ian poulter

Norman geht die Puste aus

Das war nicht der Tag für Greg Norman, der heute von Anfang an jeden Anflug von Lockerheit eingebüßt hatte, die ihm drei Tage lang dabei half, den besten Spielern der Welt (minus Tiger Woods) eine Vorführung in Sachen Links-Golf zu geben. Der Australier konnte denn auch nicht nachlegen, als Titelverteidiger Padraig Harrington auf der zweiten Neun von Royal Birkdale aufdrehte. Sieger: der Ire. Mit vier Schlägen Vorsprung auf den Engländer Ian Poulter. Norman wurde Dritter. Diese British Open in read

Duo of Double Whammies for Padraig Harrington on way to successfully defending The Open at Birkdale

Duo of Double Whammies for Padraig Harrington on way to successfully defending The Open at Birkdale Posted by under Latest Golf News, Mens Pro Golf, The Four Majors, The Open Championship Ireland’s Padraig Harrington repeated last year’s achievement of winning the Irish PGA Championship before going on to win the British Open. At Royal Birkdale Golf Club today, Harrington started the final round two strokes behind former winner Greg Norman from Australia. The Irishman posted a final round o read

Open Thread - Final Round, British Open

What's happening today? Update: Norman pars the fourth after three straight bogeys. Paddy now in the lead by one (Harrington opened with four straight pars). Update: Norman's hanging in there pretty good. So good that he's tied for the lead -- +6 through 8 holes, with Harrington. Padraig Harrington +6 (8) Greg Norman +6 (8) Simon Wakefield +7 (8) Ian Poulter +8 (11) (a) Chris Wood +8 (11) Anthony Kim +8 (10) Henrik Stenson +9 (10) Ben Curtis +9 (9) Ross Fisher +9 (9) Update: Lead now +7, read

Live text - Open day four

Ireland's Padraig Harrington leads England's Ian Poulter by one shot on the final day of the Open at Royal Birkdale. read

Stormin' Norman

As Andrew Magee said in exasperation several times during "Big Break: Kaanapali": What is going on here? David Duval fell back to earth in the third round of the British Open, but not Greg Norman. Norman is orbiting two strokes clear of the field. Yep, the 53-year-old (I've been calling him 52 all week, but he's even more of a golf geezer than I realized) Norman is the British Open leader: Leaderboard Greg Norman, 70-70-72--212 Padraig Harrington, 74-68-72--214 K.J. Choi, 72-67-75--214 Simon read