golf next year, despite being ahead of schedule in his recovery from reconstructive knee surgery. The world number one has been sidelined since winning the US Open in June when he defied stabbing knee pain and a double stress fracture of his left tibia to clinch his 14th major title.
Gillette signed Roger Federer, Thierry Henry and Tiger Woods to endorse their shaving product.
The former world number one has been under intense scrutiny after struggling badly with his chipping when last seen on the PGA Tour but he played solidly at steamy Augusta National to card a three-under-par 69.
The American golfer was voted the "ultimate sports star" in a survey conducted last month by ESPN TV.
Tiger Woods stayed on course for an eighth title in nine starts worldwide in Thursday's second round at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship as second seed Phil Mickelson was knocked out. World number one Woods sealed a comfortable 3&2 win over fellow American Arron Oberholser but left-hander Mickelson was beaten 2&1 by 31st-seeded Stuart Appleby of Australia in a high-quality encounter.
Tiger Woods has confirmed he will play in the Dubai Desert Classic early next year, organisers said on Tuesday
Masters champion Phil Mickelson enjoys a high comfort level at Augusta National, but has no desire to weigh his golfing achievements against four-times winner Tiger Woods.
Tiger Woods underwent reconstructive surgery on Tuesday to repair a torn ligament in his left knee, an operation described as a success by his doctors. The American world number one decided last week to have a fourth operation on the same knee, just two days after playing through pain to win the US Open in San Diego.
In his first tournament back after an eight-week break, Tiger Woods clinched his 14th major title with a playoff victory over fellow American Rocco Mediate at the US Open.
The Indian golfing sensation has firmly set his eyes on making the International team which will face a Tiger Woods-led United States team in the Presidents Cup next year.
Roger Federer, Michael Schumacher and Tiger Woods are all in the running for a third Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award.
The PGA Tour's much-trumpeted "new era" delivered enthralling golf in the inaugural FedExCup playoff series.
Justin Rose reeled off six birdies in eight holes to share the first-round lead at the US Masters while Tiger Woods laboured to stay in touch on Thursday. Rose, who led after the first two rounds in 2004, shrugged off two early bogeys to fire a four-under-par 68 in bright sunshine on a soft Augusta National layout playing extra long.
Tiger Woods's winning streak was snapped on Monday when Australian Geoff Ogilvy kept his nerve to win the WGC-CA Championship.
Tiger Woods's wife Elin has issued libel proceedings against an Irish magazine for publishing fake nude pictures of her during September's Ryder Cup tournament in Ireland.
Tiger Woods beat fellow American J.B. Holmes one up in the opening round at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
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.
On a perfect day when birdies were in abundance, Jeev Milkha Singh and Jyoti Randhawa began with a bang and returned identical cards of five-under 67 to finish tied second behind Tiger Woods after the opening round in the Dubai Desert Classic on Thursday.
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