| Love III hoping to stay hot in Texas Open | Monday 10/6, 9:55 PM CT |
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Fresh off his best showing of the season at the Turning Stone Resort Championship, where he tied for third, Davis Love III heads to the Valero Texas Open with renewed confidence, according to the PGA.
Our View: The former PGA champion has never won in Texas, but, of course, he hasn't played much in the Lone Star State either. He's making his first trip to San Antonio since 1989 when the event was played at Oak Hill Country Club. Love tied for ninth, winning $15,000 -- or slightly more than players who tied for 44th in '07. |
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| Beckman, Walker looking to rise in Texas Open | Monday 10/6, 9:53 PM CT |
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Two players with San Antonio ties - Cameron Beckman and Jimmy Walker - need big weeks at the home track in San Antonio at this week's Valero Texas Open, according to the PGA.
Our View: Both men are outside the top 125 on the PGA TOUR money list. Beckman has earned $278,211 after missing the cut at Turning Stone Resort Championship and ranks 173rd in earnings. Walker, who tied for 73rd at Turning Stone, is 219th with $185,219. |
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| Leonard looking to keep surge going at Texas Open | Monday 10/6, 9:51 PM CT |
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When Justin Leonard tees it up this week at the Valero Texas Open, the Dallas native won't mind looking back on results since he implemented wide-sweeping changes to his support staff, according to the PGA. After missing his sixth cut in as many starts at the PODS Championship to begin the 2007 season, Leonard parted ways with Butch Harmon and went back to his old instructor, Randy Smith. He started working with psychologist Richard Coop. At his next start, he brought on Brian Smith as his new caddie. And he tried not to think about anything but playing good golf. Since then, he's won twice, risen to 23rd in the world and was a key player for the U.S. team in its stirring Ryder Cup victory over Europe last month at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky.
Our View: The third oldest event on the PGA TOUR, the Valero Texas Open is moving into the FedExCup Season next year, likely in a May date that would bring it into a scheduling cluster with the HP Byron Nelson Championship and the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial as part of a vaunted Texas Swing. It is replacing the AT&T Classic in Atlanta, which is being dropped from the schedule. The Valero Texas Open was contractually promised the first open slot in the event that an opening occurred. That is good news for Leonard as he ponders his chances at next year's FedEx Cup playoff. |
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| Ballesteros hospitalized | Monday 10/6, 9:43 PM CT |
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Five-time major winner Severiano Ballesteros was admitted to a hospital in Madrid after fainting on Monday, according to Reuters. The 51-year-old Spaniard was in a stable condition and undergoing tests after suffering dizziness and briefly losing consciousness, La Paz hospital said in a news release. The golfer's family asked for no more information to be made available.
Our View: The charismatic Ballesteros is one of the greats of European golf, having claimed 87 titles worldwide. He won the British Open in 1979, 1984 and 1988 and the U.S. Masters in 1980 and 1983. Ballesteros also played an inspirational role in the Ryder Cup, winning 20 points from 37 matches. He also captained Europe to victory at the Spanish course of Valderrama in 1997. He was plagued by arthritic back and knee problems in the later stages of his career and was forced to retire in 2007. |
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| Rookie Johnson takes Turning Stone Championship | Sunday 10/5, 10:54 PM CT |
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When the final round of the Turning Stone Resort Championship began, six players near the top of the leaderboard had a chance at that elusive first PGA Tour victory. Rookie Dustin Johnson was the last man standing, according to the Associated Press. The long-hitting Johnson birdied the final two holes Sunday, sinking an 8-foot putt on the final hole to beat Australian Robert Allenby by one shot. "I started off the year really well and then I don't really know what happened," said the 24-year-old Johnson, who had two top-10s in his first four starts and then missed nine cuts and withdrew from two other events. "Me and my coach sat down about a month ago and set some goals. I practiced hard and tried to get my game back."
Our View: Johnson (69) finished at 9-under 279 and pocketed $1.08 million of the $6 million purse, the richest of the Fall Series. That catapulted him from 128th to 41st on the PGA money list. The top 125 at the end of the year retain full exemption for 2009. |
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| Bae overcomes Poulter, Kim for Korean Open | Sunday 10/5, 10:50 PM CT |
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South Korean Sang-moon Bae shot a 2-under 69 Sunday to win the Korean Open, this week's stop on the Asian Tour, finishing a stroke ahead of Ian Poulter, according to the Associated Press. Poulter (70) bogeyed the 16th and 18th holes to blow his lead. American Anthony Kim (71) tied for third with South Korean Kim Wi-joong (72).
Our View: The 22-year-old Bae totaled 11-under 273 at the Woo Jeong Country Club and won $240,000 to climb to fifth on the Asian Tour's Order of Merit. It's his second victory on the tour. |
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| Karlsson takes Dunhill Championship | Sunday 10/5, 10:47 PM CT |
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Robert Karlsson of Sweden won the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, this week's stop on the European Tour, with a birdie on the first hole of a three-man playoff on Sunday, according to the Associated Press. Karlsson and Ross Fisher had 7-under 65s and overnight leader Martin Kaymer shot a 68 to tie the others at 10-under 278.
Our View: In the playoff, Fisher drove into the Swilcan Burn, the stream that fronts the first hole on The Old Course, and made a bogey. Kaymer then missed a 10-foot birdie putt before Karlsson made a three-footer for the victory. The Swede earned $800,000 for his second win of the year and passed Padraig Harrington for the lead in the Order of Merit. Karlsson won the Mercedes-Benz Championship in Germany the week before last month's Ryder Cup, and finished second twice and third three times earlier this season. |
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| Overton maintains lead at Turning Stone Resort Championship | Friday 10/3, 7:06 PM CT |
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Despite horrendous conditions and numerous delays due to weather, Jeff Overton holds the clubhouse lead at the Turning Stone Resort Championship with a 3-under 69 on Friday at this week's Turning Stone Resort Championship, according to the PGA. At 8-under 136, he holds a one-stroke advantage over Tag Ridings (68) and a two-stroke cushion over Jason Day (69). Overton finished 12th at the 2007 Turning Stone Resort Championship.
Our View: Overton hit all 18 greens in regulation, a statistical category in which he ranks a distant 145th among TOUR players. Should his lead hold up, it will represent the third 36-hole lead of Jeff Overton's career. He shared the lead after two rounds with Tom Pernice Jr. earlier this season at the AT&T National, on his way to a tie for ninth. Overton also held the second-round lead at the 2007 Wyndham Championship, eventually finishing with a career-best runner-up finish. Heavy rains and hail forced a 16-minute suspension of second-round play beginning at 11:22 a.m. Friday. Another sleet storm forced a 71-minute delay beginning at 12:14 p.m. Darkness forced the third and final suspension of play at 6:37 p.m., with 23 players yet to complete their round. The second round will resume at 8:45 a.m. on Saturday, with third-round tee times running from approximately 10:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. with threesomes off of split tees. |
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| Day strikes hole-in-one to surge at Turning Stone | Friday 10/3, 7:02 PM CT |
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Jason Day, at 6-under 138, is one of three PGA TOUR rookies currently inside the top 10 on the leaderboard at this week's PGA Tour stop at the Turning Stone Resort Championship, according to the PGA.
Our View: Day had a hole-in-one on the par-3 sixth hole with a 6-iron from 179 yards. It was the third career ace for Day, but his first on the PGA TOUR. It is the 25th hole-in-one of the season on TOUR. Day also had an eagle on Thursday, holing out from 118 yards on the par-4 14th hole. Then two holes later, he nearly aced the par-3 16th hole, with his tee shot coming to rest 14 inches from the hole. |
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| Flesch sits on the cut number at Turning Stone | Friday 10/3, 6:55 PM CT |
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Defending champion Steve Flesch posted a 1-over 73 on Friday and at 3-over 147 appears safe to play on the weekend at this week's Turning Stone Resort Championship, according to the PGA.
Our View: Flesch is one of few that completed his second round due to numerous delays caused by weather. The rest of the field will join him by completing their rounds on Saturday morning. |
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