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US Golf Star Power Dwindling

Nowhere among the world's top two ranked golfers will you find Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Jim Furyk or any other American. U.S. golf supremacy, once as dependable as the American dollar, well, still is. While the PGA Tour's Bob Hope Classic was playing out Sunday as a final-round battle between everybody's favorites,...

Golf's Storylines for 2011: Tiger's Major Rebound, PGA Tour's Health in the Mix

Back from a short winter nap, the PGA Tour returns to Hawaii this week to start another season, bringing with it an assorted shopping list of questions, needs and challenges. After play begins Thursday at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions in Kapalua, the new season will drag out for more than 11 full months. If history...

Sean O'Hair, Ryan Palmer Share Bridgestone Lead; Tiger Struggles

AKRON, Ohio (AP) -- Sean O'Hair and Ryan Palmer kept firing at flags and making birdies until they wound up tied for the lead Saturday in the Bridgestone Invitational. The way this tournament is going, that only means they get to tee off last in the final round. Palmer (pictured right) birdied three of his last five holes...

Phil Mickelson Closes on Bridgestone Lead, No. 1 Ranking

AKRON, Ohio (AP) -- Phil Mickelson is closing in on No. 1. The first step is to make up a one-shot deficit against Retief Goosen, the 36-hole leader Friday at the Bridgestone Invitational. Looking more inevitable is Mickelson finally supplanting Tiger Woods atop the world ranking. Goosen turned bogey into birdie by...

Tiger Woods Falters Again at Firestone

AKRON, Ohio (AP) -- Just about any other tournament, Tiger Woods would be on his way home after missing the cut. There is no cut in the Bridgestone Invitational, although Woods left immediately Friday after spraying shots around Firestone for a 2-over 72 that left him at the bottom of the pack in this World Golf...

Retief goosen News From the Web

05/19/12 Lawrie through to last four Source: Ledbury Reporter - Ledbury - Herefordshire - UK Paul Lawrie's golfing resurgence just goes on and on - he could become Volvo World Match Play champion on Sunday in what is his 500th European Tour event.
05/19/12 Poulter and Rose crash out Source: Sky News Holder Ian Poulter and second seed Justin Rose were amongst the casualties as England's five-strong contingent at the Volvo World Match Play all crashed out on Saturday morning.
05/18/12 Goosen the sole Saffer through to last... Source: SuperSport England's Richard Finch delivered the first big upset at the Volvo World Match-Play Championship on Friday as he knocked out former PGA Champion Martin Kaymer of Germany.
05/03/12 Goosen honoured on SA golf series Source: SuperSport Retief Goosen will receive one of the unique accolades in South African golf when his career and contribution to the game is celebrated as the theme of this year's Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour on the Sunshine Tour. The double US Open champion will be the focus of the 2012 Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour, a six-tournament series that is the single biggest series on the local professional calendar, bringing together professionals and invited amateurs in a pro-am format on some of South Africa's most celebrated golf courses.

Background on Retief goosen

Retief Goosen (born 3 February 1969) is a South African professional golfer who has been in the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for over 250 weeks between 2001 and 2007. His main achievements have been two U.S.

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