PGA Championship: First round Par was a great score on Day 1 of the PGA, and that's exactly where Phil Mickelson stands after an opening 70 on Thursday.
Sorenstam leads her event after 6-under 66 Annika Sorenstam birdied six of her last eight holes, shooting a 6-under 66 Thursday to take a one-stroke lead after the opening round of the Scandinavian TPC.
The Swede, who is hosting the Ladies European Tour event for the last time, started on the 10th hole in rainy weather. She parred the first 10 holes, then reeled off four birdies. She also birdied the last two holes.
Slimmer Tiger on road to recovery PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem saw Tiger Woods for the first time since his season-ending surgery, and reported Sunday that the No. 1-ranked golfer was his usual self, except for being about 10 pounds lighter and walking with a slight limp.
"He lost 12 or 13 pounds after surgery, gained a few back," Finchem said. "He looks kind of thin."
Woods and Finchem were at Congressional Country Club to speak with the members about the club hosting the AT&T National for six years after the 2012 U.S.
Mickelson, Furyk advocate golf in the Olympics If it were up to Phil Mickelson and Jim Furyk, golfers would be going for the gold.
"Having golf an Olympic sport is exponentially more important to the game of golf than the majors," Mickelson said Tuesday from the site of the season's final major, the PGA Championship at Oakland Hills. "The reason for that is it would bring in 168 different countries and their Olympic foundation and all those revenues and that would be going towards the growth of the game.
Sorenstam birdies 18 to finish final major Annika Sorenstam completed her last major championship with a 10-foot birdie putt for a 4-under 68 at the Women's British Open on Sunday although she was well out of contention for the title.
The 37-year-old Swede, who will leave golf at the end of this year to pursue business interests and start a family, had her best round of the week as she hit every green on the 6,408-yard Old Course at Sunningdale.
Shin wins Women's British Open; Annika 24th Ji-Yai Shin has won the Women's British Open by three strokes after a final round 6-under 66.
The 20-year-old South Korean captured her first major victory Sunday after an 18-under score of 270.
Yani Tseng of Taiwan was second with a 66 and a 15-under total of 273
Shin's victory continued Asia's domination of majors on the LPGA Tour. Tseng won the LPGA Championship and Korea's Inbee Park took the Women's U.S. Open.
Vijay overcomes shaky putter to win first WGC Vijay Singh overcame a shaky putter on the back nine by making a 3 1/2-foot par putt on the 18th hole Sunday to close with a 2-under 68 for a one-shot victory in the Bridgestone Invitational.
Singh won his first World Golf Championship and ended an 0-for-34 drought on the PGA Tour that dated to the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March 2007, his longest stretch without winning in six years.
But he had to work harder than he wanted.
