by Bill Scott | Feb 21, 2018
U.S. Ryder Cup captain Jim Furyk has appointed Madison’s Steve Stricker as a vice captain for this years team on Tuesday. Tiger Woods was also appointed a vice captain. Davis Love III was selected to assist Furyk earlier. Stricker will be a vice captain in the...
by Bill Scott | Jul 4, 2015
Jhonattan Vegas shot a 5-under par 65 on Friday to tie Scott Langley for the 36-hold lead at the Greenbrier Classic in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Vegas and Langley are at 9-under at the midway point of the event. Twenty three golfers were within three...
by Bill Scott | Aug 9, 2014
World #1 Rory McIlroy fired a 4-under par 67 and takes a one shot lead to the third round of the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. The 25-year-old McIlroy is trying to win his third straight tournament. He takes a one-stroke lead over...
by Bill Scott | Aug 1, 2014
Dustin Johnson is taking a leave of absence from golf to seek help for “personal challenges”. The move ends his season and will keep him from playing the PGA Championship, the FedEx Cup playoffs and the Ryder Cup. “I will use this time to seek...
by Bill Scott | Apr 9, 2014
The 2014 Masters opens play at Augusta National on Thursday without world number-1 Tiger Woods. Woods first played at the Masters back in 1995 and has been a huge ratings draw ever since. He’s won four green jackets and finished in the top 10 nine other times....
by Bill Scott | Oct 1, 2012
Madison’s Steve Stricker and his early round playing partner Tiger Woods both went winless at the 39th Ryder Cup as the U.S. fell apart on the final day to lose the Cup 14 1/2 to 13 1/2. The Americans started the day with a 10-6 advantage and blew the lead....
by Bill Scott | Aug 13, 2012
A 7th place finish for Madison’s Steve Stricker at the PGA Championship over the weekend. That leaves Stricker out of the top 8 places for the U.S. Ryder Cup team. U.S. Captain Davis Love III will make the four final picks in three weeks but he made it clear...
by Bill Scott | Jul 19, 2012
The first group hit the tee-box at 12:30 AM Cst at Royal Lythum and St. Annes in England to open up the 2012 British Open. It is the 3rd of 4-majors on the Golf calender. Of the early golfers, Tiger Woods, Bubba Watson, Adam Scott and a few others were giving chase...
by Bill Scott | Jul 16, 2012
Steve Stricker entered the final round of the John Deere Classic at the TPC Deere Run in Illinois with a chance at a four-peat in the event, however a bogey plagued back-nine left him 4-shots off the lead. Only 4-golfers have ever won the same tournament 4-times in a...
by Bill Scott | Jun 18, 2012
If you wanted to watch the U.S. Open golf championships this past weekend, you certainly were afforded the opportunity. ESPN and NBC split coverage on Thursday and Friday and then because the tournament was held on the West Coast in San Francisco, NBC provided...
by Bill Scott | Jun 1, 2012
Cheyenne Woods, the 21-year-old niece of Tiger Woods, has qualified for the U.S. Women’s Open at Blackwolf Run July 5-8 in Kohler. Woods finished Thursday’s 36-hold qualifier at Carolina Trace Country Club in Sanford, North Carolina at 2-over par 146....
by Bill Scott | Jun 20, 2011
Madison’s Steve Stricker started his final round of the 2011 U.S. Open on fire, pulling out 5-birdies in his first 10-holes. Then Stricker double-bogeyed 12 and dropped 4-shots over the last 8 holes to finish 1-under par for the tournament and tied for 19th. ...
by Bill Scott | Apr 6, 2011
The 2011 Masters, golf’s first major of the season, starts tomorrow (Thursday). The three Wisconsin golfers in the field have the following Thursday-Friday tee times. Jerry Kelly – 7:07am & 10:14am with Camillo Villegas & Jeff Overton Mark Wilson...
by Bill Scott | Sep 6, 2010
Madison’s Steve Stricker heads to Monday’s final day of the Deutsche Bank Open trailing leader Jason Day for 4-strokes. Stricker shot a 4-under par 67 on Sunday. Day was one better, shooting a 5-under par 66 to take the lead, 1-shot better than Brandt...
by Bill Scott | Aug 16, 2010
Madison’s Steve Stricker was named to the 2010 U.S. Ryder Cup team. Stricker was among the top 8 players as determined by points. Also gaining automatic spots on the team are Phil Mickelson, Hunter Mahan, Bubba Watson, Jim Furyk, Dustin Johnson, Jeff Overton...
by Bill Scott | Aug 9, 2010
Hunter Mahan fired a final round 6-under par 64 to win his first World Golf Championship, the Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio. Mahan started the final round 4-shots off the lead. He ran off 5-straight birdies on the front 9 to take the lead, then put...
by Bill Scott | Jul 16, 2010
The second round of the British Open had a wind delay early and nobody went under par when play resumed. Enough time was lost though to force suspension of the 2nd round, which means some players will go back out early tomorrow morning to complete the round. Luis...
by Bill Scott | Apr 12, 2010
The 74th Masters couldn’t have turned out better. Instead of Tiger Woods returning to golf to win his 5th green jacket, Phil Mickelson captured his 3rd. It was an emotional win for Mickelson, who has watched while his wife and his mother are both battling...
by Bill Scott | Apr 6, 2010
Tiger Woods, speaking after a practice round at the Masters yesterday, said he’ll play a practice round today with Madison’s Steve Stricker. Woods played 18 holes at Augusta National with Fred Couples on Monday. Stricker, ranked 2nd in the world, was...
by Bill Scott | Feb 19, 2010
Tiger Woods told a national audience today that he was sorry for all the wrong he did. His message today, could have delivered a month or more ago. He apologized to his wife and children, although none of them were on hand to see or hear it. He apologized to his...
