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Sang-Moon Bae surged past Keegan Bradley midway through his final round, then
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Donald shoots 65 to lead after first round in Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Luke Donald shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday to lead Rory McIlroy and two others by one stroke after the opening round of the season-ending Dubai World Championship. Donald saved par on Nos. 1 and 4 with clutch puttin ...Go to article
Wozniacki playful at McIlroy press conference
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Just when top-ranked Rory McIlroy thought he had avoided the tough questions about his first round in Dubai, his girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki turned up at the news conference. She waited her turn at the back of th ...Go to article
Sergio Garcia matches course record with 64 in Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Sergio Garcia's improved vision has him eyeing a victory in his return to the golf course. Playing on the European Tour for the first time since laser eye surgery a month ago, the Spaniard matched the course r ...Go to article
McIlroy, Donald share lead at Dubai World Championship
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Rory McIlroy moved to the top of the leaderboard with a 5-under 67 Friday in the second round of the Dubai World Championship. The top-ranked golfer, who missed several makeable putts on the front nine and then saw ...Go to article
Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald share lead at Dubai World Championship
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Rory McIlroy sank a short birdie putt on the 18th hole Saturday to remain tied with Luke Donald as the world's two top-ranked golfers pulled three shots clear of a star-studded field after the third round of the D ...Go to article
Amateur Jake Higginbottom wins New Zealand Open
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) - Australian teenager Jake Higginbottom became the first amateur to win the New Zealand Open since Harry Berwick in 1956, closing with a 5-under 67 for a one-stroke victory Sunday. The 19-year-old Higginbottom also bec ...Go to article
European Tour's 2013 schedule reflects financial difficulties
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The European Tour has announced a 45-tournament schedule for 2013 that reflects ongoing financial difficulties in countries like Spain and the potential for new markets in Russia and South Africa. For the first tim ...Go to article
McIlroy wins Dubai World Championship
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Rory McIlroy made five straight birdies down the stretch to overtake Justin Rose and win the Dubai World Championship on Sunday, ending a historic year in which the 23-year-old Northern Irishman won the PGA Championshi ...Go to article
Notes: Old Course getting a new look
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) - The Old Course at St. Andrews will have a slightly new look when the British Open returns in 2015. In the first significant changes to the home of golf in some 70 years, the Royal & Ancient Golf Club and St. Andrews ...Go to article
Woods not interested in European membership
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) - Tiger Woods is more driven to catch Jack Nicklaus than to try to emulate Luke Donald and Rory McIlroy. Woods made it clear Tuesday that he had no interest in taking up membership on the European Tour. He had floated the ...Go to article
Woods looking to jump-start 2013 this week
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) - A little more than three months ago, Tiger Woods was on his way back to the top of golf with only time in his way. He already had won three times on the PGA Tour, moving past Jack Nicklaus in career victorie ...Go to article
Bradley and Simpson say they wouldn't fight belly putter ban
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) - Webb Simpson and Keegan Bradley, two of the major faces in the debate over belly putters, said Tuesday they would not fight a change in the rules if golf's governing bodies decide to outlaw putters anchored to the body. ...Go to article
Anchored putting stroke to be banned in 2016
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) - Golf's governing bodies, worried that players will turn to long putters as an advantage instead of a last resort, proposed a new rule Wednesday that would ban the putting stroke used by three of the last five major cham ...Go to article
Westwood eyes third straight title at Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City
SUN CITY, South Africa (AP) - Charl Schwartzel still isn't sure how he did it. The intercostal muscle he tore at the U.S. Open wiped out most of his season in 2012. Schwartzel has been playing pain-free for only the last month and a half after ...Go to article
Haas, Colsaerts share Nedbank lead
SUN CITY, South Africa (AP) - Bill Haas bogeyed two of the last three holes Thursday in the Nedbank Golf Challenge to slip back into a share of the first-round lead with Nicolas Colsaerts. Two shots ahead after the 15th hole, the American dropped st ...Go to article
