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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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Sorenstam knocked out of ADT Championship
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) Annika Sorenstam's worst year since she was a rookie offered one last hope Friday afternoon in the ADT Championship when she was among three players desperate to claim the last two spots in the chase for $1 million. C ...Go to article
Karlsson up 4 shots on Jimenez in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AP) Sweden's Robert Karlsson blasted his second straight six-under-par 64 at the Hong Kong Open for a four-stroke lead over an elite field on Friday. Karlsson, who finished runner-up in Portugal last month, repeated his opening round ...Go to article
Sutherland ahead by 4 at Pebble Beach
PEBBLE BEACH., California (AP) Kevin Sutherland shot a 10-under 62 to take a four-stroke lead over Rocco Mediate and Joel Kribel after the first round of the Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational on Thursday. Sutherland, the runner-up this year in ...Go to article
Ochoa loses ADT lead after 7 on par 3
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) Lorena Ochoa was in the lead and hitting her stride Thursday at the ADT Championship until a shocking finish to her round. She hit two balls into the water on the 17th hole for a quadruple bogey that sent her tumbling dow ...Go to article
Choi fires 8-under 62 at Hong Kong Open
HONG KONG (AP) K.J. Choi was hoping to roll back the clock on the opening day of the Hong Kong Open on Thursday, firing an 8-under-par 62 at the Fanling Golf Club. Six-time PGA Tour winner Choi missed out on the top place in 2005, when he finished o ...Go to article
Poulter tied for lead at Dunlop Phoenix
MIYAZAKI, Japan (AP) Britain's Ian Poulter shot a 5-under-par 65 Thursday to share the lead after the first round of the Dunlop Phoenix golf tournament. Poulter made five birdies at the par-70 Phoenix Country Club to stand in a three-way tie wi ...Go to article
Ochoa on Tiger: 'We both had a great year'
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) Lorena Ochoa was the best player on the LPGA Tour this year, proven by her seven victories, her first major championship and sweeping all the significant awards. She worked hard for this, and she is proud. But was she the ...Go to article
Sorenstam has one last chance for a victory
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) This might be as true as any measure of Annika Sorenstam's year. At the U.S. LPGA Tour's season-ending ADT Championship, she didn't even get an audience with the Donald. Donald Trump has been the unoffici ...Go to article
Faldo, Choi, Weir headline field in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AP) Defending champion Jose Manuel Lara is counting on his knowledge of the tricky par-70 course at the Fanling Golf Club to give him the edge over a tough field teeing off Thursday in the $2.25 million Hong Kong Open. The Spaniard will b ...Go to article
LPGA team wins Three-Tour Challenge
HENDERSON, Nevada (AP) Christie Kerr's 5-foot birdie putt on the lone playoff hole Tuesday gave the LPGA Tour its fourth championship at the 16th annual Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge. Kerr converted her putt after Fred Funk of the Champions Tou ...Go to article
Daniel retires quietly with friends at side
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (AP) Beth Daniel didn't want a celebration or even a cake, and she certainly didn't expect a crowd. She teed off on the 18th hole at St. Andrews knowing it would be the last meaningful hole she would play, her la ...Go to article
Stricker may repeat as comeback player of the year
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (AP) Tiger Woods was half-joking a few months ago when he suggested that Steve Stricker would be his pick as U.S. PGA Tour comeback player of the year, even though Stricker won the award last year. It could happen. The t ...Go to article
Drug testing to arrive on Tour next summer
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (AP) The PGA Tour plans to start its new drug-testing program as early as July, with penalties for a positive test that could range from a one-year suspension for a first offense to a lifetime ban if a player is caught three ...Go to article
Playoffs in '08 will take break for Ryder Cup
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (AP) The U.S. PGA Tour Playoffs will take a two-week break next year to give players a chance to be fresh for the Ryder Cup, addressing a concern that American players would be worn out before one of the most tiresome weeks ...Go to article
Woosnam to play on European Seniors Tour
LONDON (AP) Former Masters champion Ian Woosnam will make his debut on the European Seniors Tour in March, two days after his 50th birthday. Woosnam, a former top-ranked golfer who won at Augusta in 1991, has not played a European Tour event since J ...Go to article
