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Palmer Leads After 62
Colonial member Ryan Palmer matched the best round of his career on Tour to
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Lickliter, de Jonge shoot 62s to top Q-school leaderboard
WINTER GARDEN, Florida (AP) Frank Lickliter II and Brendon de Jonge shot 10-under 62s at Orange County National to share the first-round lead in the six-round U.S. PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament on Wednesday. (Leaderboard: Follow Thursday's r ...Go to article
Nicklaus offers advice to young golfers
Along with his record 18 professional majors and a PGA Tour career that spanned four decades, perhaps one of the most remarkable tributes to the consistent greatness of Jack Nicklaus was that he only withdrew from two tournaments. One of them was the ...Go to article
Preview: Final stage of Q-school set to begin
Eighteen players who made it through 108 holes of stomach churning last year at Q-school earned their PGA Tour cards, and what did that get them? A return trip to what many consider to be the toughest six days in golf. The reality of Q-school is that ...Go to article
Ames sinks $650,000 putt to defend Skins title
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) Stephen Ames has won the Skins Game the past two years, so his strategy obviously works. ``You kind of let the other guys beat themselves up and then you sneak in there when you need to,'' Ames said with a grin a ...Go to article
Baddeley wins Australian Masters playoff
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Australia's Aaron Baddeley outlasted Sweden's Daniel Chopra to win the Australian Masters on Sunday, saving par on the fourth hole of a playoff after hitting his tee shot into the trees. Baddeley chipped to 8 fee ...Go to article
Montgomerie adds World Cup title to his resume, pairing with Warren to beat the U.S. team
SHENZHEN, China (AP) Add the World Cup of Golf to Colin Montgomerie's long resume. Montgomerie and Marc Warren gave Scotland its first victory in the World Cup, defeating Americans Boo Weekley and Heath Slocum on Sunday with a par on the third ...Go to article
2002 Players winner Perks quits PGA Tour
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) New Zealand golfer Craig Perks, whose only U.S. PGA win was the 2002 Players Championship, is quitting the tour after a lengthy form slump. "I played as hard as I could for as long as I could and it wasn't work ...Go to article
Couples increases his Skins Games bankroll
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) Fred Couples knows one good shot can make a huge difference in the Skins Game. After bouncing his drive off a spectator's bag and into the fairway and hitting his second shot into a bunker behind the green, Couples kno ...Go to article
Weekley, Slocum keep U.S. World Cup lead
SHENZHEN, China (AP) Boo Weekley and Heath Slocum held their lead at the World Cup of Golf on Saturday, showing that the United States doesn't need Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson to contend for the title. They shot a 6-under 66 Saturday for one ...Go to article
Chopra shoots 65 to lead Australian Masters
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Sweden's Daniel Chopra shot a 7-under 65 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over Australians Aaron Baddeley and Kurt Barnes after the third round of the Australian Masters. Chopra, the winner of the PGA Tour's ...Go to article
Amid bustle in China, Americans Weekley and Slocum lead World Cup
SHENZHEN, China (AP) For a self-declared ``redneck'' from the Florida Panhandle, Boo Weekley is finding this week's World Cup of Golf in China both baffling and rewarding. Policemen salute as players approach the tee. The sport's ...Go to article
Weekley and Slocum fire 61 at World Cup
SHENZHEN, China (AP) Maybe the United States doesn't need Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson to win the World Cup of Golf. Two players out of the same high school in the Florida Panhandle are doing just fine. That would be Boo Weekley and Heath Slo ...Go to article
Irish teen McIlroy in hunt at Australian Masters
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Robert Allenby bogeyed his final hole but maintained a one-stroke lead in the Australian Masters with a 4-under-par 68 in Friday's second round. Allenby, who led by a stroke after the opening round, has a 36-hole total ...Go to article
Allenby has first-round lead at Australian Masters
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Robert Allenby's golf was better than his prognostication at the Australian Masters on Thursday. Two-time champion Allenby, in one of the early morning groups at Huntingdale, shot a 5-under-par 67 in ideal conditions, ...Go to article
LPGA Hall of Fame's depth questioned
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) On her fast track to stardom, Lorena Ochoa took a detour this spring on a rainy Monday. Unable to practice at the LPGA Tour event in Orlando, Ochoa and a friend stopped by the World Golf Hall of Fame for a visit that was u ...Go to article
