Results for May 2008
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Let's Be Clear: Wright Won Four Straight Majors
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. -- In all the talk about the wealth of talent on the LPGA right now there may be no player who gets short-changed more than Mickey Wright. Her 82 victories are second only to the 88 by Kathy Whitworth and her 13 major championships rank second only to the 15 by Patty Berg. What makes it all...
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Ochoa's Uncle Dies; No. 1 to Return Next Week
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. -- Lorena Ochoa, who withdrew from the Ginn Tribute at RiverTowne CC Tuesday when she learned her uncle was serious ill, said Thursday on her Website that Pedro Ochoa, brother of her father, Javier, had died at age 73 in Guadalajara, Mexico. No cause of death was given, although the Website said Pedro Ochoa had been sick...
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Jay Leno U.S. Open Gala Canceled
Apparently, there will be no comic relief during the U.S. Open in San Diego. A dinner show starring comedian Jay Leno, scheduled for the eve of the final round, on the dock adjacent to the retired aircraft carrier USS Midway in San Diego Harbor, was canceled. Proceeds from the show were to have gone to the San Diego Junior Golf...
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Ochoa Withdraws From Ginn Tribute
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. -- Lorena Ochoa, the No. 1 player in the Rolex Rankings, withdrew from the Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika on Wednesday, citing her uncle's ill health. Ochoa, who has won six of her nine starts this year, practiced at RiverTowne CC Tuesday, then informed tournament officials she was returning to Mexico. "I am very sorry to have...
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Nicklaus: It's A Different Era
DUBLIN, Ohio -- In a sign of how things have changed on the PGA Tour, most players have little or no contact with tournament directors or hosts until they show up at the course. And few thank their hosts after an event. "It's a different age and day," Jack Nicklaus said Tuesday at the Memorial Tournament, where he serves as...
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Els Back In (or Never Out) at Memorial
The unsettled nature of Ernie Els' schedule continued this week as he reported Monday on ErnieEls.com that he'd be taking this week off and not playing the Memorial as he had planned. Tuesday, that changed. "He is coming, absolutely," Memorial tournament director Dan Sullivan told Golf World Tuesday morning. "He left London in a plane and is heading this way....
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Els, Singh to join Woods on sidelines at Memorial
The unsettled nature of Ernie Els' schedule continued this week as he reported on his web site that he will take a week off before playing the Stanford St. Jude Championship and will not play this week's Memorial as he had planned. This news comes just one day after Els' agent, Andrew (Chubby) Chandler told Golf World that he was...
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Did They Balk at the Walk?
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The number of players who passed on the opportunity to play the Senior PGA Championship at Oak Hill CC begs the question: Why? "Guys have to walk for four days?" Scott Simpson said, positing the most interesting theory. Thirty-seven players from the alternate list eventually made the field at Oak Hill. The Champions Tour allows players the...
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It's Official: Woods To Skip Memorial
Tiger Woods has decided not to play in next week's Memorial Tournament, hosted by Jack Nicklaus. He had until 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday to enter, but his office notified the PGA Tour that he would not be participating. A three-time winner of the event, the top-ranked Woods has not competed since a second-place finish at the Masters Tournament...
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Oak Hill: Is There a Mercy Rule?
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The number of players who took a pass on the Senior PGA Championship is staggering, though the missing may have saved themselves a heap of aggravation. Those who chose to play were largely staggering, too. Score this one a knockout for Oak Hill CC. Thirty-seven alternates made the field for a variety of reasons, not all of...
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