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Mahan wins World Golf Matchplay Championship

Monday, February 27th, 2012

Hunter Mahan (Rob Poetsch, Wikimedia Commons)

American Hunter Mahan won the World Golf Matchplay Championship on Sunday.

Mahan defeated Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy 2 and 1 in Tucson, Arizona to prevent McIlroy from passing Luke Donald of England into first place in the World Golf Rankings.

Mahan built a strong four hole lead after the first ten holes, before hanging on to the two hole advantage. Mahan earlier in the day defeated Mark Wilson of the United States in the semi-finals.

It has been a strong start to the year for Wilson, as in January he won the Humana Challenge (previously known as the Bob Hope Classic) in the standard 72 hole event for the first time in tournament history. Since the event’s beginning in 1960, the Bob Hope Classic has been 90 holes.

The World Matchplay Championships is the first of four golf events that are a part of the World Golf Championship. The WGC Cadillac Championship is in Miami in March, the WGC Bridgestone Invitational is in Akron, Ohio in August and the WGC HSBC Championship is in Shanghai, China in November.

Tags: bob hope, hunter mahan, luke donald, mark wilson, rory mcilroy, world matchplay championship
Posted in PGA |

Weekend Sports Preview–February 25 & 26–Scotties Tournament of Hearts, NHL, ATP, World Golf Matchplay Championships

Saturday, February 25th, 2012

This is a big weekend in Alberta curling. Edmonton’s Heather Nedohin will try to win Alberta’s first Canadian Women’s Curling Championship on Alberta soil in Red Deer. She has the capability and overall team skill. Nedohin just has to put it together and notch three victories against Team Quebec, Team Manitoba and Team British Columbia.

A major reason for Alberta’s success this week has been the solid play of their overall team. Lead Laine Peters was second to Manitoba’s Dawn Askin in overall shooting percentage (87%). Alberta’s Jessica Mair was second among seconds at 83% and Alberta’s Beth Iskiw was second among thirds at 84%.

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Tags: 2012 scotties tournament of hearts, ales hemsky, ben becker, beth iskiw, calgary flames, dawn askin, Edmonton Oilers, heather nedohin, hunter mahan, jennifer jones, jessica mair, jurgen melzer, kelly scott, laine peters, lee westwood, marie france-larouche, mark wilson, martin laird, matt kuchar, milos raonic, peter hanson, Philadelphia Flyers, phoenix coyotes, radek stepanek, rory mcilroy, sang-moon bae, world golf matchplay championship
Posted in ATP World Tour, Curling, More, NHL, PGA |

Toms shoots back-to-back 62

Saturday, May 21st, 2011

David Toms (James Phelps, Wikimedia Commons)

To shoot 62 in one round in a golf tournament on the PGA tour is remarkable.

To shoot 62 on back-to-back days in the first two rounds of a golf tournament is remarkable.

That is what David Toms was able to accomplish in the first two rounds of the Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas, just outside of Dallas.

Toms, who is at -16, leads Steven Bowditch, Charlie Wi, Mark Wilson and John Senden by seven strokes.

Pat Perez is the only other golfer in PGA history to shoot -16 after the first two rounds in a golf tournament. Perez accomplished that feat at the 2009 Bob Hope Classic when he shot a 61 and a 63.

Toms’ accomplishment is even the more impressive because of his missed short putt which forced him to lose to K.J. Choi last week at the Players’ Championship. Toms’ outstanding play in the first two rounds in Dallas, shows just how mentally strong Toms, the 2001 PGA Championship winner is.

Tags: charlie wi, david toms, john senden, k.j. choi, mark wilson, pat perez, steven bowditch
Posted in PGA |