Sentences with phrase «grand slam at»

No one would be surprised to learn — as Spieth already knew, according to Ferguson — that the term gained currency after Tiger Woods failed to claim the third leg of the same - season grand slam at the Open Championship at Muirfield in 2002.

When he's good, there's perhaps no one better — and we've all been waiting with bated breath for him to finally contend to lock up his career grand slam at Augusta for what seems like ages.

Spieth is trying to complete the third leg of the career grand slam at 23 years old.

Among other lit groups, defending champ Sergio Garcia, reigning PGA champion Justin Thomas, and top U.S. amateur Doc Redman, will tee off at 10:53 a.m.; two - time Masters winner Bubba Watson, Jason Day, and Henrik Stenson go off at 11; 04 a.m.; Rory McIlroy will launch his latest attempt to complete the career grand slam at 1:38 p.m. with 2013 Masters winner Adam Scott, and the fiery Jon Rahm; and Jordan Spieth kicks off his effort to earn a second green jacket at 1:49 p.m. with Alex Noren and 2010 British Open winner Louis Oosthuizen.

Jordan Spieth, who staged a furious comeback Sunday to win the British Open and avoid another potential major championship nightmare like the one he endured at last year's Masters, has the chance to become the first golfer in history to complete the career grand slam at the men's final major of the season.

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Rory McIlroy When Rory's good, there's perhaps no one better — and we've all been waiting for him to finally contend to lock up his career grand slam at Augusta.

He will also be one more Major away from winning a Grand Slam at just 22 years old.

Nadal is trying to become just the second player in the Open era (after Rod Laver) to win all four Grand Slams at least twice, and he's looked as good as anyone in the field so far.

Not exact matches

Netizens just can't seem to work out why Li, who had returned Tuesday to her hometown of Hubei following her second Grand Slam win, wouldn't at least feign some type of excitement when being given a check for such a huge amount by Hubei Communist Party chief Li Hongzhong.

«Serena Williams won her 22nd grand slam title at Wimbledon on Saturday.

ever seen at a Grand Slam, there was also something conspicuously absent — any thanks for China.

The PGA of America said on Tuesday that this year's PGA Grand Slam of Golf tournament will not be played at the Los Angeles golf club owned by Donald Trump and his family.

Last year, the PGA of America announced its partnership with Trump, which included this year's Grand Slam as well as several future tournaments slated to take place at Trump golf clubs around the U.S..

At 27, Sharapova has already amassed 34 singles titles, including 5 Grand Slams and is the highest - paid female athlete in the world, with a fortune of around $ 24 million.

Two grand slams in 85 and 87: every sparkling wine trophy at every wine show in the country.

Lucie Ludvigova LIBEREC, CZECH REPUBLIC Ludvigova, a junior tennis player at Texas, set an NCAA women's record by reaching the final of her third straight collegiate grand slam tournament, the ITA Indoor National.

If Tiger Woods wins the Grand Slam this year, he'll catch the Bear at the same time.

The TPC is not a major championship and will not be for a good long while yet, but the world's best professionals were grand - slammed at savage Sawgrass

McIlroy, who wed Erica Stoll shortly after finishing T7 at this year's Masters, needs a win at Augusta to complete the career grand slam.

He notched his most recent W anywhere at the 2013 Bridgestone Invitational and won his last Grand Slam event at the 2008 U.S. Open.

Nava became only the fourth player in major league history to hit a grand slam in his first at bat and the second to do it on the first pitch.

Stephens» previous best finish at a Grand Slam was when she advanced to the fourth round of the 2012 French Open.

Stephens, a 19 - year - old out of Coral Gables, Fla., is looking to win her first Grand Slam title and will have to go through the veteran to have a shot at either No. 1 seed Victoria Azarenka of Russia or unseeded Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in the semifinals.

Monica Seles won her first Grand Slam title at 16.

Third - seeded Serena Williams will seek to continue her bid to win a 16th Grand Slam title and a sixth Australian Open title when she faces fellow American and No. 29 seed Sloane Stephens on Wednesday at Rod Laver arena at noon local time.

Despite a few hiccups down the stretch of the British Open, McIlroy posted a relatively pressure - free, two - shot win at Hoylake to chalk up the third leg of a career grand slam.

Australia's Rod Laver proved again at Forest Hills last week that the best players in the world are no match for him as he waltzed away with the men's singles title to complete his second Grand Slam

Rory McIlroy will probably have to wait another year for a go at the career grand slam, as a case of the lefts on Saturday at Augusta knocked the four - time major winner out of his marquee duel with Jordan Spieth — and possibly out of contention for the 2016 Masters.

While Evert Lloyd, at age 27, has won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, Martina, at 25, has won but three — Wimbledon in 1978 and 1979 and the Australian Open just last December.

She is Margaret Court of Australia, and last week at Forest Hills she moved in on one of the rarest prizes in world - class tennis — a Grand Slam

Garbiñe Muguruza has beaten Venus Williams to win her second Grand Slam and first title at Wimbledon, winning in straight sets, 7 - 5, 6 - 0.

1 p.m. — Jordan Spieth's quest for a career grand slam took a bit of a hit after he went 2 - over through his first 14 holes at the PGA Championship on Thursday.

It's his 19th Grand Slam title, and his eighth title at The Championships, Wimbledon.

Del Potro won 7 of 10 break points and committed 10 fewer unforced errors than Harrison, a 20 - year - old from Austin, Texas who has never gotten past the second round at a Grand Slam event.

All told, Milo won 32 titles at the four major Panhellenic festivals; he was a periodonike, or Grand Slam winner, five times.

Rollins will be a two - time tag champ if this happens — he and Roman Reigns were the Shields» two - man tag team, with Ambrose the singles star at the time — and he's an Intercontinental run away from joining Ambrose in the rare ranks of Grand Slam champs.

At Brighton High, 20 minutes north of Ann Arbor, Henson had set national records for home runs (70), grand slams (10) and RBIs (290), all while bringing 93 - mph heat on the mound.

In addition to her second place finish at Wimbledon, she won her first grand slam this January at the Australian Open.

She was also listed at plus - money before Wimbledon but cruised to her 22nd career Grand Slam victory.

The many pros Haney has spoken with don't share gamblers» optimism about Woods» ability to capture that elusive 15th major at the men's first grand slam event of the 2018 season.

Taking the championship at the Australian Open, winning the US Open will give him three of the four Grand Slam tourney wins and a record 20th title.

It should be a phenomenal match, and it could even reach historic levels of significance if Djokovic is at his peak and Nadal is even slightly off; the Djoker is hoping to become the first men's player since Rod Laver to hold all four Grand Slam titles at once.

Despite not starting a Grand Slam event since he missed the cut at the 2015 PGA Championship (with MCs at that year's British and U.S. Opens after a T17 at the Masters), one bookmaker has Woods at 5 - 1 to break his majors drought on the 10th anniversary (if not before) of his last major victory: the 2008 U.S. Open.

He wasn't a factor on Sunday at any of the Grand Slam events, and each of their TV ratings was down from 2002.

This was perfectly illustrated during the 1993 Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril, when Gerhard Berger's Ferrari F93 slammed into the wall following a pit stop.

Neither venus nor Serena Williams has won a Grand Slam singles title in more than a year, and if both falter at the U.S. Open this week, we can administer last rites to the era of their dominance.

Put Vlad in the field and Bonds at DH, and the Angels win each game of the series by 12 runs, all coming on Bonds grand slams.

For 10 yearsthey'd been telling the same stories — at Immaculata High School in Somerville, N.J., where the legend bookended a grand slam in his first at bat as a freshmanwith a blast in his last at bat as a senior; at the neighborhood diner Jerry «sPlace, where the legend's photo hangs next to one of Mickey Mantle; and here atthis warehouse turned hitting complex, where the legend's newspaper clippingsand old jerseys line the walls.

Elsewhere with a go - ahead hit was Francisco Lindor, who made just a little bit more noise with his at - bat than Kemp did: Whereas Kemp hit a bases - loaded double, Lindor hit a grand slam to give the Indians a ninth - inning lead over the Rangers and, eventually, the win.