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Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Johnson Wagner recreating iconic Tiger Woods shots from 2000, live on 'Golf Central Postgame'
Johnson Wagner, meet Tiger Woods 2000. The Golf Channel analyst and three-time PGA Tour winner will recreate some of Tiger's most iconic shots from his most famous season, live during 'Golf Central Postgame,' Thursday through Sunday. Advertisement Wagner will travel to four select sites to see if he can pull off some of the most memorable shots over the last 25 years. Which sites, which shots? You'll have to tune in to find out. Here are the scheduled times for 'Postgame,' which will be hosted by Wagner's 'Live From' colleagues, Rich Lerner and Brandel Chamblee. (all EDT): Thursday, May 8: 6-7 p.m. Friday, May 9: 6-7 p.m. Saturday, May 10: 7:30-8:30 p.m. Sunday, May 11: 6-7 p.m. Since the 2024 Players Championship, "Golf Central" has produced more than 40 segments with Wagner's shot re-enactments, ranging from major-winning moments to key shots leading into, during and after play. Check back here each night for video clips of each Tiger 2000 recreation.
NBC Sports
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC Sports
Johnson Wagner recreating iconic Tiger Woods shots from 2000, live on 'Golf Central Postgame'
Johnson Wagner, meet Tiger Woods 2000. The Golf Channel analyst and three-time PGA Tour winner will recreate some of Tiger's most iconic shots from his most famous season, live during 'Golf Central Postgame,' Thursday through Sunday. Wagner will travel to four select sites to see if he can pull off some of the most memorable shots over the last 25 years. Which sites, which shots? You'll have to tune in to find out. Here are the scheduled times for 'Postgame,' which will be hosted by Wagner's 'Live From' colleagues, Rich Lerner and Brandel Chamblee. (all EDT): Thursday, May 8: 6-7 p.m. Friday, May 9: 6-7 p.m. Saturday, May 10: 7:30-8:30 p.m. Sunday, May 11: 6-7 p.m. Since the 2024 Players Championship, 'Golf Central' has produced more than 40 segments with Wagner's shot re-enactments, ranging from major-winning moments to key shots leading into, during and after play. Check back here each night for video clips of each Tiger 2000 recreation.
The Sun
01-05-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
Inside the ‘Ding Junhui curse' that's struck at Crucible again after wreaking havoc SIXTEEN times this season alone
Katherine Walsh, Digital sports reporter Published: Invalid Date, FORGET the Crucible Curse, Ding Junhui 's hex puts that to shame. And its most recent victim Luca Brecel brought the streak up to SIXTEEN matches this season. 2 2 Basically, if a player defeats Ding at an event, they are destined to lose their next match. This spooky jinx has stalked EVERY opponent Ding has faced this season. It struck again for Brecel at the World Championships on Wednesday - but the Belgian has already been a part of the sequence this year. Brecel hammered Ding 13-4 in the second round in Sheffield last week, but succumbed 13-8 Judd Trump in the quarter-finals. With Ding out of an event, his opponents have suffered defeat in the next round, including Ronnie O'Sullivan, Trump, Mark Selby, Mark Williams and Shaun Murphy - who have all been through it TWICE over the last year. The Ding Junhui Curse was first activated at the 2024 Players Championship last February. Ding, 38, went out in the first round 6-4 to John Higgins, but Higgins lost his next match in the competition to Zhang Anda. And it extends over periods when Ding loses a final or gives a bye to an opponent after he pulls out of a competition. Even when Trump defeated Ding in the final of the 2024 World Open, The Ace lost his opening fixture at the next tournament - the Tour Championship. Selby looked destined to end the run after drubbing Ding 10-2 in the semi-finals of the Tour in Manchester earlier this month. Scary moment snooker fan collapses live on BBC during World Championship coverage The Leicester Jester led fellow four-time world champion Higgins 8-5 in the final, only to lose the final five frames in a 10-8 defeat. Even Ross Muir couldn't break the spell after Ding withdrew from their last-64 meeting at the German Masters in January. After receiving a walkover, the Scot was dumped out after losing 5-2 to Yuan Sijun in the next round. Apart from his title run at the International Championship in November, when Ding lifted the trophy with a 10-7 win over Chris Wakelin in Nanjing, every unfortunate rival to defeat the Chinese player has faced an instant demise in the next round. The Ding Junhui Curse in full: 2024 Players Championship Round 1: Ding 4-6 John Higgins Next round - Higgins loses 6-4 to Zhang Anda 2024 World Masters of Snooker Round 2: Ding 3-4 Ali Carter Next round - Carter loses 4-1 to Luca Brecel 2024 World Open Final: Ding 4-10 Judd Trump Trump loses his next match at the Tour Championship 10-4 to Mark Williams 2024 Tour Championship Quarter-Final: Ding 8-10 Mark Allen Next round - Allen loses 10-5 to Mark Williams 2024 World Championship Round 1: Ding 9-10 Jack Lisowski Next round - Lisowski loses 13-11 to Stuart Bingham 2024 Shanghai Masters Quarter-Final: Ding 3-6 Ronnie O'Sullivan Next round - O'Sullivan loses 10-3 to Judd Trump 2024 Xi'an Grand Prix Round 1: Ding 4-5 Alfie Burden Next round - Burden loses 5-4 to Xu Si 2024 Saudi Arabia Masters Last 32: Ding 4-5 Stuart Bingham Next round - Bingham loses 6-2 to Mark Williams English Open (Brentwood) - Ding did not play 2024 British Open Round 1: Ding 3-4 Aaron Hill Next round - Hill loses 4-1 to Mark Allen 2024 Wuhan Open Last 16: Ding 3-5 Chris Wakelin Next round - Wakelin loses 5-4 to Judd Trump 2024 International Championship - Ding wins the tournament 2024 Champion of Champions Round 1: Ding 0-4 Judd Trump Next round - Trump loses 6-4 to Neil Robertson 2024 UK Championship Last 16: Ding 5-6 Shaun Murphy Next round - Murphy loses 6-2 to Barry Hawkins Shoot Out (Swansea): Ding did not play 2024 Scottish Open Last 16: Ding 3-4 Luca Brecel Next round - Brecel loses 5-1 to Xiao Guodong 2024 Riyadh Season Championship Quarter-Final: Ding 0-4 Ronnie O'Sullivan Next round - O'Sullivan loses 4-2 to Mark Allen 2025 Masters Quarter-Final: Ding 3-6 Judd Trump Next round - Trump loses 6-3 to Kyren Wilson 2025 German Masters Ross Muir had a walkover win over Ding in Round 1 Next round - Muir loses 5-2 to Yuan Sijun 2025 World Open Last 16: Ding 2-5 Shaun Murphy Next round - Murphy loses 5-1 to Joe O'Connor 2025 World Grand Prix Last 32: Ding 3-4 Xu Si Next round - Xu loses 4-3 to Hossein Vafaei 2025 Players Championship Last 16: Ding 2-6 Mark Williams Next round - Williams loses 6-3 to Kyren Wilson 2025 Tour Championship Semi-final: Ding 2-10 Mark Selby Next round - Selby loses 10-8 to John Higgins 2025 World Championship Second round: Ding 4-13 Luca Brecel Next round - Brecel loses 13-8 to Judd Trump Robbie Williams was the last person to escape it nearly 14 months ago. At the 2024 Welsh Open, Williams defeated Ding 4-2 in the last 64 and went on to reach the last 16 where he bowed out to Mark Allen. This season, the stat began with O'Sullivan at the Shanghai Masters last July. O'Sullivan defeated Ding 6-3 before losing 10-3 to Trump in the semi-finals. Of course, while the new hex may only be a seasonal haunting, the 48-year-old 'Crucible Curse' shows no signs of being lifted. Simply put, that curse is the belief that no first-time world champion has ever successfully followed up with a defence in the next year. Defending champion Kyren Wilson wanted to break it, but lost to 10-9 to Lei Peifan in the first round in April.
The Irish Sun
01-05-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Inside the ‘Ding Junhui curse' that's struck at Crucible again after wreaking havoc SIXTEEN times this season alone
FORGET the Crucible Curse, Ding Junhui 's hex puts that to shame. And its most recent victim SIXTEEN matches this season. 2 The Ding Junhui Curse started last season at the Players Championship 2 If a player defeats Ding at an event, they are destined to lose their next match - and it struck again this week for Luca Brecel Basically, if a player defeats Ding at an event, they are destined to lose their next match. This spooky jinx has stalked EVERY opponent Ding has faced this season. It struck again for Brecel at the World Championships on Wednesday - but the Belgian has already been a part of the sequence this year. Brecel hammered Ding 13-4 in the second round in Sheffield last week, but succumbed 13-8 Judd Trump in the quarter-finals. READ MORE SNOOKER With Ding out of an event, his opponents have suffered defeat in the next round, including Ronnie O'Sullivan, Trump, TWICE over the last year. The Ding Junhui Curse was first activated at the 2024 Players Championship last February. Ding, 38, went out in the first round 6-4 to next match in the competition to Zhang Anda. And it extends over periods when Ding loses a final or gives a bye to an opponent after he pulls out of a competition. Most read in Snooker CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS Even when Trump defeated Ding in the final of the 2024 World Open, The Ace lost his opening fixture at the next tournament - the Tour Championship . Selby looked destined to end the run after drubbing Ding 10-2 in the semi-finals of the Tour in Manchester earlier this month. Scary moment snooker fan collapses live on BBC during World Championship coverage The Leicester Jester led fellow four-time world champion Higgins 8-5 in the final, only to lose the final five frames in a 10-8 defeat. Even Ross Muir couldn't break the spell after Ding withdrew from their last-64 meeting at the German Masters in January. After receiving a walkover, the Scot was dumped out after losing 5-2 to Yuan Sijun in the next round. Apart from his title run at the International Championship in November, when Ding lifted the trophy with a 10-7 win over Chris Wakelin in Nanjing, every unfortunate rival to defeat the Chinese player has faced an instant demise in the next round. The Ding Junhui Curse in full: 2024 Players Championship Round 1: Ding 4-6 John Higgins Next round - Higgins loses 6-4 to Zhang Anda 2024 World Masters of Snooker Round 2: Ding 3-4 Ali Carter Next round - Carter loses 4-1 to Luca Brecel 2024 World Open Final: Ding 4-10 Judd Trump Trump loses his next match at the Tour Championship 10-4 to Mark Williams 2024 Tour Championship Quarter-Final: Ding 8-10 Mark Allen Next round - Allen loses 10-5 to Mark Williams 2024 World Championship Round 1: Ding 9-10 Jack Lisowski Next round - Lisowski loses 13-11 to Stuart Bingham 2024 Shanghai Masters Quarter-Final: Ding 3-6 Ronnie O'Sullivan Next round - O'Sullivan loses 10-3 to Judd Trump 2024 Xi'an Grand Prix Round 1: Ding 4-5 Alfie Burden Next round - Burden loses 5-4 to Xu Si 2024 Saudi Arabia Masters Last 32: Ding 4-5 Stuart Bingham Next round - Bingham loses 6-2 to Mark Williams English Open (Brentwood) - Ding did not play 2024 British Open Round 1: Ding 3-4 Aaron Hill Next round - Hill loses 4-1 to Mark Allen 2024 Wuhan Open Last 16: Ding 3-5 Chris Wakelin Next round - Wakelin loses 5-4 to Judd Trump 2024 International Championship - Ding wins the tournament 2024 Champion of Champions Round 1: Ding 0-4 Judd Trump Next round - Trump loses 6-4 to Neil Robertson 2024 UK Championship Last 16: Ding 5-6 Shaun Murphy Next round - Murphy loses 6-2 to Barry Hawkins Shoot Out (Swansea): Ding did not play 2024 Scottish Open Last 16: Ding 3-4 Luca Brecel Next round - Brecel loses 5-1 to Xiao Guodong 2024 Riyadh Season Championship Quarter-Final: Ding 0-4 Ronnie O'Sullivan Next round - O'Sullivan loses 4-2 to Mark Allen 2025 Masters Quarter-Final: Ding 3-6 Judd Trump Next round - Trump loses 6-3 to Kyren Wilson 2025 German Masters Ross Muir had a walkover win over Ding in Round 1 Next round - Muir loses 5-2 to Yuan Sijun 2025 World Open Last 16: Ding 2-5 Shaun Murphy Next round - Murphy loses 5-1 to Joe O'Connor 2025 World Grand Prix Last 32: Ding 3-4 Xu Si Next round - Xu loses 4-3 to Hossein Vafaei 2025 Players Championship Last 16: Ding 2-6 Mark Williams Next round - Williams loses 6-3 to Kyren Wilson 2025 Tour Championship Semi-final: Ding 2-10 Mark Selby Next round - Selby loses 10-8 to John Higgins 2025 World Championship Second round: Ding 4-13 Luca Brecel Next round - Brecel loses 13-8 to Judd Trump Robbie Williams was the last person to escape it nearly 14 months ago. At the 2024 Welsh Open, Williams defeated Ding 4-2 in the last 64 and went on to reach the last 16 where he bowed out to Mark Allen. This season, the stat began with O'Sullivan at the Shanghai Masters last July. O'Sullivan defeated Ding 6-3 before losing 10-3 to Trump in the semi-finals. Of course, while the new hex may only be a seasonal haunting, the 48-year-old 'Crucible Curse' shows no signs of being lifted. Simply put, that curse is the belief that no first-time world champion has ever successfully followed up with a defence in the next year. Defending champion World Snooker Championship 2025 WE are BACK at the Crucible for another thrilling fortnight of snooker action! There will be a new champion this year after reigning champ You can follow every frame of the tournament LIVE - plus the latest news, interviews and reaction - as it happens with our dedicated BLOG. Latest News Snooker Explained FULL schedule and results for 2025 How much prize money can be won? 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USA Today
14-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Collin Morikawa claps back at criticism from Brandel Chamblee, Paul McGinley, Rocco Mediate
Collin Morikawa claps back at criticism from Brandel Chamblee, Paul McGinley, Rocco Mediate Morikawa wasn't asked about the criticism Friday after his round but chose to offer a response PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Collin Morikawa has heard the criticism of his decision to decline speaking to the media on Sunday after losing a three-stroke lead with five holes to go at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. On Friday, Morikawa doubled down on his claim that "I don't owe anyone anything.' Morikawa birdied half the holes at TPC Sawgrass on Friday and shot 65 to move within two strokes of the lead and T-4 with Rory McIlroy at the midway point of the 2024 Players Championship. That round earned him another trip in front of the media. Morikawa answered 10 questions in all and as he finished explaining why he opted to chip with a 5-wood instead of an iron or using a putter, he stopped the assembled media who had started to walk away and said, 'I just want to add one more thing.' That entailed trying to clarify what happened on Sunday after he finished his round at Bay Hill and lost by one stroke to Russell Henley. Clearly, Morikawa is irritated at the response from former players-turned-TV commentators Brandel Chamblee and Paul McGinley on Golf Channel's 'Live From' and PGA Tour Champions pro Rocco Mediate, who skewered Morikawa on his PGA Tour Radio show. 'I might bite my tongue after saying this, but to the Brandel Chamblees, to the Paul McGinleys, to the Rocco Mediates of the world, I don't regret anything I said. You know, it might have been a little bit harsh that I don't owe anyone, but I don't owe anyone,' he said. 'I respect the fans. I'm very thankful for them. I'm grateful. It makes me emotional, but it's just — it hurts to hear people say this, and especially you guys, because I finished the round and I went to go sign for 10 minutes, 15 minutes for all the people after. Not a single person from media went to go follow me because, I don't know. But that's me. 'So for people to be calling me out is — it's interesting. It just, it doesn't show anything. I mean, look, I get what you guys are saying. But I was there. I was signing for every single person right after the round, whether they wanted it or not. I finished second. They could care less. But yeah, I'm going to leave it at that, all right? So thank you guys.' To Morikawa's credit, this is one of the better non-apology apologies. This is a non-story if Morikawa answers a handful of questions after coming out of scoring. But his comments on Tuesday fanned the flames. 'I don't owe anyone anything. No offense to you guys, but for me in the moment of that time, I didn't want to be around anyone. Like, I didn't want to talk to anyone. I didn't need any sorries. I didn't need any 'good playings.' Like, you're just pissed,' he said. 'Honestly, if it was an hour later I would have talked to you guys, but an hour later I was on my way out to here, because I didn't want to be in Orlando anymore. But I just felt like I put everything I did into the, let's call it, seven hours of my time being there, right, a few hours before showing up, physio, workout. Look, my entire routine, right. I was just drained. 'I get it. Like you guys are there to figure out how we played and how things went, but in my perspective, like I just didn't want to talk to anyone, and I think that's fair to myself, you know.' Morikawa continues to give the story he wants to go away more oxygen and still doesn't seem to get why it feeds an image of pro golfers as greedy, entitled and out of touch with the rest of the world. Stay tuned for the next chapter in this war of (no) words.
