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Saturday, June 15, 2013

Yatsenick completes three-peat

Nicole Yatsenick won her third straight Connecticut Women's Golf Association title on Friday, beating Carol  Galbraith 5 and 4 in the 18-hole final at the Hartford Golf Club.

Yatsenick, who plays out of the Country Club of Waterbury, had just one close match, against Mackenzie Hawkes of Madison, en route to the title.

Mercedes Large of Wampanoag CC won the Founders Cup Division.

Friday, June 14, 2013

2013 Travelers Championship Field

Some recognizable names in this list that committed late:


Joe Affrunti
Robert Allenby
Stephen Ames
Stuart Appleby
Aaron Baddeley
Sang Moon Bae
Jonas Blixt
Jason Bohn
Justin Bolli
Steven Bowditch
Keegan Bradley
Michael Bradley
Jonathan Byrd
Angel Cabrera
Chad Campbell
Roberto Castro
Bud Cauley
Greg Chalmers
K.J. Choi
Gary Christian
Stewart Cink
Tim Clark
Will Claxton
Nicolas Colsaerts
Erik Compton
Donald Constable
Ben Crane
Ben Curtis
John Daly
Brian Davis
Glen Day
Brendon de Jonge
Graham DeLaet
James Driscoll
Jason Dufner
Ken Duke
Harris English
Derek Ernst
Matt Every
Brad Faxon
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano
Martin Flores
Rickie Fowler
Brad Fritsch
Tommy Gainey
Scott Gardiner
Robert Garrigus
Bobby Gates
Brian Gay
Tom Gillis
Lucas Glover
Fabian Gomez
Andres Gonzales
Jeff Gove
Paul Goydos
Paul Haley II
Brian Harman
Padraig Harrington
J.J. Henry
Jim Herman
Justin Hicks
Charlie Hoffman
Morgan Hoffmann
Jon Huh
Trevor Immelman
Fredrik Jacobson
Zach Johnson
Jerry Kelly
Chris Kirk
Colt Knost
Ben Kohles
Jason Kokrak
Doub LaBelle II
Neal Lancster
Scott Langley
DH Lee
Richard H Lee
Marc Leishman
Michael Letzig
Luke List
Davis Love III
Bill Lunde
Jeff Maggert
Hunter MahanDavid Mathis
Troy Matteson
Billy Mayfair
William McGirt
George McNeil
Eric Meierdierks
John Merrick
Bryce Molder
Ryan Moore
Henrik Norlander
Sean O'Hair
Nick O'Hern
Greg Owen
Rod Pampling
Jin Park
Cameron Percy
Tim Petrovic
Carl Pettersson
Ian Poulter
Alistair Presnell
Dicky Pride
Chez Reavie
Patrick Reed
Tag Ridings
John Rollins
Andres Romero
Justin Rose
Rory Sabbatini
Wes Short Jr.
Webb Simpson
Vijay Singh
Joey Snyder III
Kevin Stadler
Kyle Stanley
Brendan Steele
Darron Stiles
Robert Streb
Kevin Streelman
Chris Stroud
Brian Stuard
Daniel Summerhays
Kevin Sutherland
Andrew Svoboda
Justin Thomas
Michael Thompson
Nicholas Thompson
D.J. Trahan
Cameron Tringale
Bo Van Pelt
Camilo Villegas
Johnson Wagner
Aaron Wakins
Bubba Watson
Mike Weir
Lee Westwood
Charlie Wi
Chris Williams
Lee Williams
Mark Wilson
Casey Wittenberg
Gary Woodland
YE Yang
4-spot qualifier

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Oosthuizen, Cabrera among seven more golfers playing at Travelers Championship

Former major champions Angel Cabrera and Louis Oosthuizen were among seven players announced to play in next week's Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell.
Other players announced were Bo Van Pelt, Ryan Moore, Jerry Kelly, Harris English and Camilo Villegas, all of whom will tee it up beginning June 20.
Oosthuizen won the 2010 British Open and finished second in the 2012 Masters. At No. 9 in the current world rankings, Oosthuizen is the second highest-rankd player in next week's field behind Justin Rose at No. 5. Oosthuizen tied for 47th place in his only other appearance at the Travelers last year.
Cabrera has three major titles to his credit and lost in a playoff to Adam Scott at the Masters in April.  Cabrera tied for 84th at his first Travelers appearance last year.
English won his first PGA Tour event this past weekend at the FedEx St. Jude Classic. Van Pelt, ranked 28th in the world, is making his 11th appearance at the Travelers, finishing in the top 25 six times. Moore is making his eighth straight appearance at TPC River Highlands and he has three top-10 finishes.
Villegas is making his third appearance at the Travelers. He has three tour wins to his credit. Kelly, the former University of Hartford standout, makes his 16th appearance at the tournament with a pair of top-10 finishes.