How do you know when you're living the sweet life as a golfer? When your worst round of a tournament still has you extending your lead. Jason Day moved to 20-under through 54 holes with a 2-under 69 Saturday at the BMW Championship, extending his lead to six strokes with one round to go. Day … Continue reading Jason Day Extends Lead at BMW Championship
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Martin Kaymer Soars to Tie for Italian Lead
This time of year, a two-time Grand Slam winner and former World No. 1 like Martin Kaymer would have expected himself to be in the US taking part in the lucrative FedEx Cup series. Instead, Kaymer fell short of the series' most-recent cut, sending him to Parco Reale di Monza this week for the Italian … Continue reading Martin Kaymer Soars to Tie for Italian Lead
Jason Day Running Away with BMW Lead
This is sort of getting ridiculous. Jason Day followed up his opening-round 61 with a 63, tying the PGA Tour record for the lowest score after two rounds, sitting at 18-under and holding a five-stroke lead at the midway point of the BMW Championship, the third leg of the FedEx Cup Championship. Day leads the … Continue reading Jason Day Running Away with BMW Lead
Feverish Fahbring Fires 64
If being sick means being this good at golf, Sweden's Jens Fahrbring will sleep with wet hair and the window open every night. Fahrbring's 8-under 64 saw him surge up the leaderboard at the Italian Open Friday, tying Norway's Lucas Bjerregaard for first through 36 holes. Fahbring fired nine birdies against just one bogey to … Continue reading Feverish Fahbring Fires 64
Colsaerts’ 63 Leads Field at Open D’Italia
Belgium's Nicolas Colsaerts raced to an early lead at the Open D'Italia Thursday thanks to his bogey-free 63 in the first round. He stormed the course with eight straight birdies, starting with No. 14 on the back nine and rounding out at No. 3 on the front. That score has him two strokes ahead of … Continue reading Colsaerts’ 63 Leads Field at Open D’Italia
Day’s 61 Leads BMW Championship
Imagine traveling back in time just a few short months and telling the world right after the US Open that by mid-September, Jordan Spieth was no longer the odds-on favorite to be the Player of the Year. They'd gawk and call foul and wonder what you were smoking, until you told them about the marvelous … Continue reading Day’s 61 Leads BMW Championship
BMW Championship Preview
After a week's hiatus, the FedEx Cup returns in full force this Thursday in Chicago, as a field of 70 tries to shoe horn its way into the final 30 spots available for the Tour Championship finals next week in Atlanta. Here's a look at the top groups scheduled to tee off Thursdy at Conway … Continue reading BMW Championship Preview
Pieters Wins KLM in Photo Finish
Belgium's Thomas Pieters followed up his Saturday 62 with an impressive 65 on Sunday to win the KLM Open with a 19-under 261, his second straight win after taking the D+D REAL Czech Masters on August 30. Those are the first two European Tour victories of Pieters' career and have propelled the Belgian up to … Continue reading Pieters Wins KLM in Photo Finish
Photo Finish Set for KLM Open
England's Lee Slattery and Spain's Rafa Cabrera-Bello share the lead at the KLM Open at 16-under, but a full 14 players are within five strokes of the lead headed to the final round on Sunday. Slattery and Cabrera-Bello each shot a 63 on Saturday to rise from fifth to first, one shot ahead of Paul … Continue reading Photo Finish Set for KLM Open
Kjeldsen’s 64s Lead KLM Open
In a day full of low scores and near records, Soren Kjeldsen's consistency gave him the spot atop the KLM Open leaderboard. Kjeldsen recorded his second straight 64 to drop to 12-under giving him a 1-stroke lead over Australia's Wade Ormsby and England's David Horsey. But the real story Friday was young Matthew Fitzpatrick, who … Continue reading Kjeldsen’s 64s Lead KLM Open