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Former caddie shoots 67, wins Indian Masters
NEW DELHI (AP) Unheralded Indian golfer Shiv Chowrasia shot a 5-under-67 in the final round Sunday to clinch the Indian Masters title at the Delhi Golf Club. Chowrasia, 29, had a bogey-free final round to win his maiden European Tour title with a f ...Go to article
Recovering from wife's scare, things looking up for Hart
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) Dudley Hart faced his greatest fears last summer when doctors found a softball-sized lump on his wife's lung, which kept him off tour the last half of the season to care for his triplets while she recovered. All thin ...Go to article
Mickelson makes an 11 and misses cut
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) Phil Mickelson was five shots out of the lead and in dire need of a birdie. Then came an 11 on one hole, a tee shot into the Pacific Ocean on another, and a surprisingly early departure Saturday from the AT&T Pebble Beach ...Go to article
Pate takes lead in bid for second straight Champions Tour win
BOCA RATON, Florida (AP) Jerry Pate moved into position for his second straight Champions Tour victory, shooting a 5-under 67 to take a one-stroke lead over Scott Hoch in the Allianz Championship on Saturday. Pate, the Turtle Bay Championship winner ...Go to article
Jacquelin leads Indian Masters; Els 4 back
NEW DELHI (AP) Raphael Jacquelin shot a par 72 in windy conditions Saturday to take the lead after three rounds in the Indian Masters at the Delhi Golf Club. Firing an eagle on the 14th hole helped Jacquelin overcome the snag of three bogies on his ...Go to article
Herron takes 1-shot lead in wide-open Pebble Beach tournament
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) Tim Herron was so frustrated that he changed putters for the first time in seven years at a tournament renowned for having some of the most unpredictable greens on the PGA Tour. Desperation slowly gave way to satisfaction ...Go to article
McGrane leads Indian Masters; Els makes cut
NEW DELHI (AP) Irish golfer Damien McGrane's three-under par 69 Friday gave him a two-stroke lead after the second round in the inaugural Indian Masters at the Delhi Golf Club. Putting five birdies to make up for his two bogies on the par-four ...Go to article
Australian Nikki Garrett takes 1-stroke lead, Karrie Webb 2 back at Australian Ladies Masters
GOLD COAST, Australia (AP) Australian Nikki Garrett holed a bunker shot for eagle and finished with a 5-under-par 67 Friday to take a one-stroke lead over 10 players after the opening round of the ANZ Australian Ladies Masters. Garrett, the 2006 Lad ...Go to article
Japan's newest golf star confident, relaxed in Hawaii
AIEA, Hawaii (AP) Ryo Ishikawa is nicknamed the ``Shy Prince'' in his native Japan, where the bashful 16-year-old has been crowned the savior of men's golf. It's a daunting responsibility that Ishikawa says is difficult to fathom ...Go to article
Celebrities are everywhere except leaderboard at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) The celebrities at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am - from golf to Hollywood to the corporate boardrooms - could be found just about everywhere on the Monterey Peninsula except on the leaderboard. That place was re ...Go to article
Cook seeks second title in Boca Raton
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) John Cook needed only one tuneup before winning for the first time on the Champions Tour. Just 19 days after turning 50, and playing in his second event, Cook won the AT&T Championship in San Antonio last October. It came m ...Go to article
Notebook: Harrington working even harder
PEBBLE BEACH, California (AP) Padraig Harrington has the silver claret jug from winning the British Open. What he doesn't have is complacency from winning his first major and, strangely enough, the confidence he thought would come with his victor ...Go to article
3-year plan for Els looking more impossible
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) After one of his many crushing losses to the world's No. 1 player, Ernie Els once described Tiger Woods as a legend in the making. Woods was 24 at the time with only two majors. "He's probably going to be big ...Go to article
16-year-old rookie falls short of British
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) Former Australian Open champion Peter Fowler made a last-hole birdie to secure a place at the British Open for the 12th time after the Australasian qualifying tournament on Tuesday. The 48-year-old Fowler hit a 4-iron to about ...Go to article
LPGA event to move from desert to the bay
HALF MOON BAY, California (AP) The LPGA Tour's Samsung World Championship is moving this year from the California desert to the Ocean Course at Half Moon Bay Golf Links. The tournament, which features an elite field of 20 players, had been at B ...Go to article