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Dustin Johnson Wins the 2008 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am the Easy Way

By MoneyNing • Feb 16th, 2009 • Category: Golf News, PGA Tour

In the “That was easy” category, Dustin Johnson wins the 2008 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro Am by default because of rain delay.  After 3 days of play, Dustin Johnson was leading by 4 strokes when rain delay canceled play on Sunday.  Weather was still not cooperating on Monday so the committee decided “Hey, let’s [...]



What’s in the Bag of Nick Watney - Winner of the 2009 Buick Invitational

By MoneyNing • Feb 8th, 2009 • Category: PGA Tour

Nick Watney certainly took advantage of John Rollins’ total collapse on Sunday, as he birdied 2 of the last 3 holes to win the 2009 Buick Invitational. Those birdie putts weren’t easy either, as the 16th birdie was a 30-foot putt.
Watney outplayed everyone who had a chance to win the tournament, but it was funny [...]



What’s in the Bag of Kenny Perry - Winner of the 2009 FBR Open

By MoneyNing • Feb 1st, 2009 • Category: PGA Tour

The tournament was a nail biter again, as Kenny Perry had to make a 22-foot birdie putt on the 3rd playoff hole to win the 2009 FBR Open.
Kenny Perry and Charles Hoffman both finished at 14-under 270 for the 4 rounds to earn a spot in the playoff, and both bogeyed and parred the first [...]



Vijay Singh Wins the Fedex Cup 2008

By MoneyNing • Sep 25th, 2008 • Category: PGA Tour

No more excitement for the Fedex Cup playoffs this year because we already knew who the winner was 3 weeks before it ends!
With the way the points are calculated.  Vijay Singh will be the winner for this year’s playoff with his two wins out of the four events.  I’m sure they would retool the point [...]