Tournament News
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.
PGA Tour Confidential
Good Moon Rising
Is Byron Nelson winner Sang-Moon Bae the next great young player on the PGA
Tour? Our panel discusses this, the best Texas stop and more.
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
Tianlang Guan will play Memorial Tournament
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) - Guan Tianlang, the 14-year-old Chinese amateur who made history at Augusta National, is bringing his game to Jack Nicklaus' backyard. Guan, who last month became the youngest player to make the cut in a major championship wh ...Go to article
Jennifer Johnson wins Mobile Bay LPGA Classic
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Jennifer Johnson got a hug and congratulations from the defending Mobile Bay LPGA Classic champion before it even sunk in Sunday that she had won her first tour title. ``It was fun there at the end, because Jennifer was making pu ...Go to article
Sang-Moon Bae clips Keegan Bradley at Byron Nelson for first PGA Tour title
IRVING, Texas (AP) - Sang-Moon Bae watched anxiously after hitting his tee shot at the par-3 17th hole Sunday in the Byron Nelson Championship. When the ball landed on the front edge of the green fronted by water, he bent his knees and leaned backwa ...Go to article
Louis Oosthuizen withdraws from Nelson before final round
IRVING, Texas (AP) - Louis Oosthuizen has withdrawn from the Byron Nelson Championship before the final round because of a neck issue. The 2010 British Open champion was at 3-under 207 and tied for 32nd place after shooting even-par 70 in the third ...Go to article
Peter Uihlein wins Madeira Islands Open for first career title
SANTO ANTONIO DA SERRA, Portugal (AP) - American Peter Uihlein won the Madeira Islands Open on Sunday in his 16th European Tour start for his professional title, closing with a 4-under 68 for a two-stroke victory. Uihlein, the former Oklahoma State ...Go to article
Graeme McDowell beats Thongchai Jaidee to win World Match Play
KAVARNA, Bulgaria (AP) - Graeme McDowell made amends for last year's defeat to capture the World Match-Play Championship on Sunday, defeating Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee 2 and 1 in the final on the Thracian Cliffs course. The 2010 U.S. Ope ...Go to article
