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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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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.
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
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
