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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.
Pampling takes lead at Memorial
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) Rod Pampling had reason to look concerned as his tee shot sailed toward trouble on the right side of the 18th fairway. Given how the rest of his third round had gone Saturday at the Memorial, Pampling had no worries. Instead of h ...Go to article
Dredge falters on final hole, Sterne wins Wales Open
NEWPORT, Wales (AP) Richard Sterne of South Africa made a 7-foot putt on the final hole Sunday to win the Wales Open after Bradley Dredge missed a 5-footer that would have forced a playoff. Sterne (65) finished at 13-under 263 at the Roman Road cour ...Go to article
Early Nicklaus lessons pay off for Choi
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) Twenty years separated two images of Jack Nicklaus, both meaningful in their own way to K.J. Choi. Nicklaus was the champion who filled every page of a pictorial instruction book that Choi studied religiously as a teenager in Sou ...Go to article
Nicklaus: U.S. needs Ryder Cup help
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) Not far from the 18th green at Muirfield Village Golf Club are a dozen or so flags snapping in the breeze. They represent the home nations of the players participating in the Memorial Tournament. A year after a Swede (Carl Petterss ...Go to article
Darren Clarke fails to qualify for Oakmont
TADWORTH, England (AP) Ryder Cup star Darren Clarke failed to qualify for a major championship for the first time in 10 years when he did not earn one of nine spots available Monday in a European qualifier for the U.S. Open. Clarke, who went 3-0 las ...Go to article
Kim survives 11-man playoff to reach Open
UPPER ARLINGTON, Ohio (AP) Anthony Kim must have felt like he won a major the way he qualified for his first one. In an 11-man playoff for one spot in the U.S. Open on Monday, Kim holed a bunker shot on the first extra hole simply to stay in the gam ...Go to article
Annika rips Wie for WD, questions injury
HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. (AP) Phil Mickelson withdrew because of a wrist injury and flew home to San Diego for an MRI. He saw two doctors, had one cortisone shot and decided to withdraw from his next tournament. Michelle Wie withdrew because of a wrist i ...Go to article
The history of the infamous Rule 88
HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. (AP) The LPGA Tour probably didn't have Michelle Wie in mind when it created a policy that bans for one year any non-tour member who can't break 88. Barb Trammell, the longtime chief rules official for the LPGA until le ...Go to article
Singh plans to play in Tiger's tournament
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) Vijay Singh, K.J. Choi and Fred Funk plan to play in Tiger Woods' new event, the AT&T National. Singh's addition Wednesday was a key boost for Woods, who last week said he was having a difficult time getting top golf ...Go to article
What a birdie! Hollywood star kills state bird
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) A ball hit by Rob Lowe during a celebrity golf game hit the Iowa state bird in mid-flight Wednesday. The 43-year-old actor was hitting an approach shot on the fourth hole when his ball hit a goldfinch, dropping about 50 ...Go to article
As Wie draws a crowd, three others take the lead
HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. (AP) Michelle Wie never took her driver out of the bag, trying to make it through the opening round of the LPGA Championship with an easy swing and smart decisions, both of which have been in short supply lately. ``It's a to ...Go to article
Wie barely makes the cut at LPGA major
HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. (AP) Standing behind the first tee as the last group teed off at the LPGA Championship was Lisa Fernandes, the first alternate in the tournament who had more than a passing interest in Michelle Wie. Her hopes of playing ended whe ...Go to article
Daly says wife attacked him with steak knife
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) John Daly told authorities his wife tried stab him with a steak knife, and the golfer had red marks on his cheeks when he showed up to play Friday on the course where he lives. Daly called police about 6 a.m. on Friday, Shelby Co ...Go to article
Scott up a stroke after this morning's play
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Adam Scott is cruising along with fellow Australian Andrew Buckle close behind, ignoring the pain of blistered feet. And John Daly? At least his fans keep cheering even when his personal life is more thrilling than his game. ...Go to article
Wie shoots 83, highest score in four years
HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. (AP) Even against the men, Michelle Wie hasn't shot this big a number since she was in the ninth grade. Wie's woes continued Saturday at the LPGA Championship when she shot an 11-over 83 at Bulle Rock, leaving her in la ...Go to article
