Paul Casey News

Bradley Dredge chipped in twice for a 4-under 67 at Carnoustie and took a three-stroke lead Friday after the second round of the Dunhill Links. Dredge, who had a course-record 64 on the Old Course at St. Andrews on Thursday, chipped in for birdies at his first two holes and had three more birdies to offset his only bogey at No. 6. First-round leader Paul Casey double-bogeyed the last hole ...

Paul Casey shot a 9-under 63 Thursday to lead by one shot after the first round of the Dunhill Links, strengthening his bid to win the European Order of Merit. The 29-year-old Englishman has a US$152,000 lead on David Howell, who has a lingering shoulder injury and shot 75 at the Kingsbarns course. ``I would dearly love to win it and if it happens, it happens,'' Casey said of the ...

The opponent was already discouraged, the competition well out of hand. Then Paul Casey took out the whoopin' stick _ a four-iron to be exact _ and made a hole-in-one to end his match and pound home another discouraging message to the United States at the Ryder Cup. Casey's ace _ the fifth in Ryder Cup history _ closed out a 5-and-4 romp for he and David Howell over Stewart ...

Word at Oakland Hills two years ago was that Paul Casey had a hunch Tiger Woods would be first off in singles, and that the European rookie wanted a crack at him. It was a good story, Casey concedes, but not entirely correct. ``Would you volunteer to play Tiger?'' Casey said. Casey said he was riding in a cart Saturday afternoon with European captain Bernhard Langer and teammate Darren Clarke ...

Paul Casey never made winning one million pounds look so easy. Casey completed a dominating week in the World Match Play Championship by winning the last five holes for a 10-and-8 victory over Shaun Micheel, the largest margin of the championship match in the 43-year history of this tournament. Along with claiming the richest prize of any official golf tournament in the world _ about US$1.87 million _ Casey moved ...

Beating American Tiger Woods was only the start of an amazing week for compatriot Shaun Micheel. Now he has a chance to win the richest prize in golf. Micheel went the distance for the first time Saturday in the World Match Play Championship, outlasting Sweden's Robert Karlsson for a 2-up victory that put him into the final match against England's Paul Casey. The winner gets one million pounds ($2.1 million Cdn)), the largest cheque in official tournaments worldwide. ...