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Points has an old putter and takes early lead
The march to the Masters for Rory McIlroy looks more like a crawl. McIlroy only had four birdie putts on the front nine, none closer than 20 feet.
Stricker still gets requests for putting lessons
At some point, Steve Stricker may have to turn down all the requests for putting lessons. Since straightening out Tiger Woods stroke, Stricker has ...
McIlroy tries to find form going to Masters
Once the frost thawed, Rory McIlroy was back at work Wednesday morning trying to find a swing he could trust and repeat. McIlroy hasn't looked ...
McIlroy texts with Tiger after losing top ranking
Rory McIlroy sent a text message to Tiger Woods on Tuesday, congratulating him on winning at Bay Hill and taking over the No. 1 world ranking again.
A long road back to No. 1 for Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods never questioned his ability, only his health. Woods returned to No. 1 in the world by winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational, not ...
Woods back on top in golf
The moment was vintage Tiger Woods, and so was his reaction. Seconds after Rickie Fowler made a 40-foot birdie putt on the 12th hole to pull within ...
Monday blues: Bay Hill pushed back by thunderstorm
Tiger Woods rolled in a 10-foot birdie putt on the second hole, just like he had been making them all week, and it looked as though his march to ...
Thunderstorm stops Tiger's march at Bay Hill
Tiger Woods is going to have to wait one more day to try to reclaim No. 1 in the world. Moments after Woods made a 10-foot birdie putt on the second ...
Tiger has a history at Bay Hill
Tiger Woods has been winning at Bay Hill before he was old enough to drive a car. "It all started there," Woods said Wednesday on the eve of the ...
Another chance for Woods to return to the top
Bay Hill is not the first chance for Tiger Woods to return to No. 1 in the world. But it might be his best. A win this week in the Arnold Palmer ...
Arnold Palmer states case for putter rules
Arnold Palmer strongly stated his case Wednesday that golf doesn't need a "contraption" like the anchored putting stroke and the sport's success ...
Adam Scott building toward the Masters
Adam Scott started his week by going to a familiar place with a familiar foe. Augusta National is where Scott first seriously contended in a major.
Furyk opts for the straight and narrow
Jim Furyk goes into the Tampa Bay Championship at No. 5 in driving accuracy on the PGA Tour and No. 146 in distance off the tee. That's not unusual.
Woods rolling his way toward the Masters
Tiger Woods had gone more than three years without a World Golf Championship. He had no trouble remembering the drill. He sat at a table with the blue ...
Woods wins another World Championship at Doral
That red shirt is starting to look ruthless on Sunday again. One year after Tiger Woods hobbled off the Blue Monster, he picked up the pace in his ...
Woods stretches his lead on Blue Monster
With one last birdie putt that never looked like it was going anywhere but in the hole, Tiger Woods walked off the Blue Monster in a familiar position
A firm golf course and Tiger in charge at Doral
Tiger Woods was starting to pull away with six birdies over a span of eight holes. Phil Mickelson, on the other side of the golf course, caught up to ...
More birdies for Tiger, and the lead at Doral
Tiger Woods struggled on the practice range, and he didn't feel much better two holes into his second round Friday at the Cadillac Championship.
Tiger thrives as McIlroy has rough day at Doral
The comments from the gallery picked up as Tiger Woods kept hitting it close and making birdies, and as Rory McIlroy looked as though he were just ...
Woods tied for lead at Doral as McIlroy struggles
Tiger Woods was on his game, and so were most of the world best golfers Thursday in the Cadillac Championship. Except for the world's No. 1 player.
Woods in better shape than a year ago
With so much talk about quitting in the middle of a round, Tiger Woods brings his own perspective. If he had not walked off the course in the middle ...
McIlroy tells SI: Leaving course a mistake
Rory McIlroy says he should have finished his second round at the Honda Classic, telling Sports Illustrated magazine that "it was not the right thing ...
Thompson emerges a winner at Honda Classic
True to his college degree, Michael Thompson looked like an accounting student in a classroom full of star athletes. The Honda Classic was the first ...