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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.
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
Champions golf extended in Seattle thru 2012
SEATTLE (AP) The Champions Tour and Boeing Co. announced Monday a four-year contract extension that will keep the Boeing Classic and professional golf in the Seattle area through 2012. Boeing's sponsorship of the event was set to expire after t ...Go to article
Holmes regroups, beats Mickelson in playoff at FBR Open
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) J.B. Holmes failed to birdie the 18th hole in the first three rounds of the FBR Open. Then he did it twice Sunday, coming back from the brink of defeat to steal a victory from one of the biggest names in golf. Holmes' 13- ...Go to article
Woods extends win streak and topples Els with dramatic charge at Dubai Desert Classic
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Tiger Woods watched his 25-foot putt race down the slope and bend toward the cup, then he skipped backward and punched the desert air in celebration when it disappeared into the cup for a final birdie. So ended his s ...Go to article
Webb wins fourth Women's Australian Open in playoff over Shin Ji-yai
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Karrie Webb won her fourth Women's Australian Open title with a 10-foot birdie putt Sunday on the second hole of a playoff against South Korea's Shin Ji-yai. Webb, who won last year's title at Royal Sydney, a ...Go to article
Tough day for Woods as Els takes lead in Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Tiger Woods struggled with everything on the course Saturday, missing putts, driving wayward balls into the desert terrain and yelling at a photographer for taking a shot while he was swinging. Ernie Els had a very d ...Go to article
Five share FBR Open lead after another frost delay
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) There's frost on the cactus in north Scottsdale, and it's playing havoc with the FBR Open. After a frost delay for the third day in a row this one lasting 58 minutes golfers finally finished the second round on ...Go to article
Blind, 92-year-old golfer scores hole-in-one
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) Hitting a hole-in-one is hard enough. Now consider that Leo Fiyalko is 92 years old and blind. "I was just trying to put the ball on the green," he said. Fiyalko, who has macular degeneration and has been golfing fo ...Go to article
Tiger Woods holds one-shot lead at the Dubai Desert Classic
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Tiger Woods doesn't know much about his third-round partner at the Dubai Desert Classic. "I know he's Irish but that's about it," said Woods, who shot a 1-under 71 Friday for a one-shot lead ...Go to article
Woods holds slim lead after second round of Dubai Desert Classic
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Tiger Woods shot one-under 71 on Friday to maintain a slim lead at the Dubai Desert Classic. Woods is eight under, one shot ahead of Ireland's Damien McGrane, who shot 69 on Friday, one of the few players to br ...Go to article
Warren and Sutherland take lead in front of record opening-day FBR crowd
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (AP) Charles Warren and Kevin Sutherland shared a one-stroke lead in front of a record opening-round crowd of 83,657 at the FBR Open on a crisp, clear Thursday. Phil Mickelson overcame a pair of early bogeys on par-5 holes and wa ...Go to article
Poulter: Tiger quote taken out of context
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Ian Poulter said Thursday a British golf magazine took his words out of context when it quoted him as saying when he reached his potential he would be the only one capable of challenging Tiger Woods. The interview wi ...Go to article
After 4 months, Love set to return to course
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (AP) Davis Love III plans to play next week at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, his first tournament since he had surgery on his left ankle to repair torn tendons. "I'm eager to get back into competition an ...Go to article
U.S. captain Paul Azinger changes Ryder Cup opening matches back to alternate shot
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (AP) U.S. captain Paul Azinger is switching the Ryder Cup format with hopes of giving his team an edge, going back to alternate shot in the opening matches for the first time since 1999. ``I felt like the Americans had an edge in ...Go to article
Super Bowl is no distraction at raucous FBR Open
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (AP) For a change, the FBR Open isn't the biggest show in Scottsdale, not with the Super Bowl just down the freeway. Still, it's ``party on'' when the U.S. PGA Tour's most raucous event begins a four-day ...Go to article
