Posts Tagged ‘Tiger Woods.’
Written by Elwood Grimes on 09 December 2013
Lindsey Vonn in 2008 (photo by Gerwig Loffelholz via wikipedia commons)
American Alpine ski racer Lindsey Vonn, girlfriend of golfer Tiger Woods, says she is ready for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games coming in a few weeks at Sochi, Russia.
The 29-year-old from St. Paul, Minnesota, finished fifth in the Super-G race at Lake Louise, Alberta.
Coming off major knee surgery, Vonn says that she is ready and will race one to two more times before the February Winter Olympics.
Tags: Lake Louise Alberta, Lindsey Vonn., Sochi Russia., St. Paul Minnesota., Super-G race, Tiger Woods., Winter Olympic Games.
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Written by Stuart Mason on 30 May 2013
DUBLIN, O. — The first round of the Memorial Tournament is in the books and the leader is not Tiger Woods, but he’s only six shots behind the leader.
Woods shot a 1-under 71. He has opened the Memorial with a round at par-or-better in 13 of his 14 years in playing Muirfield Village. The only other time that Woods opened the tournament in this Columbus, Ohio suburb, with a 71 was in 2000 and he won.
Tiger Woods (megasportsnews.com)
The 37-year-old Woods, the defending champion, made five birdies and four bogeys.
Woods is six shots behind first round leader Charl Schwartzel who was brilliant with a 7-under-par 65, one shot ahead of Scott Piercy.
Woods was not pleased with his performance on Thursday. He hit 11 of 14 fairways, including all seven on the back nine, but struggled with other parts of his game. He needed 30 putts after hitting 13 greens in regulation. He even acknowledged that 53-year-old Fred Couples, who plays regularly on the Champions Tour played better than he did.
Couples, who likes playing with Woods, carded a 2-under-par 70 and is tied for 13th.
Tags: Champions Tour., Charl Schwartzel., Columbus Ohio., Fred Couples., Memorial Tournament., Muirfield Village., Scott Piercy., Tiger Woods.
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Written by Lamont Burroughs on 01 May 2013
Michael Jordan (photo by Lipofsky Basketballphoto.com)
Michael Jordan’s recent wedding attracted a who’s who of the celebrity world.
Among the 300 guests were Ahmad Rashad, Spike Lee, Patrick Ewing, Tiger Woods, Dj MC Lyte, K’Jon, Robin Thicke, Usher and The Source, an 18-piece band.
The 50-year-old former NBA star got married over the weekend in Florida to Cuban former model, Yvette Prieto, who is 35.
The six-time NBA champion with the Chicago Bulls met Prieto five years ago and were engaged in December 2012.
Tags: Ahmad Rashad., Cavaliers, Chicago Bulls., DJ MC Lyte., Florida., K'Jon., Michael Jordan., Patrick Ewing., Robin Thicke., Spike Lee., The Source., Tiger Woods., Usher., Yvette Prieto.
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Written by Billy Ballpoint Baxter on 02 March 2013
Rory McIlroy (Megasportsnews.com photo)
Northern Ireland golf star Rory McIlroy has not had the start to the PGA Tour season that would suit his taste.
In three tournaments, the 23-year-old fan favorite, missed the cut in Abu Dhabi, lost in the first round of the Match Play Championship and in a bizarre twist on Friday, withdrew from the Honda Classic after 26 holes.
Conflicting stories from the tournament said that McIlroy, the world’s top-ranked golfer, mentally was not ready to play golf or he had a tooth ache.
But the fact is, he walked off the course in the middle of the second round at the Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
McIlroy was a stunning 7-over-par through eight holes when his second shot went into the water on the 18th hole. He gave his golf club to his caddy, shook hands with his playing partners, turned in the scorecard and walked to the parking lot.
An hour later, his management company issued a statement saying McIlroy was bothered by a sore wisdom tooth.
(courtesy Honda Classic)
In other news from the classic, Luke Guthrie shot a 7-under 63 to take a one-shot lead at the halfway point. Guthrie, a University of Illinois product, is at 9-under 131 after two rounds, ahead of Michael Thompson who is second after shooting a 65 on Saturday.
Tiger Woods is nine shots off the lead after shooting his second straight 70 and barely made the cut with a late charge.
Camilo Villegas, the first-round leader, shot a 77 and missed the cut.
Info compiled from PGA Tour & Honda Classic
Tags: Abu Dhabi., Camilo Villegas., Honda Classic., Luke Guthrie., Match Play Championship., Michael Thompson., Northern Ireland., Palm Beach Gardens Florida., Rory McIlroy., Tiger Woods., University of Illinois.
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Written by Stuart Mason on 06 September 2012
CARMEL, INDIANA — Wednesday’s Gardner Heidrick Pro-Am golf tournament was suspended after 9 holes due to an hour and 43 minute rain delay.
Just before the noon hour, winds were blowing close to 50 mph around the area.
Tiger Woods and his morning grouping were on the 17th hole when play was officially suspended at 11:32 a.m.
All but two of the morning groupings played at least nine holes.
(courtesy of PGA Tour & FedEx)
The 26 groups that played during the afternoon were limited to just nine holes. The afternoon tee-off times were moved to a 1:15 p.m. start instead of the scheduled 12:30 p.m.
Woods and his group and four other groups tied for first place at 8-under4 par.
NOTES
* Crooked Stick Golf Course is located in the North Indianapolis suburb of Carmel.
* The course was built by Pete and Alice Dye, the famous golf course architects.
* The Golf course has hosted some big-time events: 1991 PGA Championship, 1993 U.S. Women’s Open, 2005 Solheim Cup and now the 2012 BMW Championship.
* Crooked Stick is a private club course. There is an initiation fee and then a monthly fee from then on out. There are around 230 members, and the waiting list is about six months. Non-members can play with members on designated guest days and during certain tournaments. There is also a guest fee.
* Famous members include: Pete Dye, Alice Dye, Peyton Manning, Dallas Clark and Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay.
Tags: BMW Championship., Crooked Stick Golf Course., Dallas Clark., Gardner Heidrick., Indianapolis Colts., Jim Irsay., North Indianapolis., Pete & Alice Dye., Peyton Manning., PGA Championship., Solheim Cup., Tiger Woods., U.S. Women's Open.
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