Who is the favorite at the pga championship 2009?
The businesslike nature of Tiger Woods’s Buick Open victory showed that the world No 1 had come to terms with his Open Championship disappointment and got his game back on track for the US PGA Championship. By Telegraph Staff Published: 5:24PM BST 03 Aug 2009 Almost overlooked in the outpouring of emotion that surrounded what might have been the final Buick Open, was a superb week of improvement from Woods, which established him as the odds-on favourite going into the year’s final major at Hazeltine later this month. For the first time in his career Woods will play back-to-back events before heading into a major, and he now moves on to Akron, Ohio, for the World Golf Championship event at Firestone, where he has won six times. “I know what I’m doing wrong,” Woods said after collecting his fourth win of the season and 69th of his career. The solution, he said, would come with practice. “It’s just a matter of getting enough reps in. Next few days I’ll be able to do that and hopefully sol
Tomorrow morning, at 7:15a, the first group will go off the tee, at the 2009 PGA Championship, in Chaksa, Minnesota. The start of the PGA Championship marks the end of golf’s major championship season. As always, major championships always attract the best golfers, and this year is no exception. With players such as Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia, Padraig Harrington, and Jim Furyk, there is no shortage of talent in the field. Hazeltine National Golf Club is the course these golfers will face. The last time a major championship was played at Hazeltine, was in 2002, an event which Rich Beem won. That event was also the PGA Championship, but the course has hosted several other majors, including the 1991 and 1970 U.S. Opens. In addition, Hazeltine is slated to host the 2016 Ryder Cup, which should be a testament to the quality of this course. Over 100 of the World’s best golfers are competing this year, and among those is the favorite, Tiger Woods. Coming into this PGA Champion
PGA Championship 2009: Tiger Woods and some other guys Examiner.com – 4 hours ago Prognosticating who will win a golf tournament — especially a major like the 2009 PGA Championship at Hazeltine — is a bit like herding cats. However, this time Tiger Woods is the Clear Favorite. Sources: http://www.sportingnews.
