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12/2/00 -- 1999 U.S. Amateur champion David Gossett fired a 13-under-par 59 on the Jack Nicklaus Private Course at PGA West in La Quinta, Calif. The round, as impressive as it was, was also much needed as it put the 21-year-old in position to earn his 2001 PGA Tour card.
12/1/00 -- An already miniscule field just got a bit more compacted at the Williams World Challenge in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Sergio Garcia, Davis Love III and Tiger Woods have pulled away from the nine other players in the elite field at the Sherwood Country Club.
11/30/00 -- Sergio Garcia has already beaten Tiger Woods head-to-head in one unofficial event this year, now he’s trying to do it once again - in Tiger’s own tournament.
11/29/00 -- Tom Lehman is trying to accomplish one of the rare feats in golf - winning the same event twice in a calendar year. He’ll be doing so at this week’s Williams World Challenge in Thousand Oaks, Calif., an event he first won in January.
11/29/00 -- Aaron Baddeley’s ecstatic. Greg Norman’s perturbed. And Ian Baker-Finch is nervously anxious. These three men make up the main ingredients to this week’s Australian PGA Championship in Brisbane.
11/24/00 -- Aaron Baddeley, who won the Holden Australian Open as an 18-year-old amateur in 1999, fired his second-straight 3-under-par 69 Friday to tie New Zealand’s Greg Turner for the halfway lead in Melbourne.
Defending champion Fred Couples, Sergio Garcia, Vijay Singh and Colin Montgomerie compete in the 18th annual Skins Game at the Landmark Golf Club in Indian Wells, Calif., beginning Saturday.
11/23/00 -- Former U.S. Amateur champion Matt Kuchar got off to a good start in his professional debut at the Holden Australian Open. Kuchar fired a 3-under-par 69 to finish the first round one shot off the lead, held by a trio of players.
11/22/00 -- A host of past major champions will be trying to dethrone 19-year-old Aaron Baddeley at the Holden Australian Open at Kingston Heath Golf Club in Melbourne.
11/22/00 -- Tiger Woods recorded back-to-back eagles to defeat Vijay Singh in a playoff at the 18th annual PGA Grand Slam of Golf at the Poipu Bay Golf Course in Kauai, Hawaii.
11/21/00 -- Tiger’s world tour makes a stop in Kauai, Hawaii for the 18th Grand Slam of Golf at the Poipu Bay Golf Course. Woods will compete against Masters champion Vijay Singh, Paul Azinger and Tom Lehman in the two-day stroke-play event.
11/21/00 -- Vijay Singh carded a 3-under-par 69 to take the lead after the first round of the 36-hole PGA Grand Slam of Golf in Kauai, Hawaii. The reigning Masters champion leads Tiger Woods (71) by two shots. Tom Lehman (73) stands four off the lead, while Paul Azinger is five back after opening in 74.
11/19/00 -- Tiger Woods fired his third-straight round of 7-under-par 65 to win the Johnnie Walker Classic in Bangkok, Thailand for the second time in three years by three strokes over Geoff Ogilvy.
11/18/00 -- Tiger Woods shot his second-consecutive round of 7-under-par 65 to extend his lead to three entering the final round of the Johnnie Walker Classic in Bangkok, Thailand.
11/17/00 -- Playing what he called a near flawless round, Tiger Woods fired a 7-under-par 65 to take the outright lead at 11-under-par entering the weekend of the Johnnie Walker Classic in Bangkok, Thailand.
11/16/00 -- A pair of Australians head an impressive field at the Johnnie Walker Classic in Bangkok, Thailand. Wayne Smith and Paul Gow stand in first and second place, respectively, through 18 holes at the Alpine Golf and Sports Club.
11/15/00 -- The ‘Shark’ might be out of the name, but he’s still in the game. Greg Norman will once again partner with fellow Australian Steve Elkington in the 12th annual Franklin Templeton Shootout at the Doral Resort and Spa in Miami, Fla.
11/15/00 -- It’s officially been a year since the resurrection of Michael Campbell’s career. It all started in Taiwan at the 1999 Johnnie Walker Classic. The Kiwi captured the event, his first title in six years. Now, he’s back to defend, this time in Bangkok, Thailand.
11/12/00 -- Shock, disbelief, anger and relief. Those were the telltale signs adorning player’s faces as they walked off Valderrama’s 17th green on Sunday.
Relief was the operative expression for Mike Weir. After watching the penultimate hole devour the world’s No. 1 player before his very eyes, the Canadian endured with a par 5 en route to his second career PGA Tour title at the WGC-American Express Championship.
Relief was the operative expression for Mike Weir. After watching the penultimate hole devour the world’s No. 1 player before his very eyes, the Canadian endured with a par 5 en route to his second career PGA Tour title at the WGC-American Express Championship.
11/11/00 -- Through three rounds at the Valderrama Golf Club, the BMIC (Big Man In the Clubhouse) just happens to be the smallest in stature. Standing 5'5' tall and weighing in at a soaking wet 135 pounds, Hidemichi Tanaka is the leader entering the final round of the WGC-American Express Championship.
11/10/00 -- The conditions changed. The results changed. But the lead remained. Nick Price struggled Friday in the blustery Sotogrande winds, yet held on to a two-shot lead entering the weekend at the WGC-American Express Championship.
11/9/00 -- An old putter produced some classic results for Nick Price Thursday at the WGC-American Express Championship.
Using a variation of the flatstick that produced three major titles, Price carded 11 birdies and two bogeys for a 9-under-par 63 and the first-round lead in Sotogrande, Spain.
Using a variation of the flatstick that produced three major titles, Price carded 11 birdies and two bogeys for a 9-under-par 63 and the first-round lead in Sotogrande, Spain.
11/8/00 -- Fifty-five players, representing six major tours, will tee it up this week at Valderrama Golf Club for the WGC - American Express Championship. Defending champion Tiger Woods, who can pass the $10 million mark in earnings with a win this week, heads this list of participants.
11/5/00 -- Beware the locusts! The Apocalypse may be upon us. For the second straight week, Tiger Woods has played in the final pairing on Sunday - and he hasn’t won either tournament!