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Heart In Texas
Sang-Moon Bae surged past Keegan Bradley midway through his final round, then
hung on at the Byron Nelson Championship for his first career PGA Tour title.
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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.
Williamson takes 1-shot lead at Travelers
CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) Jay Williamson would like to get back to playing PGA Tour events full-time. He's one day away. Playing on a sponsor exemption in the Travelers Championship, Williamson shot a third-round 67 Saturday for a one-stroke lead ov ...Go to article
As crowd cheers Langer, Fasth takes BMW
MUNICH, Germany (AP) Niclas Fasth of Sweden won the BMW International by two strokes Sunday, shooting a 2-under 70 to hold off veteran Bernhard Langer. Fasth finished at 13-under 275 to overtake Langer, who set the early clubhouse lead at 11-under. ...Go to article
Haas takes advantage of Purtzer collapse
CONCORD, Mass.(AP) Jay Haas set his sights on second place and instead came away with his second consecutive victory on the Champions Tour. Whittling away a three-stroke deficit when Tom Purtzer suffered through an eerily familiar Sunday collapse, Haa ...Go to article
Mahan wins first PGA title in playoff at Travelers
CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) Hunter Mahan was not the fan favorite when he came down the 18th fairway trying for the Travelers Championship. That honor went to Jay Williamson, a 40-year old journeyman who had played baseball and hockey at nearby Trinity Col ...Go to article
After eagle at 17, Ochoa wins first playoff
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) Trailing by three shots with two holes to play, Lorena Ochoa knew that nothing less than an eagle at the par-5 17th hole would rekindle her hopes at the Wegmans LPGA. When she reached the green in two and rattled in a 12-foot pu ...Go to article
Champions Tour to use PGA steroids policy
CONCORD, Mass.(AP) Champions Tour president Rick George doesn't think the over-50 golf circuit has a problem with performance-enhancing drugs. Even so, it will follow whatever steroid policy the PGA Tour comes up with. "We'll adopt what ...Go to article
Troubled times for Wie as U.S. Open begins
You want it to end well, but somehow it doesn't seem it will. Child sports prodigies are a lot like child actors in that everything they do is not so cute once they start growing up. Michelle Wie is growing up, and fast. Just a few weeks ago she ...Go to article
Golfer survives chomp by 11-foot alligator
VENICE, Fla. (AP) A man who lost his ball in a golf course pond nearly lost a limb when a nearly 11-foot alligator latched on to his arm and pulled him in the water, authorities said. Bruce Burger, 50, was trying to retrieve his ball Monday from ...Go to article
Sorenstam faces her stiffest challenge
SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (AP) The gradual slide from the top of women's golf began at the major championship that brought Annika Sorenstam so much satisfaction. She salvaged her worst season of this decade last year at the U.S. Women's Open, a ...Go to article
Another wave of teenagers at the Women's Open
SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (AP) Michelle Wie had reason to feel old, and it had nothing to do with sore wrists and high scores. On her way to Pine Needles for the U.S. Women's Open, she drove past Legacy Golf Links, where the 17-year-old from Hawaii ...Go to article
Ochoa finally gets a club endorsement
SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (AP) Lorena Ochoa might have been the only No. 1 player in golf without an equipment deal, although it was not as simple as signing on the dotted line. The Mexican star already had endorsement deals that occupied the front of he ...Go to article
It's Tiger vs. Phil in D.C. this week
(AP) Tiger Woods' new PGA Tour event is already off to a great start. Two weeks after becoming a father, Woods will return to competition at the AT&T National. The tournament got another boost Wednesday when three-time major champion Phil M ...Go to article
Woods reveals: How I got so ripped!
NEW YORK (AP) Tiger Woods has talked about tailoring practice sessions around being a father. That also means finding time for workouts that can last up to three hours as many as six days a week, which he describes in the August issue of Men's Fi ...Go to article
Wie opens with an 82 at U.S. Open
SOUTHERN PINES, N.C.(AP) Michelle Wie was in good company at the U.S. Women's Open, but in the worst way. In a rugged start to the biggest event in women's golf, the 17-year-old from Hawaii continued her free fall Thursday by hitting only fo ...Go to article
Buick Open filled with fatherhood story lines
GRAND BLANC, Mich. (AP) Tiger Woods skipped the Buick Open because he became a father last week. After earning spots among the first-round leaders with 7-under 65s, Brett Quigley and Woody Austin beamed when talking about their kids. Quigley, whos ...Go to article
