Year in Review: Tiger gets personal

Since Thanksgiving Tiger Woods has admitted to infidelity, lost sponsorships, and has decided to take an indefinite leave from golf.  Monica DeSantiago looks back at the Tiger Woods scandal.

This piece originally aired as part of the Year in Review, which aired on New Years Day at 11 am.

Steroids in Golf- Really??

Doug Barron has become the first golfer suspended in violation of the PGA’s performance enhancing drug policy.  He is out for 1 year.
Barron, 40, has played in only 4 tournaments this year on the developmental Nationwide Tour and once on the PGA, where he failed to make the cut.
Barron had many health issues, so it [...]

Tiger Talks

Tiger shot an 8-under yesterday to capture a share of 11th place at minus-12.  Here are some highlights from the press conference:
Tiger takes us through his day

Tiger talks about his mindset going into Monday.

Tiger says he didn’t change his approach going into the final day.

Tiger says he’s been hitting the ball well, he just keeps lipping out.

Tiger [...]

Stricker Strikes for Victory

Steve Stricker birdied the last 2 holes to win the Deutsche Bank Championship. In a tight tournament, the top 6 were separated by just 2 strokes.
Last week, Stricker missed a put that would have put him in a playoff, but today, he got redemption, making his final put to avoid a playoff and get [...]

Quigley just misses the cut

Barrington native Brett Quigley shot a 3-over to finish at par at the Deutsche Bank Championships.  He just missed the cut to qualify for the third round of the FedExCup Playoffs next weekend, the BMW Championships.  He finished 71st in the standings and the top 70 make the cut.  Marc Leishman eagled the 18th hole [...]

Tiger finishes 8-under for day

Tiger Woods enters the club house at 12-under for the tournament after shooting a 63, good for 8 under.  He was back to old Tiger form today after struggling yesterday shooting 1 over.  He shot 6-under through 7 including an eagle on 6 and ended the day by birdying 18.
“I just kept doing the same [...]

Tiger shot 6-under through 9

NORTON, MA–Yesterday, after Tiger Woods shot a 1-over, it looked like he was out of the Deutsche Bank Championship.  Today, Tiger is showing us once again that he’s never out of it until it’s over.  With 4 birdies and an eagle on 6, Tiger is only 3 shots back from the leaders who tie off [...]

3 way tie going into final round at TPC

NORTON, MA–6 guys are within a stroke of the lead and 12 are within 3 as the Deutsche Bank Championship for the FedEx Cup Playoff heads into its final day.
Steve Stricker hit a 6-under today to move into the lead at -13.  He shares the top of the leader board with Retief Goosen and Sean [...]

Tiger shoots +1 in third round at TPC

NORTON, MA—Tiger Woods did not play like Tiger Woods today.  He only made 2 birdies, on the 15th and 18th holes for a +1 on the day.  He bogeyed the first hole and then shot par for the next 9 holes, before bogeying the 11th.  Woods was so upset by his performance that he did [...]

Mark Wahlberg and Golf: The Final Frontier

What do Mark Wahlberg, Brad Jenner, and Nick Price have in common?  They all love golf.  This week’s Sports Rundown featured the CVS Caremark Charity Classic in Barrington and also a celebrity golf tournament at Foxwoods Casino.

-Becs
This piece originally aired as the Sports Rundown, which you can listen to every Saturday at noon.