Archive for the ‘Black Belt Golf’ Category

The PGA Tour Playoffs roll on to the Deutsche Bank Championship TPC Boston this week. The top 100 players on the FedEx Cup points list are in the field, and only 70 will advance to the BMW Championship next week. Last year at the Deutsche Bank Championship, Steve Stricker pulled off a late push to win the tournament with style, finishing with a ... Full story

The Barclays 2010 golf tournament, which took place at the Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, N.J., saw a thrilling final round which eventually culminated in a playoff between American Matt Kuchar and Scot Martin Laird. Kuchar defeated Laird on the first playoff with a great approach to 30 inches that lead to a birdie winning him the first event of the PGA Tour Playoffs ... Full story

The Tiger Woods we have been missing finally showed up Thursday at the first round of The Barclays. Barclays is the first of four events at the end of season play-offs on the PGA Tour, the world’s richest golf circuit. The winner of the FedEx Cup, which will be determined after next month’s AM Tour Championship in Atlanta, receives a bonus of $10 ... Full story

I was excited to be on KMIR6 Palm Springs this morning at 6:45am but if you missed it, check out the video here! Full story

India’s Arjun Atwal claimed his spot on the tour by a stroke Sunday at Sedgefield Country Club, becoming the first Monday qualifier to win on the tour in 24 years. After sharing the lead each of the first three rounds, Atwal shot a 3-under 67 in the final round. He finished 20-under at 260 overall, earning $918,000, more than double the amount he ... Full story

A surprising stroke at the Wyndham Championship Thursday was Arjun Atwal finding himself as first round leader. The Indian golfer found himself two strokes clear with a superb round of 61. Historically known as the Greater Greensboro Open, Wyndham is wedged between the PGA Championship, the final major of the year, and the start of the FedEx Cup playoffs next week. Most ... Full story

The 92nd PGA Championship this weekend went into a three-hole playoff, but not before Dustin Johnson was charged with a 2 stroke penalty on the 72nd hole for grounding his club in a bunker.   Most reports agree that Johnson and his caddie would never have thought that his second shot on the 18th hole was actually in a bunker. However, the rules were clear that ... Full story

The first round of the PGA Championship started late Thursday. Fog blanketed Whistling Straits for much of the morning pushing back tee times 3 hours and 10 minutes. Once they took to the course Tiger Woods jumped out early and blasted a tee shot down the middle of the 16th fairway. It appeared Woods was back. That was not the case. ... Full story

This week calls for an additional preview as we head into the final major of the year.  Some thoughts as we go into it... Phil Mickelson comes forth as he reveals that he has been diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis.  The pain was so bad at one point he could not even walk.  Now that he is getting treatment for this, he is feeling about “80%”.  He ... Full story

The Bridgestone Invitational this weekend definitely turned up some surprises. First and foremost was Hunter Mahan’s win. Perhaps more surprising though was Tiger Woods’ disappointing tie for 78th place, or second from last. Mahan had a great tournament, shooting a 66 and a 64 on consecutive days. Woods however ended the weekend at a cringe-worthy 18 over par, which is definitely his worst ... Full story