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  ASAP Sports - Golf - 2008 - EDS BYRON NELSON CHAMPIONSHIP - April 25 - Mark Hensby
MARK HENSBY: Yeah, made a few bogeys early but wasn't too distracted by them because they were pretty mediocre bogeys, pretty easy, what you can do around here.
MARK HENSBY: I'd say because I really didn't know what I was doing that year, to be honest.
MARK HENSBY: Yeah, I hit a driver down there and only had 118 yards or 123 yards and I hit a little gap wedge to about -- I think it was four feet, and I made the putt.
www.asapsports.com /show_interview.php?id=49139   (1330 words)

  
  Hensby gets his first PGA Tour victory in sudden death at the John Deere Classic
Mark Hensby of Australia edged John Morgan of England on the second hole of sudden death on Sunday to win the John Deere Classic.
Hensby shot a 66 to finish at 16-under 268, and got the victory when John Morgan hit his drive on the par-3 16th far left of the green.
Hensby's approach went into the right-side bunker, but he was able to chip onto the green to 4 feet before sinking the par putt to get into a playoff.
www.pga.com /news/tours/pga-tour/deere071104.cfm   (920 words)

  
 Mark Hensby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mark Hensby is an Australian golfer who plays mainly on the U.S. based PGA Tour.
He was born on June 29, 1971 in Melbourne and lives in Mesa, Arizona in the United States.
Hensby turned professional in 1995 and joined the PGA Tour in 2000.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mark_Hensby   (151 words)

  
 sport.iafrica.com | today Hensby wins - then turns down Open   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Australia's Mark Hensby parred the second hole of a sudden-death play-off with John Morgan on Sunday, and won the John Deere Classic for his first PGA Tour victory.
His streak of pars was not without adventure as Hensby's drive struck a tree on the 17th hole before landing in the fairway.
Hensby and Morgan had to wait for Coceres and Steve Stricker, both of whom had chances to join the play-off.
sport.iafrica.com /news/334233.htm   (523 words)

  
 ASAP Sports - Golf - 2007 - VERIZON HERITAGE - April 15 - Mark Hensby
After observing Mark's group for a couple shots, one of which included a 6-iron from 120 yards into the wind, tournament officials then followed his group up to the green and watched as one of his playing partners' balls rolled over 20 feet away once placed back down.
MARK HENSBY: (Laughing) we were walking along 16, and the tree branches, you actually heard one crack, then a few were flying across the fairway, and then we figured someone is going to get hurt out here.
MARK HENSBY: Well, that was playing downwind off the left, and I hit 7-iron 193 it was, and it just went over the back left.
www.asapsports.com /show_interview.php?id=42475   (772 words)

  
 2004 John Deere Classic | Mark Hensby Interview - John Deere Classic | iseekgolf.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mark Hensby: I will, but the fact is that I'll have more time on my hands to go over there and at least maybe play a couple tournaments previous and then come back here and defend and just go and hopefully not have any rain delays.
Mark Hensby: Yeah, once I won on the Nationwide last year, I beat Zach in playoff, I played extremely well towards the end of the year, and I knew if I could keep that momentum going into this year I would do all right.
Mark Hensby: Yeah, because you're always trying to hole puts, and when he does what he did, it was like I knew I had two putts.
www.iseekgolf.com /news/4975   (2927 words)

  
 Columns: Hensby's game comes in from cold
Hensby comes from a nongolfing family in a nongolfing town of a non-Masters-winning country, and yet he has chased this sport across all geography and all logic until he has found himself, amazingly, a success at it.
For Hensby, 33, it began there, huddled in his car, buried beneath as many jackets as he owned, hoping the next night wouldn't be as cold as the last.
Hensby had become gobsmacked by the sport, and he would not give it up.
www.sptimes.com /2005/04/09/news_pf/Columns/Hensby_s_game_comes_i.shtml   (965 words)

  
 Mark Hensby: No substitute for hard work | iseekgolf.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hensby's early career in golf was not the scheduled package baptism into the professional ranks so common with many young PGA Tour aspirants.
Hensby arrived in Chicago in 1994, stayed with mates and practised and practised at Cog Hill Golf and Country Club, a notable public course, whilst he caddied three days a week at Butler National (a male only club that once hosted the Western Open).
Mark Hensby is proof that with a lot of hard work, the fruits of the USPGA Tour are available to any player with the game and capacity to play amongst the world's best.
www.iseekgolf.com /news/7937   (1382 words)

  
 Baiting of the Shark is mark of the man - Golf - Sport - smh.com.au
Bunker mentality … Mark Hensby recovers from a sand trap during the first round of the Australian Open at the Moonah Links course in Victoria yesterday.
He clearly does not know, for instance, that Hensby was such a good playground fighter that his younger brother, Jason, had to wait until he was asleep to land a retaliatory blow.
Hensby's heart was hardened after he lost his US Tour card in 2000.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2005/11/24/1132703315609.html?from=rss   (995 words)

  
 An Interview With Mark Hensby   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mark, you said yesterday that you were going to go out and approach it like any other round of golf.
MARK HENSBY: Obviously what do you think, it would be great to win any tournament.
MARK HENSBY: You still treat it the same as a tournament, but if you get a chance to win, obviously, it becomes a different deal.
www.usopen.com /2005/news/interviews/hensby_sat_flash.html   (1010 words)

  
 Hensby tops local favorite Stenson in sudden death to win the Scandinavian Masters
Hensby needed birdies in the rain on the last two holes to force a playoff.
Hensby's birdie putt was just short and he tapped in for his par.
Hensby, who tied for fifth in the Masters and third in the U.S. Open, will now return to the United States for the PGA Championship.
www.pga.com /news/tours/european/scandinavian073105.cfm   (600 words)

  
 ABC Sport - Golf - Hensby, Elk crash in Match Play
The unfortunate Hensby was never in the contest after going eight down after 11 holes, a unique position in the 41-year history of the Wentworth event.
World number 27 Hensby, who had beaten 1999 winner Colin Montgomerie 2 and 1 in the first round, set the tone for the day when he three-putted from 35 feet for a bogey five at the opening hole against Goosen.
Hensby came perilously close to tying the championship record for 18-hole deficits held by Maggert, Australia's Peter Thomson (against Gary Player in 1968) and Fijian Vijay Singh (against Mark O'Meara in 1998), who were all 10 down at the halfway stage.
www.abc.net.au /sport/content/200509/s1462400.htm   (522 words)

  
 ABC Sport - Golf - Hensby puts Norman controversy behind him
Mark Hensby is aiming for a good result in Coolum.
Victorian golfer Mark Hensby says he has moved on from last week's public spat with golfing great Greg Norman and the controversy will not affect his performance at this week's Australian PGA Championship, starting on Thursday in Coolum on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.
But Hensby said yesterday he had moved on from the incident and was ready to perform in Coolum.
www.abc.net.au /sport/content/200511/s1519633.htm   (323 words)

  
 Mark Hensby
Mark Hensby posted a final round of 1-under-par 69 to finish in a tie for fourth place at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship.
Mark Hensby posted a 3-under 67 in the second round of the Byron Nelson Championship.
Mark Hensby carded a 4-under 68 in the second round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans to comfortably make his first cut of 2008.
www.rotoworld.com /content/playerpages/player_main.aspx?sport=GOL&id=655   (677 words)

  
 The Wire
MARK HENSBY: Well, I'm going to play the Australian Open this year, and the (Australian) PGA or (Australian) Masters, one of the two.
MARK HENSBY: Tiger and I are kind of friends, so I'm not intimidated by him, that's for sure.
MARK HENSBY: I was watching TV, and Mike (Carrick) said, Maybe if he wins this week, and we played well, we'll get in the Grand Slam, you know, at the end of the year.
www.golftransactions.com /wire_feature.php?featureID=295   (2370 words)

  
 Mark Hensby holds overnight clubhouse lead
Mark Hensby went from sleeping in his car to the U.S. Masters driving seat on Thursday, firing an opening round three-under 69 to claim the clubhouse lead at the year's first major.
However, Hensby was all smiles as he finally arrived at golf's big time just one shot back of American Chris DiMarco, who was a four-under through 14 holes when play was halted due to poor light.
Hensby returned to the main tour last season and made sure there would be no going back, winning his maiden PGA event at the John Deere Classic and finishing 15th in the money rankings.
www.golftoday.co.uk /tours/2005/masters/round1report4.html   (473 words)

  
 TSN.ca - Print Story - Canada's Sports Leader   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A day before Hensby was due to begin play in the opening round of the Australian Open at Moonah Links, Hensby teed off on Australia's most well-known sportsman, saying Norman should use his influence to attract sponsors and assist young players.
Hensby's criticism of Norman was not shared by Robert Allenby, who described Hensby's comments as "pretty sad."
Hensby, who is based in Mesa, Ariz., won the John Deere Classic in 2004 on the U.S. PGA tour.
www.tsn.ca /tools/print_story.asp?id=144194   (532 words)

  
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Mark Hensby holds the trophy for winning the 2004 John Deere classic in a two hole playoff over John Morgan.
Mark Hensby is greeted on the 16th green by his son after Mr.
Mark Hensby hits his birdie putt at the second playoff hole.
www.johndeereclassic.com /cgi-bin/gallery/04/gallery.cgi   (112 words)

  
 An Interview With Mark Hensby   (Site not responding. Last check: )
MARK HENSBY: You know, I think there's times you can be aggressive, but even then it's a chance, and the shorter par 4s you take driver out and try and get closer, depending where the pins are at, but you drive it through the rough, into the rough, then you've got a tough shot.
MARK HENSBY: At times I am and at times I'm not.
MARK HENSBY: Well, 15 and 16 are very difficult 15 is very hard to hit the green.
www.usopen.com /2005/news/interviews/hensby_fri_flash.html   (1063 words)

  
 Mark Hensby defends missing Troon Open
Australian Mark Hensby has defended his decision to turn down an invitation to the British Open as he prepares for his major debut at the US PGA Championship.
Certain sections of the media criticised Hensby for his decision, implying that he was spoilt and couldn't be bothered making the flight over to Britain.
Hensby pointed out that he didn't have his passport with him in Illinois and claimed he couldn't have made it home to Arizona to pick it up until Monday.
www.golftoday.co.uk /news/yeartodate/news04/hensby.html   (344 words)

  
 The Wire
MARK HENSBY: Well, I've never played one before, obviously but if you don't think the competition is exciting, you only have to look at the score, 10 1/2 each or 11 1/2 each, I think that speaks for itself.
MARK HENSBY: Or Retief could give me a lot of advice because he beat me 12 and 11 in The Match Play last week, so I'm looking for something.
MARK HENSBY: I think more than anything, we are representing not only the International Team, but also our countries, and that's why it's such a big deal for us to make this team.
www.golftransactions.com /wire_feature.php?featureID=415   (1913 words)

  
 Hensby miffed at Open organisers - Golf - www.theage.com.au
Mark Hensby carded a superb seven-under-par 65 at the World Golf Championships tournament here on Sunday, then questioned why he hadn't been invited to next month's centenary Australian Open.
Hensby has not played a great deal in Australia, having battled for a decade to establish himself in America.
But now that he has done so, he would like to return later this year and was surprised not to have heard from the Australian Golf Union, organiser of the 100th Australian Open next month.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/10/04/1096871813441.html   (429 words)

  
 PGATOUR.com - Mark Hensby's Official Profile
Stress-free Hensby closing in on crucial spot in top 125 - Oct 20, 2007
Moore leads by three; Hensby fires career-best 61 - Oct 19, 2007
Hensby talks with XM prior to Round 3 (:38)
www.worldgolfchampionships.com /players/02/04/33   (750 words)

  
 Scotsman.com Sport - Golf - Hensby has the edge in Stockholm masters   (Site not responding. Last check: )
AUSTRALIAN Mark Hensby transferred his major form onto the European Tour yesterday to win the Scandinavian Masters in Stockholm.
Hensby - fifth, third and 15th in the three majors this season - defeated local favourite Henrik Stenson on the second play-off hole after the pair had finished tied on 22 under par at Kungsangen.
Hensby's victory did at least make one Swedish person happy, namely his caddy Fanny Sunesson.
sport.scotsman.com /golf.cfm?id=1711152005   (694 words)

  
 Mark Hensby Stats, Statistics and Fantasy News - RotoWire.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hensby, who missed the cut at the Memorial, will be playing in this week's Barclays Classic.
Hensby shot a 74 Friday to miss the cut at the Colonial.
Hensby, who didn't play in last week's Byron Nelson Championship, is in the field for this week's Colonial.
www.rotowire.com /golf/player.htm?id=220   (227 words)

  
 Mark Hensby - Golf Forum (The Sand Trap .com)
I would like to be the first to congratulate big mouth Mark on his tied for 39th performance at the Australian open.
Hensby is a doofus, he won the john deere classic, big friggen deal, and now he has an opionion on everything and a forum to voice it, he isn't winning so he's gotta keep his name in the news somehow.
Mark Hensby likes to bump his gums to anyone who is dumb enough to listen to him and write it down.
thesandtrap.com /forum/showthread.php?t=1442   (918 words)

  
 World Golf News - Mark Hensby, John Rollins sign deal with Firethorn Golf apparel
Firethorn Golf has announced the signing of PGA Tour Players Mark Hensby and John Rollins to endorsement deals in which each athlete will wear Firethorn Golf’s “crossover” apparel, and will be featured in all upcoming seasonal catalogs.
The Australian Hensby, who won his first European Tour event with the 2005 Scandinavian Masters, also finished third in the U.S. Open and fifth in his U.S. Masters debut.
Hensby, who wore Firethorn Golf’s signature Tactel polo at the 2005 U.S. Open, will bear the just- updated Firethorn Golf logo on his chest, while Rollins’ collar will display the company’s name.
worldgolf.com /newswire/browse/5115-Mark-Hensby--John-Rollins-sign-d...   (688 words)

  
 GolfInvestors : Player Profile : Mark Hensby (where fantasy becomes real)
Fellow Australian Mark Hensby accused the two-time major winner amid fears for the Australasian Tour's future.
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 BBC SPORT | Golf | Kendall and Hensby share lead
Skip Kendall and Mark Hensby both shot nine-under-par 63s to share the lead after the opening round of the 90-hole Bob Hope Classic.
A three-time winner on the Nationwide Tour, Australian Hensby had never previously held the lead on the PGA Tour.
Like Hensby, Kendall had a bogey-free round, rattling in an eagle and seven birdies at PGA West.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/golf/3418795.stm   (267 words)

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