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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.
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.
Steve Stricker says he can see PGA Tour ignoring achored-putter ban
MARANA, Ariz. (AP) - Steve Stricker, once a strong supporter of banning the stroke used for long putters, shed some insight into the PGA Tour's position Tuesday when he said he would not be surprised to see the tour ignore the USGA if the ban is ad ...Go to article
Tiger says Obama could be 'pretty good stick'
MARANA, Ariz. (AP) - Tiger Woods delivered a ``State of the Game'' on President Barack Obama's golfing prowess and the news wasn't all bad. ``If he ever spent - after these four years - spent more time playing the game of golf, I ...Go to article
Rory McIlroy tweaks equipment in hopes for better start in Match Play
MARANA, Ariz. (AP) - Rory McIlroy put a new putter in his bag and a new shaft in his driver. He has no way of knowing whether that means his second tournament of the year will last any longer than his first one. The world's No. 1 player mad ...Go to article
Always expect the unexpected at Match Play Championship
MARANA, Ariz. (AP) - Bring together the top 64 players in the world and no one knows what to expect. Especially at the Match Play Championship. Hunter Mahan, the defending champion, was asked Monday to list the top three players who have the bes ...Go to article
Tiger Woods gets Charles Howell in first round of Accenture Match Play
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods will face some familiar players in the opening round of the Match Play Championship. McIlroy, the 23-year-old from Northern Ireland, is the No. 1 seed at Dove Mountain north of Tucson, Ariz. He will pl ...Go to article
John Merrick wins Riviera playoff for first career PGA Tour title
LOS ANGELES (AP) - John Merrick was a young face in the crowd at Riviera for so many years, dreaming of one day playing the fabled course on the PGA Tour. On Sunday, he did better than that. He won on it. Merrick hit two clutch shots that led to ...Go to article
Bernhard Langer wins Champions Tour's ACE Group Classic
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) - Bernhard Langer shot a final-round 72 and won his second ACE Group Classic title in three years by one stroke on Sunday. Langer two-putted from 50 feet on the 18th for par to finish at 12-under 204, ahead of Jay Don Blake at Twin ...Go to article
Tiger Woods joins vacationing Barack Obama for round of golf
PALM CITY, Fla. (AP) - President Barack Obama played golf Sunday with Tiger Woods, the White House said Sunday. Once the sport's dominant player before his career was sidetracked by scandal, Woods joined Obama at the Floridian, a secluded and e ...Go to article
Bernhard Langer has three-shot lead in Naples
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) - Bernhard Langer shot a 2-under 70 to take a three-shot lead after the second round of the Champions Tour's ACE Group Classic on Saturday. Langer, who had a 10-under 62 in the first round, picked up where he left off with a b ...Go to article
Defending champion Bill Haas shoots flawless 64, builds three-shot lead at Riviera
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bill Haas had no reason to think this round at Riviera was going to be anything special. With an iron in his hand, he failed to make birdie on the par-5 opening hole, the easiest on the golf course. Solid iron shots led to a pair ...Go to article
President Barack Obama to play golf with Tiger Woods' former coach, Butch Harmon
PALM CITY, Fla. (AP) - Tiger Woods' former swing coach says he'll play and practice with President Barack Obama on Saturday. Obama is at the Floridian resort in Palm City, Fla., for a weekend of golf with friends. Woods' coach, Bu ...Go to article
President Barack Obama treats himself to boys' weekend in Florida
PALM CITY, Fla. (AP) - Faced with a long weekend in an empty White House, President Barack Obama figured he needed a getaway, too, so he put together a golf outing with some buddies. Not at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland or at Fort Belvoir in Virgin ...Go to article
Luke Donald shows little sign of rust at Riviera
LOS ANGELES (AP) - It's all about scoring for Luke Donald this week at Riviera. There have been a few steals along the way, from that flop shot behind the 10th green that dropped in for eagle in the first round, and chipping in twice for birdies in ...Go to article
Jiyai Shin, 15-year-old Lydia Ko share lead at Women's Australian Open
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Jiyai Shin and 15-year-old amateur Lydia Ko both shot rounds of three-under 70 on Saturday to surge six shots into the lead heading into the final day of the Women's Australian Open. South Korean-born, New Zealand-ba ...Go to article
Jacobson, Bae tied for lead at Riviera
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A move down the California coast hasn't changed a thing for Fredrik Jacobson. One week after his best finish in more than a year, Jacobson birdied the two toughest holes at Riviera on his way to a 6-under 65 on Friday and a s ...Go to article
