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Is this any way to grow the game?

Late in the first round of the WGC-HSBC Champions, Renton Laidlaw of the Golf Channel noted that rounds were approaching the five-hour mark. Five-hour rounds with a 78-player field? Much has been made about China...

By John Strege

Published Nov. 06, 2009

Keywords WGC-HSBC Champions

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Have game, won't travel

The World Golf Championships is venturing outside the United States for the first time in more than three years next week, with not altogether unpredictable results. Though Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson have committed to...

By John Strege

Published Oct. 29, 2009

Keywords WGC-HSBC Champions

2003 WGC-Match Play

Tiger Woods captures the WGC-Match Play Championship

Published Feb. 14, 2009

Keywords 2003 WGC-Match Play

2004 WGC-Match Play

Tiger stakes his claim as golf's best match player

Published Feb. 14, 2009

Keywords 2004 WGC-Match Play

2008 WGC-Match Play

Tiger dominates in Match Play Win

Published Feb. 12, 2009

Keywords 2008 WGC-Match Play

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The Middle of Nowhere

TUCSON, Ariz. -- I don't want to say the Gallery at Dove Mountain is in the middle of nowhere but if you wander very far off the sixth fairway it looks like the location for...

Published Feb. 19, 2008

Keywords WGC Accenture Match Play

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Finchem: 'Happiest person today might be Tiger'

AKRON, Ohio -- An anemic economy proved no obstacle to the PGA Tour's relationship with Bridgestone, which was extended by four years, the two entities announced on Sunday. Bridgestone will continue as the title sponsor...

By John Strege

Published Aug. 09, 2009

Keywords Tim Finchem | WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

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It was so bad it was good

AKRON, Ohio -- Here's how England's Oliver Wilson described his play following the second round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Friday: -- "It was horrific all day. It was probably the wildest I have ever hit...

By John Strege

Published Aug. 07, 2009

Keywords Oliver Wilson | WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

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The intercostal obstacle for Casey

Paul Casey is now the No. 3-ranked player in the world and in search of a major championship to validate his standing in the golf world, but he's encountered a roadblock that might postpone his...

By John Strege

Published Aug. 06, 2009

Keywords Paul Casey | WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

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Marksaeng delivers a familiar story

AKRON, Ohio -- History suggests that Prayad Marksaeng won't be in the lead or close to it late Sunday afternoon, but at least he has done himself a service by again going low in the...

By John Strege

Published Aug. 06, 2009

Keywords Prayad Marksaeng | WGC-Bridgestone Invitational | WGC-CA Championship

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The most imposing shadow in sports

AKRON, Ohio -- Padraig Harrington did not learn that Tiger Woods had moved into second place behind him in the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational until he had completed his round Saturday. His reaction? "OK, he's in second...

By John Strege

Published Aug. 08, 2009

Keywords Padraig Harrington | Tiger Woods | WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

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Tiger is three back and they'll never catch him

AKRON, Ohio -- It has often seemed over the years that when Tiger Woods methodically closes in on the lead, there is an air of inevitability, that at some point on Sunday afternoon he'll have...

By John Strege

Published Aug. 08, 2009

Keywords Padraig Harrington | Tiger Woods | WGC-Bridgestone Invitational