The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is staged by the United States Golf Association in mid-June, scheduled such that the final round is always played on the third Sunday, which is Father’s Day. It is one of the four major championships in golf and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour. From 2008, it will also be an official money event on the Asian Tour, with 50% of Asian Tour member’s earnings counting towards the Order of Merit.

Tiger Woods, fresh out of surgery on his left knee, seems to be keen on winning his 3rd US Open, his last one being in 2002. Woods decided to forgo this week’s Memorial Tournament in favor of furthering his recuperation and rehabilitation in advance of the year’s second major. ”The whole idea,” Woods said, “is to be ready for the U.S. Open.”

However, it is doubtful that Tiger will make it to the Top 5 at the USO this year according to many golfers. He might make the cut, but having not played for a long time will have left his skill a little rusty. Garcia, Mickelson, maybe someone like Robert Allenby are strong contenders for the win. And you can’t rule out the kids like Kim and others.

The US Open Golf tournament will be aired Live on Star Sports India, from the 12th to the 15th. The first 2 hour round will go on air at 10:30 p.m. on the 12th of June. Rest of the rounds after the break.  read all »

Hi, I’m Arun. Just joined the guys at My Sports India in writing for this blog. I’m a Cricket fan and will try and cover everything there is to cricket. It is a little weird that my first post is on Golf, but moving on…

Golf addicts will have been waiting for this one. And for good reason. The Stanford St. Jude Championship in Memphis will be tee’d off within the first week of June. With a $6 million purse and the winning share set at $1.08 Million, the tournament is sure to bring out the best in the players. 

Last year’s winner Woody Austin leads the pack followed by Brian Davis and David Toms coming in at number 3. 

The event will be spanned over 4 days, all of which will be aired Live on Ten Sports India so you don’t miss out on anything.

Day 1 will be aired from 2:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. IST on 6th June, 2008. If the early timings are not your thing, there will be a rerun from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Day 2: Same time on 7th June
Day 3: Same time on 8th June
Day 4: Same time on 9th June 

The AT&T Classic, formerly known as the BellSouth Classic, is a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour. AT&T, which acquired BellSouth in 2006, is now the main title sponsor of the tournament. With a purse of $5.5 million and the winning title getting somewhere close to a million, this tournament is certainly going to be a good watch for any golfer. 

Legendary golfers like JB Holmes, Greg Norman, Charles Howell, Stewart Cink, India’s own Vijay Singh, and of course, Tiger Woods will be putting their way to glory at this tournament. 

Neo Sports India will be broadcasting this event from 16th May to 18th May with the games beginning at 1:30 a.m. IST. There will be reruns at 7:30 a.m. IST the same day for each game. 

Ten Sports will also be broadcasting this event live. 

The field for next week’s PLAYERS Championship is all-but finalized and features players from a total of 17 countries. The winner from Sunday’s Wachovia Championship will be added, or if that player is already qualified for THE PLAYERS, Fred Couples, the 1984 and 1996 tournament champion, will round out the 144-player field. Couples, the 2009 U.S. Presidents Cup Team captain, would be the most veteran participant, with 24 past appearances, followed by Bernhard Langer and Davis Love III, both with 22.

The current field, without Couples, represents 406 PGA TOUR wins and 44 of the 45 tournament winners since the start of the 2007 season (Tiger Woods is not playing due to knee surgery). The field also boasts 24 major championship winners and 49 of the top 50 from the current 2008 FedExCup points standings.

A total of 55 players headed to TPC Sawgrass are from outside the United States and represent 16 countries. Australia leads the way with 15 players, including 2004 PLAYERS champion Adam Scott. Sweden is next with seven players and South Africa and England are represented by six players each. The other countries represented are: Spain (3); Argentina (3); Japan (2); Germany (2); South Korea (2); Canada (2); New Zealand (2); Wales (1); Ireland (1); Fiji (1); Denmark (1); and Colombia (1).

Fourteen players are making their first start at THE PLAYERS and will be featured in a press event on Tuesday, May 6, at 4 p.m. in the Media Center: Ryan Armour (USA); Soren Hansen (DEN); Richard Johnson (WAL); Matt Jones (AUS); George McNeill (USA); John Merrick (USA); Jeff Overton (USA); Andres Romero (ARG); Kevin Stadler (USA); Richard Sterne (SAF); Nicholas Thompson (USA); Johnson Wagner (USA); Charlie Wi (KOR); and Tim Wilkinson (NZ).

The US PGA Players Championship will be held over a course of four days. Day 1 of the tournament will begin on 8th May, at 11:30 to 4:30 a.m.. The subsequent games will be next on consecutive days at the same time with Day 4 ending on 11th May, at 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 a.m.

There will be reruns of the previous games on the next day from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

The Open de España (or the Spanish Open) is the national open golf championship of Spain and is held in San Roque Golf Club. It was founded in 1912 and has been part of the European Tour’s schedule since the inception of the Tour in 1972. 

The stage is set for a thrilling 2008 Spanish Open, hosted for the second time at the brand new Centro Nacional de Golf in Madrid. Star players and past Spanish Open winners will attempt to scoop the top prize and title of Open de España 2008 champion. Distinguished former Spanish Open champions include Arnold Palmer, Seve Ballesteros, Bernhard Langer and Nick Faldo.

The game is going to be aired Live at 6:30 p.m., 4th May on Zee Sports India.