Zach Johnson now has a plaid jacket to go along with his green one.
Johnson shot a closing 6-under 64 Sunday in the final round of the Colonial, winning at Hogan's Alley with a tournament-record score of 21-under 259. The 2007 Masters champion finished three strokes ahead of Brian Davis, who had a closing 68.
When Johnson drained a 14-foot birdie putt at the 17th hole to take a two-stroke lead, he had a wide smile on his face and emphatically pumped his right fist.
The real celebration had to wait.
Before Johnson teed off for his par at the closing 18th, play was suspended for the second time in less than an hour because of threatening weather. Light rain was falling despite sunny skies after the second delay of 46 minutes, a minute shorter than the first one.
Jeff Overton and Ben Crane both shot 67 to finish tied for third at 17 under. Scott Verplank (65) and Bryce Molder (70), who led after the second and third rounds, were another shot back.
Mike Weir of Bright's Grove, Ont., and Weyburn, Sask., native Graham DeLaet finished tied for 33rd place at nine under...
Zach Johnson wins Colonial
PATTAYA, Thailand - Christina Kim was shaken but unhurt when the bus she was riding in crashed leaving the course hosting the LPGA Tour's season-opening event.
The accident Friday involved the bus, a truck and a police car.
Kim, returning to her hotel after shooting a 72 in the second round of the Honda PTT LPGA Thailand, gave her version of the accident on Twitter and posted photos that showed minor damage to the three vehicles involved.
Her first tweet read: "OMG the bus I was riding in got into an accident and 3 vehicles (our bus, big rig truck our police escort) were involved, but no one was hurt."
"I still have the jitters 45 min afterwards," she Tweeted later.
Golfer shaken by bus crash
The accident Friday involved the bus, a truck and a police car.
Kim, returning to her hotel after shooting a 72 in the second round of the Honda PTT LPGA Thailand, gave her version of the accident on Twitter and posted photos that showed minor damage to the three vehicles involved.
Her first tweet read: "OMG the bus I was riding in got into an accident and 3 vehicles (our bus, big rig truck our police escort) were involved, but no one was hurt."
"I still have the jitters 45 min afterwards," she Tweeted later.
Golfer shaken by bus crash
LA QUINTA, Calif. - Shane Bertsch hopped out of his RV and excelled on a course he hadn't seen in over 10 years, opening with a 10-under 62 Wednesday at the Hope Classic for a two-stroke lead over Alex Prugh and Jeff Quinney.
Bertsch was the last player to register for the five-day, four-course tournament after a comically difficult travel path from Hawaii to the Palm Springs area, yet he still posted the best round of his PGA Tour career.
Bertsch had 10 birdies without a bogey even while helping line up putts for his pro-am playing partners under intermittent rain and wind.
"I was just comfortable," Bertsch said. "I always like these formats, because I help the guys out, and it keeps me maybe not so focused on myself until it's time to hit, and then I just go and hit."
J.P. Hayes, George McNeill, Joe Ogilvie and Garrett Willis were three strokes back. Heath Slocum, who skipped last week's Sony Open while his wife gave birth, was in a large group at 6 under.
Bertsch takes Hope Classic lead
Bertsch was the last player to register for the five-day, four-course tournament after a comically difficult travel path from Hawaii to the Palm Springs area, yet he still posted the best round of his PGA Tour career.
Bertsch had 10 birdies without a bogey even while helping line up putts for his pro-am playing partners under intermittent rain and wind.
"I was just comfortable," Bertsch said. "I always like these formats, because I help the guys out, and it keeps me maybe not so focused on myself until it's time to hit, and then I just go and hit."
J.P. Hayes, George McNeill, Joe Ogilvie and Garrett Willis were three strokes back. Heath Slocum, who skipped last week's Sony Open while his wife gave birth, was in a large group at 6 under.
Bertsch takes Hope Classic lead
NEW YORK - Golfers Rocco Mediate, Duffy Waldorf and Natalie Gulbis will play themselves in an upcoming episode of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."
The plot of the Jan. 21 edition of the CBS show centres on the discovery of the body of a star player during a high-profile tournament.
Mediate and Waldorf are two of the most colourful personalities on the PGA Tour. Gulbis, one of the most recognizable players in women's golf, appeared on "Celebrity Apprentice" last season.
Three golfers to appear on 'CSI'
The plot of the Jan. 21 edition of the CBS show centres on the discovery of the body of a star player during a high-profile tournament.
Mediate and Waldorf are two of the most colourful personalities on the PGA Tour. Gulbis, one of the most recognizable players in women's golf, appeared on "Celebrity Apprentice" last season.
Three golfers to appear on 'CSI'
Montreal - According to deadspin.com, which monitors Web hoaxes, rumours peddled by former NHL coach Pat Burns to a Montreal radio station came from a number of circulating e-mails, detailing accounts of the night Woods crashed his SUV into a tree in November.
According to Pat Burns, Woods lost two teeth after getting a nine-iron in the face by his angry wife, just before driving into the tree.
Burns, who has mostly retired from hockey and now lives in Florida, has contacts with the police sector, where he worked before coaching hockey.
In a conversation with CKAC Sports in Montreal on Tuesday morning, Burns said an old friend in the highway patrol was among those who went to Woods'
home on the night of the crash.
But the details of the story, according to deadspin.com, seem to indicate most of this information was gleaned from friend-of-friend e-mails that read eerily similar and have been circulating for the past few weeks.
"After dinner, Tiger Woods watched football in the living room while sending text messages to Rachel, the famous blond," he told the radio station.
"Whenever he received a message from her, he erased it. Meanwhile, one of his friends, based in Orlando, invited him to go play poker. At approximately 7:30 p.m., he went to change, then left. He forgot his phone on the coffee table in the lounge. Rachel, meanwhile, continued to write her text messages.
"His wife (Elin Nordegren) saw the message. When he returned, around 11:30 p.m. or midnight, she waited at the door. She asked what it was, these messages, and who was this woman."
According to Burns, Woods went up to the second floor of the home, wearing a T-shirt and shorts.
"He kept saying there was nothing there. He went to watch television ... then suddenly, bang! A nine-iron in the face! According to Burns, the hit caused a large cut in Woods' cheek and knocked out two of his teeth.
"He left the house running without shoes. Elin followed him with the club. He left in his Escalade. She followed him and broke two or three windows. That's why he hit the tree," he said.
"They took him to hospital in Orlando. Elin was in the ambulance with him and called his agent. He suggested that they meet at the hospital. Once there, the doctors said he needed plastic surgery to repair the broken teeth, but only one institution could do it, in Phoenix...
Tiger lost two teeth in golf club attack
According to Pat Burns, Woods lost two teeth after getting a nine-iron in the face by his angry wife, just before driving into the tree.
Burns, who has mostly retired from hockey and now lives in Florida, has contacts with the police sector, where he worked before coaching hockey.
In a conversation with CKAC Sports in Montreal on Tuesday morning, Burns said an old friend in the highway patrol was among those who went to Woods'
home on the night of the crash.
But the details of the story, according to deadspin.com, seem to indicate most of this information was gleaned from friend-of-friend e-mails that read eerily similar and have been circulating for the past few weeks.
"After dinner, Tiger Woods watched football in the living room while sending text messages to Rachel, the famous blond," he told the radio station.
"Whenever he received a message from her, he erased it. Meanwhile, one of his friends, based in Orlando, invited him to go play poker. At approximately 7:30 p.m., he went to change, then left. He forgot his phone on the coffee table in the lounge. Rachel, meanwhile, continued to write her text messages.
"His wife (Elin Nordegren) saw the message. When he returned, around 11:30 p.m. or midnight, she waited at the door. She asked what it was, these messages, and who was this woman."
According to Burns, Woods went up to the second floor of the home, wearing a T-shirt and shorts.
"He kept saying there was nothing there. He went to watch television ... then suddenly, bang! A nine-iron in the face! According to Burns, the hit caused a large cut in Woods' cheek and knocked out two of his teeth.
"He left the house running without shoes. Elin followed him with the club. He left in his Escalade. She followed him and broke two or three windows. That's why he hit the tree," he said.
"They took him to hospital in Orlando. Elin was in the ambulance with him and called his agent. He suggested that they meet at the hospital. Once there, the doctors said he needed plastic surgery to repair the broken teeth, but only one institution could do it, in Phoenix...
Tiger lost two teeth in golf club attack
The news that Elin Nordegren is planning to divorce her husband, Tiger Woods, was the only plausible end game for the recently crowned athlete of the decade. And with the news that Elin is with her family while Tiger toils away on his yacht, the only real negotiations are taking place between their lawyers.
As speculation surrounds the coming legal rounds, Tiger will soon resume his other rounds -- of golf. The suggestion that he was planning an indefinite leave of absence from the game was as ludicrous as it was unimaginable. Did anyone really think that Tiger would put on hold, his quest to rewrite the record books as he chases Jack Nicklaus's record of 18 major championships?
The notion of him travelling the world with Elin and the kids in tow, to ensure his fidelity was a pipe dream at best. In addition to his extraordinary skills as a golfer, Tiger has been successful because of a single trait common only to those who achieve the greatness that their skill set has provided them -- focus and the ability to screen out distractions.
Despite the vow "for better or for worse," Tiger's sole purpose in life has been the attainment of the one record that still eludes him. Nothing was going to come in the way of that. Scandal, divorce, health issues -- Tiger Woods has and will continue to put aside such distractions and eventually eclipse Nicklaus' amazing accomplishment.
LONELY EXISTENCE
How would it have played out otherwise? It would have been a very lonely existence for Tiger and his family on the tour. Who would they socialize with? Every relationship that Tiger has had since joining the tour is now in question, from Elin's viewpoint at least. Do you think his long-time caddie, Steve Williams, is getting a Christmas card from Mrs. Woods this year? Not very likely. Despite his comments that he was unaware of his boss' philandering, it doesn't make a lot of sense. They have been together since 1999 -- 10 years -- and to suggest that he knew nothing sounds as hollow as Seargent Schultz in Hogan's Heroes --"I see nothing."
The tale of the Tiger has been sensational news, from the car crash to the body count --14 when we last looked. The 9/11 attacks commanded front page news for approximately 20 days. Tigergate passed that with stories of his pending divorce and subsequent additions to his dating portfolio. And that was before news of his sponsors ditching him so that he can sort out his personal issues arose. Accenture, AT&T, Tag Heuer and Gillette have all taken a bogey on Tiger.
Tiger's tale will be an expensive epic
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