Worth Waiting For

Henrik Stenson's first major championship victory, which arrived after a titanic head-to-head battle with Phil Mickelson, will forever be remembered as one of the finest in Open history

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Last Man Standing
Haas had one foot in the water and the other on dry land, his almost comical stance capturing his position perfectly as the Tour Championship reached a gripping conclusion on a muggy Sunday evening...
Setting the Stage
Early Years and Later Expansion The Southeast Asian Team Golf Championship (The Putra Cup) was inaugurated in 1961 by the late Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-haj, the then Prime Minister of Malaysia,...
USPGA - Rallying Rookie
A comeback that ranks among the best. A collapse that few saw coming. There was even a player in a red shirt, pumping his fists with each clutch putt in the final, frenzied hour of the USPGA...
Mickelson's Major?
Having started the year well, with 2011 previews fingering the overall prospects for Luke Donald, Rory McIlroy and Steve Stricker, the subsequent picks for the Masters, US Open and Open Championship...
A to Z US PGA Championship
A is for ATLANTA ATHLETIC CLUB, the venue for this year's championship and the home club of the legendary Bobby Jones. The event will take place over the club's Highland Course, a lengthy track...
Irish Eyes Are Smiling – Again
Though not too much of what was written in the days prior to the 140th Open came to pass, Chubby Chandler, Darren Clarke’s manager of 20 years, did succeed in naming the winner. It was only by...
The First Rory
The golfing landscape has changed. One moment Tiger Woods was winning everything on what seemed like an easy stroll to passing Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 major championship victories. The next,...
Making an Impression - Ballantine's Championship
Lee Westwood lived up to his billing as world number one with a stunning final round to take the Ballantine’s Championship in South Korea in early May. The Englishman, who climbed to the top...
Champagne Charl - Masters 2011
Precisely 50 years to the day after Gary Player became the first South African player to win the Masters, Player's countryman Charl Schwartzel made his own history by birdying the final four holes at...
Allez Jean!
It has taken five years but for Jean Van de Velde the wait is over. He is a winner again. The 44-year-old tore apart the field at the Ageas Hong Kong PGA Championship late March, winning by eight...

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