Also Try Sports Archives News -07-20-09 Watson, Oldest Contender for a Major Title (MLive.com) "Watson in the 2009 British Open, 30 years past his prime, will have to fall somewhere among the greatest performances in golf history, a win notwithstanding. When we clear our heads and reflect, perhaps we will argue it was the greatest." Tom Watson is 59 years old. 07-09 Golf News (1stHeadlines.com) Provides news on golf from over a dozen sources. Golf News (TheGolfChannel.com) Provides news on golf. Nicklaus, An Inspiration to Golf (MSNBC News) "The greatest golf champion of them all bid farewell to both the British Open and the major championship stage, his hand-picked retirement party played out before a crowd he genuinely admires (the Scottish golf fans) at a venue he cherishes (the Old Course at St. Andrews). To say emotions pored forth from the heart would be an understatement. The tears could have overflowed the Swilcan Burn." Papers "The Most Amazing Display of Athletic, Mental Power" (NBC Sports) Tiger Woods "kept an East Coast television audience and a sellout crowd at Torrey Pines in suspense when his left knee buckled and he nearly dropped to the ground from the sheer pain, limping along with his club as a cane. The drama came on the last six holes, when he turned a five-shot deficit into a one-shot lead." "First came Woods’ 70-foot eagle putt on the 13th to get back in the game. Then it was a chip that he struck too hard, only to bow his head and laugh when it one-hopped into the hole for birdie on the 17th. Woods ended one of his most exciting rounds in a major with a 30-foot eagle putt on the 18th hole for a 1-under 70 and a one-shot lead over Lee Westwood." " 'It’s just the most amazing display of athletic, mental power that there is, there ever was,' said Mediate, who had a three-shot lead early on the back nine until a four-hole meltdown." Female Golfers (LPGA.com) Provides information on LPGA golfers, listed alphabetically by last name. Golf - U.S. Open (PGA of America) Provides a history of the U.S. Open, as well as golfing news. Golf News (Golf.com) Provides news on golf events. 10-09 Goosen, Retief (EuropeanTour.com) "Captured his second US Open Championship title and took his place among golf’s elite with a stunning victory at Shinnecock Hills in 2004, holding off the challenge of Masters Champion Phil Mickelson." Greener Golf Courses? (National Geographic) "As golf courses and golf resorts proliferate around the world, their growth provokes environmental questions about land use, habitat destruction, stunning water consumption, and runoff pollution from pesticides and fertilizers." "Is it possible to have greener golf?"  How Tiger Woods Wins a Major (New York Times) "Golf's four major tournaments offer competitors a more difficult test than the rest of the stops on tour. But while most players succumb to the tougher courses and heightened nerves, Tiger Woods shows less of a decline, especially in categories like greens in regulation and scrambling." Michelle Wie Loses Bid for the Masters (Fox News) "Michelle Wie's (search) dream of making the Masters ended relatively early. Clay Ogden (search) birdied four of the first five holes and never came close to losing his lead, handing the 15-year-old high school junior a 5-and-4 loss Friday in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur Public Links." Mickelson, Phil (Phil-Mickelson.com) Provides key events, achievements, and biography of Mickelson, one of the greatest modern golfers. Olazabal, Jose Maria - Biography (Yahoo.com) Provides a profile of the Spanish golfer. Palmer, Arnold - Biography (Yahoo.com) Provides a profile of the legendary golfer. Pat Bradley (HW Wilson Company) Provides statistics on her achievements, as well as discussing the disability that she has had to overcome to return as a champion. Singh, Vijay - Biography (CNN Sports Illustrated) Provides a profile of the golfer. Sorenstam, Annika - Golf Swing and Biography (BeauProductions.com) Provides a short video of Sorenstam's golf swing. Also provides highlights of her career. The Big Five (MSNBC News) "The 'Big Five' have never been better." "Golf's greatest active players — Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh, Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson and Retief Goosen — are dominating the sport." "The Big Five have fared well so far in 2005, combining for 12 wins worldwide and in their 63 tournaments through the Colonial have missed just four cuts (Singh at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, which was won by Mickelson, and the Memorial, while Woods and Goosen didn't play the weekend at the Byron Nelson)." The Internal Stress of Golf (New York Times) "On the eve of the United States Open at Oakmont Country Club, considered by many the most difficult course to be host to golf’s national championship, players talked about the mental stresses of a game in which physical execution is a fraction of the chore and every swing is dependent on the individual golfer." Tiger Woods Wins U.S. Open (NBC Sports) With a throbbing knee and a pounding heart, Tiger Woods made one last improbable escape Monday and won the U.S. Open in a 19-hole playoff over Rocco Mediate, his 14th career major and maybe the most amazing of them all." 06-08 Woods, Tiger (Awesome Library) Provides news and biographical information on Woods. Zaharias, Babe Didrikson (Gale Group) Provides a biography of the person "recognized as the greatest woman athlete of the first half of the twentieth century." Zaharias, Babe Didrikson (Sports Illustrated) Provides a biography of the person recognized as the "Greatest Female Athlete of the First Half of the 20th Century." Includes a picture.

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