View Article  Nicklaus' Presidents Cup Squad Finalized
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. -- United States Presidents Cup captain Jack Nicklaus selected Justin Leonard and Fred Couples on Monday to round out his 12-player squad for this year's event at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Virginia.

International captain Gary Player chose Australian Peter Lonard and South African Trevor Immelman to round out his team.

The Presidents Cup is a Ryder Cup-style event featuring a team of United States players against a squad of international players from outside Europe contested every ...   more »
View Article  Pressel Loses Playoff at North & South Amateur

PINEHURST, N.C. -- U.S. Women's Amateur champ Morgan Pressel failed to repeat her title in the Women's North & South Amateur on Sunday, losing in the 36-hole final to Ya-Ni Tseng on the third playoff hole.

Tseng won with routine par when Pressel failed to get up and down out of a greenside bunker. In 2001, Meredith Duncan became the most recent player to win both prestigious events in the same year.

The 17-year-old Pressel fell 3-down early in the ...   more »

View Article  U.S. Nips GB&I to Regain Walker Cup
WHEATON, Ill. - Jeff Overton was conceded a short par putt on the 18th hole Sunday to give him a 1-up win over Nigel Edwards, as the United States captured the Walker Cup over Great Britain and Ireland.

The U.S. team, which won by a 12 1/2 - 11 1/2 count, reclaimed the cup for the first time since 1997 when the Americans defeated the GB&I team, 18-6. GB&I had won each of the last three Walker Cups.

GB&I kept ...   more »
View Article  Mickelson Birdies 18 to Win PGA
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. -- Phil Mickelson delivered another dramatic finish in a major on Monday, flopping a chip out of deep rough to 2 feet for a birdie on the final hole and a one-shot victory in the PGA Championship.

The putt wasn't nearly as long as his 18-footer to win the Masters last year, and there was no need to jump for joy this time.

Phil Mickelson
Phil Mickelson reacts to his greenside flop shot that set up birdie to win the ...   more »
View Article  More Majors Loom on Lefty's Horizon
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. -- Phil Mickelson was in no hurry to leave Baltusrol, not that he had a choice.

Two hours after he won the PGA Championship with a birdie on the fifth day and final hole, he found himself squeezed in every direction by nearly 100 fans who gathered around for autographs, creating a large circle of humanity that slowly moved toward the parking lot.

It has been that way for years. Winning doesn't change the way fans feel about ...   more »
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