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Posts about: Camilo Villegas

Presidents Cup Sunday Singles — Yang V. Woods; Weir Takes on Leonard

Sunday singles matches — all 12 of them — have been posted at PGATour.com. Interesting:
Here’s the list with some quick thoughts:
9:10 a.m. – Camilo Villegas INT (0-3-0) vs. Hunter Mahan US (1-1-1)
Villegas has been lousy all week. Americans off to a quick start.
9:21 a.m. – Stewart Cink US (0-3-1) vs. Adam Scott INT (1-3-0)
Surprising that [...]


International’s Backs Against the Wall On Last Day

A bunch of thoughts after spending the day watching the Presidents Cup:

One poster today said Mike Weir coughed it up to Tiger Woods this morning. Not sure I see it that way. Weir and Tim Clark aren’t exactly bombers and I almost thought they were a sacrifice to the Woods/Steve Stricker train that is rolling [...]


Sympatico Column: Where Did the Season Go?

My latest Sympatico column went up last night and asks the question — where did the golf season disappear to and was Adam Scott really once the third-best player in the world? Really?
Here’s a taste:
The fourth major is upon us in Minnesota at Hazeltine National Golf Club and the world seems to be yawning. Where [...]


Tiger Woods: Maybe (Not) Golf’s Best Ever

Riddle me this. What happens when a professional golfer returns from an injury and doesn’t immediately win the first two tournaments he enters? Oh, right, that’s part of the recovery stage and getting back to competition. Unless you are Tiger Woods. Then not winning your first two events means the chances you’ll be the game’s [...]


Kim, Immelman, Donald, Couples, Villegas Commit to CanOpen

On the Weir/RBC conference call today, the bank and the RCGA announced a partnership with Mike Weir’s charity foundation, including a Monday “Mike Weir Charity Classic,” celebrity tournament.
As part of the announcement, it was announced there will a series of celebrities involved, including NBA star Steve Nash.
But it was the PGA Tour names that were [...]