Tommy Gainey News

This year's two Cox Classic sponsor's exemptions, A.J. Elgert and Judd Cornell, are confident they'll play on the weekend at Champions Run.

Feel-good stories and golf tournaments often find a way to go together. There was 45-year-old Rocco Mediate's confrontation with Tiger Woods at last month's United States Open, and 53-year-old Greg Norman vying ...

Feel-good stories and golf tournaments often find a way to go together. There was 45-year-old Rocco Mediate's confrontation with Tiger Woods at last month's United States Open, and 53-year-old Greg Norman vying ...

“Golf can be a lot of fun but it can be a bear at times”

For Darron Stiles, the combination of a good year and a comfortable golf course might make a nearly unbeatable combination. via PGA News

“That's probably the best I've hit it in two years”

Tommy Gainey posted a six-under 64 Thursday to grab a share of the lead after the opening round of the Fort Smith Classic. via Sports Network

“I don't have any regrets, because you know what, I worked pretty hard”

CHARLOTTEIt would be easy for Curt Sanders to think "what if" this week at Quail Hollow Club. via Myrtle Beach Online

“Come on, Hill, get to the damn cougars with mini-skirts!”

Posted: Thursday, May 1, 2008 ; Updated: 12:30 PM on Thursday, May 1, 2008 Crazy pants, Chuck Norris-style toughness and cougars . via St. Augustine Record

“They won't be competing with the pros, but amongst themselves. But they'll play from the same tees, play the same pin placements, everything the pros do.”

If you ever wanted to see how your game stacks up to the pros, you're about to get your chance. via WisInfo

Tommy Gainey, winner of the GOLF CHANNEL's "Big Break VII: Reunion," is still trying to find his footing in this his rookie year on the PGA TOUR. via GolfChannel

“I'm glad that's over. The course was playing as benign as it can be, but I didn't play particularly well. But it could've been a lot worse. I have a chance to be here for the weekend.”

Highlights, lowlights: Eagle at the par-5 second hole, with a 15-foot putt; bogeyed the 18th, missing a 6-foot putt, to slip into a tie for 23rd. via The State

“I haven't shown it, but one of the tournaments coming up soon, I'm going to put a good week together.”

TOMMY GAINEY, A man with considerable golfing ability and even more restraint and candor, earned a three-cheers salute at Harbour Town Golf Links on Friday. via The State

“They gave you a chance on the hope you'll play well to justify their decision.”

By Alan Blondin - ablondin@thesunnews.com HILTON HEAD ISLANDBishopville native Tommy Gainey has played in more mini-tour events in South Carolina than he could ever recollect, including many in two summers on ... via Myrtle Beach Online

“I lost a lot of confidence in my putter, but I've been putting pretty good lately”

There's the dream, Tommy Gainey would tell you, and then there's the reality. Last December when the Bishopville native and former "Big Break" winner on The Golf Channel battled his way through the PGA Tour ... via The State

“Get to put my arm around Tiger Woods and say, `Maybe next year.' ”

Number of PGA Tour events that produced more bogeys than the Wachovia Championship in 2007 . via Charlotte Observer

“It's been a long time, obviously, a lot of hard work”

Brian Gay's 8-year-old daughter had it on good authority that her father would earn his first PGA Tour victory Sunday. via The Item

“Maybe that had something to do with my concentration”

Playing crisply on a course he designed, Greg Norman was making his way up the leaderboard at the Mayakoba Golf Classic on Thursday, using a run of birdies to get into a tie for fifth.

Then his tournament rustiness kicked in.

Norman's concentration wavered when a clump of grass blew across his ball in a greenside bunker on his 16th hole. Instead of pausing, he hit anyway _ and didn't make it out, the ball rolling back to nearly the same spot. Then it happened again. Norman wound up with a double bogey. Another concentration lapse on the next hole resulted in a three-putt from about 12 feet for a bogey. Read more

“I know a lot about Anthony and I love his game”

Justin Leonard fell into the common golf trap of thinking too much and tinkering with his game before he finally snapped out of it last summer. via The Item

“That's just my mind-set, that's the way I take it for what it is. "I just got different names for my buddies.”

Robert Gamez, in the tournament on an exemption, missed some short putts but still shot a 5-under 67 on Friday to take the lead after three rounds of the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. via The Item

Trick Shots - U.K. Style Premiere of Trevino & Lopez Special - 9PM ET Lopez Plays Host at Bob Hope The PGA TOUR returns to the West Coast this week for the annual Bob Hope Chrysler Classic with new tournament ... via GolfChannel

“I don't really get nervous too much anymore. It's good to be out here because I've always wanted to be here. Now I'm living the dream, trying to stay out here.”

The golfer they call Gloves stood next to Yogi Berra on the ninth tee at SilverRock Resort on Wednesday, leaning on his driver and watching John Daly putt for a birdie on the first green about 40 yards away. via New York Times