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Purdy on the biggest bubble at Disney
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Most players used to come to Disney to play golf and enjoy the theme parks. As the final tournament of the PGA Tour season, the Children's Miracle Network Classic has a much more serious tone this year. Most guys her ...Go to article
Marucci to captain U.S. Walker Cup team
FAR HILLS, N.J. (AP) George "Buddy" Marucci has been selected by the USGA as captain of the U.S. Walker Cup team for the second time. Marucci is to lead a group of American amateurs against Great Britain and Ireland at his ho ...Go to article
Another Hawaii teen struggles to make a cut
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Someone once told Paul Goydos he should go into the record books for his victory at the Sony Open for becoming the first player to win a PGA Tour event against a field that included a 5-foot boy and a 6-foot girl. One was ...Go to article
Wie skips men's Casio World next month
TOKYO(AP) Michelle Wie will skip the Japanese tour's Casio World Open golf tournament next month while she recovers from hand injuries. "We have concluded that it is important for her to fully recover from her hand injuries before playing to ...Go to article
Chopra hangs on to win delayed Ginn sur Mer Classic
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) Daniel Chopra tapped in for par, then pumped his right fist into the air. Finally, victory was his. Chopra re-claimed the outright lead with a birdie at the par-5 16th hole Monday morning and held on to win the oft-delaye ...Go to article
Turnesa jumps to 13th on Nationwide money list
MIAMI (AP) Marc Turnesa won the Miccosukee Championship for his first Nationwide Tour title, closing with a 1-under 70 on Sunday for a one-stroke victory over David Mathis and Canadian Jon Mills in the final full-field event of the year Turnesa earn ...Go to article
Thorpe wins Charles Schwab Championship; Roberts takes Cup title
SONOMA, Calif. (AP) Jim Thorpe got the crystal and a $442,000 check. Loren Roberts got the cup and a lot more money down the road. Thorpe successfully defended his title in the Charles Schwab Championship, birdieing the final four holes Sunday to wi ...Go to article
Three tied as play is suspended at Ginn
PORT ST. LUCIE, Florida (AP) Shigeki Maruyama and Fredrik Jacobsen took advantage of a Daniel Chopra slide Sunday to share a three-way lead at the rain-delayed Ginn sur Mer Classic. Maruyama holed out from the sand for eagle at the par-5 16th to get ...Go to article
Daly withdraws from Ginn sur Mer Classic
PORT ST. LUCIE, Florida(AP) John Daly's PGA Tour season is over. Daly withdrew from the rain-delayed Ginn sur Mer Classic after completing the third round Sunday morning, without citing a reason. He was last among 73 players who made the cut, a ...Go to article
Chopra takes lead entering final round of Ginn sur Mer Classic; Daly withdraws
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) Seeking his first PGA Tour victory, Daniel Chopra led by two shots over Bob Estes and Briny Baird through three rounds Sunday of the rain-delayed Ginn sur Mer Classic. The final round was to begin Sunday afternoon, and offi ...Go to article
Pettersen eagles 18th to win 2nd straight
PATTAYA, Thailand (AP) Suzann Pettersen needed all of her seven-stroke lead - and then some - in the Honda LPGA Thailand. Tied for the lead with Laura Davies after a three-putt bogey on 17, the Norwegian star made up for all those lost strokes with ...Go to article
Watson leads season-ending Schwab
SONOMA, Califrnia (AP) Denis Watson shot a 4-under 68 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over defending champion Jim Thorpe and Brad Bryant into the final round of the Champion Tour's season-ending Charles Schwab Championship. "This is ...Go to article
Baird challenges Chopra, Estes as 3rd round suspended
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) Briny Baird just moved into a new house, only a couple minutes down the road from Tesoro Club. No wonder he seemed right at home Saturday. Making a huge move up the leaderboard, Baird's eight-birdie, one-bogey effort ...Go to article
Pettersen pushes lead to 7 in Thailand
PATTAYA, Thailand (AP) Suzann Pettersen gave herself some final-round breathing room - and maybe some time to savor her dominating run. With a seven-stroke lead, the Norwegian star also likely took the suspense out of her bid for a second straight v ...Go to article
Daly ready to see 2007 season finally end
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) John Daly's official 2007 season comes to a close Sunday, a week earlier than he originally planned. He can't wait for it to end. It was another turbulent and trying year for the ever-popular Daly, a two-time ma ...Go to article