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Another Unusual DQ on PGA Tour

Yes, another disqualification on the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/od/progolftours/tp/pgatour.htm">PGA Tour</a>, and like <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/08/25/furyk-dqd-from-the-barclays.htm">Jim Furyk's DQ</a> for missing his pro-am tee time at last week's Barclays, this one was administrative in nature. Chad Campbell <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://livereport.pgatour.com/2010/09/04/campbell-dqed-for-failing-to-register/">forgot to register</a> for the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/od/progolftours/p/deutsche_bank.htm">Deutsche Bank Championship</a>. PGA Tour players don't just show up and play. They show up, register by signing in, then play the tournament. Campbell got the show up part and the play part - he shot a 72 in the first round - right. He just forgot the "register and sign in" part. And, well, you can't finish a tournament that you haven't even registered for. So today, when the PGA Tour realized that Campbell never signed in for the Deutsche Bank, he was disqualified. What's odd about this one is that it took everyone until the second day of tournament play to notice. Unfortunately for Campbell, this means his FedEx Cup run is over. He entered the Deutsche Bank at No. 83 in the point standings, and only the Top 70 advance to next week's <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/od/progolftours/p/western_open.htm">BMW Championship</a>. So Campbell is out. Also unfortunately for Campbell, this isn't the first time he's done something like this. He told PGATour.com that he was once on a flight to Hawaii for the Sony Open when he realized that he had never committed to the tournament. He was flying to Hawaii for a tournament he wouldn't get to play.<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/09/04/another-unusual-dq-on-pga-tour.htm">Another Unusual DQ on PGA Tour</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/">About.com Golf</a> on Saturday, September 4th, 2010 at 13:16:46.<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/09/04/another-unusual-dq-on-pga-tour.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/09/04/another-unusual-dq-on-pga-tour.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://golf.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/09/04/another-unusual-dq-on-pga-tour.htm&zItl=Another Unusual DQ on PGA Tour">Email this</a>

Woods Lives to Play Another Day

<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/od/tigerwoods/tp/tiger_woods.htm">Tiger Woods</a> kept his tournament - and his season - alive with a second-round 65 in the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/od/progolftours/p/deutsche_bank.htm">Deutsche Bank Championship</a>. After his first-round 72, Woods found himself near the bottom of the scoreboard. His 65 vaulted him well up the ranks, inside the Top 30 at the time he completed his morning round. He's not challenging the leaders, but he's well above the projected cutline. Woods needs to finish somewhere around 57th or higher this week to earn enough FedEx Cup points to advance to next week's <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/od/progolftours/p/western_open.htm">BMW Championship</a>. So missing the cut wouldn't just have ended his tournament, but his season. That's not a danger after the 65. Defending Deutsche Bank champion <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/od/philmickelson/tp/phil_mickelson.htm">Phil Mickelson</a> also had a great second round and, before the afternoon groups tee off, was threatening to crack the Top 10. <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboards/current/r505/">Deutsche Bank Championship leaderboard</a> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE= "javaScript" SRC="http://guidepolls.about.com/golf/1282320066/poll.js?linkback="></script><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/09/04/woods-lives-to-play-another-day.htm">Woods Lives to Play Another Day</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/">About.com Golf</a> on Saturday, September 4th, 2010 at 12:22:49.<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/09/04/woods-lives-to-play-another-day.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/09/04/woods-lives-to-play-another-day.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://golf.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/09/04/woods-lives-to-play-another-day.htm&zItl=Woods Lives to Play Another Day">Email this</a>

Nationwide Tour Will Get New Name - in 2013

For the past eight seasons, the developmental tour of the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/od/progolftours/tp/pgatour.htm">PGA Tour</a> - the Triple-A American golf tour to the PGA Tour's big leagues - has been called the Nationwide Tour. Because Nationwide Insurance is the tour's title sponsor. The tour was originally called the Hogan Tour, and had two names after that before Nationwide came along. But it will have to get a fifth name now that Nationwide Insurance announced it won't renew its contract when its sponsorship deal expires after the 2012 season. So in 2013, the Nationwide Tour will be called ... something else. That "something else" will almost certainly be the name of another title sponsor, so let's hope a company with a good name gets the deal. We don't want to see a Cialis Tour. Names of the PGA Tour's Developmental Tour<ul> <li>Ben Hogan Tour - 1990-93 <li>Nike Tour - 1993-99 <li>Buy.com Tour - 2000-2002 <li>Nationwide Tour - 2003-2012 </ul> Nationwide Insurance will continue to be involved in golf, however, as the "presenting sponsor" of Jack Nicklaus' <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/od/progolftours/p/the_memorial.htm">Memorial Tournament</a> beginning in 2011.<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/09/03/nationwide-tour-will-get-new-name-in-2013.htm">Nationwide Tour Will Get New Name - in 2013</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/">About.com Golf</a> on Friday, September 3rd, 2010 at 16:39:19.<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/09/03/nationwide-tour-will-get-new-name-in-2013.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/09/03/nationwide-tour-will-get-new-name-in-2013.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://golf.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/09/03/nationwide-tour-will-get-new-name-in-2013.htm&zItl=Nationwide Tour Will Get New Name - in 2013">Email this</a>

NFL Legend John Elway Starts Colorado Senior Open with 72

Legendary NFL quarterback <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://football.about.com/cs/legends/p/johnelway.htm">John Elway</a> carded an even-par 72 in the first round of the HealthOne Colorado Senior Open on Wednesday - the first round of golf for Elway in a senior tournament since he turned 50 earlier this year. Elway is playing as an amateur in the tournament, which has a field of 155 amateurs and pros. Many of the pros have impressive pedigrees, including multiple past champions, and among them is 5-time PGA Tour winner Danny Edwards. Elway's round included four birdies and a bogey on the 15th hole. What kept his good round from being a very good one was a triple-bogey 7 on the seventh hole at Green Valley Ranch Golf Club in Denver. That seven happened after Elway gouged a ball out of the rough, only to realize it wasn't his ball. He called a 2-stroke penalty on himself for playing the wrong ball. Still, he'll probably finish the day inside the Top 20 (<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://cogf.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/cogf10/event/cogf109/contest/1/leaderboard.htm">check the scores</a>). Elway is a longtime golf enthusiast who has regularly played in tour pro-ams as well as celebrity tournaments. In fact, Elway has played in 22 straight American Century Celebrity Golf Championships, with a best finish of second in 1999. According to GHIN, his current handicap is 0 - very close to his best-ever handicap of +0.6. See also:<ul> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/od/celebritygolf/ss/terrell-thomas-golf.htm">New York Giants' Terrell Thomas talks golf</a></li> </ul><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/09/01/nfl-legend-john-elway-starts-colorado-senior-open-with-72.htm">NFL Legend John Elway Starts Colorado Senior Open with 72</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/">About.com Golf</a> on Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 at 15:28:59.<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/09/01/nfl-legend-john-elway-starts-colorado-senior-open-with-72.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/09/01/nfl-legend-john-elway-starts-colorado-senior-open-with-72.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://golf.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/09/01/nfl-legend-john-elway-starts-colorado-senior-open-with-72.htm&zItl=NFL Legend John Elway Starts Colorado Senior Open with 72">Email this</a>

New York Giants' Terrell Thomas Talks Golf

<img class="alignright" src="http://0.tqn.com/d/golf/1/9/g/J/1/terrell-thomas-2008.jpg" alt="null" /> Terrell Thomas plays cornerback for the New York Giants, and he's coming off a great 2009 season. But when we had a chance to chat with him, Terrell wanted to <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/od/celebritygolf/ss/terrell-thomas-golf.htm">talk golf</a>. He's relatively new to golf, but very passionate about the game. And he's already learned one truism that I think we can all relate to: "Just when you think the golf gods have given up on you, you hit that incredible shot that brings you back." So, Terrell, what's harder: Hitting Miles Austin or hitting a golf ball? <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/od/celebritygolf/ss/terrell-thomas-golf.htm">Read the Q&A</a> for Thomas' answer to that question and more about his passion for golf. (Photo:�Nick Laham / Getty Images)<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/09/01/new-york-giants-terrell-thomas-talks-golf.htm">New York Giants' Terrell Thomas Talks Golf</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/">About.com Golf</a> on Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 at 10:56:43.<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/09/01/new-york-giants-terrell-thomas-talks-golf.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/09/01/new-york-giants-terrell-thomas-talks-golf.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://golf.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/09/01/new-york-giants-terrell-thomas-talks-golf.htm&zItl=New York Giants' Terrell Thomas Talks Golf">Email this</a>

PGA Tour Suspends Pro-Am DQ Rule

<table align="right"><tr><td> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE= "javaScript" SRC="http://guidepolls.about.com/golf/3263478012/poll.js?linkback="></script> </td></tr></table> It's a week too late to help <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/od/golfersmen/p/jim_furyk.htm">Jim Furyk</a>, but the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/od/progolftours/tp/pgatour.htm">PGA Tour</a> announced today it is suspending for the remainder of 2010 its rule requiring disqualification of any player who misses his tee time in the pro-am that precedes tournament play. You'll recall that last week at <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/od/progolftours/p/the_barclays.htm">The Barclays</a>, Furyk overslept when his cellphone alarm failed to sound. Upon waking, he rushed to the tournament site and arrived only minutes after his pro-am group teed off. But, since he missed the tee time, he was disqualified from The Barclays. The PGA Tour news release stated: <blockquote>"Hereafter, should a player be late for his pro-am starting time, the situation will be handled as a matter of unbecoming conduct. Such player will be required to participate in the remainder of the pro-am round and may be required to perform additional sponsor activity. A player who misses his pro-am obligation in its entirety will still be ruled ineligible for the tournament unless he has been excused in accordance with the provisions of the regulations. "The Commissioner has asked the Player Advisory Council and Player Directors to evaluate the current pro-am regulations to determine whether alternative measures can effectively ensure that players honor their pro-am obligations without placing them at risk of disqualification. The matter will be discussed at the Policy Board meeting in November." </blockquote> Following Furyk's DQ, PGA Tour player Joe Ogilvie tweeted: <blockquote>"I was on the policy board when we made the DQ pro-am rule, a mistake. Miss pro-am, should be a day with sponsor on players' dime, no DQ."</blockquote> Furyk's DQ for missing the pro-am wasn't the first such DQ of 2010. It happened to Paul Azinger on the Champions Tour a week earlier, and to three players - including a past champion - at the LPGA major <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/od/majorchampionships/p/kraftnabisco.htm">Kraft Nabisco Championship</a> several months ago. The DQ rule has been in place because most players hate playing the pro-ams. Without a stiff penalty for missing the pro-am, more players would probably come up with excuses not to play. But no doubt the DQ rule is very harsh, and it's good to see the tour looking for alternatives. Maybe the LPGA will follow suit.<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/08/31/pga-tour-suspends-pro-am-dq-rule.htm">PGA Tour Suspends Pro-Am DQ Rule</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/">About.com Golf</a> on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 at 09:58:33.<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/08/31/pga-tour-suspends-pro-am-dq-rule.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/08/31/pga-tour-suspends-pro-am-dq-rule.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://golf.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/08/31/pga-tour-suspends-pro-am-dq-rule.htm&zItl=PGA Tour Suspends Pro-Am DQ Rule">Email this</a>

Deutsche Bank Last Chance for US Ryder Cup Hopefuls

The FedEx Cup championship isn't the only thing going on on the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/od/progolftours/tp/pgatour.htm">PGA Tour</a> this week at the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/od/progolftours/p/deutsche_bank.htm">Deutsche Bank Championship</a>. Following the conclusion of the tournament, Team USA <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/od/rydercup/a/ryder_cup.htm">Ryder Cup</a> captain Corey Pavin will add his four captain's selections to the team. Unlike his counterpart, Colin Montgomerie, Pavin doesn't have an embarrassment of riches from which to choose. He has a bunch of candidates who, for the most part, don't stand out from one another. But perhaps one of the candidates will emulate Edoardo Molinari and win the last tournament prior to the captain's picks, forcing his way on the team. Matt Kuchar took the lead in the FedEx Cup points by winning <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/od/progolftours/p/the_barclays.htm">The Barclays</a>, but Kuchar had already earned his spot in the Ryder Cup as an automatic qualifier. The points list of players who failed to automatically qualify looks like this: <a href =http://golf.about.com/b/a/262107.htm>Read more...</a><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/08/30/deutsche-bank-last-chance-for-us-ryder-cup-hopefuls.htm">Deutsche Bank Last Chance for US Ryder Cup Hopefuls</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/">About.com Golf</a> on Monday, August 30th, 2010 at 14:27:25.<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/08/30/deutsche-bank-last-chance-for-us-ryder-cup-hopefuls.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/08/30/deutsche-bank-last-chance-for-us-ryder-cup-hopefuls.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://golf.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/08/30/deutsche-bank-last-chance-for-us-ryder-cup-hopefuls.htm&zItl=Deutsche Bank Last Chance for US Ryder Cup Hopefuls">Email this</a>

LPGA Looking Into Cheating Allegations

Did two players in the LPGA CN Canadian Women's Open last week commit a rules violation, then conspire to cover it up? That's the allegation that has been made, and that's what the LPGA will now investigate. Over the weekend, rumors of misconduct emerged following the disqualifications of Shi Hyun Ahn and Il Mi Chung after the first round. Ahn and Chung signed scorecards after they played one another's golf balls on the final fairway and failed to correct their mistake. Later realizing their mistake, they contacted LPGA officials and were DQ'd for signing incorrrect scorecards. But the rumors - first repeated second-hand by an LPGA caddie on his blog - go like this: Ahn and Chung realized on the green that they had played each other's balls. They conspired to cover it up. They turned themselves in only after a caddie threatened to report them. Is it true? The LPGA told CBSSports.com's Steve Elling on Sunday it will interview all parties who were in th Ahn-Chung group. Other sources told ScoreGolf.com's Bob Weeks that the LPGA Player Executive Committee would investigate. The most disquieting part of the allegation is that, according to that original second-hand report, Ahn told her caddie on the green, "You did not see anything." Keep in mind that there is no confirmation at this point that those words were actually spoken. Also keep in mind that Ahn was working with a new caddie, and that English is Ahn's second language. Is it possible that - assuming those words were even spoken - they were spoken not as a statement but as a question? "You did not see anything?" Could that seemingly outrageous statement actually be a question asked by a player confused about what just happened, to a new caddie who might have had trouble understanding her tone? We don't know. Which is the point - we don't know anything right now except that allegations have been made, and the LPGA is looking into it. Stay tuned, and remember: Innocent unless proven guilty. Update: <a href="http://www.golfweek.com/news/2010/aug/30/lpga-investigates-possible-rules-coverup-golf/">Here's a Golfweek</a> article with comments from Chung's caddie and info from the third player in the group. A little smoke, but not yet any fire. Update II: A week after the original allegations, things are only murkier - despite the fact that caddies of bother players have spoken publicly. The issue? They contradict one another. <a href="http://www.golfweek.com/news/2010/sep/03/caddie-wrong-ball-dispute-calls-out-ahn/">More from Golfweek</a>. See also:<ul> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/cs/rulesofgolf/a/rulefaq_wrongb.htm">FAQ: What's the penalty for playing a wrong ball?</a></li> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://forums.about.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?folderId=8&listMode=13&nav=messages&webtag=ab-golf">Ask the rules experts</a></li> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/cs/rulesofgolf/a/rule15.htm">Rule 15: Wrong Ball</a></li> </ul><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/08/30/lpga-looking-into-cheating-allegations.htm">LPGA Looking Into Cheating Allegations</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/">About.com Golf</a> on Monday, August 30th, 2010 at 13:56:14.<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/08/30/lpga-looking-into-cheating-allegations.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/08/30/lpga-looking-into-cheating-allegations.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://golf.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/08/30/lpga-looking-into-cheating-allegations.htm&zItl=LPGA Looking Into Cheating Allegations">Email this</a>

Win No. 2 for Michelle Wie

<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/od/michellewie/tp/michelle_wie.htm">Michelle Wie</a> earned her second career <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/od/progolftours/tp/lpga_tour.htm">LPGA Tour</a> victory on Sunday, winning the CN Canadian Women's Open by three strokes. It was a well-played final round for Wie, who didn't give in to the pressure despite playing with the so-called "final-round queen" Jiyai Shin. And it was something of a surprise. Wie had three Top 10 finishes in her first seven events of 2010. But her play had been middling since late May. Her best finish over the next seven tournaments was tied for 17th, and over that stretch Wie finished inside the Top 20 just twice, outside the Top 30 four times, and missed one cut. But she started off the week at the CWO with a great first-round 65 that included a hole-in-one, and Wie held or shared the lead wire-to-wire. Putting has been Wie's bugaboo, especially in the middle part of the season when it was rare for Wie to get through 18 holes with fewer than 30 putts. Her putting stats were only a smidge better in Canada, but she looked a lot better with the flatstick. And Wie made some key putts over the final nine holes in Winnipeg. Any chance for Wie to build a little momentum? Alas, her life and the LPGA's schedule work against that. Wie plays again in two weeks at the P&G NW Arkansas Championship, but that is the tour's only event in September. Then Wie heads back to Stanford where she's given herself a brutal course load. Aside from the P&G and her title defense at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational in November, we'll have to wait and see how much she plays the rest of the way. See also:<ul> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/cs/michellewie/a/michellewiepics.htm">Michelle Wie pictures</a></li> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/od/golferswomen/p/michelle_wie.htm">Michelle Wie biography</a></li> </ul><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/08/29/win-no-2-for-michelle-wie.htm">Win No. 2 for Michelle Wie</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/">About.com Golf</a> on Sunday, August 29th, 2010 at 18:08:18.<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/08/29/win-no-2-for-michelle-wie.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/08/29/win-no-2-for-michelle-wie.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://golf.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/08/29/win-no-2-for-michelle-wie.htm&zItl=Win No. 2 for Michelle Wie">Email this</a>

Woods Closes Strong, Advances to Deutsche Bank

<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/od/tigerwoods/tp/tiger_woods.htm">Tiger Woods</a> will play again next weekend after closing with a round of 67 at <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/od/progolftours/p/the_barclays.htm">The Barclays</a>. Only the Top 100 players on the FedEx Cup points list after The Barclays advance to play in the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/od/progolftours/p/deutsche_bank.htm">Deutchse Bank Championship</a>, which is playoff event No. 2. At various times during his third round on Saturday, Woods' projected points left him outside that Top 100. But Woods posted a strong 67 on Sunday to finish The Barclays at 7-under 277. His opening (65) and closing rounds were very good. Woods' biggest problems during the week were his back-nine putting in the second round, and his first-tee "drive" (I put "drive" in quote marks because it was more like a heave) in the third round. Woods clubbed down off the tee, focused on hitting fairways, and while he had a few issues with putting he looked better than he has yet in 2010. The Barclays has a ways to go in its final round as I write this, so Woods' FedEx points position is still up in the air. But he should sit somewhere around 60th place at the end of the day. <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboards/current/r027/">The Barclays leaderboard</a><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/08/29/woods-closes-strong-advances-to-deutsche-bank.htm">Woods Closes Strong, Advances to Deutsche Bank</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/">About.com Golf</a> on Sunday, August 29th, 2010 at 15:15:08.<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/08/29/woods-closes-strong-advances-to-deutsche-bank.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/08/29/woods-closes-strong-advances-to-deutsche-bank.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://golf.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://golf.about.com/b/2010/08/29/woods-closes-strong-advances-to-deutsche-bank.htm&zItl=Woods Closes Strong, Advances to Deutsche Bank">Email this</a>