Archive for April, 2006

Couch chips in on 18 to win Zurich

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

After chunking a difficult bunker shot on 18 Sunday at the Zurich Classic in New Orleans, Chris Couch chipped in from just off the green to save par and earn his first PGA Tour victory. Couch, who turns 33 on Monday, finished one stroke better than both Fred Funk and Charles Howell III.

Couch chip earns him maiden title

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

American Chris Couch chips in at the final hole to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

Haas fires 65 to win FedEx Kinko’s by two

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

Jay Haas stormed through the front nine with six birdies, then ended the round with three in the final
four holes Sunday, pulling away for a two-stroke victory over Tom Kite
and Englishman Mark James in the FedEx Kinko’s Classic.

Duke claims one-shot win at BMW Charity Pro-Am

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

Ken Duke won his first Nationwide
Tour title Sunday, closing with a 4-under 68 for a one-stroke
victory over Jess Daley in the BMW Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs.

Kim holds nerve for Florida win

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

South Korea’s Mi Hyun Kim clinches her sixth LPGA title with a final-round 71
in the Ginn Open in Florida.

Hakkarainen wins Tenerife Open

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

Finland’s Riikka Hakkarainen wins her maiden Ladies European Tour title at the Tenerife Open.

Fasth beats Bickerton in playoff for Spanish title

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

Sweden’s Niclas
Fasth took the Spanish Open title on Sunday after a sudden-death
playoff with Briton John Bickerton.

Fasth wins tense Spanish Open

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

Niclas Fasth secures the Spanish Open at the fourth play-off hole.

For one more day, Dowds embrace spotlight

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

Dakoda Dowd missed the cut by eight strokes in her first LPGA tournament Friday, but it hardly seemed to matter. The 13-year-old phenom was playing to make her ailing mother’s dream come true.

Couch bursts through to take lead

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

Little-known American Chris Couch leads by one shot after the third round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.