Golf: Lost ball sinks hope of Open win
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A vanishing ball, thought to have been stolen by a spectator, may yesterday have cost Swede Johan Edfors the chance of winning the Madrid Open and of keeping his tour card.
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The normally phlegmatic Lee Westwood stormed off the 18th green at the Gary Player Country Club yesterday after a final round of 80 had ruined his chances of claiming the Â£630,000 first prize in the Nedbank Golf Challenge.
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This was no magic trick, just Oakmont. Steve Stricker was standing next to his bag marking his golf balls before his final practice round Wednesday at the U.S. Open when he dropped one on the green. He watched it trickle around the bag, appear on the other side and hit someone in the foot, a 180-degree turn over an area of 5 feet.
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OVERNIGHT leader Lee Westwood&#39;s hopes of extending his advantage took a watery dive at the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City.
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From a distance that couldn't have been more than 30 inches, Niclas Fasth rolled his putt toward the hole, only to see it catch the lip and spin out. Undaunted, he tried a second time. Again, it lipped out. The third time was hardly better; he missed the hole entirely.
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Tiger Woods couldn't even see the flag, but he knew his 4-iron was close to perfect. Thousands of fans who were crammed elbow-to-elbow on a grassy hillock above the 14th green saw the ball bang into the cup, but they had no idea who hit it.
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Sergio Garcia keeps his lead with a round of even-par, Phil Mickelson looks like he will miss the cut and Tiger Woods is trying to recover after a horrible start.
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BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Whatever magic they had found in the morning dew yesterday, they lost in the afternoon shadows at Oakland Hills Country Club. And so a heralded US Ryder Cup team finds itself in need of a miracle finish even grander than the one it scripted in 1999.
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Despite his quick start to the second round at the U.S. Open, Phil Mickelson lost his game on the difficult Oakmont course and is now 13 strokes off the lead and in danger of an early exit.
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Phil Mickelson was five shots out of the lead and in dire need of a birdie. Then came an 11 on one hole, a tee shot into the Pacific Ocean on another, and a surprisingly early departure Saturday from the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
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You probably remember the hiccup at Southern Hills Country Club in 2001, when he missed an 18-inch putt for bogey, costing him a chance to get into a US Open playoff. It was painful, "embarrassing," and downright heartwrenching, but it wasn't one of those moments that prompted Stewart Cink to apply a headlock and subject himself to ...
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Hopes of a first English win at the Open in 15 years were kept alive in Saturday&#39;s third round with sub-par rounds from Justin Rose, Paul Casey and Ian Poulter.
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Tiger Woods' winning streak is over no matter what tour he is playing. In a shocking end to a PGA Tour streak that began in July, Woods failed to notice a ball mark in the line of his 4-foot birdie putt that would have won his third-round match against Nick O'Hern. He missed the putt, then lost in 20 holes when the Australian saved par with a 12-foot putt Friday at the Accenture Match Play Championship.
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A faulty driver cost Phil Mickelson his first European Tour victory Sunday, as Franceâs Gregory Havret rallied to win the Scottish Open on the first playoff hole.
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CARNOUSTIE, Scotland -- For a second straight British Open at Carnoustie Golf Links, players in the lead made a mess of the 18th hole.
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It's not always easy being Tiger Woods. We found that out on a miserable day when the wind was howling, rain was blowing sideways, and it seemed like half the Irish Sea had been dumped on the golf course.
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FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y., Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Open slumped into the doldrums after Andre Agassi bowed out in defeat over the weekend. On Tuesday, rain moved in to dampen spirits that were already low.