Sentences with phrase «nicklaus in every major championship»

«I know I can be where I'm contending in every event, contending in major championships and being consistent day in and day out — if I got healthy.

It's a really cool quirk of this course and one you never get in major championship golf, let alone PGA Tour golf.

And then there's those two finishing par - 5s, a completely unique course feature that you never get in major championship golf and could jumble the leaderboard at the end with birdies and eagles.

Even with the two meaningless bogeys to finish up, it was the lowest Sunday round ever in a major championship at that historic Rochester venue, which has names like Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino, and Curtis Strange on its champions roll.

Day improved to 20 - under at one point in the round, becoming just the second player ever to hit that mark in a major championships.

There have been a grand total of 18 albatrosses in major championship history.

«Lexi Thompson trying to deal with an almost unprecedented moment in major championship golf,» Tirico intoned while Thompson played on.

«You find out you have four more strokes than you thought, with six holes left in a major championship, fall behind, birdie to tie, birdie to take the lead by one with three to go.»

Johan Kok had 97 feet to get to the hole the first time he ever pulled his putter in a major championship, and he poured it in.

It was adventurous, but this time, he made sure he'd wrap his hands around the Jug with one of the great closes in major championship golf.

«People are eager to see how [Tiger's] going to chase down Jack Nicklaus in every major championship.

The 29 - year - old has never finished better than T9 in a major championship, but has looked the part of a major championship contender this week.

A 1 hour and 53 minute stretch that saw Spieth drop from a soon - to - be three - time major champion to the author of one of the worst collapses in major championship history.

At the time, it appeared to set him up for the best finish in his major championship career, even if it wasn't a win.

On Monday, June 3, nearly 1000 golfers will face the final obstacle between them and realizing their dream of playing in a major championship.

There's a long way to go, but the American appears primed for at least contending in another major championship.

It may be the most revered and famous course in major championship golf, but it's certainly not the hardest.

The 25 - year - old put together one of the most impressive performances we've ever seen in the major championships this year.

Woods and Nicklaus both won in the years they finished top 5 in each major championship.

But an eagle on the 18th would still tie the record for best round ever in a major championship — and vault him into a tie for the lead with Walker.

Like him or hate him, every sport needs heroes and villains and America's most dominant Ryder Cupper of late won't have the knock that he's a non-factor in major championships any longer.

«There's a lot of pressure in major championships, and you're also playing under the most difficult conditions.»

A birdie - birdie finish would have given him the first 62 in major championship history.

I guess the first time I realised I had made it as an elite athlete was my first GB representation in a major championships.

Not exact matches

This week Fortune caught up with Jarred Kennedy, the co-head of esports at Riot Games, to discuss the world championship (the finals will take place Nov. 4 at the Bird's Nest National Stadium in Beijing) as well as the overall growth of the esports industry and Riot's plans, much like rival Activision Blizzard, to remodel its own esports league after major professional sports leagues like the NFL and NBA.

In the world of golf, Nicklaus added that despite intense competition, he expects Tiger Woods to break his record of 18 career major championships.

Meanwhile, Thursday marks the beginning of one of golf's major championships as the 80th Masters Tournament gets underway in Augusta, Georgia.

His greatest stretch of golf began in 1960 and lasted four years, with Palmer winning six major championships and 29 titles on the PGA Tour.

One thing I was very definite about in my mind when I started the year was that I would try my best to win at least one major championship if I did nothing else.

Sergio Garcia's life has been pretty good since shedding his major championship struggle with his win at The Masters in April.

For casual golf fans that only tune in for the four major championships, the PGA often gets overlooked anyway.

The result was a major championship schedule that looked something more like horse racing's triple crown, a nearly untenable travel schedule for players, and a fourth major championship that many fans might just look over due to the temporary, crammed - in date.

So, on a day when Hiroshi Iwata matched the major championship - scoring record with a 9 - under 63 and other players golf fans had barely heard of (George Coetzee, 7 - under) scorched Whistling Straits, Woods played like the 286th - ranked golfer in the world.

The MC was the third straight early exit from a major championship for the former world No. 1, who had never missed two in a row until he bombed out early of both the U.S. and British Opens this summer.

In spite of cliques among certain white riders, who ganged up on him in teamwork, pocketing, elbowing and riding him wide on the turns, Taylor won major championships in 1899 and 190In spite of cliques among certain white riders, who ganged up on him in teamwork, pocketing, elbowing and riding him wide on the turns, Taylor won major championships in 1899 and 190in teamwork, pocketing, elbowing and riding him wide on the turns, Taylor won major championships in 1899 and 190in 1899 and 1900.

The PGA returns to Baltusrol in 2016, a historic major championship course in New Jersey and 20 miles from Manhattan.

I've yet to see anything much to reassure me his game's in a better place than it's been at earlier major championships this year.

Professional bicycle racing was at its peak in the United States when Marshall Walter (Major) Taylor, one of eight children of a Negro Civil War veteran, won the 1899 world championship and the U.S. title a year later.

It's been a thrilling year for the major championships with a combination of great finishes and big names heavily involved in each.

Below is a look at every weight class, with championship and semifinal predictions — and some dark horse selections who may be primed for major upsets in each bracket.

Heading into the second round, 20 players sit at 2 - under or better, but not many of the 20 have major championship resumes or are among the top ranked players in the world.

With two of the world's top five players in Jason Day and Henrik Stenson giving chase, Walker was able to hold off the defending PGA champion and the winner of the season's previous major championship in what was a marathon day at Baltusrol.

Murray lost to Roger Federer in four sets, coming up just short of his first major championship.

In a sense, the two - time major - championship winner is starting over at 30.

Brian, 17, shot a five - over-par 293 to win the PGA junior title in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., becoming the first player to win both major U.S. junior boys» championships in the same year.

The shot carried such authority that there was little surprise when a shaken Norman put his own seven - iron shot into the water with the same kind of weak block to the right that has derailed him in past major championships.

It was the first time in 80 major championship rounds that Rory did not make a birdie.

Patrick Reed is 5 - under and in the mix for his first major championship while Jordan Spieth lurks at 3 - under in pursuit of his third major victory.

It's impossible to predict every little breakthrough (a hundred years ago, we'd never have envisioned painless dentistry, the designated hitter or Thighmaster), but we're expert enough (in sports, not so much medicine) to forecast that Vince McMahon's WWF will become the umbrella organization that regulates all major league sports (except for boxing, which will continue to be guided by good sense alone), and outcomes will be scripted to provide total fan satisfaction (read: fireworks, near - naked women on every sideline, no 8 - 8 playoff teams ever and especially no Yankees championships).

Remember, in his previous stint at Pitt, Majors took over a 1 - 10 team and four years later won the national championship.