Golf

Column: Message to Woods: Bury 2010 in the bunker

This summer, there was ample time to watch the most scrutinized and controversial return to golf — and maybe all of sports — in history. Tiger Woods'.

Former Hoosier gets 2nd place at PGA tour event

Winning on the PGA Tour is no easy task. Just ask Tiger Woods — or better yet, ask Jeff Overton.

Alex Martin makes field for 2010 US Open

As Alex Martin stood at the first tee on the Brookside Golf Course in Columbus, Ohio, he shook hands with his playing partner for the day, 2008 U.S. Open runner-up Rocco Mediate. Little did Martin know that 12 hours, 137 shots and three playoff holes later, he would be heading to Pebble Beach, marking the second consecutive year that a member of the IU men’s golf team would be represented at the U.S. Open.

Martin excels on course, in class

Martin, who recently qualified for the 2010 U.S. Open, was a two-time All-Big Ten selection during his college career. He also led the Hoosiers his senior year with a season scoring average of 72.33, the eighth-lowest in school history. Martin also received his second career medalist honors during his senior year with the Renaissance Intercollegiate individual title. 

Hoosiers enter battle for Big Ten Championship

On paper, this week’s Big Ten Championship is a battle for second place for the IU men’s golf team.

Mickelson subsides Tiger’s ongoing joke

Last week, I wrote that if Tiger Woods miraculously pulled off a win in his return to golf at the Masters, which turned out to only add to this hoax, there would be no closure to go along with his tainted green jacket.

IU senior Alex Martin taking charge of young Hoosiers

When IU men’s golf coach Mike Mayer began searching for his 2006 recruiting class, senior Alex Martin, a Middletown, Ohio, native was a top priority. An accomplished junior golfer on and off the course, Martin’s hometown is a little less than three hours away from Bloomington and seemed like the perfect fit to pursue his career as a student athlete. However, the first step in the recruiting process took Mayer across the country to watch a young golfer who would blossom into an All-Big Ten player and a mainstay in the Hoosiers lineup all four years.

Intense spring break awaits golf team

While thousands of IU students will be spending their spring break with late nights and even later mornings, there will be early wake-up calls for both the men’s and women’s golf teams next week. The men will head to Arizona and the women to Florida for some warm weather.

Tiger Woods cancels meeting with police for 3rd time

Tiger Woods canceled yet another meeting with state troopers but, for the first time, talked about his car crash on his Web site, saying it was his fault, that his wife acted courageously and that remaining details were private.

Men, women finish in 3rd

The IU men’s and women’s golf teams started their 2009-10 season this weekend with third-place finishes in each of its tournaments.

Biggest fan of Watson's run? Indianapolis

While Jack Nicklaus will go down as one of the – if not the – best golfers of all time, one of his many records was in jeopardy until Sunday afternoon.

Age ain't nothing but a number

Sports are for the young. But on Sunday, 59-year-old Tom Watson proved that even the soon-to-be-eligible-for-Social Security crowd can compete for championships.

IU golfer plays in US Open

Amidst men in their mid-to-late 30s, a 19-year-old attempted to make the cut for the 2009 U.S. Open during the third week of June.

IU officials break ground on new golf facility

The men’s and women’s golf teams broke ground Wednesday on a new team facility, expected to be completed Aug. 20.

WEB ONLY: Campillo shoots final round of 63 to claim championship

Campillo captures Spanish Amateur crown

Ever since his eighth birthday, IU senior Jorge Campillo has been battling against his countrymen of Spain on the golf course.At the Spanish National Amateur Championship last week, Campillo got the better of all of them, winning in dominant fashion by five strokes.

Friends swing for scholarships

Twelve years after passing away from a brain aneurism during March of his senior year at IU, John Jackson, who served as the Indiana Daily Student’s editor-in-chief for the summer of 1995, is still being publicly remembered by his friends and family.

Overton qualifies for British Open

During his tenure as a Hoosier golfer Jeff Overton made his share of birdies at the IU Golf Course east of campus off State Road 45/46. Now, Overton will take his swings thousands of miles overseas to compete in the 2008 British Open after qualifying by winning The Players Championship at Michigan.