Sun, 12/06/2009 - 10:36 by shalini.bahadur
Sun City, South Africa -- South Africa's Retief Goosen shot 5-under-par 67 Saturday and built a two-stroke lead through 54 holes at the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City.
The event is not official on the 2009 European Tour schedule.
Goosen's total, 12-under 204, leads reigning Masters champion Angel Cabrera (68) of Argentina and first-round front-runner Robert Allenby (68) of Australia.
A storm interrupted play for an hour.
Goosen wooed a native crowd with a late rally after Allenby played his first 10 holes in 4-under par.
Defending champion Henrik Stenson (70) of Sweden shares fourth with England's Ross Fisher (66) at 8-under 208.
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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.
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Sat, 09/05/2009 - 11:20 by preet_20
Norton, Mass. Sept. 4: Steve Stricker and Jim Furyk shot 8-under 63s Friday to highlight a burst of low scoring and share the lead after one round of the Deutsche Bank Championship.
Tiger Woods, meanwhile, found himself seven shots off the pace.
In the second of the PGA Tour's four playoff tournaments, Stricker put himself in excellent position to take the lead in the race for the FedEx Cup.
Stricker came into the tournament trailing only Woods in the points race and a victory this week would vault Stricker into first place.
Furyk is trying for his first victory since 2007. Never in his career has he gone two straight seasons without a win.
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Fri, 07/24/2009 - 11:26 by surajdogra
Oakville, Ontario July 23: Kevin Na rolled in a 20-foot putt with darkness approaching Thursday to shoot a 9-under 63 and take the lead in the rain-delayed Canadian Open.
Play was suspended for almost eight hours before resuming in the afternoon and 39 players never got to the first tee.
Na, who has not won on the PGA Tour but has had seven top-10 finishes this year, took advantage of the soft conditions to shoot the lowest round of his seven-year career.
Scott Verplank, Retief Goosen and Joe Durant all shot 7-under 65. Jimmy Walker was at 6-under with four holes to play when play was halted by darkness.
Stewart Cink, who defeated 59-year-old Tom Watson to win a playoff at last week's British Open, is not competing in the event.
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Sat, 07/18/2009 - 13:13 by surajdogra
Turnberry, Scotland July 17: Tom Watson holed a 40-foot putt on the final green Friday to share the 36-hole lead with Steve Marino at the British Open.
Tiger Woods, meanwhile, suffered a rare major championship meltdown. He missed the cut in a major event for only the second time in his career.
At age 59, Watson became the oldest player ever to lead a major championship, rebounding from a rough start in the wind and rain to shoot a 70 and complete 36 holes over the Turnberry course in 5-under 135.
Marino, who was born three years before Watson won the fifth of his British Open titles, shot a 68 early in the day before waves of rain swept through the area.
Marino is trying to win his first professional tournament.
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Sun, 07/12/2009 - 01:10 by Salinder Kumar
Glasgow, Scotland. -- Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano shot 7-under-par 64 Saturday to take the lead of the European Tour's Scottish Open in Glasgow after three rounds.
The Spaniard began the round tied for fifth place, five shots back, but moved to the top with a 13-foot birdie putt on the 15th hole while overnight leader Retief Goosen of South Africa made a bogey.
Fernandez-Castano parred his last three holes and with his 14-under 199, 54-hole total leads Goosen (69) and Germany's Martin Kaymer (66) by one shot heading into the final round at the historic Loch Lomond Golf Club.
"It's funny. On the range I couldn't hit a shot," he told reporters.
"Unfortunately my putting was not as good, but after a 64 I am not going to complain."
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Sat, 07/11/2009 - 01:02 by Salinder Kumar
Glasgow, Scotland. -- Retief Goosen shot 8-under-par 63 Friday and grabbed a two-stroke lead through 36 holes at the European Tour's Scottish Open.
His second round included a bogey the par-3 fifth hole, an eagle at the par-5 third and six birdies, the last coming at the par-4 18th hole.
"I do like it here," the South African told reporters after coming within one stroke of the course record at Glasgow's historic Loch Lomond Golf Club. "The golf course is fairly generous off the tee and I'm not one of the straightest hitters."
Australia's Adam Scott (67) is second at 9-under 133.
Germany's Martin Kaymer (65), last week's winner at the Open de France, is
8-under 134 with Australia's Marcus Fraser (66), tied for third.
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Sun, 06/28/2009 - 01:57 by surajdogra
Munich, Germany -- Retief Goosen held the lead for a third straight day Saturday, taking a two-stroke advantage into the final round of the BMW International in Munich, Germany.
The two-time Masters champion shot 5-under-par 67 Saturday, recording six birdies in his first 13 holes of the European Tour event. His 54-hole total,
17-under 199, leads 51-year-old German Bernhard Langer (65).
"It's always nice going into a tournament with the lead," Goosen said.
"Especially the final round, I'm very much looking forward to (Sunday). So far we've been lucky with the weather."
Langer is trying to become the oldest winner in European Tour history in his 16th attempt.
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Fri, 06/26/2009 - 23:56 by surajdogra
Munich, Germany -- South African Retief Goosen holds a one-stroke lead through 36 holes at the European Tour's BMW International golf tournament in Munich.
He led by two after Thursday's opening 18 holes.
In Friday's second round, the two-time U.S. Open winner shot 4-under-par 68 and his 36-hole total, 12-under 132, leads Denmark's Soren Kjeldsen (65), who birdied two of his last four holes.
"The greens, especially the first nine, the greens were excellent to putt on," Goosen said about his round. "I didn't really give myself that many chances (but) I'm happy where I am. I'm sure it will be close to leading on the end of the day and see what happens."
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Fri, 06/26/2009 - 01:55 by Salinder Kumar
Munich, Germany. -- An 8-under-par 64 Thursday gave South Africa's Retief Goosen a two-stroke lead after the first round of the BMW International Open in Munich.
A heavy rainfall nearly delayed the start of the tournament, and when the downpour began, the field played despite puddles in the fairways and water-logged bunkers.
Goosen finished in 16th place at last week's U.S. Open, a tournament he has won twice in his career (2001, 2004).
While playing the back nine first, he closed his round with four birdies, two at the par-5 sixth and ninth holes.
"When you get a round like this going, it's nice to get a break and make it a really good round," he said about his finish.
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