Tournament News
Heartbreak Kid
Phil Mickelson fell just short at the U.S. Open once again -- and there's
only one word for that, writes John Garrity.
PGA Tour Confidential
The Rose And The Thorns
Did Justin Rose win the U.S. Open or did Phil Mickelson lose it? Plus Tiger's
major problems and more.
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
Money on European Tour won't attract Tiger
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (AP) By adding a couple of tournaments to an already thin schedule and paying a small membership fee to join the European Tour, Tiger Woods already could have won the Order of Merit seven times. That was never his priority. A ...Go to article
Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez wins Hong Kong Open
HONG KONG(AP) Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez edged Robert Karlsson of Sweden on the final hole Sunday on his way to a three-under-par 67 and the Hong Kong Open title. Jimenez, who also won in 2004, had an eagle and five birdies against four bogies at t ...Go to article
Rhoden shares medalist honors in Champions Q-school
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) Former major league pitcher Rick Rhoden shared medalist honors with Gene Jones in the Champions Tour's National Qualifying Tournament, securing a spot next year into open qualifiers at all co-sponsored events. Rhoden, t ...Go to article
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
