Number 6 is the real kicker.
Stewart Cink
July 22, 2009
July 19, 2009
British Open headlines
As it has become our custom here, below are today's headlines from a myriad of sports sites. Enjoy.
Cink fights off sentimental favorite Watson, wins Claret jug
It may not have been the ending most people wanted, but
Stewart Cink lifted the Claret Jug at day's end. And as much as some of you might hate to read this, he deserved it.
Cink nailed a testy birdie putt on the last hole to give him the clubhouse lead at 2-under-par. As for Tom Watson, he missed his 8-footer for par on 18 to win the championship.
As well as Watson played--especially with the title in his grasp--there was nothing unfair about this ending. Cink outplayed the field on Sunday, and outplayed Watson in the playoff.
Congratulations to a player who has been waiting patiently for this moment ever since he missed that short one at Southern Hills in 2001.
June 22, 2008
Cink ends drought, Kaymer narrowly hangs on
Stewart Cink proved that he could in fact hold onto a 54-hole lead, winning the Travelers Championship earlier today by one stroke. Read the wire story here.
I don't always watch The Golf Channel's European Tour coverage on Sunday mornings, but today's final round of the BMW International Open couldn't have been more compelling. Martin Kaymer, a young star out of Germany, hung on for dear life as his six stroke lead quickly disappeared. He grinded though, and came out with the 'W', defeating Anders Hansen in a sudden-death playoff. Read the Reuters re-cap here.
March 31, 2008
Romero wins, Lonard locks up spot in Masters, Cink dq'd...
Despite the weather delays, it was a pretty exciting weekend at the Zurich Classic...so let me catch you up.
-Andres Romero won for the first time on the PGA Tour. Romero said that he plans to continue to play on the PGA Tour until the British Open. This is another big step for Argentinian golf, as Angel Cabrera captured the US Open last year. I think we have all learned that when Romero gets hot, watch out.
-Peter Lonard may have ended up one shot short at the Zurich Classic, but at least he received a consolation prize, a spot in the Masters. Because Lonard drained a 5-foot par putt on the final hole of regulation, he finished in solo second, allowing him to sneak into the top-50 in the world golf ranking and giving him the opportunity to play at Augusta in two weeks. When Lonard was asked after his round about the likelihood of playing in the season's first major, he said, "No, it'll probably be on my TV screen while I'm drinking beer or something."
-You might have seen it during NBC's coverage, but Stewart Cink was disqualified from the Zurich Classic because he broke rule 13-4, in that he played a shot from a fairway bunker that went into a greenside bunker, and his caddie raked the fairway bunker before Cink hit his greenside bunker shot. Crazy, right? Well, ESPN.com's Jason Sobel does a pretty good job of explaining how mind boggling it all is. Sobel writes, "We get the rule (sorta) and we get why it was instituted by the USGA (kinda), but in circumstances such as this where the caddie would have to wait 180 yards behind his player, it sure doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense." The policy was instituted last October.
March 09, 2008
Cink has another tough finish, takes it like a champ
Prior to this week, Stewart Cink had had the 54-hole lead at a tournament eight times before, with only one win. And because of two wayward tee shots earlier today at the PODS Championship, he is 1 for 9. It's clear that Cink has trouble sealing the deal. Nevertheless, he still remains one of the classiest players on tour. After his round, Cink was willing to talk to the press, and was very open about his poor performance on the back-9. Mike Ritz of The Golf Channel commented:
A very classy man, Stewart Cink, who is willing to come by and spend so much time talking about that really terrible back-9 that he played, it shows a lot about his character, I think.
February 24, 2008
Cut Cink some slack
The first question Stewart Cink received from NBC's Roger Maltbie after his round was:
Stewart, a tough day today. But I’d like to know, what’s it like standing on the first tee when you know your opponent’s better than you, he knows he’s better than you, and everybody else knows he’s better than you? What’s it like? What do you have to suck up inside?
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Come on, Rodger...give the guy a break. Stewart Cink is one of the more stand-out guys on tour and deserves better than that. He took the defeat like a champ, answered Maltbie's question respectfully, and deserves a little more credit. He beat three European Ryder Cuppers--Miguel Angel Jimenez, Padraig Harrington, and Colin Montgomerie, and reigning US Open Champion, Angel Cabrera, to get into the championship match. Fortunately for Cink, he will sneak into the top-20 in the world after his second place finish.
Woods beats Cink 8 and 7 to capture Match Play title
Tiger Woods has proven once again why he is the best golfer in the world. Woods showed no mercy against Stewart Cink on Sunday at the Accenture Match Play Championship, with 14 birdies in 29 holes for an 8 and 7 victory. "It’s just one of those things, match play is very fickle. Whatever your opponent does, sometimes you have to react," said Woods, who now has won 63 times on tour, surpassing Arnold Palmer for fourth on the all-time list. "I’ve had just a great feel for the greens this week. Once I got the pace of them for some reason they all kept falling." Woods is 3/3 this year, and is expected to play next at the Bay Hill Invitational.
September 30, 2007
Cink clinches cup for American team
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Woods missed a birdie putt on the par-3 17th hole which could have clinched the President's Cup. But moments later, Stewart Cink won his match against Nick O'Hern 6 & 4 to win the cup. Unlike two years ago when Chris DiMarco was met by a barrage of teammates and fans with his clinching putt, Cink had little fanfare around the 14th green. Cink told Dottie Pepper of NBC Sports, "When you are by yourself, and you’ve won, then that means you won your match early and I’m happy to do it. In match play, you don’t want to keep playing golf if you’re ahead. I’m happy to be the one to clinch the point for the U.S team." The U.S. eventually won by a total of 19.5-14.5 over the International team.
