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Palmer Leads After 62
Colonial member Ryan Palmer matched the best round of his career on Tour to
take the first-round lead at the Crowne Plaza Invitational.
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Jay Haas, Duffy Waldorf top Senior PGA leaderboard
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Jay Haas is familiar with Bellerive Country Club - and it showed in the first round of the Senior PGA Championship. Haas, who grew up in nearby Belleville, Ill., and Duffy Waldorf shared the lead Thursday, shooting 5-under 66 in bre ...Go to article
Colonial member Palmer has first-round lead after 62
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Ryan Palmer was standing in the fairway on his last hole Thursday when his longtime caddie and fellow Colonial member issued a challenge. James Edmondson, who won his third Colonial club championship last year, told Palmer t ...Go to article
Zoeller: My Tiger comment was joke gone awry
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Fuzzy Zoeller says he's ``paid his dues'' after his infamous remarks about Tiger Woods ordering fried chicken for the Masters champions dinner, and believes similar comments made by Sergio Garcia will eventually blow o ...Go to article
Garcia shoots 72, Kingston leads BMW PGA Championship
VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) - South Africa's James Kingston shot a 6-under 66 on Thursday at Wentworth to take the lead during the suspended first round of the BMW PGA Championship. Afternoon play was delayed for about 90 minutes because of th ...Go to article
LPGA event in Bahamas to use as much of flooded course as possible
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) - The LPGA Tour is going to use as much of the flooded Ocean Club course as it can for its inaugural trip to the Bahamas. The Bahamas LPGA Classic is to start Friday with a 12-hole round, using the holes that are not un ...Go to article
Euro Tour CEO apologizes for saying 'colored'
VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) - The head of the European golf tour apologized for using the term "colored" during a live television interview Thursday in which he was reacting to the spat between Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia. European Tour ...Go to article
Rain cuts LPGA event in Bahamas to 54 holes
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) - The LPGA Tour's first trip to Paradise Island is being cut short by rain. Storms that dumped about a foot of rain on the Ocean Club wiped out the pro-am Wednesday and left the course under so much water that the ...Go to article
Tim Clark says his future is uncertain if PGA Tour follows anchor ban
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Tim Clark considers his future in golf uncertain now that the game's two governing bodies have outlawed the anchored putting stroke. ``Man, this is getting really serious now,'' Clark said Wednesday from the C ...Go to article
McIlroy says he's still friends with McDowell despite management change
VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) - Rory McIlroy has dispelled any split in his relationship with longtime friend Graeme McDowell. McDowell confirmed that McIlroy will be leaving Dublin-based Horizon Sports Management after only 18 months, though neither ...Go to article
Ernie Els confident he can 'play ball' without long putter
VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) - Ernie Els is ready to ``play ball'' even without a long putter. The four-time major champion, who won last year's British Open with a belly putter, said Wednesday that the PGA Tour should accept the deci ...Go to article
Woods: Garcia comment hurtful, time to move on
VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) - Sergio Garcia apologized to Tiger Woods on Wednesday for saying he would have "fried chicken" at dinner with his rival, a comment that Woods described as hurtful and inappropriate. "I want to send an unr ...Go to article
Sergio Garcia apologizes for 'fried chicken' remark about Tiger Woods
(AP) -- Sergio Garcia apologized for saying he would ``serve fried chicken'' while making a joke about having Tiger Woods over for dinner. The British newspaper The Guardian reported Garcia was asked in jest while on stage at the European ...Go to article
Tiger Woods will return to play Notah Begay's charity event in August
VERONA, N.Y. (AP) - Tiger Woods is returning again to play a charity event hosted by Notah Begay III, his former teammate at Stanford. Woods will play in the NB3 Foundation Challenge in late August at Turning Stone Resort's Atunyote Golf Club. ...Go to article
Paul McGinley increases his Ryder Cup captain's picks for 2014 event
VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) - Europe captain Paul McGinley has given himself an extra pick for next year's Ryder Cup, copying American counterpart Tom Watson's decision to choose three players. McGinley announced the decision on Tuesday, ...Go to article
Golf adopts rule to ban anchored putting stroke
Golf's governing bodies approved a new rule Tuesday that outlaws the putting stroke used by four of the last six major champions, going against two major golf organizations that argued long putters are not hurting the game. The Royal & Anci ...Go to article
