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Todd Milles has been with The News Tribune since 1994, covering local colleges, high schools, auto racing, Washington State and golf. You will find news and observations on Pacific Northwest courses and updates on local standouts on this blog.
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Saturday, November 7th, 2009
Posted by Todd Milles @ 10:20:08 am

This week: PGA Tour/European Tour's WGC-HSBC Championship, Thursday through Sunday, Sheshan International Golf Club, Shanghai, China.

Third-round score: 2-under-par 70.

Position: Moore (11-under 205) is alone in fourth, three strokes behind leader Phil Mickelson (202).

Recap: Rough weather conditions were the biggest factor in the higher scoring (Tiger Woods and Nick Watney, Moore's playing partners, also shot 70). Moore had a chance to tie for second on the final par-5, but missed an 8-foot eagle putt.

Tee time Sunday: 6:25 p.m. PST Saturday off the first tee with Jyoti Randhawa and Lee Westwood.

Categories: Ryan Moore
Friday, November 6th, 2009
Posted by Todd Milles @ 08:20:18 am

This week: PGA Tour/European Tour's WGC-HSBC Champions, Thursday through Sunday, Sheshan International Golf Club, Shanghai, China.

Second-round score: 3-under-par 69.

Position: Moore (9-under 135) is tied for third with Phil Mickelson and Alvaro Quiros, one stroke behind co-leaders Nick Watney and Tiger Woods (134).

Recap: The Puyallup golfer kept pace in his first WGC event, and is one of seven golfers in the field to fire back-to-back rounds in the 60s, highlighted by an eagle-3 on the 18th hole (8-foot putt) and a chip-in birdie on the ninth hole, his final one (60-foot chip). Moore said the greens at Sheshan are the best he's putted on all season. He now gets his first career grouping with Woods for the third round.

Tee time Saturday: 6:40 p.m. PST Friday off the first tee with Watney and Woods.

Categories: Ryan Moore
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
Posted by Todd Milles @ 02:46:57 pm

After a season in which he went sponsor-free, Puyallup's Ryan Moore has inked a multi-year deal with little-known Scratch Golf to play their irons and wedges.

The contract was finalized Thursday prior to Moore teeing off for the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai, China.

Not only will he become the first PGA Tour player to sign with Scratch Golf to use their irons, the 26-year-old from Cascade Christian and UNLV also become a part-owner in the company, which originated in Eugene, Ore. in 2003 and is now based in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Mike Moore, his father and president of Moore Sports Management, said the family flew out to the company's headquarters a month ago, and spent a day testing the product.

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Categories: Ryan Moore
Posted by Todd Milles @ 07:50:26 am

This week: PGA Tour/European Tour's WGC-HSBC Championships, Thursday through Sunday, Sheshan International Golf Club, Shanghai, China.

First-round score: 6-under-par 66.

Position: Moore is tied for second with Germany's Martin Kaymer and Ireland's Shane Lowry, two strokes behind course record-setter Nick Watney (64).

Recap: Twenty of the 78 golfers in the field broke 70, and the Puyallup golfer was one of them in his World Golf Championships circuit debut. He also signed a new equipment endorsement deal prior to his round Thursday.

Tee time Friday: 6:15 p.m. PST Thursday off the 10th tee.

Categories: Ryan Moore
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Posted by Todd Milles @ 11:16:28 am

This week: PGA Tour/European Tour's WGC-HSBC Champions, Thursday through Sunday, Sheshan International Golf Club, Shanghai, China.

World ranking: 75th.

2009 earnings: $2,,222,871 (30th on the PGA Tour).

Last tournament: Moore finished up his 2009 PGA Tour season with a tied-for-eighth finish at the Frys.com Open (13-under 268), capping back-to-back tournament in which he finished in the top 10. Since the U.S. Open, only Tiger Woods (eight) has had more top-10 finishes than the Puyallup golfer, whose five top-10s is tied with Jim Furyk and Steve Stricker for second. Moore bypassed the last two events on the PGA Tour schedule – last week's cancelled Viking Classic and next week's Children's Miracle Network Classic in Florida – to play in this world-class tournament, which he gained a spot by way of his late-August win at the Wyndham Championship in North Carolina, his first career professional triumph.

Tee time Thursday: 5:05 p.m. PST Wednesday off the first tee with Greg Chalmers and Wei-huang Wu.

Categories: Ryan Moore
Saturday, October 24th, 2009
Posted by Todd Milles @ 06:34:49 pm

This week: PGA Tour's Frys.com Open, Thursday through Sunday, Grayhawk Golf Club, Scottsdale, Ariz.

Third-round score: 3-under-par 67.

Position: Moore (12-under 198) is tied for fifth with four other golfers. Troy Matteson (195) holds a three-stroke lead.

Recap: The Puyallup golfer's day immediately hit a speed bump when he three-putted from 40 feet on the opening hole for a bogey. He then settled down to make the turn at 1-under, then almost holed out a sand wedge on the par-4 14th for an eagle. His approach stopped seven inches from the cup for a tap-in birdie, and he followed with another one on the next hole.

Tee time Sunday: 10:50 a.m. PDT with Rickie Fowler and Nick O'Hern.

Categories: Ryan Moore
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Posted by Todd Milles @ 06:43:28 pm

This week: PGA Tour's Frys.com Open, Thursday through Sunday, Grayhawk Golf Club, Scottsdale, Ariz.

Second-round score: 5-under-par 65.

Position: Moore (9-under 131) is tied for fourth, two strokes behind co-leaders Rickie Fowler and Greg Owen (129).

Recap: Hmm … could he make noise toward a second victory in his final PGA Tour event in 2009. Sure seems that way. A clean scorecard (five birdies, no bogeys) had another sudden surge (three birdies in a row at Nos. 11-13), and another birdie on the difficult 515-yard, par-4 18th where he canned an 11-foot putt.

Tee time Saturday: 11:05 a.m. PDT off the first tee with Nick O'Hern and Chris Stroud.

Categories: Ryan Moore
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Posted by Todd Milles @ 05:11:25 pm

This week: PGA Tour's Frys.com Open, Thursday through Sunday, Grayhawk Golf Club, Scottsdale, Ariz.

First-round score: 4-under-par 66.

Position: Moore is tied for sixth, three strokes behind leader Nick O'Hern (63).

Recap: Nice start for the Puyallup golfer playing in his final PGA Tour stop this season. He made four birdies in a five-hole stretch (Nos. 14, 15, 17, 18), and was at 5-under late his round before an untimely two-putt bogey at the par-4 seventh.

Tee time Friday: 7:16 a.m. PDT off the first tee.

Categories: Ryan Moore
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Posted by Todd Milles @ 04:30:16 pm

This week: PGA Tour's Frys.com Open, Thursday through Sunday, Grayhawk Golf Club, Scottsdale, Ariz.

World ranking: 75th.

2009 earnings: $2,087,871 (34th on the PGA Tour).

Last tournament: The Puyallup golfer notched his fifth top-10 finish Sunday at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open (16-under 268, tied-for-seventh) – and first since winning the Wyndham Championship in August. And just like last week in Las Vegas, he travels to a course he should know fairly well – the Raptor Course – since north Scottsdale is where he owns a house, just 10 minutes from the course. And he's won on this course before as a teenager – the AJGA Thunderbird International. This is Moore's last PGA Tour appearance of 2009.

Tee time Thursday: 11:41 a.m. PDT off the 10th tee with Charley Hoffman and Rory Sabbatini.

Categories: Ryan Moore
Sunday, October 18th, 2009
Posted by Todd Milles @ 05:15:28 pm

This week: PGA Tour's Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospital for Children, Thursday through Sunday, TPC Summerlin, Las Vegas, Nev.

Moore's fourth-round score: 3-under-par 68.

Stanley's fourth-round score: 2-under 69.

Position: Moore (16-under 268) finished tied for seventh, and Stanley was in a pack in 27th (12-under 272).

Recap: Three back-nine birdies rallied Moore, of Puyallup, to his fifth top-10 finish of the season, and got him over the $2 million earnings in a season for the first time in his career. … Stanley, of Gig Harbor, finished with enough birdies for the week (22, tied for 11th), but he had his third double bogey on the tournament Sunday. If a final sponsor's exemption can't be found, Stanley will play in the second stage of PGA Tour Qualifying School next month in Texas.

Next: Moore will be at the Fyrs.com Open starting Thursday near his winter home in Scottsdale, Ariz. at Grayhawk Golf Club.

Categories: Local golfers, Ryan Moore
Saturday, October 17th, 2009
Posted by Todd Milles @ 04:45:46 pm

This week: PGA Tour's Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospital for Children, Thursday through Sunday, TPC Summerlin, Las Vegas, Nev.

Moore's third-round score: 1-under-par 70.

Stanley's third-round score: 4-under 67.

Position: Moore (13-under 200) is tied for 11th, and Stanley (10-under 203) is in a group in 25th. Rookie Scott Piercy and second-round co-leader Chad Campbell lead at 196.

Recap: A third-hole birdie lifted Moore into a share of the lead – briefly. After that, the contenders took off, and the Puyallup golfer leveled off. Back-to-back bogeys on the eighth and ninth holes – including a three-putt at par-5 No. 9 – hurt. He was 1-over on his round until finishing up with birdies at Nos. 15 and 16. … Stanley has done something this week that his Pierce County counterpart hasn't – post three rounds in the 60s. He had a clean scorecard with four birdies and no bogeys – all on putts of 7 feet or closer.

Moore's tee time Sunday: 10:10 a.m. PDT off the first tee with Greg Chalmers and Rickie Fowler.

Stanley's tee time Sunday: 9:20 a.m. PDT off the first tee with Tim Herron and Dean Wilson.

Categories: Local golfers, Ryan Moore
Friday, October 16th, 2009
Posted by Todd Milles @ 07:19:14 pm

This week: PGA Tour's Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospital for Children, Thursday through Sunday, TPC Summerlin, Las Vegas, Nev.

Moore's second-round score: 8-under-par 63.

Stanley's second-round score: 2-under 69.

Position: Moore (12-under 130) is tied for second, and Stanley (6-under 136) is tied for 41st. Chad Campbell and Troy Matteson are co-leaders (129).

Recap: An eagle on the par-5 16th – his seventh hole – really got Moore going, as he drained four birdies on his final nine holes for his bogey-free 63. … A couple double bogeys didn't deter Stanley from making the cut, because he had six birdies in his second round.

Moore's tee time Saturday: 10:40 a.m. PDT off the first tee with Bob Heintz and Martin Laird.

Stanley's tee time Saturday: 9:20 a.m. PDT off the 10th tee with Daniel Chopra and Steve Elkington.

Categories: Local golfers, Ryan Moore