Westwood guns for third Nedbank Challenge title
Englishman Lee Westwood is hoping to become the first to win three consecutive titles in the upcoming Nedbank Golf Challenge invitation tournament.
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Westwood’s lead cut at Indonesian masters
Defending champion Lee Westwood holed four birdies for a 4-under 68 after Saturday’s completion of the second round at the Indonesian Masters.
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Donald, McIlroy steal the show in 2011
Rory McIlroy produced the single top display of the year by winning his first Major, while Luke Donald nabbed the PGA Championship.
McIlroy chasing down Donald in Dubai duel
The European Tour is about to showcase the strides made in recent months when its last event, the Dubai World Championship, begins this week.
Westwood takes the honours at Sun City
Former world number one Lee Westwood earned his second Nedbank Golf Challenge win with a disciplined final round at the Gary Player Country Club.
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Schwartzel and Westwood lead the way
Charl Schwartzel and Lee Westwood share the lead after day one at the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City.
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Historic PGA win for rookie Bradley
Unheralded Keegan Bradley won the 93rd PGA Championship by rallying from five strokes behind with three holes to play in his Major debut.
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Weather turns British Open into endurance test
The third round of the British Open on Saturday has the 71 survivors facing another severe test in the form of lashing rain and gusting winds.
Westwood prepares to break Major curse
Lee Westwood is confident he can slay the dragon of his Major championship jinx when he launches his British Open challenge.
Westwood has Major confidence
Britain’s Lee Westwood enters the United States Open optimistic he has what it takes to finally snag an elusive first Major golf crown.
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Westwood returns for St Jude Classic, US Open
With the St Jude Classic scheduled just before the US Open, returning to the TPC Southwind course has been an easy decision for Lee Westwood.
Major question getting on Westwood’s nerves
World number one Lee Westwood is growing increasingly weary with being asked about his failure to win a first major title.
PGA hopes for Tiger boost, even without Europe’s best
A return to form by Tiger Woods should give the US PGA Tour a boost as television negotiations loom and top Europeans drop United States events.
Kaymer shrugs off Tiger’s seven-year ranking low
Troubled Tiger Woods sunk to his lowest world ranking in seven years thanks to Martin Kaymer, but he has no doubts about Woods’ ability to bounce back
Westwood triumphs to remain number one
Lee Westwood of England shot a final-round 68 on Sunday to win the Nebank Golf Challenge by eight strokes and remain world number one going into 2011.
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Out of the Woods
It has been 12 years since the world’s leading golfer has been in the line-up at the Nedbank Golf Challenge.
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Westwood turns attention to Sun City
World No 1 golfer Lee Westwood leads five of the Europe 2010 Ryder Cup-winning team at the Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City.
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Golfers see ‘exciting’ time with Woods dethroned
Lee Westwood’s ousting of American superstar Tiger Woods as world number one has injected new excitement into a suddenly wide-open golf landscape.
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Westwood tops as Woods is unseated
Lee Westwood’s consecration on Sunday as the world’s top golfer bears testament to the consistency and sheer perseverance of the popular Englishman.
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Westwood to topple Woods at end of month
Tiger Woods’s five-year reign as world number one will come to an end later this month, with England’s Lee Westwood set to replace him.
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Westwood holds off sizzling Mickelson
Britain’s Lee Westwood maintained ice-cool composure while fending off an electrifying back-nine charge by Phil Mickelson.
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Westwood closes on SA Open title as Els slumps
England’s Lee Westwood shot a third-round 68 on Saturday to go 14 under par for the South African Open and lead by two strokes after three rounds.
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Woods poised for 14th major victory
History strongly suggests Tiger Woods will seal his 14th major victory at the US Open on Sunday, regardless of the stabbing pain in his knee.
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Mickelson, Els to lead field at Loch Lomond
World number two Phil Mickelson, third-ranked Ernie Els and fourth-ranked Adam Scott will lead a strong field in the Scottish Open at Loch Lomond in July. Mickelson and Els, a double winner of the British Open warm-up event, return after finishing second and third respectively last year behind Frenchman Gregory Havret.
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A question of prestige?
In May a golfer’s thoughts turn to the summer ahead and, if they have trainspotter tendencies, the age-old question of the prestige and status of the Players Championship. The PGA tour, which has its headquarters at TPC Sawgrass, where the event teed off on Thursday, likes nothing better than journalists posing the question: ”Is the Players golf’s fifth Major?”
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Sawgrass layout suits all at Players Championship
A corridor beneath the grandiose clubhouse is lined with black-and-white photographs from more than a quarter-century of winners at The Players Championship since it moved to the notorious TPC Sawgrass. They have little in common except they beat the best field in golf and got very rich.
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Rose, Immelman take charge at Augusta
Britain’s 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 shrugged off two early bogeys to fire a four-under-par 68 in bright sunshine. He launched his sizzling run at the par-three sixth before ending the day level with South African Trevor Immelman.
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Els takes lead over Woods in Dubai
Tiger Woods struggled with everything on the course on Saturday, missing putts, driving wayward balls into the desert terrain and yelling at a photographer for taking a shot while he was swinging. Ernie Els had a very different day, rising from fifth to first place at the Dubai Desert Classic.
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Schwartzel makes his move at Qatar Masters
Swede Johan Edfors shot a scintillating six-under-par 66 to take a two-shot lead going into the third round at the ,5-million Qatar Masters on Friday. South African Charl Schwartzel, who was on two-under at the end of the first round, picked up five shots in a flawless round of 67.
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Goosen targets repeat win in Doha
Retief Goosen is hoping to become the first golfer to win the European Tour’s Qatar Masters on two occasions when the 11th edition of the ,5-million event gets under way on Thursday at the picturesque Doha Golf Club. The South African responded with a confident ”You mean not yet” when told that no player has won the tournament twice since its inception.
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Els: Monty is ‘shooting his mouth off’
Ernie Els has told Colin Montgomerie to stop ”shooting his mouth off” after the Scottish star hit out at the South African for skipping the European Tour’s season-ending Volvo Masters in Spain. ”I know where he’s coming from so it’s no surprise,” said Els in response to Montgomerie’s comments.
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Top stars see boom in Asian golf
The Asian Tour has more potential for growth than any other tour in the world, according to some of the world’s most successful stars who have seen big improvements in recent years. Lee Westwood, Michael Campbell and Vijay Singh have all been regular visitors to Asia over the past decade and they are impressed with what has been happening.
