Newsday (N.Y.): Long-suffering William McGirt takes third-round lead at Riviera

By Art Spander
Special to Newsday

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — William McGirt is one of those golfers who kept thinking of quitting the game but didn't. Three rounds into the Northern Trust Open, that decision looks like the proper one.

The 34-year-old McGirt, a nonwinner in 10 years as a pro, is at 12-under-par 201 and two shots in front going into Sunday's final round at historic Riviera Country Club.

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Newsday (N.Y.): Tiger Woods loses his own tournament in playoff

By Art Spander
Special to Newsday

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — The final California leg of the tournament known as Tiger Woods' invitational, the Northwestern Mutual World Challenge, was taken from Woods' grasp by Zach Johnson.

Four strokes behind Woods with eight holes to play Sunday, Johnson caught Woods and beat him on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff before a record crowd of more than 24,000 at Sherwood Country Club, about 40 miles west of Los Angeles.

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Newsday (N.Y.): Tiger Woods battles tough conditions to keep lead

By Art Spander
Special to Newsday

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — There was morning rain and afternoon wind, and Tiger Woods, often unsettled in choosing clubs, Saturday took 10 shots more than he did with his record-tying score on Friday. But he but didn't lose the lead in the Northwestern Mutual Challenge.

Woods, a five-time winner of this $3.5 million limited field event which benefits his foundation, shot an even-par 72 for a three-round total of 11-under par 205. He remained two shots ahead of Zach Johnson at Sherwood Country Club.

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Global Golf Post: An Old Tiger Rather Than Tiger Of Old

By Art Spander
For GlobalGolfPost.com

PITTSFORD, NEW YORK — This was the week we were supposed to learn something about Tiger Woods. Perhaps we did.

Woods came to the PGA Championship after a victory, after a tournament in which he shot 61 the second round. Surely we would see the old Tiger.

What we saw, however, was an older, perplexed Tiger.

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Newsday (N.Y.): Tiger, Phil can't find the answers

By Art Spander
Special to Newsday

PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Three weekends ago Phil Mickelson was saying how he never believed he could win the British Open.

What he said Saturday after a disastrous third round of the PGA Championship was nothing. But he did sign a great many autographs.

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