Lol! Tiger Woods front tooth knocked out by cameraman in Italy

One of the tooth of legendary golfer Tiger Woods was knocked out today by an overeager cameraman as he was about to surprise his girlfriend Lindsey Vonn after she won a World Cup event in Italy.

"During a crush of photographers at the awards' podium at the World Cup event in Italy, a media member with a shoulder-mounted video camera pushed and surged towards the stage, turned and hit Tiger Woods in the mouth,' Woods' agent Mark Steinberg said.

Europe win the Ryder Cup against US

Europe completed their mission in the singles to win the 40th Ryder Cup 16½-11½ against the United States at Gleneagles.

Captain Paul McGinley's side led 10-6 going into the final day and reached the 14½ needed to win the Cup outright when Welsh rookie Jamie Donaldson beat Keegan Bradley 4&3.

Rory McIlroy struck first with a 5&4 win against Rickie Fowler before fellow Northern Irishman Graeme McDowell came back from three down to beat Jordan Spieth 2&1.

Martin Kaymer chipped in on 16 to defeat Bubba Watson 4&2 and Justin Rose scrapped back from four down against Hunter Mahan to grab a half on the last and take Europe to within half a point.

The 38-year-old Donaldson, playing in the 10th match, sealed the win against Bradley with a stunning approach to the 15th green to spark scenes of euphoria in the Perthshire hills.

McGinley said: "I'm very proud of every one of these players. I couldn't have asked for an ounce more from them. I've been involved in so many Ryder Cups and seen mistakes we've made.

"I've changed things a bit, bringing in the fifth vice-captain has been a factor in helping to prepare the guys, especially in the afternoon sessions, but we have had 12 players who have been awesome."

Europe have now won eight of the last 10 Ryder Cups, while the US have not won an away match since 1993.

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World No.1, Rory McIlroy wins PGA Championship

Rory McIlroy awoke Sunday to a storm that forced him into a waiting game and then discovered a film crew inadvertently showed the golf world the pass code to his iPhone as he typed it in.

Ninety minutes later he faced the burden of keeping some of the biggest stars in golf at a distance and slugging it out with soggy Valhalla Golf Club to win the 96^th edition of PGA Championship.

Two hours into his final round, he had lost the lead he earned through the tournament's first 54 holes and looked puzzled as his game looked frazzled.

The world's No. 1 player finally gathered himself and remained collected the rest of the way as fireworks exploded on the prairies and backwoods of the Bluegrass State.

Barely beating the setting sun and approaching thunder and lightning, McIlroy held off Rickie Fowler, Phil Mickelson and Henrik Stenson to win the last major of the season.

Ignited by an eagle from 7 feet on the par-5 10^th hole, and basically slamming the door shut on his competitors with a birdie from 10 feet on the 17^th, the former Boy Wonder won his fourth major of his young career, three of them in his last nine starts and two in his last two.

PGA Tour: Deny Dustin Johnson Ban for Cocaine

PGA Tour released a statement on Dustin Johnson's current status:

With regard to media reports that Dustin Johnson has been been suspended by the PGA TOUR, this is to clarify that Mr. Johnson has taken a voluntary leave of absence and is not under a suspension from the PGA TOUR. 

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It turns out that Dustin Johnson's problems off the golf course are significantly worse than anyone might have imagined.

 

Johnson announced Thursday that he was taking a leave of absence from professional golf for personal reasons, and according to a report from Michael Bamberger and Michael Walker of Golf.com, he has been suspended by the PGA Tour for six months after failing a drug test with cocaine in his system:

According to the source, Johnson has failed three drug tests: one for marijuana in 2009 and two for cocaine, in 2012 and 2014. He was previously suspended for the 2012 failed test, but that suspension was never made public. Under the PGA Tour's drug-testing policies, the Tour is not required to announce any disciplinary actions against players who test positive for recreational drugs.

However, the pair state that the PGA Tour had not commented on the report at the time, and Johnson's attorney denied the claims of the source:

Tim Clark Wins Canadian Open

Tim Clark poses with the winner's trophy after capturing the Canadian Open at Royal Montreal in Ile Bizard, Que., on Sunday. (David Donnelly/CBC News)

When Jim Furyk's charge to a third RBC Canadian Open title stalled in the final round, Tim Clark decided to go for it.

The 38-year-old South African, whose wife is Canadian, fired five birdies on the back nine to overtake Furyk on the 15th hole and hold on to win the $5.7 US tournament at Royal Montreal on Sunday.

Recovering from a first-hole bogey that put him four shots off the lead, Clark shot a five-under-par 65 to finish at 17-under-par 263 and claim his second career PGA Tour victory and the $1,026-million winner's prize.

"It looked like Jim wasn't going to make any mistakes," said Clark, who had moved into contention with a 64 on Saturday. "He was pretty solid, so I knew I had to make birdies.

"At that point, there was nothing to lose. Suddenly I got hot and I went with it."

It was another frustrating defeat for Furyk, who has now lost seven tournaments in a row in which he led after 54 holes. He went into the final round with a three-stroke cushion but never found traction.

He shot 69 to come second at 16-under 264.

"I kind of controlled my own destiny," said Furyk.

Golf: Rory McIlroy Wins British Open

Rory McIlroy wavered a little bit but in the end he had the goods to post the third major of his career. It was a tremendous performance worthy, just like last season, of the Champion Golfer of the Year.

Sunday’s final round of the British Open began with the widespread expectation that Rory McIlroy would glide to his first triumph at golf’s oldest major. He got there all right, bringing outright elation from a home crowd eager to see someone from the United Kingdom take possession of the Claret Jug, but it was good to see the Northern Irishman get squeezed a little along the way.

 

Amazingly, the ability to win a major with someone nipping at his heels was one of the few things McIlroy had left to prove at the age of 25.

 

The Northern Irishman joined Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus as the only players to win three of golf's modern majors by the age of 25.

McIlroy, 25, now just has the Masters left to complete a career Grand Slam.

Starting six clear, McIlroy fired a final-round 71 to finish 17 under as Garcia, who three times got to within two strokes, shot 66 and US Open runner-up Fowler 67.

American Jim Furyk, 44, matched his fourth place in 2006 with a 65 to end 13 under.

 

 

Top 5 Leaderboard

POS	PLAYER	SCORE	THRU	TODAY
1	Rory McIlroy	-17	F	-1
T2	Rickie Fowler	-15	F	-5
T2	Sergio Garcia	-15	F	-6
4	Jim Furyk	-13	F	-7
T5	Marc Leishman	-12	F	-7

Invincible Martin Kaymer wins 2014 US Open

Martin Kaymer completed one of the most dominant performances in major history to win the 2014 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2.   

 

The German built up an impressive lead with a 65 on each of the first two days and headed into the fourth round with a five-stroke lead. With a 69 on the closing day, he remained calm when everyone was gunning for him, easily staying ahead of the competition and winning by eight strokes with a final score of nine-under par

US Open: Best 72-hole scores
Year	Player	Score (Par)
2011	Rory McIlroy	268 (-16)
2014	Martin Kaymer	271 (-9)
2000	Tiger Woods	272 (-12)
1980	Jack Nicklaus	272 (-8)
1993	Lee Janzen	272 (-8)
2003	Jim Furyk	272 (-8)
1981	David Graham	273 (-7)

Adam Scott Overtakes Tiger Woods As World No.1




Adam Scott will become the second Australian to be ranked No. 1 in the world when he officially takes the spot from Tiger Woods next week.

It's not often a professional athlete can ascend to the No. 1 ranking without actually competing, but that's the case for Australian Adam Scott.

When the Official World Golf Ranking is released after this week's HP Byron Nelson Championship, Scott will surpass Tiger Woods as the No. 1-ranked golfer in the world. He will become the 17th player -- and second Australian -- to hold that honor even though he's not playing in Texas. Woods' decline comes after back surgery has kept him out of action for more than two months.

Scott isn't the first pro golfer to take over the top spot without swinging a club.

Nick Faldo, Ian Woosnam and Lee Westwood reached No. 1 for the first time in similar fashion. Bernhard Langer -- who was No. 1 in the inaugural world ranking on April 6, 1986 -- also accomplished the feat.