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[TechNews AM] An early look at Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online... (CrunchGear ...: If you groaned a groaning groan at the announcement that the PC version of Tiger Woods would be online-only, cheer up. I played around with the beta for a while yesterday and came away impressed.For starters, the fact that it’s played inside a browser is pretty amazing given the level of detail.

[World golf and travel articles from WorldGolf.com] Y.E. Yang's take-down of Tiger put Midwest golf back on the map ...: As Woods and Yang vied wordlessly, eyeballing their putts on the front side like famously steely-eyed billiard legends Minnesota Fats and Willie Mosconi locked in a grudge match, nary a remote roar was heard. In the amphitheater that is a typical major championship course on Sunday (think Augusta National), hoots and hollers build and swell like the sounds of a Minnesota Vikings tailgate reaching sudden fever pitch.

[GOLF BREAKING UPDATES] GOLF BREAKING UPDATES: Asia primed for Euro Masters challenge: Chinese trailblazer Zhang Lian-wei will also compete on a sponsor's invitation next week along with American Anthony Kang, currently second on the Order of Merit, last season's rookie of the year Noh Seung-yul of Korea, Filipinos Angelo Que and Artemio Murakami, Singapore's Mardan Mamat and Lam Chih Bing and Malaysian Iain Steel.

[Times Herald-Record Sports Headlines] PGA Championship: Yang stares down Tiger | recordonline.com: 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[Oregon Golf News] Y.E. Yang wins PGA Championship as Tiger Woods squanders four-shot ...: 110 in the world, his only victory on the PGA Tour coming in March at the Honda Classic on a course across the street from headquarters of the PGA of America. He was best known for holding off Woods at the HSBC Champions in China three years ago.

[PGA Golf Tour - Golf information, Golf Stats, Golf scores, updated hourly] FEATURE-Golf-Woods spearheads golf's success, even in defeat ...: The colossal upset by 37-year-old Yang, who entered thetournament ranked 110th, snapped Woods’s streak of winning all14 times he had held a lead going into the final round of amajor as the Korean became the first Asian male to win a major.

[Scottish Golf View - Golf News from Scotland] Scottish Golf View - Golf News from Scotland: US PGA Tour Report: “It really is a testing, intimidating golf course - and to break 70... if I can continue that this week, I'll be a very happy man.” Tiger Woods struggled off the tee and was left frustrated after shooting only a one-under 70, .

[The WorldGolf Wire - Updates from the PGA, LPGA and other pro tours, plus top amateur events. From WorldGolf.com.] Y.E. Yang earns berth in '09 PGA Grand Slam of Golf with win ...: It is the official online destination for The PGA and home to the PGA Championship, Senior PGA Championship, PGA Grand Slam of Golf, Ryder Cup and The Open Championship. A leader and innovator in broadband golf coverage, the site successfully launched its PGA.com Pipeline broadband product in 2006, garnering record numbers for the site in both 2006 and 2007, with the coverage receiving more than 2 million streams during the course of the 2007 PGA Championship.

[Asian-Nation : Asian American News, Issues, & Current Events Blog] Globalization and Golf: Y.E. Yang, Newest Major Champion : Asian ...: It remains to be seen whether such Asian and Asian American golfers can achieve the same level of success as their female counterparts in the LPGA and whether any of them can dethrone Tiger Woods as the number one golfer on the planet (no player has for any extended amount of time in the past 13 years).

[Golfweek.com RSS Feed] Golf | The PGA Championship Blog: Go ahead, but the numbers indicate he deserves serious consideration at this PGA Championship, especially if you’re looking to add him to a pool of players. Consider that of the 15 players who have made the cut in the three majors this season, Fisher has the best aggregate score - even par.

[Entertainment Daily] Renfro Hinted At Demise In Final Interview: Jermaine Jackson: 'I wish it was me'NEW YORK ”” Jermaine Jackson says he would like to see Neverland Ranch as his brother Michael's final resting place. In an interview broadcast Thursday on NBC's "Today" show, Jermaine Jackson also said he wishes he had died instead of his younger brother, and that Michael was "a gift from Allah.""He went too soon.

[Press Tent] Live PGA Championship Coverage: First Round - Press Tent: This event is run by the PGA of America (the group that certifies America's club professionals). It has nothing to do with the PGA Tour and therefore doesn't have any setup for Shotlink, although I'm sure the Tour would've leased it to them for a phenomenal fee.

[Golf online betting] Golf online betting » Blog Archive » PGA turns to tour to deliver ...: The PGA of America had to scramble for a scoring replacement when Unisys ended its partnership. With only four months before the final major of the year, officials opted for a bare-bones version of the tours program. Birdies and bogeys. Driving accuracy and greens ... The list does not include Tiger Woods, who missed the cut at Turnberry; Phil Mickelson, who did not play at Turnberry; and Sergio Garcia, who made double bogey on the last hole at Hazeltine to miss by one. ...

[William K. Wolfrum] William K. Wolfrum - Y.E. Yang's victory over Tiger Woods means ...: Carolyn Bivens believed that the South Korean domination of the LPGA Tour was bad for the game, and went as far as suggesting that all South Korean women learn and speak English so they could draw more fans and sponsors. Bivens, of course, was fired not long after.

[About.com Golf] Yang Stares Down Tiger, Wins PGA Championship: A native of Korea, the 37-year-old Yang played most of his professional golf on the Korean, Japanese and Asian tours before joining the USPGA Tour in 2008. Yang has six wins internationally, by far the biggest the 2006 HSBC Champions, where he defeated - yep - Tiger Woods by two strokes.

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