TOUR TALK // EDITED BY RYAN HERRINGTON
back got tired from
starting hitting balls
again. Then I played
the Qatar Masters.
I actually drove the
ball nicely, but putting
wasn’t that good.
Missed the cut there.
It’s nice to be back. It’s
nice to be back here in
America.”
With an 11-under
275, Goosen claimed a
T- 9 finish at Pebble
Beach and earned
enough money
($175,500) to be able
to play via major
medical extension
status for the
remainder of the year.
“I only had five
events to keep my
card, and I’ve done it
on the first one so
now I can focus on
the rest of the season
and playing well,”
said Goosen after his
final-round 69. “I
putted nicely. I’ve
gone back to the
short putter. My
touch, I would say,
was a lot better this
week. I mean, it was
a very worrying
stage six or seven
months ago. Now it’s
feeling great. I
normally don’t play
events that it’s cold
weather. If I can play
in cold weather, it can
only get better.”—J.M.
CHAMPIONS TOUR
Injured
Bart Bryant
returns with
senior debut
❯❯ Damaged hands
and wrists, even in
this age of medical
miracles, some-
times don’t have
happy endings for
professional golfers
dependent on them
to make a living. Af-
ter two significant
surgeries on his left
wrist and a couple
of years of being
sidelined, Bart Bry-
ant wondered if he
would ever be inside
the ropes again.
And if he came
back, he thought
it might be only a
token return.
“Hitting balls is
pretty much out
of the window for
now, and if I overdo
things it gets pretty
painful,” Bryant said.
“I want to play as
many events as my
health will allow. I
don’t know what that
number is yet. But
just being out here
is huge bonus.”
—Bill Fields
TOP TOP
PLAYER AVG 10 50
TOP TOP
PLAYER AVG 10 50
1. Rory McIlroy 12.033 107 220
2. Tiger Woods 9.032 47 62
3. Luke Donald 7.583 126 441
4. Brandt Snedeker 6.913 21 76
5. Justin Rose 6.441 39 141
6. Louis Oosthuizen 6.440 15 71
7. Adam Scott 5.854 30 150
8. Lee Westwood 5.500 172 284
9. Bubba Watson 5.285 10 130
10. Phil Mickelson 5.157 2 1003
11. Ian Poulter 5.037 335
12. Jason Dufner 4.966 78
13. Steve Stricker 4.854 310
14. Sergio Garcia 4.808 78
15. Keegan Bradley 4.790 78
16. Charl Schwartzel 4.724 160
17. Dustin Johnson 4.690 157
17. Webb Simpson 4.690 77
19. Graeme McDowell 4.433 143
20. Peter Hanson 4.376 62
21. Nick Watney 4.310 204
22. Matt Kuchar 4.245 160
23. Bo Van Pelt 4.101 90
24. Ernie Els 4.069 42
25. Zach Johnson 4.843 305
26. Hunter Mahan 3.634 301
27. Martin Kaymer 3.530 264
28. Jim Furyk 3.511 47
29. Branden Grace 3.442 21
30. Jamie Donaldson 3.408 17
31. G. Fernandez-Castano 3.339 37
32. Paul Lawrie 3.338 54
33. Rickie Fowler 3.263 82
34. Carl Pettersson 3.229 44
35. Francesco Molinari 3.184 173
36. Bill Haas 3.112 107
37. Scott Piercy 3.035 22
38. Robert Garrigus 2.996 23
39. Nicolas Colsaerts 2.901 39
40. Thorbjørn Olesen 2.850 4
41. George Coetzee 2.778 13
42. Ryan Moore 2.766 22
43. Jason Day 2.686 128
44. Matteo Manassero 2.631 4
45. John Senden 2.599 65
46. Hiroyuki Fujita 2.465 13
47. David Toms 2.285 91
48. Padraig Harrington 2.279 2
49. Thomas Bjorn 2.254 75
50. Alexander Noren 2.245 3
TOP 10: Number of consecutive weeks a player has been in the top 10. TOP 50: Number of consecutive weeks a player has been in the top 50.
Brandt
Snedeker
(Pebble Beach)
Moved from
sixth to fourth
Richard
Sterne
(Joburg Open)
Moved from
94th to 55th
1. Yani Tseng 9.69
2. Na Yeon Choi 8. 48
3. Stacy Lewis 7.96
4. Inbee Park 7. 51
5. Shanshan Feng 6.75
6. So Yeon Ryu 6. 51
7. Suzann Pettersen 6. 47
8. Jiyai Shin 6.08
9. Ai Miyazato 6.03
10. Mika Miyazato 5. 36
11. Cristie Kerr 5.08
12. Karrie Webb 4.98
13. Paula Creamer 4.82
14. Catriona Matthew 4.72
15. Sun Ju Ahn 4.68
16. Azahara Munoz 4. 63
17. Amy Yang 4. 58
18. Brittany Lincicome 4. 20
19. Angela Stanford 4. 15
20. Chie Arimura 4. 12
21. Mi-Jeong Jeon 4.03
22. Lexi Thompson 3.96
23. I.K. Kim 3.89
24. Sun Young Yoo 3.73
25. Ji-Hee Lee 3. 44
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