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Phil Can't Get It Going
Phil Mickelson had two birdies and two bogeys on his way to a first-round 70.
He sits six back of leader Ryan Palmer.
PGA Tour Confidential
Nice Guy Finishes First
Some said that Matt Kuchar was too nice to win a big event. Does his victory
at the Players change our panelists perceptions?
2011 Nelson runner-up Palmer leads with opening 64; Players champ Kuchar two back
IRVING, Texas (AP) - Ryan Palmer has been thinking about redemption at the Byron Nelson Championship, and a chance at home to hold up that trophy. The 2011 Nelson runner-up is off to a good start. Palmer, who lives in Colleyville not far from the TP ...Go to article
Defending champion Pettersen loses in first round at Sybase Match Play
GLADSTONE, N.J. (AP) - Defending champion Suzann Pettersen didn't last long at the Sybase Match Play Championship, and neither did three well-known Americans. The third-ranked Pettersen was eliminated 3 and 1 by relative unknown Jodi Ewart of Eng ...Go to article
The last player to be hit with penalty stroke for slow play? Glen Day in 1995
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - It turns out that Glen Day - not Dillard Pruitt - was the last player penalized a stroke for slow play on the PGA Tour. Pace of play became an issue last week at The Players Championship when Kevin Na's group was pu ...Go to article
Snedeker wins Match Play opener using replacement clubs
CASARES, Spain (AP) - Three days after his flight to Spain needed an emergency landing because a passenger suffered a heart attack, American Brandt Snedeker used borrowed irons and a putter from the pro shop to win his opener Thursday at the World Match ...Go to article
Artifacts missing after burglary at USGA Museum
BERNARDS TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - The U.S. Amateur trophy is among the artifacts missing after a burglar broke into the U.S. Golf Association Museum in northern New Jersey. Somerset County prosecutor Geoffrey Soriano says police responded to the building ...Go to article
Bradley returns to Byron Nelson as defending champion
IRVING, Texas (AP) - Keegan Bradley sometimes looks at the PGA Championship trophy sitting on his mantel and starts laughing. ``It seems so bizarre that the Wanamaker Trophy, it's in my room,'' Bradley said. ``Definitely, sometimes I ha ...Go to article
Pettersen set to defend Sybase Match Play title, Tseng the favorite
GLADSTONE, N.J. (AP) - A year after meeting for the Sybase Match Championship, defending champion Suzann Pettersen and Cristie Kerr are in the same position on the LPGA Tour. The two veterans are ranked in the Top 5 in the world, in the mid-teens in e ...Go to article
Snedeker's flight makes emergency landing on way to World Match Play
CASARES, Spain (AP) - Deprived of his clubs and sleep following an emergency landing en route to Spain, Brandt Snedeker's first appearance in Spain isn't exactly going as planned. The 26th-ranked American's journey from Miami to Madrid ...Go to article
Ryder Cup's shadow looms over World Match Play
CASARES, Spain (AP) - With the Ryder Cup a little more than four months away, Europe's top players couldn't pick a better tournament to impress team captain Jose Maria Olazabal than this week's World Match Play Championship in southern Sp ...Go to article
Notes: Butch Harmon cutting back his workload
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Butch Harmon turns 69 this summer and he's ready to cut back on how much he works. In his last major effort, he has published what amounts to a lifetime as a swing coach. No, he's not writing a book. Harmon h ...Go to article
Montana golfer still waiting to be paid $18,000 after ace in hole-in-one contest
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Troy Peissig's surprise at acing an $18,000 hole-in-one contest at a charity tournament has been replaced by bitter disappointment now that he hasn't been paid a dime nearly two years after making the 170-yard shot. Now ...Go to article
Tiger Woods to play in Greenbrier Classic, Memorial Tournament
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) - Tiger Woods is heading to the hills this summer to play in The Greenbrier Classic. He also committed on Monday to the Memorial Tournament, where he has 10 top-10 finishes in his career. Greenbrier Tournament organiz ...Go to article
Caddies to wear Twitter handles as part of LPGA Tour's social media push
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) - The LPGA will make following players on social media even easier. Caddies will be sporting bibs with Twitter handles on their backs starting with the LPGA Championship at Locust Hill Country Club in June. A youngster who attende ...Go to article
Paul Casey withdraws from Volvo Match Play
CASARES, Spain (AP) - England's Paul Casey withdrew from the Volvo World Match Play Championship on Sunday because of a right shoulder injury, and Sweden Robert Karlsson took his spot in the 24-man field in the European Tour event that begins Thurs ...Go to article
Matt Kuchar comes up clutch while winning by two shots at Sawgrass
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Matt Kuchar looked beyond the edge of the 16th green at a scene packed with enough stress it could wipe away even his smile. Across the water was an island green that was awaiting him Sunday in The Players Championship. ...Go to article
