American Mediate gains U.S. Open spot at Pebble Beach

June 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment

California (Reuters) – American veteran Rocco Mediate earned a late entry to the U.S. Open on Sunday when he was awarded the spot reserved for the winner of the St. Jude Classic in Memphis.

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British world number three Lee Westwood, who clinched the St. Jude title in a three-way playoff, had already gained a place in the field for the year’s second major and Mediate benefited as the first alternate.

A five-times PGA Tour winner and a popular figure with the fans, Mediate lost a 19-hole playoff to world number one Tiger Woods for the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines in California.

The 47-year-old American, who has struggled with back injuries over the years, has competed in 14 U.S. Opens since turning professional in 1985.

The U.S. Open, being held at Pebble Beach Golf Links for a fifth time, starts Thursday. American Lucas Glover won the title last year at Bethpage Black in New York.

(Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes; Editing by Greg Stutchbury)

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Tiger Air to advance deliveries of 2 more Airbus A320

June 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment

June 1 (Reuters) – Singapore-listed budget carrier Tiger Airways (TAHL.SI) said it will advance the delivery of two more Airbus (EAD.PA) A320 this financial year ending March 2011, taking the total number of planes in its fleet to 26.

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“The total number of aircraft being delivered in this financial year will now increase to 9, resulting in an increase in total fleet of at least 37 percent by March 2011,” the company said in a statement to Singapore Exchange [ID:nSNZ3z6kTj]. (Reporting by Harry Suhartono, editing by Saeed Azhar)

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Top ranking still elusive for Mickelson after missed cut

May 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment

A week that began with Phil Mickelson eyeing the top spot in the world rankings ended prematurely on Friday when he missed the cut by a significant margin at the Colonial Invitational.

On an ideal day for scoring at Colonial Country Club, the American left-hander battled to a three-over-par 73 in the second round to languish near the bottom of the leaderboard.

Mickelson, who would have replaced Tiger Woods as world number one for the first time with victory this week, bogeyed three of his last seven holes to lie a distant six strokes off the projected cutline.

“I played terrible,” the four-times major champion told reporters after recording five bogeys and two birdies in calm, hot conditions. “The course is in great shape.

“There was no wind and there were a ton of birdies out there. And I didn’t make have many of them. I thought my game was sharper.

“This was a good barometer, though,” Mickelson said after posting a four-over total of 144. “This starts my run into the (June 17-20) U.S. Open. It tells me that I have a lot of work to do.”

Mickelson, who clinched his fourth major crown at last month’s U.S. Masters, had not missed a cut on the PGA Tour since last year’s Houston Open, a run of 21 events.

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“I thought I was playing really well,” the world number two said. “I had some good practice sessions at home. As it turned out, I’m a little bit rustier than I thought.

“I didn’t drive it very well. I didn’t hit many good iron shots. I’ll get home, get some practice in and see if I can get this thing turned around.”

Mickelson, a short game magician, has produced a glittering career resume including 38 PGA Tour titles but he has never topped the world rankings.

Asked this week whether he was surprised the number one spot had eluded him since he turned professional in 1992, he replied: “I don’t know how to answer that.

“I would say 13 of those years were in Tiger years. It hasn’t been the easiest.”

Woods has been world number one for the last 259 weeks, and an overall total of 601.

(Writing by Mark Lamport-Stokes in Los Angeles; Editing by Ed Osmond; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)

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Tiger Woods’ affairs cost him £63m

May 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment

London, May 21 (ANI): Defamed golfer Tiger Woods” affairs have cost him 63 million pounds.

The 34-year-old sports star has topped the ‘Alternative Rich List’ of celebs whose scandals have cost them money.

Woods lost sponsors and had contracts cancelled – courtesy to his extra-marital affairs.

Ex-England skipper John Terry lost an estimated 5 million pounds, while glamour model Katie Price a.k.a Jordan earnings fell about 1.75 million pounds.

Also, Chelsea”s Ashley Cole is believed to have lost 600,000 pounds after cheating on wife Cheryl.

“If famous faces are linked to scandal, contracts can easily be cancelled,” the Sun quoted Frank Cochran, of Celebrity Financial Planning, who compiled the list, as saying. (ANI)

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Tiger Woods” wife ‘hits the books in wake of impending split’

May 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment

New York, May 19 (ANI): Tiger Woods” wife Elin Nordegren has reportedly taken up studies.

The Swede model is apparently attending classes at Rollins College, in Winter Park, Fla , which is 13 miles away from her home.

Elin is enrolled in Rollins” night-school program, the college confirmed.

However, the course has not been revealed, reports the New York Post.

Elin’s life shook after the exposure of Woods’ multiple affairs with women. (ANI)

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Woods former coach Butch Harmon snubs his offer

May 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment

London, May 19 (ANI): Tiger Woods has received another major blow, with his ex-coach Butch Harmon, turning down the offer to work with him again.

“The world No 1 asked his agent Mark Steinberg to sound out Harmon about a reunion after Hank Haney quit last week. But Harmon, who now coaches Phil Mickelson and a host of other top stars – including Open champ Stewart Cink – rejected the offer,” reports The Sun.

Harmon preferred to stick with Mickelson, who needs one more win to topple his rival from the top spot after his third Masters triumph in April.

Harmon coached woods from 1993 to 2004.

Tiger Woods former swing coach, Hank Haney, has said that he is relieved to have parted ways with the world No 1 after six years of working together.

“I am better off out of it. That”s the bottom line. It”s a huge weight off my shoulders,” said Haney.

“I wish he had stood up in a Press conference and announced, at the very least, he was sick of all the criticism of me, that he backed me and that he believed in me. But he never did,” he added. (ANI)

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Tiger confirms he will compete in the Open at St Andrews

May 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment

London, May 18 (ANI): Tiger Woods has confirmed his participation in the prestigious Open in St Andrews known as the �Home of Golf�.

Fans feared that Tiger would not be able to compete following an inflamed joint in his neck that rendered him out of action for the Players� Championship a little over a week ago.

However the ace golfer is expected to make a full recovery by the time the Open starts in mid-July, and has confirmed his participation on his website.

The troubled star who is still ranked no.1 and was triumphant at the Home of Golf by eight shots in 2000 and by five in 2005, returned to the game at The Masters last month after five months out because of a sex scandal.

If he wins this year�s Open, he will become the first player in golf�s history to claim the title three times the Daily Express reports. (ANI)

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Tiger Woods’ mistress Rachel Uchitel to pose for Playboy

May 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment

London, May 18 (ANI): Rachel Uchitel, the former mistress of Tiger Woods, has agreed to strip for Playboy magazine.

The 35-year-old refused to bare all at the photo shoot in three weeks” time but will go topless, reports The Sun.

Uchitel made headlines as she was the first woman linked to the 34-year-old golf superstar in November last year.

Her texts on Tiger”s phone sparked a fight with his Swedish model wife Elin.

Tiger and Elin now live apart in Florida and have hired divorce lawyers. (ANI)

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Two poachers arrested near Corbett sanctuary with leopard skin

May 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Udham Singh Nagar (Uttarakhand), May 16 (ANI): The police arrested two persons near Corbett sanctuary in Uttarakhand”s Udham Singh Nagar District for possessing leopard skin.

Police said the duo was coming from Champawat district and going to Uttar Pradesh”s Moradabad district to sell it off.

“When we were checking some suspected vehicles at the intersection, our informers told us that two people were standing with leopard skin and are waiting for a bus to Moradabad,” said Arvind Choudhary, a police officer.

“We arrested both of them at the Ambedkar Park. We have seized skin of two leopards from them,” he added.

“One skin is around three months old and it has been peeled off very nicely and has been well preserved. So, it seems that this has been done by a skilled worker,” added Prakash Arya, Sub-Divisional Officer, Ramnagar forest.

Besides Corbett National Park, leopards are found in Rajasthan”s Ranthambore National Park and Sariska Tiger Reserve. (ANI)

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Tiger Woods’ ex-coach confirms he was a sex addict

May 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Washington, May 16 (ANI): Tiger Woods’ former coach Hank Haney has admitted that the golfer was a sex addict.

The swing coach said the sports star has made marked improvement since his stint in the sex rehab.

“The only thing I knew about was his issue with the sex addiction,” Radar Online quoted him as telling The Golf Channel.

He added: “It”s an ongoing day-to-day battle, but so far I think he”s doing a really good job.”

Haney, who had been Woods’ coach for the last six years, resigned last week.

However he still maintains cordial relationship with Woods. (ANI)

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Michael Jordan ‘advised Tiger Woods to control himself’

May 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Melbourne, May 16 (ANI): Basketball star Michael Jordan asked Tiger Woods to control his wild behaviour, according to a new book.

Sports writer Robert Lusetich’s new book ‘Unplayable’ talks how the NBA star advised the golfer, whose private life got ruined after the exposure of his multiple affairs, to keep himself under control.

Back in 2008, Jordan apparently read a text message from Woods and, according to a source who was there, shook his head and said Woods had grown “out of control”.

The tome further reveals that Woods remained poised on the Kingston Heath Golf course in Australia despite the chaos off it and that Jordan tried to talk Woods into being more discreet, but he did not listen, reports News.com.au.

Lusetich also claims in the text that Woods tried to pay hush money to stop his affair with Rachel Uchitel being exposed. (ANI)

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Woods” former swing coach dismisses PED intake reports

May 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment

New York, May 14 (ANI): Tiger Woods” former swing coach Hank Haney has dismissed reports that claim the golfer’s successful career can be credited to performance-enhancing drugs.

Haney insisted that Woods has never used PED.

“I truly believe those (rumors) are 100 percent false. People that say otherwise are just starting rumors. It”s based on no facts at all,” the New York Daily News quoted him as saying.

A recent Sports Illustrated poll found that 24 percent of PGA Tour players surveyed believed Woods had taken PEDs.

Haney said: “There”s a lot of jealousy out there and people will say things but I will just tell you that I spent 110 days a year with Tiger for six years. I spent probably 40 to 50 nights a year at his house. I”ve never seen him do anything. He”s never talked about anything.”

He further added that he was present for four of the five times that controversial Dr. Anthony Galea, who is under a federal investigation for PEDs, treated Woods with a legal blood spinning technique.

He said: “I was there and watched the whole procedure. There was never anything that went into Tiger Woods” body that didn”t come out of his body. They take blood out, they spin it, they inject the plasma back in. I totally believe that Tiger Woods has never taken any performance-enhancing drugs.”

Haney coached Woods for six-years before resigning earlier this week. (ANI)

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Tiger Woods” ”mistress” Uchitel confesses having affair with David Boreanaz

May 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment

London, May 14 (ANI): Tiger Woods” alleged mistress Rachel Uchitel has confessed that she is the ”other woman” who almost wrecked David Boreanaz”s marriage.

A lawyer for the nightclub hostess released a statement announcing the confession.

The ‘Angel’ star recently confessed to cheating on his ex-Playboy Playmate wife Jaime Bergman with an unnamed woman, and admitted he was forced to come clean about the affair after his mistress threatened to sell her story to the media.

Online gossips named Uchitel – the woman who sparked the Woods affair scandal – as Boreanaz”s mistress, but she initially refuted the claims.

“I am not in communication with him and do not wish to be. I have made no claims against him and do not plan to assert any,” the Daily Express quoted her as saying.

However, after a string of angry texts allegedly sent between the pair were leaked online, Uchitel”s lawyer Gloria Allred has revealed that her client did have a relationship with the TV hunk.

She has claimed that the star “treated her as his girlfriend” during their torrid romance.

“(Rachel) understood that he (Boreanaz) was unhappy in his marriage and had been for some time and she had reason to believe that he intended to separate from his wife,” the Daily Express quoted a statement from Allred as saying.

“He treated her as his girlfriend and also took her out in public. He called her between takes when he was taping his television show and put her on the telephone with his friends and his son. He even stayed with Ms. Uchitel when he came to New York for press tours,” added the statement.

And Allred insists her client ended the relationship because “she felt that he had not been completely truthful with her and she no longer trusted him.” (ANI)

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MRI shows Woods is down with inflamed neck joint

May 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment

New York, May 13 (ANI): An MRI has revealed that golfer Tiger Woods has an inflamed neck joint that causes pain and makes it hard to turn his head.

Woods had to withdraw from the final round of The Players Championship on Sunday after a week in which he was seen stretching and rolling his neck.

The CBS quoted Woods as saying on his website that his neck had been bothering him since before he returned from a five-month layoff at the Masters, and that it was not related to the November 27 car accident when he ran into a tree, setting off revelations of infidelity.

“I now need to take care of this condition and will return to playing golf when I”m physically able,” Woods added.

Woods said treatment would include physical therapy, such as soft-tissue massage, rest and anti-inflammatory medicine. He said the prognosis was for a full recovery, and while the layoff is not expected to be long, rehab can vary.

“I want to practice, I want to play, I want to compete, but this (neck) is not allowing me to do the things that I need to do on my golf swing to hit the proper shots. I need to get to where I can do that again,” he said. (ANI)

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Woods can’t put timetable on recovery

May 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Tiger Woods says the neck injury hindering his game has his schedule “up in the air,” but said he was trying everything he can to get healthy.

Woods also insisted his current neck pain has “no connection” to the car crash outside his home in November, a mysterious accident that heralded the start of a sex scandal that drove him off the golf course for five months and left his reputation in tatters.

“Zero connection, absolutely zero,” Woods said as he spoke to reporters at the media day for July’s Philadelphia National tournament scheduled for July.

Woods had said before that the crash had left him with a “busted-up lip and pretty sore neck”.

But he said his current problem, which forced him out of The Players Championship on Sunday in the first mid-round tournament withdrawal of his professional career, began when he returned from a five-month absence.

“It started bugging me two weeks before the Masters,” Woods said.

“It was just on and off. I thought it was just sore, no big deal. But as I kept practising it kept getting worse.”

Woods had said he feared the injury could be a bulging disc, but he said he has yet to have any further examination or treatment.

However, he said he was “trying everything I can” to get healthy and continue his pursuit of Jack Nicklaus’s record of 18 major championship titles.

“A lot is up in the air, which I don’t like,” Woods said, adding that he still wants to defend his title at the Memorial tournament next month, and play the US Open at Pebble Beach later in June.

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Sean Foley likely to be Tiger’s new swing coach

May 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment

London, May 12 (ANI): Sean Foley is being touted as the favourite to be Tiger Woods’ new swing coach, after long-time coach Hank Haney parted ways with the star a few days ago.

Tiger had a stellar career under Haney’s guidance winning six Major titles, but in recent times his performance has left much to be desired with his ranking slipping to 171 on the PGA Tour.

“It is in both of our best interests for me to step aside as Tiger’s coach, I believe we will all see Tiger play once again like we all know he can,” the Daily Express quoted Haney as having said.

Meanwhile, Foley has indicated his keenness to fill Haney’s shoes and restore Woods back to his peak but noted that there was no vacancy, the paper reports.

Canadian Foley, coaches Justin Rose near Woods’ Florida home and spent time with him at last week’s Players Championship during a practice round with two of his other clients, Sean O’Hair and Hunter Mahan. (ANI)

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Tiger Woods, wife could file for ”secret divorce” in Sweden

May 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment

New York, May 12 (ANI): Tiger Woods and his wife are planning to finalize their divorce by the end of this year, according to a new report.

What”s more, the two are planning to file in Elin”s native Sweden in an effort to keep the details a secret from the public, reports The New York Post.

According to TMZ.com, the couple is very interested in “keeping the terms of the divorce confidential.”

Woods has hired West Palm Beach lawyer Thomas Sasser to help him split from Elin Nordegren.

Nordegren is the one who”s “pulling the plug on the marriage,” according to RadarOnline.com.

“There is no arguing any more,” one source close to the situation told the site today. “They don”t fight. There is a coldness between them and it”s Elin who is pulling the plug on the marriage.”

“Tiger”s return to golf made her unhappy. That”s when she grew cold toward him,” according to the source. (ANI)

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Woods says neck injury not connected to Thanksgiving car wreck

May 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Philadelphia (US), May 11 (ANI): Golfer Tiger Woods has said his neck injury has nothing to do with the car wreck he was involved in on Thanksgiving Day.

Addressing a press conference at the Aronimink Golf Club in Philadelphia on Monday, Woods said the “bulging disk” in his neck has “zero connection” to his fateful Thanksgiving night car crash, and added that it was probably a result of doing too much to get ready for the Augusta Masters.

He said he has treated it with anti-inflammatories and a massage.

Woods is expected undergo an MRI upon his return to Orlando. He said that his immediate future is, as he put it, “up in the air.” (ANI)

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Golf Channel reporter mixes Tiger Woods ‘bulging disk’ with “d–k

May 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment

London, May 11 (ANI): A Golf Channel reporter made an embarrassing X-rated blunder while referring to Tiger Woods’ ‘bulging disk’ that forced him to withdraw from The Players Championship golf tournament.

Reporter Win McMurry mistakenly used the word that suggests manhood instead of “disk”.

“[Woods] says he””s been playing with a bad neck for about a month and thinks it could be a bulging d–k,” the New York Daily News quoted McMurry, as saying.

However, the red faced journalist tried to come clear, saying a “disk in his upper back.”

Sports Web site Deadspin.com posted a clip of McMurry””s blooper, describing it as “a Freudian moment from one Golf Channel reporter.”

McMurry’s error caught more attention due to Woods’ infamous marital woes. (ANI)

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Tiger Woods, Elin Nordegren ‘to share joint custody of kids’

May 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment

New York, May 11 (ANI): Tiger Woods and his estranged wife Elin Nordegren have decided not to have a custody battle over their children, even if they divorce, sources say.

According to RadarOnline, the pair will share joint custody of daughter Sam, 2, and son, Charlie, 14 months.

“They have not been getting along as a married couple but there has been no conflict over the children. They both want what”s best for the kids.” the New York Daily News quoted a source, as saying.

The golfer’s extra-marital affairs have wrecked his marriage with the Swedish model, but “the kids are close to both of them and neither Tiger nor Elin wants a battle.”

The insider added: “The marriage doesn”t look like it”s going to make it but at least there”s not going to be a custody battle.

“When they are both home, they pass the kids back and forth without any arguing. They”ve both done everything they can to make it as easy as possible on the children.” (ANI)

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