Sentences with phrase «strokes under par»

Whatever your preferred control method, there's a good combination of skill and luck required, although things do tend to lean towards the «too easy» side of the ledger, with online tournaments regularly won by people coming in 20 or more strokes under par.

Veteran Charley Hoffman had a 4 - shot lead and was 7 strokes under par after the first round, putting himself in terrific position to contend deep into the weekend.

By the time the sellout gallery of 40,000 (the gates were locked before Palmer teed off) had finally wandered off at the end of the day and left the Augusta National's green acres looking like a dump heap, Palmer stood 10 strokes under par for the tournament — five better than Bruce Devlin, a young Australian who observed, «The way Arnold is playing, I guess the rest of us are just shooting for second place.»

Not exact matches

Your 2012 The Players Championship winner is Matt Kuchar, who finished the tournament 13 under par to earn a two - stroke victory.

Carol Mann shot a final - round one - under - par 72 for a 12 - under - par 206 total to beat Susie McAllister by four strokes in the $ 40,000 George Washington Classic in Horsham, Pa..

He played poorly, shooting a one - under - par 289 (71-75-73-70) to finish 43rd, 20 strokes behind winner Paul Stankowski.

He shot a 68, which left him in 11th place at five under par, only three strokes behind winner Olin Browne, who celebrated his 40th birthday by sinking a par - saving eight - footer on the final green to win by a stroke.

He and English pro Richard Bland had a three - round total of 20 under par and missed the cut by one stroke.

Nicklaus» seven - under - par 281 beat Billy Casper by two strokes.

Jonathan Byrd is in the clubhouse at -9 after shooting five - under - par, and he's in a 14 - way tie, four strokes back of Matteson.

Beth Daniel shot a 15 - under - par 273 to defeat Cindy Rarick by six strokes and win a women's tour event and $ 45,000 in Kent, Wash..

Souchak, who came to Las Vegas in a confident frame of mind and on a diet that had brought his weight down 20 pounds to 200 in the last few months, shot steady golf despite the wind, and his 2 - under - par 70 gave him a halfway lead of four strokes.

Phil Mickelson, Matt Kuchar, Ernie Els, Nick Watney, and Ted Potter, Jr. all finished at 4 - under, playing the nine - hole par - 3 course in 23 strokes.

Brandt Snedeker took home the 2012 TOUR Championship and the FedEx Cup with a score of 11 - under par and winning by four strokes.

GOLF — JACK NICKLAUS won the Masters Tournament at Augusta for the second time with a record - breaking 17 - under - par 271, nine strokes ahead of Arnold Palmer and Gary Player, who tied for second (page 24).

Long before that, Garcia took sole possession of the lead with a birdie on the par - 4 sixth and made the turn at 11 - under and with a two - stroke lead over Kirk, Kisner, Justin Thomas, and Ben Martin, as McIlroy lurked at 8 - under.

Black finished with a 17 - under - par 267, one stroke better than the score of runner - up Willie Wood.

He had shot a fourth - round 69, three under par, and had a total of 284, four under for the 72 holes — six strokes better than the 290 with which he had won the Open at Pebble Beach back in» 72.

Carole Jo Skala fired a final - round 73 for a 54 - hole total of 212, four under par and four strokes up on second - place Jane Blalock, to win the $ 35,000 Wheeling (W. Va.) Classic at Oglebay Park.

Bubba Watson has taken a two - stroke lead at the 2013 Travelers Championship, posting a second - round 67 to move him to 10 - under par for the tournament.

Tag Ridings and Nick O'Hern are tied for fourth at 7 - under par, and Charley Hoffman and Keegan Bradley are four strokes back at 6 - under.

The lefty made his way through the par - 3 course at Augusta National Golf Club in 23 strokes, finishing at 4 - under to hold the current lead.

Cooper also started on the back and reached 10 - under for the Championship early in her second round with birdies at 14 and 16, but surrendered three strokes on the 390 - yard, par - 4 1st.

Though Tiger Woods and his Team Albany were in third place after the first day of the Tavistock Cup, but they were firmly in the hunt, just three strokes back of the leader, Team Isleworth, at 23 - under par.

Reed shot a 66 on Friday, the best score of the day, and at 9 - under par holds a two - stroke advantage over Marc Leishman, his playing partner on Saturday, teeing off at 2:30 p.m. ET in the third round.

Bill Rogers of Texarkana, Texas, who has yet to win on the PGA tour, took the $ 300,000 Pacific Club Masters at Gotemba, Japan, with a nine - under - par 275, one stroke better than Mike Morley.

With 26 golfers within five strokes of the leaders, who sit at 8 - under par, the tournament remains wide open.

Poston won first place in the boys division by shooting a score of 282, six under par and bested the second place winner by one stroke.

McDonald shot a score of 284, four under par, to claim the girls division title and bested the closest competitor by nine strokes.