The latest PGA TOUR News http://www.pgatour.com en-us Copyright 2008, PGATour.com Tue, 13 May 2008 19:58:55 EDT 30 http://i.pgatour.com/pgatour/.element/img/1.0/main/logo_p.jpg http://www.pgatour.com/ 380 70 What defines a legend? http://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/05/13/annikaretires_hauser/index.html http://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/05/13/annikaretires_hauser/index.html News Tue, 13 May 2008 19:47:52 EDT Annika Sorenstam has always pursued perfection. http://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/05/13/ap.on_the_fringe/index.html http://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/05/13/ap.on_the_fringe/index.html News Tue, 13 May 2008 19:48:39 EDT PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Starting a sudden-death playoff on a par 3 is rare, but not unprecedented. It last happened on the PGA TOUR eight years ago at the BellSouth Classic, when the playoff between Phil Mickelson and Gary Nicklaus began on the 16th hole because the rest of the course was covered with water. http://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/05/13/ap.notebook/index.html http://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/05/13/ap.notebook/index.html News Tue, 13 May 2008 19:01:58 EDT The following is a transcript of Annika Sorenstam's retirement announcement at the Upper Montclair Country Club on May 13: http://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/05/13/transcript/index.html http://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/05/13/transcript/index.html News Tue, 13 May 2008 16:41:37 EDT Target golf with challenging greens, that's the order of the day at TPC Sugarloaf. It's a thinking-man's course, and a track where gargantuan length off the tee won't help you too much. Let's have a look at the trends and track records and see how sweet of a lineup we can assemble. http://www.pgatour.com/2008/tournaments/r022/05/13/tfi/index.html http://www.pgatour.com/2008/tournaments/r022/05/13/tfi/index.html News Tue, 13 May 2008 15:58:19 EDT The downhill par-5 18th is the one of the best rock-reward opportunities on the PGA TOUR. PGATOUR.COM's Kim Lo details more figures behind the annual stop at TPC Sugarloaf: http://www.pgatour.com/2008/tournaments/r022/05/13/numbercrunch/index.html http://www.pgatour.com/2008/tournaments/r022/05/13/numbercrunch/index.html News Tue, 13 May 2008 15:42:21 EDT In THE PLAYERS Championship's 35-year history, a European golfer added his name to the list of winners for only the second time last week when Sergio Garcia forced Paul Goydos into a playoff and left the fateful 17th hole the new champion. As if that weren't exciting enough, check out what else went on in the golf world. http://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/05/13/weekly_world_roundup/index.html http://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/05/13/weekly_world_roundup/index.html News Tue, 13 May 2008 16:34:07 EDT Annika Sorenstam announced Monday that she will be retiring from professional golf at the end of 2008. Throughout her career, she has been compared to Tiger Woods. Here is a comparision of the two in some relevant categories (all numbers as of May 13, 2008): http://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/05/13/annika.tiger/index.html http://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/05/13/annika.tiger/index.html News Tue, 13 May 2008 16:49:37 EDT • Not to be outdone by the Regions Charity Classic on the Champions Tour, the BMW Charity Pro-Am will also offer an array of competing celebrities. Heading to the Nationwide Tour event this week are Wayne Gretzky and wife, Janet Jones-Gretzky, along with Kurt Russell, Joe Pesci, Dennis Quaid, Greg Kinnear, Oliver Hudson and Cheech Marin, to name a few. http://www.pgatour.com/2008/h/05/13/notes/index.html http://www.pgatour.com/2008/h/05/13/notes/index.html News Tue, 13 May 2008 14:46:12 EDT • While the Champions Tour had last week off, not all of the players did. Bernhard Langer spent the week on the PGA TOUR and challenged at THE PLAYERS Championship before finishing in a tie for 15th. Fred Funk also competed at THE PLAYERS, but missed the cut. http://www.pgatour.com/2008/s/05/13/notes/index.html http://www.pgatour.com/2008/s/05/13/notes/index.html News Tue, 13 May 2008 14:38:09 EDT