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Tiger Woods has won the AT&T National at Congressional.

Tiger Woods who was the host of the tournement has won by defeating Anthony Kim and Hunter Mahan.

Woods and Kim were tied for the lead heading into the final round at -10 and would be paired together for the very first time at Congressional Country Club.

But, Before Kim and Woods would tee off, Hunter Mahan had begun his charge for the lead playing a very solid round of golf which meant he would finish with a score of 62 to complete the tournement at -12 which Kim and Tiger would have to beat.

Kim started with a birdie but made 2 bogeys to finish his final round with a score of 71 to finish at -9 meaning he would be third at the tournement he won last year.

Woods meanwhile only made one bogey on his round along with 4 birdies to finish at 13 under par and beat Mahan by one stroke.

Woods said earlier in the tournement that he wanted “to be a greedy host” and win his own tournement and done so today.

Kim may have been victim to the aura of Tiger but it can only help to improve his game and maybe one day we will be calling Anthony Kim the world number 1.

In Other Golf News:

On the European Tour,  Martin Kaymer and Lee Westwood would finish tied for the top spot meaning they would have to decide the winner by a playoff.

Both hit their drives into the rough on the 470 yard par four, but on the second shot Westwood would find the water, after his chip from the drop zone he left himself with a 30 foot putt for bogey which he slid right, leaving his 24 year old opponent two putts for the title, of which he only needed one.

Kaymer wins €666,660 and gets himself back into the top 20 of the world rankings.

And on the LPGA Tour Eunjung Yi has defeated Morgan Pressel at a playoff for the Corning Classic.

Full article of the LPGA Corning Classic is available here

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Anthony Kim leads the AT&T National Golf Tournement.

Kim set the course record with an 8-under 62 for a two-shot lead over AT&T National host Tiger Woods an 2 others.

The 24-year-old has not won since his victory here at Congressional Country Club last year, as he was slowed by an assortment of injuries that caused his game to slip just as he was being anointed as the next great American player.

It was the best round of his PGA Tour career, although Kim walked off the par-5 ninth green slightly perturbed after narrowly missing a 10-foot birdie putt. Apparently, eight birdies wasn’t enough.

Anthony Kim has set the pace early and looks to be in contention to retain his title, but there is still 3 more rounds to play.

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Sandra Gal is in the lead after Round one of the Wegmans LPGA Golf Tournement at the Locust Hill Country Club.

Round one play was suspended yesterday at 2:38 p.m. due to thunderstorms  and did not resume until 5:34 p.m, the delay meant the first round would have to be completed the next day due to darkness.

Round 1 was completed this morning with Sandra Gal (who finished her round yesterday) the current leader at 8-under-par with a one shot lead over rookie Jiyai Shin who shot a 65 7-under-par.

• Michelle Wie is currently tied for 13th shooting 69 -3

• Natalie Gulbis is t35 with a first round score of 71 to finish -1, and Tiger Woods’ Niece Cheyenne Woods finished t-107 with a first round score of 75 finishing +3

There is also a U.S. Women’s Open spot for the taking. Any player who has not already qualified for the 2009 U.S. Women’s Open, July 16-19 at Saucon Valley Country Club, would need to win the Wegmans LPGA or the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Presented by Kroger to earn a spot in the field. All other exemption categories have closed and sectional qualifying has concluded.

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Lucas Glover wins the 2009 US Open at Bethpage Black. Glover who had to qualify for the US Open at Columbus Ohio, was impressive throughout the tournement finished at 4 under par with a 2 shot lead over the runners-up.

Phil Mickelson who was joint leader going into the 14th at -4 made 2 bogeys on the 15th and 16th to again drop back to -2 meaning he would finish the round with an even par 70 and end joint 2nd for tournement for a record fifth time. Mickelson finished tied with David Duval who shot 71 on his final round, and Ricky Barnes who was the leader through three rounds of play at -8. Barnes made many bogeys including a succession of 4 in a row at the 5th, 6th,7th, and 8th, among others and made only one birdie to finish the final round with a score of 76.

Tiger Woods would finish Tied 6th with a total of 280 to finish the tournement Even Par.

Glover’s US Open win was only the 2nd of his PGA Tour career.

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Ricky Barnes is still leading the 2009 US Open at the Bethpage Black after finishing the third round with a score of 70 to go into the final round with a lead of over Lucas Glover of one shot at 8-under par.

Ricky Barnes was at one point -11 after starting the day extremely well but, did have a few moments during the day where his golf swing looked off and he made a few bogies, but he had a pretty stable round of scoring and looks fairly comfortable in the lead.

Lucas Glover who is currently in second, had some pretty poor holes and looked to be almost gifting the tournement to Barnes in the earlier stages of the round, but Fought back with some solid golf shots and made some much needed birdies to finish the round with a par 70 and back to 7-under par .

David Duval and Ross Fisher are currently tied for third at -3, and Phil Mickelson is currently tied for 4th at -2 after having a very solid round to put himself in good stead for the final round.

Tiger woods looks to be out of contention barring a miraculous comeback. Woods Currently sits at +1, but had a good round today shooting 68.  If Tiger Woods is to make a comeback, it will have to be a record breaking comeback and the round of his life.

The final round is set to start this evening and be concluded on monday.

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The U.S. Open at Bethpage Black has been hit by yet another delay on Sunday as overnight rain left the course waterlogged.

The tournament is almost a whole day behind schedule already after thursday’s torrential rain and yesterday’s third round play being stopped by showers late in the day. this meant that 60 players who had made the cut were still left to start their third rounds.

USGA officials had hoped to start play at 7.30am et this morning to make up some time, but heavy overnight rain ensured large parts of the course were left waterlogged. As a result it was announced that play would not get underway until 12pm et at the earliest with officials working around the clock to try and return the course to a playable condition.

It means that the tournament is now certain to run into Monday with the USGA insisting that 72 holes of golf will have to be played before they declare a champion for the tournement.
Some players managed to finish six holes in round three on Saturday before the heavy rains in New York forced another suspension.

Ricky Barnes, who is the current leader on eight-under after two rounds with a 36-hole U.S. Open record low score of 132, was among 16 players unable to begin their third rounds before the downpour halted play.

Defending champion Tiger Woods, seeking a 15th major title and record-tying fourth U.S. Open title, and fan favorite Phil Mickelson each parred their first hole in round three before play was suspended.

Woods currently stands 11 strokes behind Barnes, matching the biggest distance any player has come from behind to win over the final 36 holes at a U.S. Open.

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Ricky Barnes is the Leader of The 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage after the Second round.

Barnes shot an excellent round of 65 following his first round of 67 to bring his total to -8 and give him the lead heading into the third round. By doing so Barnes has set the record average score ever to be posted for the first 2 rounds of a PGA Tour major championship.

Barnes leads by one shot over Lucas Glover, who has equaled the record round of 64 set by Mike Weir Yesterday. Weir who was the leader after round one is now third after shooting a round of par-70.

Phil Mickelson again had a good round, shooting Par and is tied for twelth with a current score of -1 after 2 rounds of golf.

Tiger Woods who had a poor first round with a score of 74, had a good day finishing with a score of 1-under-par 69 to bring his total down to +4 and be tied for 41st place.

The Cut Line would be at +4 meaning Woods only just made it into the third round of play.

The third round is set to get underway and we will wrap up the day when darkness stops play from being able to continue.

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Mike Weir is the current leader of the 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black after shooting a stunning 64 to finish at -6.

Wier shot Eight Biries, and nine pars in what was pratically a blemish free round of golf, apart from the double-bogey 6 at the 15th hole.

Mike Weir’s impressive round is the lowest U.S. Open score to ever be posted at Bethpage Black.

Peter Hanson of sweden is currently sitting at -5, one shot behind Weir after shooting a solid first round of golf to score 65.

Todd Hamilton, Ricky Barnes are currently tied for 3rd at -3 after both finishing the 1st round with scores of 67.

Phil mickelson is had a steady start shooting 69 to give him a score of -1 after 18 holes to keep himself in good contention for the Tournement.

Meanwhile Tiger Woods has had a terrible start and is currently at +4 after making double-bogey on 15, and bogeys on both the 16th and 18th.

The weather forecast tomorrow looks grim with a 80% chance of rain but the players will play as much of the 2nd round as possible before darkness falls.

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The first round of the 2009 U.S. Open at Bethage Black has been suspended due to rain until Friday morning. only 78 of the 156 players in the field were able to tee off today under the already poor playing conditions.

The rain began early thursday but the field managed play through until 10:15am et, when officials halted play. As the rain got heavier, the greens became to waterlogged to be played and course maintenence officials were not able to do anything about it.

After almost a 4 hour delay, the decision to call off the days play was made, The first round will continue tomorrow morning at 7:30am et.

Andrew Parr, Jeff Brehaut, Johan Edfors and Ryan Spears are the current joint leaders at -1.
Tiger Woods, Playing in a Group with Angel Cabrera and Padraig Harrington, Is 1-over par through 6 holes. Tiger was even before approaching the Par 4 5th. after hitting his tee shot into the rough, and then ended up in a bunker, later missed a bogey putt to finish the hole with a double-bogey 6.

Woods Recovered on the par-4 6th where he made a 15 foot birdie putt to get back to 1 over par.
With half of the field still to tee off, the second round looks like it may not be completed until saturday.
The weather forecast for tomorrow looks more promising but the threat of rain will be present the entire weekend.

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The 2009 U.S. Open Golf Tournement has officially started.

The first group to Tee this morning at 7:00 am ET was: Rickie Fowler, Casey Wittenberg and Bo Van Pelt, who got the tournement started by each making a par on the 1st hole of the tournement.

At the 10th tee, J.P. Hayes, Greg Kraft, and Jeff Brehaut were first to Tee off on the Back Nine of the Bethpage Black Golf Course. J.P got off to a good start making a birdie, Greg Kraft made a decent start with Par, and Jeff Brehaut made a bogey.

At 8:06 am ET. Tiger Woods got off to what looked liked to be a terrible start by driving his ball far left of the tee leaving it some 50 yards from the fairway but, still managed to save par after getting up and down from a sand bunker. meanwhile Angel Cabrera and Padraig Harrington who both hit the fairway of the Tee Box both bogied the first hole.

The Current Leader as of 12:12 pm ET is Jeff Brehaut who is at -1 after making 2 birdies at the 17th and 18th. He is tied with Justin Leonard (who has played 6 holes), Ryan Spears and Andrew Parr (who have played 2)

Noteables:

K. J. Choi, Steve Stricker, and Angel Carbrera along with 10 others are T5 with Even Par.

Vijay singh, Tiger Woods, and Zach Johnson along with 9 other are Tied for 18th.

And at the very bottom of the field David Horsey has had a terrible start finishing his first 9 holes with a score of +10.

Phil Mickelson Tees off at the 10th of the Bethpage Black Golf Course at 1:36 pm ET with Ernie Els and Retief Goosen.

The weather forecast for this weeks golf tournement doesn’t look to be very good, but the players and the fans will surely be in full spirits for this golf tournement which is probably one the most exciting of the season.

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