Nick Watney News

MELBOURNE, Australia Six months after the PGA Tour officially got involved in the HSBC Champions, commissioner Tim Finchem was front and center at a news conference and later at the TV trophy presentation to Phil Mickelson.

Stuart Appleby, who lives in Orlando, Fla., is No. 134 on the money list and could have kept his card by finishing at least 15th at Disney this week in the final PGA Tour event of the year.

Tiger Woods opened with two birdies, saved his round with two pars and wound up with a 4-under 68 on Friday to build a three-shot lead going into the weekend of the Australian Masters.

Tiger Woods pulled one hand off the driver during his follow through and yanked the club over his shoulder, flailing and twisting and shouting as his ball landed like a fried egg in the sand trap.

Tiger Woods made news simply by walking off his private jet. A large photo of Woods, dressed in black shorts and a red Stanford cap, was splashed across the front of The Melbourne Age on Tuesday morning.

Phil Mickelson of the US reacts after sinking a crucial putt at the 17th hole at the HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai yesterday.

November 5th, 2009 - Nick Watney fired a course record tying 64 and leads the HSBC World Golf Championships after round one.

Phil Mickelson eased through a crush of spectators and into a courtesy van, telling them he would sign autographs in front of the Sheshan International clubhouse after he had a chance to eat.

Watney shoots 64, Woods 67 in Shanghai Nick Watney tied a course record with an 8-under-par 64 to build a two-stroke lead in the first round of the HSBC Champions event in Shanghai.

North Yorkshire tee titan Simon Dyson produced a boxer-type round in his first crack at the HSBC World Golf Championship in China.

The gallery kept growing until it stretched along all 603 yards of the eighth hole at Sheshan International.

Shanghai : Next year's European Tour card in his pocket and a huge burden off his shoulders, Jyoti Randhawa carded a sparkling four-under 68 to lie tied ninth even though none of his compatriots could manage sub-par cards in the first round of the WGC-HSBC Champions golf tournament here Thursday.

American Nick Watney tied the course record with a virtually flawless eight-under-par 64 to open up a two-stroke lead at the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions in Shanghai today.

The World Number One has enjoyed a decade of dominance in WGC events, claiming an astonishing 16 individual WGC titles in total.

Who: Defending champion Marc Turnesa and several players among the Top 25 in tour earnings include Jim Furyk, Nick Watney, Brian Gay, David Toms, Hunter Mahan, Rory Sabbatini, Jerry Kelly and Matt Kuchar When: Pro-Am today; PGA pros Thursday-Sunday Where: TPC at Summerlin Tickets: $15; jtshrinersopen.com Sun Archives Justin Timberlake tees off ...

The 2009 Nationwide Tour's penultimate event, the Miccosukee Championship is played this week at the Mark Mahannah designed Miccosukee Golf and Country Club in Miami.

Building upon the high technology design and resounding success of the original AP irons, Titleist introduces two new high performance iron products for avid golfers -- the new Titleist AP1 and AP2, both of which are multi-material, dual cavity irons.

Nick Watney boosted his yearly earnings to $3,221,421 with his strong showing in the recent Fed-Ex Cup, but it wasn't long ago he let a top-prize money slip away.

Occupation: Web and social media consultant. Handicap index: 13.6 Terry Fitzwater Age: 60.

This is an important time of year on the PGA Tour. You'll find many players nail-biting, hand-wringing and flop-sweating through each week, only to be completely on edge when the weekend rolls around.