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Woods, Back at Pebble Beach, Has the Experience of Winning
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/sports/golf/woods-back-at-pebble-beach-has-the-experience-of-winning.html?partner=rss&emc=rsshttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/sports/golf/woods-back-at-pebble-beach-has-the-experience-of-winning.htmlTiger Woods at a news conference for the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, in which he is playing for the first time since 2002.Eric Risberg/Associated PressBefore Tiger Woods became the Mariano Rivera of golf, he struggled to close out a victory on the PGA Tour the way Kyle Stanley and Spencer Levin have in recent weeks.
Before Tiger Woods became the Mariano Rivera of golf, he struggled to close out a victory on the PGA Tour the way Kyle Stanley and Spencer Levin have in recent weeks.
Stanley shot a bogey-free 65, coming from eights shots behind to earn his first PGA Tour title, one stroke ahead of Ben Crane and two ahead of the third-round leader, Spencer Levin.
Spencer Levin holed out from a greenside bunker for eagle on the par-4 17th and shot an eight-under 63 to take a three-stroke lead in the suspended second round of the Phoenix Open.
Bill Murray stumbled into the back of a crowded conference room Tuesday just as Tiger Woods was wrapping up his press conference at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. The "Caddyshack" star looked more confused than usual.
Gary Player spent much of his career in the shadow of record 18-times major winner Jack Nicklaus and the South African believes young Briton Rory McIlroy has as much natural talent as any golfer he has seen.
Denmark's Thorbjorn Olesen, one of the hottest young prospects on the European Tour, believes the achievements of world number two Rory McIlroy can inspire him to a breakthrough first victory.
Lee Westwood was forced to apologise after his mum caught him swearing on live television at last week's Qatar Masters, the world number three said on Tuesday.
A dry board in the office of LPGA Tour Commissioner Mike Whan is filled with black-and-blue, an appropriate color scheme for a tour that had been taking its lumps over the last couple of years.
In a stunning reversal of fortune, Kyle Stanley bounced back from his own nightmare a week ago to win the Phoenix Open in Scottsdale, Arizona by one shot Sunday as Spencer Levin suffered an agonizing meltdown.
Kyle Stanley rebounded from a devastating loss to win the Phoenix Open, overcoming an eight-stroke deficit Sunday in a comeback as unlikely as his collapse last week at Torrey Pines.
American Kyle Stanley took advantage of a final-round collapse by overnight leader Spencer Levin to win his first PGA Tour title by one shot at the Phoenix Open in Scottsdale, Arizona Sunday.
Describing himself as a traditionalist, Tiger Woods said he was opposed to putters that can be anchored against the body, which have become more popular on the PGA Tour in recent years.
Steve Williams’s comment about his former boss Tiger Woods was shrugged off by his current boss, Adam Scott, and went undisciplined by the PGA and European Tours.
Former British Open champion Paul Lawrie chipped in for an eagle and a birdie on his way to winning the wind-shortened Qatar Open on Sunday, shooting a 7-under 65 to hold off Jason Day and Peter Hanson.
Little-known American Spencer Levin held his nerve over the tricky closing stretch to move six shots clear after Saturday's third round of the frost-delayed Phoenix Open in Scottsdale, Arizona.
