Golf-Tiger calls for penalty strokes for slow play

May 14, 2012

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida, May 13 (Reuters) – Tiger Woodshas called on the PGA Tour to punish slow play with penaltystrokes rather than the current practice of handing outundisclosed fines. The pace of rounds has become a growing issue on the tourand came to the fore at the Players Championship this week whereKevin Na’s constant practice strokes and ‘waggles’ annoyed thecrowd. Former world number one Woods believes a shot penalty for a’bad time’ when a player is on the clock would be a far biggerdeterrent than cash punishments which are believed to be around$5,000 to $10,000.

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Golf-Kuchar moves from consistency to victory

May 14, 2012

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida, May 13 (Reuters) – Matt Kucharhad already achieved his goal of becoming one of the mostconsistent players on the PGA Tour. On Sunday he achievedanother goal when he won one of the toughest tournaments of theseason, the Players Championship. Kuchar enjoyed a stellar amateur career before he burst onto the professional scene with an early win, in 2002, at theHonda Classic, but then inconsistency started to creep into hisgame.

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Golf-U.S. PGA Tour Players Championship scores

May 14, 2012

May 1 3 (Infostrada Sports) – Scores from the U.S.

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Kuchar captures Players Championship

May 13, 2012

American Matt Kuchar kept his composure while others around him caved under the pressure to win The Players Championship tournament by two shots on Sunday.

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Kuchar clinches Players title

May 13, 2012

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) – American Matt Kuchar won the Players Championship on Sunday by two shots to secure the biggest win of his career.

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Golf-Kuchar clinches Players title

May 13, 2012

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida, May 13 (Reuters) – American MattKuchar won the Players Championship on Sunday by two shots tosecure the biggest win of his career. Kuchar shot a final round of two-under-par 70 to finish thetournament at 13-under, two clear of Scotland’s Martin Laird(67) and Americans Zach Johnson (68), Rickie Fowler (70) and BenCurtis (68).

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Golf-Madeira Islands Open final round scores

May 13, 2012

May 13 (Infostrada Sports) – Leading final-round scores fromthe Madeira Islands Open at the par-72 course on Sunday in Santoda Serra 266 Ricardo Santos (Portugal) 68 67 68 63 270 Magnus Carlsson (Sweden) 66 66 71 67 271 Andreas Harto (Denmark) 67 71 66 67 272 John Parry (Britain) 71 70 65 66 Oliver Wilson (Britain) 66 65 72 69 Carlos Del Moral (Spain) 69 67 63 73 Joakim Lagergren (Sweden) 66 66 70 70 Mikael Lundberg (Sweden) 69 70 64 69 273 Alastair Forsyth (Britain) 69 68 70 66 David Dixon (Britain) 68 68 70 67 275 Morten Madsen (Denmark) 66 69 74 66 Hans Peter Bacher (Austria) 67 69 71 68 …

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Fowler makes his move with confident round at Players

May 13, 2012

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) – A confident Rickie Fowler made his move at the Players Championship on Saturday by shooting a third round six-under par 66 leaving him two shots behind leader Matt Kuchar. Fellow American Kuchar was three-under through 14 holes of his round, putting him at 11-under for the tournament.

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