Tag: golf

Ken Venturi, the 1964 U.S. Open champion and popular analyst on CBS, has been named Honoree of the 2012 Frys.com Open at Cordevalle Oct. 10-14, tournament chairperson Kathy Kolder announced Tuesday.

Less than a week after the Ridgemark Golf and Country Club announced it would discontinue its 175 memberships, some soon-to-be former members seem happy with the upcoming change.

SAN FRANCISCO – The marquee group for the start of U.S. Open practice rounds Monday features former Stanford teammates Tiger Woods and Casey Martin. The foursome, which also includes Stanford sophomore Cameron Wilson and Oregon State junior Nick Sherwood, tees off at the Olympic Club at 7 a.m. in the first group of the day. Masters champion Bubba Watson is slated to tee off 15 minutes later.

John Ellis shot back-to-back even rounds of 72 and failed to advance in Monday’s U.S. Open sectional qualifier at Lake Merced and TPC Harding Park golf clubs.

Of all the sweeping dramas we follow in sports, one stands above the others, far beyond LeBron's annual quest, or the interminable Mayweather-Pacquiao saga or the matter of whether there ever will be another American male tennis star.

John Ellis fired a 7-under-par 65 as the top scorer in Monday’s U.S. Open local qualifier at Serrano Country Club in El Dorado Hills.

With three Tri-County Athletic League meets to go, the objective at hand was as cut and dry as it gets for the Christopher High boys golf team.

With five rounds in the 40s, the Christopher High boys golf team captured its second consecutive Tri-County Athletic League Valley Division match victory, outscoring second-place North Salinas by 18 strokes Wednesday at Black Horse Golf Course.

The rain didn’t keep the Christopher High golf team from teeing up against Watsonville, and amid the wet conditions and with umbrellas in tow, the Cougars – led by medalist Peter Hilkene – bested the Wildcatz 215-237 on Tuesday.

AUGUSTA, Ga. _ She walked into the twilight toward Butler Cabin, a holy place in golf. She might not have thought she'd someday walk through the doorway, but her son did.