"2009 Masters Tournament The 2009 Masters Tournament was the 73rd Masters Tournament, held April 9–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Ángel Cabrera, age 39, won his second major title in playoff over Chad Campbell and Kenny Perry. Cabrera became the first Masters champion from Argentina and South America. This was the final Masters appearance for three-time champion Gary Player, and one-time champions Raymond Floyd and Fuzzy Zoeller. The Masters has the smallest field of the major championships, and officially remains an invitation event, but there is now a qualification process. In theory, the club could simply decline"
"Southern Financial Group Masters. Nadal has a 4–4 record at the championship and reached the semifinals in 2006 and 2007. This is his 3rd appearance On 5 July – after the 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Roger Federer of Switzerland who won his 15th Slam at the tournament over Andy Roddick was announced as the second qualifier. Roger Federer began the year with a loss to Rafael Nadal at the final of the Australian Open. He won his first title of the year at the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open defeating Nadal in the final. For his first win over Nadal since"
"play<br> CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> ""T"" = tied Andres Gonzales Andres Gonzales (born May 16, 1983) is an American professional golfer. Gonzales has played on the Canadian Tour, Web.com Tour, and PGA Tour. He won the 2009 Saskatchewan Open on the Canadian Tour. He later won the 2012 Soboba Golf Classic and 2014 Utah Championship on the Web.com Tour. Gonzales has tallied three top ten finishes on the PGA Tour including a tie for third at the OHL Classic at Mayakoba in 2014. He has attained some popularity due to his unorthodox appearance and prolonged attempts to contact"
"1999 Masters Tournament The 1999 Masters Tournament was the 63rd Masters Tournament, held from April 8–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. José María Olazábal won his second Masters championship, two strokes ahead of runner-up Davis Love III and three strokes ahead of Greg Norman, who experienced another disappointing back nine at Augusta. Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Fred Couples (10,13,14,15,16), Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer (15,16), Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, José María Olazábal (10,15,16), Mark O'Meara (3,12,14,15,16), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson (13,14,15,16), Tiger"
"(+9), Stanley (+13). ""Final round"" ""Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par"" 2009 U.S. Open (golf) The 2009 United States Open Championship was the 109th U.S. Open, held June 18–22 on the Black Course of Bethpage State Park on Long Island, in Farmingdale, New York. Lucas Glover won his only major title, two strokes ahead of runners-up Ricky Barnes, David Duval, and Phil Mickelson. This was the second U.S. Open at Bethpage Black; the first in 2002 was won by Tiger Woods, also the defending champion. The 2009 edition was hit heavily by continuous rain throughout the tournament, and resulted in"
"got up-and-down for par, while Campbell missed his par putt and was eliminated. On the second playoff hole, the 10th, Cabrera made par to defeat Perry, becoming the first Argentine to win the Masters. He was the lowest-ranked golfer to win the Masters, having been ranked 69th before the tournament. Cabrera is one of three active PGA Tour members who have won both the U.S. Open and the Masters as of 2015; the others are Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth. Cabrera struggled with injuries throughout most of the 2010 season and was forced to miss a number of events after"
"2009 U.S. Open (golf) The 2009 United States Open Championship was the 109th U.S. Open, held June 18–22 on the Black Course of Bethpage State Park on Long Island, in Farmingdale, New York. Lucas Glover won his only major title, two strokes ahead of runners-up Ricky Barnes, David Duval, and Phil Mickelson. This was the second U.S. Open at Bethpage Black; the first in 2002 was won by Tiger Woods, also the defending champion. The 2009 edition was hit heavily by continuous rain throughout the tournament, and resulted in multiple suspensions of play. Mickelson announced that this would be his"
"Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009. ""*Through the 2018 season."" Amateur Professional Lucas Glover Lucas Hendley Glover (born November 12, 1979) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. He is best known for winning the 2009 U.S. Open. Glover was born in Greenville, South Carolina, the biological son of major-league baseball player Ron Musselman and Hershey Hendley (The daughter of former pro football player Dick Hendley). After Musselman and Hendley separated and divorced, Musselman fell behind on child support payments and went more than six months without seeing"
"2009, a feat achieved after losing in the final of the Hong Kong Open a month earlier. In 2009 he became the second French player to become world no 1. Gaultier has since won the Qatar Classic and reached the semi-finals of the J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions, and later won the Case Swedish Open after dispatching Karim Darwish in the finals. In 2013 he was Gold medalist of the World Games in Cali against Simon Rösner in the final. He won the US Open against Nick Matthew 11-4, 11-5, 11-5. Two weeks later, he reached the World Championship final"
"to his 2009 US Open title which was the first time a player managed to beat both Roger Federer and Nadal in the same Grand Slam tournament (Novak Djokovic did this at the US Open 2011). However the Spaniard managed to win both times in the Indian Wells Masters encounters, in the 2011 semifinal and the 2013 final. Nadal also won the fourth and last rubber of the 2011 Davis Cup final against the Argentine. Del Potro gained the upper hand at the 2013 Shanghai Masters, defeating Nadal to reach the final where he lost to Djokovic. Del Potro defeated"
"Roger Federer defeated Novak Djokovic 6–1, 7–5. Jelena Janković defeated Dinara Safina 6–4, 6–2. Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić defeated Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 3–6, 7–6, [15–13]. Cara Black / Liezel Huber defeated Nuria Llagostera Vives / María José Martínez Sánchez, 6–3, 0–6, [10–2]. 2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open The 2009 Cincinnati Masters (also known as the ""Western & Southern Financial Group Masters"" and ""Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open"" for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 108th edition of the Cincinnati Masters, and was"
"was also a runner-up at the US Open losing to Juan Martín del Potro and the Davidoff Swiss Indoors losing to Djokovic ending his 3-year run at the tournament. He also reached 4 semi-finals at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Sony Ericsson Open, BNP Paribas Open and the Qatar ExxonMobil Open. He has a 27–5 record in the championship having won it on 4 occasions in 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007. This is his 8th appearance. On 20 August – After his title in the 2009 Rogers Masters defeating Juan Martín del Potro, Andy Murray of Great Britain was announced as"
"Ángel Cabrera Ángel Cabrera (; born 12 September 1969) is an Argentine professional golfer who plays on both the European Tour and PGA Tour. He is known affectionately as """"El Pato"""" in Spanish ""(""The Duck"")"" for his waddling gait. He is a two-time major champion, with wins at the U.S. Open in 2007 and the Masters in 2009; he was the first (and only) Argentine to win either. He also lost in a sudden death playoff at the Masters in 2013. Born in Córdoba, Argentina, Cabrera's father, Miguel, was a handyman, and his mother worked as a maid. He was"
"Lucas Glover Lucas Hendley Glover (born November 12, 1979) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. He is best known for winning the 2009 U.S. Open. Glover was born in Greenville, South Carolina, the biological son of major-league baseball player Ron Musselman and Hershey Hendley (The daughter of former pro football player Dick Hendley). After Musselman and Hendley separated and divorced, Musselman fell behind on child support payments and went more than six months without seeing his son. Musselman ultimately lost custody of his son and was barred from seeing him until his son turned"
"Andres Gonzales Andres Gonzales (born May 16, 1983) is an American professional golfer. Gonzales has played on the Canadian Tour, Web.com Tour, and PGA Tour. He won the 2009 Saskatchewan Open on the Canadian Tour. He later won the 2012 Soboba Golf Classic and 2014 Utah Championship on the Web.com Tour. Gonzales has tallied three top ten finishes on the PGA Tour including a tie for third at the OHL Classic at Mayakoba in 2014. He has attained some popularity due to his unorthodox appearance and prolonged attempts to contact fellow golfer Tiger Woods via Twitter. DNP = Did not"
"the year at the BNP Paribas Masters over Gaël Monfils. He finished as a runner-up at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, Gerry Weber Open, Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters and the Sony Ericsson Open. He also made the semifinal of the US Open. He is the Defending champion and has a 4–4 record. This is his 3rd appearance. On 15 September – after his first Slam win at the 2009 US Open over Roger Federer, Juan Martín del Potro of Argentina became the fifth qualifier. Juan Martín del Potro produced a break-out year, as he reached a"
"day at the first hole to kick off the tournament. 2. Last five U.S. Open Champions<br> Michael Campbell, Lucas Glover (12,15,17,18,19), Geoff Ogilvy (11,15,16,17,18,19) 3. Last five British Open Champions<br> Stewart Cink (13,15,17,18,19), Pádraig Harrington (4,15,17,18,19) 4. Last five PGA Champions<br> Y. E. Yang (14,15,16,17,18,19) 5. Last three of The Players Champions<br> Sergio García (18,19), Henrik Stenson (18,19) 6. Top two finishers in the 2009 U.S. Amateur<br> An Byeong-hun (a), Ben Martin (a) 7. Winner of the 2009 Amateur Championship<br> Matteo Manassero (a) 8. Winner of the 2009 Asian Amateur<br> Han Chang-won (a) 9. Winner of the 2009 U.S. Amateur"
"2017 Masters Tournament The 2017 Masters Tournament was the 81st edition of the Masters Tournament and the first of golf's four major championships in 2017. It was held at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Sergio García defeated Justin Rose in a sudden-death playoff, after they both completed the 72 holes in nine-under-par. This was his first major title, which came in his 74th attempt. Previously, García had 22 top-ten finishes in majors (including three at the Masters, the best a tie for fourth in 2004). He was the first Spaniard to win at Augusta in eighteen years, since"
"10, 2006 while vacationing with his daughter Mary and brother Billy in California. Harmon left his wife Nancy, sons Chris and Rick, and daughters Mary and Heidi. Dick Harmon Dick Harmon (July 29, 1947 – February 10, 2006) was one of America's top golf instructors with clients including Fred Couples, Jay Haas, Craig Stadler, Lanny Wadkins, Steve Elkington and 2009 U.S. Open winner Lucas Glover. He was a native of New Rochelle, New York and Palm Springs, California and devoted his life to his love of golf as a teacher and mentor. His father Claude Harmon won the 1948 Masters"
"(+17). ""Final round"" ""Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par"" 1999 Masters Tournament The 1999 Masters Tournament was the 63rd Masters Tournament, held from April 8–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. José María Olazábal won his second Masters championship, two strokes ahead of runner-up Davis Love III and three strokes ahead of Greg Norman, who experienced another disappointing back nine at Augusta. Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Fred Couples (10,13,14,15,16), Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer (15,16), Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, José María Olazábal (10,15,16), Mark O'Meara (3,12,14,15,16), Arnold"
"Tennis Professionals (ATP) Marcelo Rios, the first Latin American World number 1 in women tennis and the first Latin American to win a Grand Slam Anita Lizana, three-time French Open winner Gustavo Kuerten, US Open winner Gabriela Sabatini, French Open winners Gastón Gaudio and Andrés Gómez, 2009 US Open winner Juan Martín del Potro, and double Olympic Gold medalist Nicolás Massú. Golf is growing in popularity in both Brazil and Argentina but is not widely played elsewhere in South America. Bolivia has the highest tournament class golf course in the world. Jai alai or Basque pelota is played in many"
"feels great to be the winner. Although I had a lead, I just tried to keep playing one shot at a time,” he added. “The guys made some bogeys behind me and that made the gap even bigger but I just kept playing my own game and it all worked out perfectly. It feels awesome."" The 2009 Colombia Masters was the only tournament of the season co-sanctioned by the European Challenge Tour and the Tour de las Americas. Colombian golfer Camilo Villegas had a 9 hole demonstration on the Tuesday prior to the tournament where he played with his brother"
"Juan Martín del Potro Juan Martín del Potro () (born 23 September 1988), nicknamed ""Delpo"" (), is an Argentine professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 5 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). His biggest achievement has been winning the 2009 US Open, defeating Rafael Nadal in the semifinal and 5-time defending champion Roger Federer in the final. He was the first to defeat both Federer and Nadal during the same major and was the only man outside the Big Four to win a major between the 2005 French Open and the 2013 US"
"defeated Roger Federer in five sets. In so doing he became the third Argentine to win the US Open title, and the first South American to win a men's Grand Slam event on a hard court. There was some controversy during the presentation ceremony when the Master of Ceremonies initially refused to allow del Potro the time to speak in Spanish as he was under pressure from his American television network, CBS, to get the ceremony over with so that it could return to its regularly scheduled programming. Seeded players out Schedule of play Juan Martín del Potro defeated Roger"
"to invite a qualified player. This is the list of all 96 players who qualified to play in the 2009 Masters Tournament. 1. Past Masters Champions<br> Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd, Trevor Immelman (10,14,16,17,18), Zach Johnson (15,17,18), Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (4,5,10,14,15,16,17,18), Larry Mize, José María Olazábal, Mark O'Meara, Gary Player, Vijay Singh (4,10,14,15,16,17,18), Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Mike Weir (14,16,17,18), Tiger Woods (2,3,4,10,11,14,15,17,18), Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller (Past champions who did not play: Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Jack Burke, Jr., Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Nick Faldo, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, and Arnold Palmer. 2."
"Martin Kaymer (9), Davis Love III, Shaun Micheel, Phil Mickelson (3,8,9,10), Vijay Singh (8), David Toms (6,8), Tiger Woods (2,8,9,10), Y. E. Yang The following former champions did not compete: Paul Azinger, Jack Burke, Jr., Steve Elkington, Dow Finsterwald, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Al Geiberger, Wayne Grady, David Graham, Hubert Green, Don January, John Mahaffey, Larry Nelson, Bobby Nichols, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Nick Price, Jeff Sluman, Dave Stockton, Hal Sutton, Lee Trevino, Bob Tway, Lanny Wadkins 2. Last five U.S. Open champions Lucas Glover, Graeme McDowell (8,9), Rory McIlroy (8,9,10), Webb Simpson (8,10) 3. Last five Masters champions Ángel"
"2009 Seniors Torneo Godó The 2009 Seniors Torneo Godó was the fourth edition of the Seniors Torneo Godó and it took place from April 15–19, 2009. Tie-breaks were used for the first two sets of each match, which was the best of three sets. If the score was tied at one set all, a 'Champions Tie-break' (the first player to win at least 10 points or by a margin of two points) would be used. Marcelo Ríos was the defending champion, but did not compete this year to focus on an exhibition match against Andy Roddick. Félix Mantilla won the"
"was played on clay rather than a hard-court surface. The following players received wildcards into the main draw: The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: The following players received wildcards into the main draw: The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal 6–4, 6–4. Dinara Safina defeated Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 6–4. Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić defeated Simon Aspelin / Wesley Moodie 6–4, 6–4. Cara Black / Liezel Huber defeated Květa Peschke / Lisa Raymond 4–6, 6–3, 10–6. 2009 Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid The 2009 Madrid Masters (also known as the ""Mutua"
"seed No. 1 Grégory Gaultier in a tense and controversial match. And in December, he was runner-up of the Hong Kong Open against Nick Matthew, his first PSA World Series final. Borja Golán Borja Golán, (born 6 January 1983 in Santiago de Compostela) is a professional squash player who represents Spain. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 5 in April 2014. In August 2009, in the Colombian Open final, Borja suffered serious injury to his right knee which kept him out of action for six months. He reached the top ten World Ranking the month following the"
"Open Champion Retief Goosen, 2008 Masters Champion Trevor Immelman, British Open Champion Louis Oosthuizen and 2011 Masters Champion Charl Schwartzel. Other notable players include Tim Clark with 2 Nationwide Tour wins and winner of the PGA 2010 Players Championship. The country has had less success in women's golf. The only South African woman to have won a major was Sally Little, who won the LPGA Championship in 1980. Little later became a U.S. citizen and won a second major, the 1988 du Maurier Classic, as an American. British golfer Justin Rose is South Africa-born, but was raised from age 5"
"final. Another example of the importance of the Argentine presence on the circuit was the August 2005 male rankings that counted five Argentine players among the top 12 (from 8th to 12th) of the ATP ranking, and three in the top ten of the Champions Race (5th, 8th and 9th). The 2005 Tennis Masters Cup, due to a series of last-minute resignations, had 4 Argentine players of the total of 8, with Gaudio reaching semi-finals, and Nalbandian winning the competition against #1 Roger Federer. In 2009 Juan Martín del Potro became the first Argentinian to win the US Open since"
"del Potro, 4-6, 7-5, 4-6, in what would be his last professional match. The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempt: The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Novak Djokovic def. Gaël Monfils 6–2, 5–7, 7–6(3) Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić def. Marcel Granollers / Tommy Robredo, 6–3, 6–4 2009 BNP Paribas Masters The 2009 Paris Masters (also known as the ""BNP Paribas Masters"" for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 38th edition of the"
"score of the round, and tied for the lead along with Sergio García and Thomas Pieters. García was originally credited with a triple-bogey seven on the 10th, but his score was later corrected to a five. Fifteen players were within five shots of the lead, including past champions Fred Couples, Phil Mickelson, Adam Scott, and Jordan Spieth. Amateur Stewart Hagestad became the first U.S. Mid-Amateur champion to make the cut at the Masters since the winner of that tournament was granted entry in 1989. Amateurs: ""Hagestad (+3)"", ""Luck (+6)"", Dalke (+9), Gregory (+13), Gana (+17) ""Saturday, April 8, 2017"" Justin"