Golf-Mahan baby present on way after Snedeker's Canadian win

Golf-Mahan baby present on way after Snedeker's Canadian win

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July 28, 2013


By Steve Keating

OAKVILLE, Ontario, July 28 (Reuters) - Brandt Snedeker will use some of the $1 million purse from his Canadian Open win on Sunday to buy Hunter Mahan's new baby daughter Zoe a gift after his rival surrendered a shot at a big payday to return home for her birth.

"Zoe will be getting a very nice baby gift from me," saidSnedeker after his three-shot victory at Glen Abbey Golf Club. "I can't thank Kandi (Mahan) enough for going into labor early, otherwise I don't know if I'd be sitting here if she hadn't.

"But that is a way more important thing than a golf tournament. I missed a golf tournament when my first was born and it was the best decision I ever made."

Snedeker, in fact, might well have thought it was his birthday with all the gifts he received at the Canadian Open.

After Mahan walked away from a two-shot lead on Saturday and cleared the way for Snedeker to take over top spot, Dustin Johnson, tied for the lead, triple-bogeyed the 17th on Sunday to gift the FedExCup champion a three-shot victory.

"I've been through this before when Kyle Stanley made a big number on the last hole and some people say he gave me the tournament," said Snedeker. "This is kind of right there with that.

"When Hunter was playing so great, he would have been tough to catch over the last two days but he's not here so there is no point in going down that road."


With his victory, the 32-year-old American joins Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Matt Kuchar as the only players with multiple wins season. Since 2011, only Woods, with seven titles, has had more wins than Snedeker with five.

One of the game's best putters, Snedeker started the season as the PGA Tour's hottest player with a win, two runner-up finishes and a third place from five starts to race to the top of the FedExCup standings.

But following his victory at Pebble Beach in February, Snedeker put himself on the sidelines to rest his sore rib cage to be ready for the year's first major.

He missed five weeks and ever since has been working at returning to his dazzling early season form.

"It feels like two completely different years for me," said Snedeker. "First part of the year, I couldn't do anything wrong. I was playing fantastic, and I got injured.

"I feel like I've been fighting to get myself back to the way I was at the beginning of the year.

"I'm not saying I'm there but I'm close to the way I was playing in the beginning of the year.

"It feels great to get a win. To validate all the hard work I've put in over the past three months where I haven't played my best and know that I'm working on the right stuff and able to hold up under some pretty serious pressure this afternoon." (Editing by Peter Rutherford)

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Tickets nearly sold out for 2013 PGA Championship

Tickets nearly sold out for 2013 PGA Championship

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Rochester, NY (August 1, 2013) -- The PGA of Americaadvised today that tickets for the 95th PGA Championship are nearing a sell out. Tickets are selling fast and PGA officials say if you want to attend the Season's Final Major, the time to get your tickets is now. "A Major Championship at Oak Hill Country Club is a must-see event. The limited amount of remaining inventory is moving fast, if folks are interested, now's the time to purchase." said Ryan Cannon, championship director, 95th PGA Championship. The 95th PGA Championship is a world-class community event for the entire family. Juniors 17 years of age and younger will receive complimentary grounds access into the Championship with an accompanying ticketed adult. Each ticketed adult will be permitted four junior admissions daily at no additional charge.

This year will mark the third time the PGA Championship will be contested in the Rochester, N.Y. community, preceded by the 1980 and 2003 PGA Championships at Oak Hill Country Club. Perennially the strongest field in golf, 156 of the best players in the world will challenge the legendary East Course at Oak Hill and compete for the coveted Wanamaker Trophy.

Tickets may be purchased by clicking here or by calling 1-800-PGA-GOLF (742-4653).

95th PGA Championship Remaining Ticket Options and Pricing

Daily Grounds Tickets: A Daily Grounds ticket provides access to the grounds for the specific day requested and includes free parking and shuttle. Monday & Tuesday -- $25*; Wednesday -- $35*; Thursday -- $75*;


Season Grounds Tickets: The Season Grounds ticket package provides access to the grounds for all seven days of the Championship. Each Season Grounds ticket package comes in the form of seven individual daily tickets and includes free parking and shuttle. 7-Day Ticket Package -- $285*

Wanamaker Club Tickets: The Wanamaker Club ticket package provides access to the grounds and Wanamaker Club all seven days of the Championship. The Wanamaker Club is a pavilion located in close proximity to the Championship course. Experience a sports bar atmosphere with amenities including air conditioning, HD televisions, an outdoor patio, restrooms, and upscale food and beverage options available for purchase. Each Wanamaker Club ticket comes in the form of seven individual daily tickets and includes free parking and shuttle. 7-Day Ticket Package -- $475*

President's Club Tickets: Available Thursday -- Sunday of Championship week, the President's Club daily ticket provides access to the grounds and President's Club for the day purchased. The President's Club is located inside the historic Oak Hill Country Club clubhouse. Complimentary food, beverage, and open bar are included. For every two Presidents Club tickets purchased, one complimentary Premium Parking pass is provided. Thursday (avail), Friday (avail), Saturday (avail) -- $900/day*

*plus applicable taxes, shipping, and handling

About the PGA Championship The 95th PGA Championship will be conducted Aug. 5-11, 2013, at Oak Hill Country Club. The PGA Championship features the strongest field in golf and is considered one of the largest sporting events in the world. Since 1916, golf's best professionals have been competing for the PGA Championship's coveted Wanamaker Trophy; including past champions Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh, Davis Love III, Shaun Micheel, Jack Nicklaus, Sam Snead, Gene Sarazen, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and Walter Hagen.

About the PGA of America Since its founding in 1916, The PGA of America has maintained a twofold mission: to establish and elevate the standards of the profession and to grow interest and participation in the game of golf. By establishing and elevating the standards of the golf profession through world-class education, career services, marketing and research programs, The PGA enables its professionals to maximize their performance in their respective career paths and showcases them as experts in the game and in the multi-billion dollar golf industry. By creating and delivering world-class championships and innovative programs, The PGA of America elevates the public's interest in the game, the desire to play more golf, and ensures accessibility to the game for everyone, everywhere. As The PGA nears its centennial, the PGA brand represents the very best in golf.

About Oak Hill Country Club Oak Hill Country Club (Rochester, N.Y.), recognized as one of the finest golf courses in America, has been synonymous with championship golf. In the past three decades alone, Oak Hills' renowned East Course has hosted the 1980 and 2003 PGA Championships, the 1984 U.S. Senior Open, the 1989 U.S. Open, the 1995 Ryder Cup, the 1998 U.S. Amateur, and the 2008 Senior PGA Championship. Since the 1956 U.S. Open, Oak Hill is the only golf club in America to host all six of the men's touring Championships. The 2013 PGA Championship will mark Oak Hill's 11th premier golf championship.




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Golf-Park's run ends as Lewis wins at St Andrews

Golf-Park's run ends as Lewis wins at St Andrews

August 4, 2013








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Aug 4 (Reuters) - Park Inbee's run of consecutive major victories ended after Stacy Lewis of the United States came from behind to win the women's British Open by two shots at St Andrews on Sunday.

Park, aiming to become the first golfer of either gender to win four majors in a calendar year, was never in contention in Scotland, a final round six-over par 78 consigning the world number one to six-over for the tournament and share of 42nd place.

World number two Lewis was one of a number of players forced to play their third round on Sunday morning after high winds caused the suspension of play on Saturday.

She was one shot behind leader Morgan Pressel heading into the final round, but at one stage found herself three shots behind 36-hole leader Choi Na-yeon.


Lewis birdied the final two holes to finish the round on par and with an eight-under par total of 280 for the tournament, while Choi produced three bogeys in the final six holes as she recorded a one-over 73.

"It all happened so fast there at the end, you're fighting for every shot and then all of a sudden you make a couple of birdies and it's over with," Lewis said in the televised victory presentation.

Lewis, whose other major victory came at the Kraft Nabisco Championship in 2011, had to wait while Choi finished her final holes.

"Those last few holes are playing so hard and with the pressure, but obviously I did it so it was doable, so I tried to stay in the moment and be ready for a playoff if it happened," she said.

South Korea's Choi tied for second at six-under with compatriot Park Hee-young.

(Reporting by Martyn Herman and Josh Reich in London; Editing by Clare Fallon and Brian Homewood)




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Lewis claims Women's British Open title

Lewis claims Women's British Open title
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Stacy Lewis ended a streak of 10 major championships by Asian players with a victory on Sunday in the British Women's Open on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland.

Lewis finished with two birdies and shot a par 72 in the final round for the second major title of her career. She overcame a late collapse by Na Yeon Choi, who had a three-stroke lead with six holes to play.

Choi, who bogeyed No. 17 to end her hopes, ended up tied for second with Hee Young Park, two shots behind behind Lewis, who finished at 8-under-par 280.

Lewis' up-and-down round included five birdies and five bogeys.

"I felt so comfortable on this golf course all week," Lewis told ESPN after the round. "I just hung in there, hung in there today, and to finish the way I did was just awesome.

"I love this place; I love the history that surrounds it, and I know I wanted to win here so bad. I putted so well this week and just ... had a bunch of putts not go in. And I just hung in there and I was very patient -- and I think that was the difference here this week."

Lewis' victory also ended a bid by Inbee Park for a fourth consecutive victory in a women's major.

Park's hopes were dashed early. She trailed by nine strokes entering the final round and then double-bogeyed the opening hole, closing with a 74-78 to finish at 6-over 294.

"I've done something amazing this season," Park said. "I won three straight majors. I don't know if I can do that again."

Suzann Pettersen and American Morgan Pressel shared fourth at 5-under 283 after closing with a 74 and 76, respectively. American Lizette Salas was sixth at 3-under 285 after a closing 73.

Pressel, who holed an 18-foot birdie putt to take a one-shot lead over Lewis into the fourth round, was hurt by a double bogey on No. 12 and an bogey on No. 17.

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Golf-Scott aims to 'bookend' golden season at the majors

Golf-Scott aims to 'bookend' golden season at the majors

August 6, 2013








By Mark Lamport-Stokes

ROCHESTER, New York, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Adam Scottheads into this week's PGA Championship with bitter-sweet memories of his British Open finish last month and a clear-cut aim to "bookend" what has already been a golden season for him in the majors.

The Australian made a long-awaited breakthrough in golf's elite championships with a playoff win at the Masters in April, and was in good position to clinch the British Open at Muirfield before letting slip a one-shot lead with seven holes to play.

Scott's bid for the coveted Claret Jug unravelled as he recorded four consecutive bogeys from the 13th, a collapse he said was even harder to swallow than his late meltdown in the 2012 British Open at Royal Lytham.

"I was probably more disappointed at the Open this year than last," the world number five told reporters at Oak Hill Country Club on Tuesday while preparing for Thursday's opening round at the season's final major.

"I worked really hard to get myself in a position with nine holes to go because I got off to a slow start on Sunday. I felt that I had a bit of momentum going my way.

"And in the space of about 45 minutes, to go from leading to not even having a chance on the 16th tee was more disappointing, probably more so than at Lytham."

Scott squandered a four-shot lead with four holes to play in last year's British Open at Lytham, handing the title to South African veteran Ernie Els.

The Australian ended in a tie for third in this year's championship at Muirfield, four strokes behind winner Phil Mickelson, but overall Scott concedes he has performed well at the majors this season.

"It's been a good year," he smiled. "It was really pleasing to play well again at the (British) Open ... so I feel like I'm in some kind of form coming into the PGA this week.


"I'd really love to get myself in there with a chance to kind of bookend the Masters with a PGA Championship for this year."

SOARING EXPECTATIONS

Scott was especially pleased he was able to contend at the British Open after expectations had soared in his homeland following his playoff victory over Argentina's Angel Cabrera at the Masters.

"I thought I was playing good before I won the Masters and really over the last couple of years I built a mind-set that I was good enough to be a major champion and it didn't really matter that I wasn't," he said.

"Winning (the Masters) obviously was extremely satisfying and confirmed that I can do it. And I've backed it up with some decent play and a good performance in the Open, which is important, because you don't want to win the Masters and expectations go through the roof and you play poorly.

"You've got to keep pushing and I've been really conscious to do that this year so I can get myself here this week feeling like I have as good a chance to win as anyone and can keep the momentum that I've built the last couple ofyears going."

Scott likes the look of Oak Hill's lush East Course, which last staged the PGA Championship in 2003 when he tied for 23rd.

"It's presented immaculately," he said. "There's nothing fancy or tricky about it. It's just a good, genuine, fair test. The good shots will be rewarded and the bad shots will be fairly punished, depending on how bad you hit it.

"But the rough is long and that's the challenge here ... to keep it in the short stuff to give yourself a chance to score. There are some severe greens out there where it's important to keep the ball under the hole, on or off the green."

Scott will tee off in Thursday's opening round in the company of this season's other major winners - Englishman Justin Rose (U.S. Open) and American Mickelson. (Editing by Tony Jimenez)




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Scott aims to 'bookend' golden season at the majors

Scott aims to 'bookend' golden season at the majors

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By Mark Lamport-Stokes

ROCHESTER, New York (Reuters) - Adam Scott heads into this week's PGA Championship with bitter-sweet memories of his British Open finish last month and a clear-cut aim to "bookend" what has already been a golden season for him in the majors.

The Australian made a long-awaited breakthrough in golf's elite championships with a playoff win at the Masters in April, and was in good position to clinch the British Open at Muirfield before letting slip a one-shot lead with seven holes to play.

Scott's bid for the coveted Claret Jug unraveled as he recorded four consecutive bogeys from the 13th, a collapse he said was even harder to swallow than his late meltdown in the 2012 British Open at Royal Lytham.

"I was probably more disappointed at the Open this year than last," the world number five told reporters at Oak Hill Country Club on Tuesday while preparing for Thursday's opening round at the season's final major.

"I worked really hard to get myself in a position with nine holes to go because I got off to a slow start on Sunday. I felt that I had a bit of momentum going my way.

"And in the space of about 45 minutes, to go from leading to not even having a chance on the 16th tee was more disappointing, probably more so than at Lytham."

Scott squandered a four-shot lead with four holes to play in last year's British Open at Lytham, handing the title to South African veteran Ernie Els.

The Australian ended in a tie for third in this year's championship at Muirfield, four strokes behind winner Phil Mickelson, but overall Scott concedes he has performed well at the majors this season.

"It's been a good year," he smiled. "It was really pleasing to play well again at the (British) Open ... so I feel like I'm in some kind of form coming into the PGA this week.


"I'd really love to get myself in there with a chance to kind of bookend the Masters with a PGA Championship for this year."

SOARING EXPECTATIONS

Scott was especially pleased he was able to contend at the British Open after expectations had soared in his homeland following his playoff victory over Argentina's Angel Cabrera at the Masters.

"I thought I was playing good before I won the Masters and really over the last couple of years I built a mind-set that I was good enough to be a major champion and it didn't really matter that I wasn't," he said.

"Winning (the Masters) obviously was extremely satisfying and confirmed that I can do it. And I've backed it up with some decent play and a good performance in the Open, which is important, because you don't want to win the Masters and expectations go through the roof and you play poorly.

"You've got to keep pushing and I've been really conscious to do that this year so I can get myself here this week feeling like I have as good a chance to win as anyone and can keep the momentum that I've built the last couple of years going."

Scott likes the look of Oak Hill's lush East Course, which last staged the PGA Championship in 2003 when he tied for 23rd.

"It's presented immaculately," he said. "There's nothing fancy or tricky about it. It's just a good, genuine, fair test. The good shots will be rewarded and the bad shots will be fairly punished, depending on how bad you hit it.

"But the rough is long and that's the challenge here ... to keep it in the short stuff to give yourself a chance to score. There are some severe greens out there where it's important to keep the ball under the hole, on or off the green."

Scott will tee off in Thursday's opening round in the company of this season's other major winners - Englishman Justin Rose (U.S. Open) and American Mickelson.

(Editing by Tony Jimenez)

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PGA.com's Marquee Groups feature Tiger, Phil

PGA.com's Marquee Groups feature Tiger, Phil

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PGA.com has you covered so that you don't have to miss a second of the action from the 95th PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y.

Beginning Thursday, August 8, PGA.com will provide several viewing options.

During the first two rounds on Thursday and Friday (8:30 AM-7 PM ET), you can enjoy our special, live video coverage of the day's marquee groups. On Thursday, the morning marquee group will feature Tiger Woods, Keegan Bradley and Davis Love III when the trio tees off at 8:35 AM ET.

On Thursday afternoon, you can follow along beginning at 1:45 PM ET, when our marquee group consists of Masters winner Adam Scott, U.S. Open champion Justin Rose and Phil Mickelson, who triumphed for the first time in the Open Championship just a few weeks ago at Muirfield.

On Friday, the Marquee groups will be flipped, with Mickelson, Rose and Scott in the morning, and Woods, Bradley and Love in the afternoon.

PGA.com will also offer marquee group coverage (players TBD) from 11 AM-7 AM ET on Saturday and Sunday.

In addition to the coverage of our marquee groups, PGA Championship Live will also enable viewers to follow coverage of Oak Hill's par-3 holes -- Nos. 3, 6, 11 and 15. Par-3 coverage will run from 8:30 AM-7 PM ET on Thursday and Friday and 11 AM-7 PM ET Saturday and Sunday.

Finally, on Saturday and Sunday, you can watch live coverage of the PGA Championship on PGA.com thanks to a CBS simulcast of the live television broadcast from 2-7 PM ET.

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