DUBLIN, Ohio -- Kenny Perry joined Tiger Woods as the only three-time winner of the Memorial on Sunday, taking a big step toward joining the No. 1 player in the world on the Ryder Cup team this fall. With every contender in full retreat on the back nine, the 47-year-old Perry surged ahead with pars and one timely birdie, coasting home to a 3-under 69 and a two-shot victory that could not have come at a better time. He became the oldest winner at the tournament Jack Nicklaus built, and as he... Read more

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Hail and farewell, Mathew Goggin. Or as one guy put it outside the scoring tent, “Well, great going and tough break.” If there was a sympathetic favorite in the 2008 Memorial, it had to be Goggin, the guy from Tasmania, who by PGA Tour standards is an unconventional as the spelling of his first name. With one “t,” that is. If he had won, tournament patron saint Jack Nicklaus would have been saluting the first Memorial winner badly in need of a shave... Read more

COLUMBUS, Ohio - What it came down to was Mike Weir, the last guy with a chance, had to eagle Muirfield Village's 18th to tie Kenny Perry. This is not like climbing Everest. You climb Everest because you want to. The problem is doing it. But making eagle at a 444-yard uphill dogleg-right that likes to feed you back down into the fairway is pure luck, as are all eagles at par-4s. Not that it's impossible. There have been six eagles at the 18th since the first Memorial Tournament in 1976. The... Read more