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Jessica Korda, Anna Nordqvist trail Chella Choi at Mobile Bay LPGA Classic
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Chella Choi shot her second straight 6-under 66 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over Jessica Korda and Anna Nordqvist, the Swede who broke the course record with a 61 in the third round of the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic. Choi ...Go to article
Keegan Bradley's lead shrinks to one stroke at Byron Nelson
IRVING, Texas (AP) - Keegan Bradley still hasn't gotten things right on the 18th hole at the Byron Nelson Championship, even when finally going left. The bogeys on the closing hole at TPC Four Seasons haven't cost him the lead yet. B ...Go to article
Colsaerts takes drop in restroom, loses to McDowell at World Match Play
KAVARNA, Bulgaria (AP) - Graeme McDowell reached the semifinals of the World Match Play Championship after knocking out defending champion Nicolas Colsaerts, whose day include the bizarre moment of taking a penalty drop inside a restroom. McDowell r ...Go to article
Keegan Bradley leads by three strokes at Byron Nelson
IRVING, Texas (AP) - Keegan Bradley again bogeyed Nos. 1 and 18 in the second round of the Byron Nelson Championship. Unlike the first round, Bradley didn't set a course record. But he still finished with a three-stroke lead. Bradley starte ...Go to article
Ken Venturi, U.S. Open champion and CBS analyst, dies at 82
(AP) -- Ken Venturi, who overcame dehydration to win the 1964 U.S. Open and spent 35 years in the booth for CBS Sports, died Friday afternoon. He was 82. His son, Matt Venturi, said he died in a hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Venturi had been hos ...Go to article
Jessica Korda leads Mobile Bay LPGA Classic
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Jessica Korda shot a 7-under 65 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead over Hall of Famer Karrie Webb after the second round of the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic. Korda had seven birdies in her second straight bogey-free round to reach 13 ...Go to article
Guan Tianlang, 14, misses the cut at Byron Nelson after second-round 77
IRVING, Texas (AP) - Guan Tianlang was constantly tossing grass up in the air trying to get a feel for the swirling winds. He was often shaking his head. The 14-year-old amateur from China had a tough day with a 7-over 77 during a windy second round ...Go to article
Ian Poulter, Geoff Ogilvy eliminated from World Match Play
KAVARNA, Bulgaria (AP) - Ian Poulter was eliminated from the World Match Play Championship after losing another round-robin match Friday. Poulter lost to Thomas Aiken, 1 up, at the Thracian Cliffs course when he bogeyed the last hole after missing t ...Go to article
Rory McIlroy leaving Horizon Sports to set up his own management group
(AP) -- Two-time major champion Rory McIlroy is leaving Dublin-based Horizon Sports Management to set up his own management group. A person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press that McIlroy will create his own team run by his fat ...Go to article
Thompson tied for lead at Mobile Bay LPGA Classic
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Lexi Thompson birdied the final three holes for a 7-under 65 and a share of the first-round lead Thursday with Eun-Hee Ji in the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic. The 18-year-old Thompson, second last year behind Stacy Lewis, had eight bi ...Go to article
Scotland's Saltman leads Madeira Open in Portugal
SANTO ANTONIO DA SERRA, Portugal (AP) - Lloyd Saltman of Scotland shot an 8-under 64 to match his best round Thursday, taking a two-shot lead after the first day of the Madeira Islands Open. Saltman was the first golfer off the morning tee and birdi ...Go to article
Poulter, Colsaerts lose at World Match Play
KAVARNA, Bulgaria (AP) - Ian Poulter and Nicolas Colsaerts were unexpected losers Thursday on the first day of the World Match Play Championship. Poulter was handed a 3 and 2 defeat by Thongchai Jaidee on the Gary Player-designed Thracian Cliffs cou ...Go to article
Bradley opens with 60 at Nelson despite two bogeys
IRVING, Texas (AP) - Keegan Bradley found his clubs spread out on the floor and an open umbrella near his empty golf bag in the champions' locker room before teeing off at the Byron Nelson Championship. Just another prank by his good friend Jas ...Go to article
Stacy Lewis aiming for third straight LPGA win in Alabama
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Circumstances have changed dramatically for Stacy Lewis since last year's Mobile Bay LPGA Classic, and that tournament might have been an impetus to her career surge. The defending champion and No. 2-ranked Lewis returns to ...Go to article
14-year-old Guan Tianlang hopes to make third PGA Tour cut at Nelson
IRVING, Texas (AP) - Guan Tianlang is one of five amateur players being honored this week for the Byron Nelson International Junior Golf Awards. While the other four award recipients will be watching the Byron Nelson Championship, the 14-year-old Gu ...Go to article