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- Stosur, Hewitt to play in Brisbane International
- Report: Tiger apologized to US Ryder rookies
- Venturi to be enshrined in Hall of Fame
| Stosur, Hewitt to play in Brisbane International Posted: 08 Oct 2012 06:54 PM PDT SYDNEY: Australian grand slam winners Samantha Stosur and Lleyton Hewitt will start their 2013 season at the Brisbane International ATP/WTA event in December, organisers said on Tuesday. World No. 9 and last year's US Open champion Stosur is looking to do better than her second round exit in straight sets to the Czech Republic's Iveta Benesova at the last Brisbane tournament. "I have had a couple of good wins at the Brisbane International, I would like more, so hopefully that will change in 2013," Stosur said. It will be former Wimbledon and US Open champion Hewitt's first appearance at the Brisbane International. Hewitt, 31 and ranked 105, has enjoyed some solid performances this year after returning from injury, reaching the fourth round of the Australian Open and the third round of the London Olympics. Stosur and Hewitt join Andy Murray, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova in the December 30-January 6 Brisbane International. - AFP |
| Report: Tiger apologized to US Ryder rookies Posted: 08 Oct 2012 06:53 PM PDT NEW YORK: After failing to win a match at the Ryder Cup, Tiger Woods privately apologized to four first-time members of the American side after their defeat by Europe, according to a Golf Channel report Monday. Tim Rosaforte, a contributor to the television network, said on a morning show on the Golf Channel that Woods apologized for not earning enough points to teammates Brandt Snedeker, Webb Simpson, Jason Dufner and Keegan Bradley. Rosaforte said he learned of the gathering from Snedeker at a charity fundraising event in Memphis, Tennessee. "Tiger got all the rookies in a room, closed the door and personally apologized to everyone for not doing more, for not getting the points he needed to get to get a US victory," Rosaforte said. "For people who don't think Woods really cares, whenever that turn or that pivot occurred in his career, it has fully turned." Woods went 0-3 with a halved match against Italy's Francesco Molinari after Europe had already clinched retaining the Cup, making the final count 14 1/2-13 1/2 for Europe after a last-day European fightback at Medinah on September 30. Woods, 13-17-3 in Ryder Cup matches, played on only one winning Ryder Cup side, that being the American squad that made a similar last-day rally to win in 1999 at Brookline, Massachusetts. - AFP |
| Venturi to be enshrined in Hall of Fame Posted: 08 Oct 2012 06:52 PM PDT PEBBLE BEACH, California: Ken Venturi, the 1964 US Open champion who spent 35 years as a US television golf commentator, was named on Monday as a 2013 inductee to the World Golf Hall of Fame. Venturi, who was selected in the lifetime achievement category, will join previously elected Fred Couples at enshrinement ceremonies May 6 at the Hall of Fame in St. Augustine, Florida, ahead of the US PGA Players Championship. "The greatest reward in life is to be remembered, and I thank the World Golf Hall of Fame for remembering me," Venturi said. "It's the dream of a lifetime." Venturi, 81, won 14 US PGA titles but his enduring feat came in 1964 at Congressional Country Club just outside Washington, where he overcame severe dehydration in sweltering temperatures to claim his only major title. "Ken Venturi's victory in the 1964 US Open remains one of the greatest moments in the championship's 112-year history," US Golf Association executive director Mike Davis said. "His ability to overcome extremely difficult conditions at Congressional personifies the perseverance, determination and execution required to be a US Open champion." Venturi was forced off the course by carpal tunnel syndrome and in 1968 he joined CBS television and spent 35 years in the commentary booth with a triumphant stint in 2000 as the US Presidents Cup team captain. - AFP |
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