GOLF: Stolz goes from the cellar to top shelf
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FAIRY tales don&#39;t come any more fanciful than The Andre Stolz Story, a real-life biography which throbbed to a thunderous climax in the appropriate setting of Las Vegas yesterday.
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Phil Mickelson waited until late last year, when his clubs were collecting dust during a three-month break from golf, to reflect on a U.S. Open meltdown at Winged Foot that suddenly seemed to overshadow all his achievements. Instead of sulking, he found a solution.
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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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Craig Stadler makes up a four-shot deficit and birdies the final four holes Sunday to win the Tradition by one shot at 13-under-par in Aloha, Ore.
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Last week Andre Stolz was considering coming back to Australia from the US early. He was frustrated with his progress, or rather lack of it, in 2004 and with little likelihood of a start at next week&#39;s event
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The PGA Tourâs postseason experiment seems to be designed for a golfer like Rory Sabbatini.
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Steve Flesch shot a 6-under-par 66 yesterday to take a four-shot lead over Carl Pettersson and Charles Warren after three rounds at the inaugural Turning Stone Resort Championship in Verona, N.Y.
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Golf finally felt easy to Jeff Sluman, and it wasn&#39;t hard to see why. From a fairway bunker on the 18th hole, he had to play a 20-yard hook to avoid the trees and reach the elevated green.
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1 Mickelson&#39;s tee shot - All square with Darren Clarke and Lee Westwood on the 18th tee in the Friday foursomes, Mickelson sliced his tee-shot way off target and up against a fence, forcing partner Tiger Woods to take a penalty drop before he could play
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That was the question during the first round of the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club on Thursday afternoon. The answer is: Not at the top of the leaderboard.
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Phil Mickelsonâs victory vaulted him to the top of the FedEx Cup standings, moving him ahead of the second-place Steve Stricker and Tiger Woods, who is in third.
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Tom Lehman takes a one-stroke lead in to Sunday&#39;s final round at the $4 million Michelin Championship. Lehman, Dicky Pride, Andre Stolz and Greg Chalmers - each of whom
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Bernhard Langer beat Vijay Singh on the first extra hole Friday to knock the world&#39;s top-ranked player out of the World Match Play Championship in the first round.
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A clutch shot and flawless performance by US Open champion Retief Goosen. A rare collapse by Tiger Woods. In a fitting end to the PGA Tour season, the unflappable Goosen closed with a 6-under-par 64 to win
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World&#39;s No.1 player must beat Australian to become first man since 1988 to win three majors in a year. By KEITH NIEBUHR, Times Staff Writer.
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Vijay Singh has a golf swing to envy, even when fooling around. A few days ago on the driving range at the Tour Championship, Singh grabbed Steve Flesch&#39;s golf clubs.
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When Phil Mickelson tees off in the first round of the $4 million Singapore Open on Thursday, the American world number two will be fulfilling an ambition he has held since he was a boy.