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Casey in position for $10 million win

Fri, 09/24/2010 - 07:44 by harsheeb

Atlanta-- Paul Casey took a big step toward the richest prize in golf Thursday by grabbing a share of the lead after one round of the Tour Championship.

Casey, left off the European Ryder Cup team by captain Colin Montgomerie, shot a 4-under 66 at the East Lake Country Club to tie Geoff Ogilvy and Luke Donald for first place.

Jim Furyk was alone in fourth at 67 and K.J. Choi was fifth at 68.

Only the top 30 on the FedEx Cup points list were eligible to compete this week in the last of the PGA Tour playoff events. Any of the top five on that list would win the FedEx Cup and its accompanying $10 million with a victory this week, no matter how any of the others finish.

Casey was in fifth place on the points list prior to this week.

Bumpy greens affect scores at U.S. Open

Fri, 06/18/2010 - 09:36 by Rakhi

Pebble Beach, Calif. -- Shaun Micheel, Paul Casey and Brandon de Jonge survived the bumpy greens of Pebble Beach to share the lead Thursday after one round of the U.S. Open.

"The greens were awful," said Tiger Woods, who three-putted twice and turned in a score of 74 that left him five shots off the pace. "The ball was going everywhere. You couldn't leave yourself a second putt. We were talking about it all day."

"I putted horrific," chimed in Phil Mickelson, who struggled to a 75. "When I missed some of those five-footers, it was very frustrating."

Casey, Harrington improve world rankings

Mon, 02/15/2010 - 21:37 by Inderjit Singh

Virginia Water -- Paul Casey and Padraig Harrington improved their world golf rankings, released Monday, as only minor changes marked the list's Top 10.

Casey, from England, switched places with Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy and is now ranked No. 7, with McIlroy eighth.

Harrington, from Ireland, did the same with Sweden's Henrik Stenson, moving from 10th to ninth and sending Stenson the other direction.

The top of the rankings were unchanged. Tiger Woods, as he has been for 245 consecutive weeks, was No. 1, Steve Stricker was second and Phil Mickelson third. All are from the United States.

England's Lee Westwood was fourth and U.S. golfer Jim Furyk remained fifth with German Martin Kaymer in sixth.

Casey, Dredge lead at Qatar Masters

Sat, 01/30/2010 - 22:43 by Inderjit Singh

Doha -- Paul Casey surged into a tie with Bradley Dredge Saturday for the lead heading into the final round of the European PGA Tour's Qatar Masters.

Casey had birdies on three of the four par 3s of the Doha Country Club course en route to a third-round, 6-under-par 66 while Dredge overcame a double bogey for a 70 and a 54-hole total of 10-under 206.

They are one stroke ahead of Lee Westwood, who shot 70 Saturday, while Robert Karlsson (70) and second-round leader Brett Rumford (73) are in fourth at 8-under.

Anthony Kim dominates at match play

Fri, 10/30/2009 - 11:08 by shalini.bahadur

Casares, Spain -- Anthony Kim, whose game has suddenly reappeared after a poor season, won twice Thursday at the Volvo World Match Play Championship.

Kim defeated Retief Goosen by four holes in the morning and then downed Paul Casey by three holes in the afternoon to take command of his group.

After a breakthrough season in 2008, during which he won twice, claimed $4.6 million and was one of the stars of the American Ryder Cup team, Kim went without a victory in 2009.

He began his comeback with a 3-1 record last month at the Presidents Cup and he opened the match play event with a solid showing.

Matteson makes big gain in golf rankings

Tue, 10/27/2009 - 10:30 by shalini.bahadur

Virginia Water, England -- Troy Matteson's weekend playoff victory in the Frys.com Open in Arizona moved him up 122 places in the world golf rankings.

Matteson jumped from 288 to 166 on the list, which was updated Monday.

The top of the rankings remained unchanged, with Tiger Woods No. 1, Phil Mickelson No. 2, Steve Stricker third, Paul Casey fourth and Lee Westwood No. 5.

Padraig Harrington, Henrik Stenson, Kenny Perry, Jim Furyk and Sergio Garcia complete the Top 10.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

Paul Casey leads the BMW golf event

Sat, 05/23/2009 - 11:41 by Salinder Kumar

Virginia Water, England. -- England's Paul Casey shot a 5-under-par 67 Friday and built a two-stroke lead midway through the European Tour's BMW PGA Championship.

Eagles on the par-5 fourth and par-4 13th holes negated three bogeys at the famed Wentworth Golf Club in Virginia Water, England.

"I always used to watch this event as a kid and dreamt of being here and here I am," Casey told the BBC. "It's very cool."

His 36-hole total, 8-under 136, leads countrymen Anthony Wall (71) and David Horsey (71), Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez (70), the defending champion, Scotland's Marc Warren (66) and Denmark's Soren Kjeldsen (69).

Jimenez hopes to become just the third player ever to defend his title with Nick Faldo and Colin Montgomerie.

Casey makes ratings move, Masters next

Mon, 04/06/2009 - 21:16 by Shruti Sharma

Virginia Water, England -- European Tour veteran Paul Casey jumped from 12th to sixth in the latest men's world golf rankings in the wake of his first PGA Tour victory.

Casey, despite a bogey Sunday at No. 18 that caused a playoff, claimed the Shell Houston Open championship. Casey, who had a two-putt bogey on the first playoff hole -- again the 18th -- defeated J.B. Holmes in the playoff. Casey had a 72-hole total of 11-under after an even-par final-round 72 in windy conditions.

The victory shoved Casey from a No. 12 ranking to a career-high sixth in the world just ahead of the first major tournament of the year, the Masters, which begins Thursday in Augusta, Ga.