WGC Bridgestone Invitational: Firestone Triumph For Wonderful Woods


Akron, Ohio (August 9): Tiger Woods was in imperious form as he landed the World Golf Championships - Bridgestone Invitational for a record seventh time after a titanic battle with Padraig Harrington at Firestone Country Club. The American finished with a five-under-par round of 65 to end the week with a 12-under 268 aggregate, four shots better than Harrington and Australian Robert Allenby. The win is the 70th of Woods' career on the PGA Tour in 248 career starts (234 as a professional). As a result, he moves within three victories of tying Jack Nicklaus (73 wins) for second place on the all-time Tour wins list. Sam Snead, with 82 wins, leads the list. Woods has won 16 World Golf Championships events in 30 starts.

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Singh Still Looking 'To Go All The Way' In America


Akron, Ohio (August 6): A recurring rib injury that has denied him valuable playing time has not forced Jeev Milkha Singh to alter his goal of winning in America this year. Following his success in 2008, the Indian, who returns to action at this week's WGC - Bridgestone Invitational at the Firestone Country Club, said his 2009 target was a maiden victory on the US PGA Tour. "At the start of the year, I had said doing well at the Majors and WGC was my goal and also to try and win on the US Tour," said 37-year-old Singh, who has had three weeks on the sidelines since withdrawing from the Open Championship in Turnberry.

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Asian Big Guns Primed To Unleash Firepower In Ohio


Akron, Ohio (August 5): Thongchai Jaidee and Jeev Milkha Singh will aim to spur each other on when they line-up for the first two rounds of this week's WGC - Bridgestone Invitational at the Firestone Country Club. Thai Thongchai and Indian Singh are both two-time winners of the Asian Tour Order of Merit and have flown the Asian flag with pride in tournaments around the world in recent years. And it will be no different over the next fortnight when they will follow their Ohio appearances by heading to Hazeltine for the year's final Major, the US PGA Championship.

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Wie 'Honoured' To Be Handed Wild Card Entry Into Solheim Cup


Manchester (August 3): Michelle Wie has been handed a wild card pick for the American team at this month's Solheim Cup. "I'm so honoured and thrilled. Getting into the Solheim was one of my big goals at the start of the year," said the 19-year-old, who is still awaiting her maiden US LPGA Tour title. Wie thanked Beth Daniel, the US non-playing captain for giving her one of the two wild card selections. "I hope I will play well and not let anyone down," said Wie.

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Sun Chlorella Classic: Stunning Success For Mighty Teen Ishikawa


Hokkaido (August 2): Teenage sensation Ryo Ishikawa wrote another remarkable chapter in his young history with an accomplished wire-to-wire win in the 150 million yen (about US$1.5 million) Sun Chlorella Classic. Still six weeks shy of his 18th birthday, Ishikawa carded a closing five-under-par 67 over the 7,535-yard Otaru Country Club course in Hokkaido Prefecture on Sunday. That gave him a 72-hole aggregate of 17-under-par 271 and a one-shot victory from fast-finishing Australian Brendan Jones, who signed for a final-day 65. Ishikawa, who held his nerve to snare a tournament-winning eight-foot birdie putt on the final hole, said: "I never had a neck-to-neck battle like this. I felt the difficulty of starting the final round with the lead. Luckily, I ended up winning, but it could've gone either way."

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US Senior Open Championship: Fabulous Funk Flies High At Crooked Stick


Carmel (August 2): Denied in a play-off at Sunningdale last week, Fred Funk made absolutely no mistake about winning the US Senior Open.

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