Articles filed under PGA
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Area hopefuls fall short in U.S. Open sectional qualifyingJun 04, 2013 10:00 am - Sectional qualifying for the U.S. Open, aptly dubbed “golf's longest day,” was especially long for the Chicago players hoping to land a berth in the Open proper at Penns...
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Woods has highest 9-hole score of careerJun 01, 2013 7:49 pm - DUBLIN, Ohio — In the swirling, gusting winds at the Memorial Tournament, Tiger Woods had what even he termed a rough day. Woods posted his highest nine-hole score as a ...
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U.S. Open qualifiers ready for next roundMay 30, 2013 5:12 am - St. Louis was the host for the Senior PGA Championship, which concluded Sunday, and it’ll also be the place of choice for the Chicago golfers who survived local qualifyi...
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Japan’s Idoki sneaks up on surprised fieldMay 26, 2013 10:13 am - ST. LOUIS — Who would have expected this? Three of the top stars in American golf were in position to win the 74th PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club on Sunday. ...
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Perry, Cochran share lead at Senior PGA ChampionshipMay 24, 2013 10:13 am - ST. LOUIS — It’s not unusual for the PGA to pair friends in the first two rounds of its tournaments. That’s why Kenny Perry and Russ Cochran played together in the first...
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Garcia apologizes for “fried chicken” remarkMay 21, 2013 10:34 pm - Sergio Garcia apologized for saying he would “serve fried chicken” while making a joke about having Tiger Woods over for dinner. The British newspaper The Guardian repor...
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Barrington’s Hallberg returns to his rootsMay 21, 2013 10:12 am - No Chicago-born and raised golfer has accomplished more than Gary Hallberg, and now he’s coming back. Hallberg was a state high school champion at Barrington, an Ill...
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Golfers await decision on use of long puttersMay 20, 2013 10:13 am - Officials for the Encompass Championship, which brings golf’s Champions Tour back to Chicago for the first time in 12 years next month, held their kickoff event Monday a...
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10 local survivors still chasing U.S. Open dreamMay 14, 2013 10:12 am - Chicago’s two local qualifying tournaments for the U.S. Open are over. Now comes the hard part for the 10 golfers who survived. They were the lucky ones among the 180 wh...
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Garcia goes 1 up on Tiger at Players ChampionshipMay 10, 2013 5:00 pm - PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Sergio Garcia had one of those stretches where it felt like every putt was going to drop. He needed every one of them Friday for a 7-under 65 ...