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Tiger Woods eyes playing three majors in next three months

Golf superstar Tiger Woods still hopes to play one tournament a month for the rest of the year, despite his physical limitations in the wake of a 2021 car crash. 'I have the next three months - three majors - and hopefully that works out
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02 May 2024

Tiger's title dream turns to nightmare after Masters-worst 82

Tiger Woods saw his dream of a record-tying sixth Masters victory collapse in Saturday's third round of the Masters after firing a 10-over par 82 -- his worst-ever score in 99 rounds at Augusta National. A day after setting a record by m
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14 Apr 2024

Rickie Fowler risks Masters curse with victory in Par-3 Contest

Rickie Fowler, competing at the Masters for the first time since 2020, won the Masters Par-3 Contest on Wednesday, making himself the target for the event's Masters curse. No player who has won the Par-3 Contest has captured the gree
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11 Apr 2024

Jaeger holds off top-ranked Scheffler for first PGA Tour title in Houston

Germany's Stephan Jaeger held off world number one Scottie Scheffler down the stretch to win his first US PGA Tour title on Sunday at the Houston Open. Jaeger took the solo lead at 12-under with his fourth birdie of the day at the ninth,
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01 Apr 2024

SA's Burmester shares lead at first LIV Golf event in Hong Kong

LIV Golf made its debut in Hong Kong on Friday with a dragon dance on the first tee and electronic music thumping, but after 18 holes it was Dean Burmester and Abraham Ancer who shut out the noise to top a stacked leaderboard. Leaderboar
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08 Mar 2024

SA golfer Erik van Rooyen in the hunt at rain-delayed PGA event

Austin Eckroat was clinging to a one-shot lead when darkness halted play on Sunday at the PGA Tour's Cognizant Classic, which was headed for a Monday finish after thunderstorms stopped play for three and a half hours. Overnight co-leader
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04 Mar 2024

Comeback kid Cauley grabs lead at Cognizant Classic, SA's Higgo lurks

Bud Cauley, back on the PGA Tour after a three year injury absence, produced two late birdies to grab the outright second-round lead at the Cognizant Classic at PGA National Resort on Friday. The Floridian shot a six-under par round of 6
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02 Mar 2024

SA golfer Erik van Rooyen rides two eagles to PGA Tour Mexico Open lead

South Africa's Erik van Rooyen grabbed two eagles in an eight-under-par 63 on Thursday to take a one-stroke first-round lead in the PGA Tour's Mexico Open. Van Rooyen, who added five birdies with just one bogey, gave himself a seven-foot
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23 Feb 2024

Tiger Woods inconsistent in PGA Tour return at Riviera

Tiger Woods got off to an erratic start in his first PGA Tour event in more than 10 months, firing a one-over par 72 that left him eight shots behind first-round leader Patrick Cantlay at the Genesis Invitational. Woods, playing his firs
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16 Feb 2024