Posts Tagged ‘Birdie’

Asian sensation Yani Tseng has set herself an unusual target for the 2010 LPGA season. The 2008 Rookie of the Year and Major winner and fastest player ever to reach US$2 million in prize money wants to stop trying.
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Japan's Ai Miyazato shot 9-under-par 63 on Sunday to win the season-opening Honda PTT LPGA Thailand by one shot over 2007 champ Suzann Pettersen. Miyazato, who was 10-under-par in her final 16 holes, chipped-in for birdie at 18 to clinch her second-career LPGA victory. 
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Weather dominated the 25th staging of the AT&T National Pro-am, but not the sort of weather for which the event has become famous - or infamous. This year, Mother Nature saw fit to treat participants and spectators alike to four days of made-for-TV blue skies, light winds and roaring turquoise surf. The event climaxed with repeat champ Dustin Johnson's go-for-broke birdie on the 72nd ...
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Robert Garrigus provided the Kodak Challenge moment of the final round, holing out from 41 yards to card an eagle on 543-yard par 5. Garrigus' spectacular pitch shot delivered one of only three eagles. read more
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Chad Collins sunk a 37-foot putt for birdie during the final round of the Farmers Insurance Open to join the leaders of the Kodak Challenge. Collins' birdie was one of only 9 scored on the hole. read more
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"I'm very proud to lead the birdie stats category because my goal going in to each year is to be a birdie machine! I wanted to set a goal that allowed me to focus on the moment."
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"I had to literally step away from the course and just chill out," said Levitt, of Laguna Niguel, Calif. "I hit it to the back of No. 16 green and my eagle chip just lipped out and I made birdie." read more
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Ai Miyazato became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the 2009 Evian Masters Presented by Société Générale by winning a one-hole playoff against Sophie Gustafson. Miyazato carded 69-66-70-69=274 and clinched the victory after making a putt for birdie.
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"I got birdies on Nos. 4, 6 and 7 so it was a good little comeback," said Fu. "No. 7 was my turning point. It was the hardest hole and I was impressed I got a birdie. I got two shots back on the other players." read more
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"On my first 15 holes I was lights out with no bogeys, including three birdies," said Bernstein. "On No. 7 I hit my first shot six inches from the hole for a tap-in birdie. It was kind of my moment!" read more
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