Luke Donald Shoots 63, Takes Lead in Sun City
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A charging baboon nearly ran into Luke Donald on Friday at the Nedbank Golf Challenge.
Woods’s body held up in his competitive return to golf at his event, the Hero World Challenge, but he expressed disappointment in his chipping and putting.
A charging baboon nearly ran into Luke Donald on Friday at the Nedbank Golf Challenge.
Ross Fisher opened the 2015 European Tour season with a six-under-par 66 to lead the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City, South Africa.
Since Woods won the 2008 United States Open, he has had two operations, become a father for the second time, been divorced and reached the cusp of middle age.
Jordan Spieth played the best round of an already impressive career with an eight-under-par 63 to win the Australian Open by six strokes in his first trip to Australia.
Phil Mickelson and his longtime caddie, Jim Mackay, work together seamlessly and share a deep emotional bond exemplified by Mackay’s emotional reaction to Mickelson’s victory at the 2013 British Open.
The British golfer Harry Vardon, the folk hero of professional golf’s formative era, inspired most of the game’s culture as it exists today, notably with his unmatched six British Open titles.
For Louise Richardson, the principal of the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, the exclusion of female members by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club transcends gender politics. It has become a workplace hurdle.
Coupled with the recent success of No. 1-ranked Stacy Lewis, Michelle Wie reaching her long-awaited potential at the United States Women’s Open further heightened the profile of American women in the sport.
Martin Kaymer, who opened the tournament with a course-record 65, closed with a 69 at Pinehurst No. 2 for a 72-hole total of nine-under-par 271. He finished eight strokes ahead of Erik Compton and Rickie Fowler.
The Pinehurst No. 2 course, recently returned to its original appearance with irregular sand and native vegetation, will host the United States Open and the United States Women’s Open in the coming weeks.