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Wadkins to be lead analyst for Champions Tour
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Lanny Wadkins is returning to the broadcast booth as lead analyst for the Champions Tour. Golf Channel said Wadkins will make his debut Friday at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship in Hawaii. He will be the lead analyst for th ...Go to article
Mickelson struggles in season opener while Henley continues to shine
LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) - Phil Mickelson opened his season with an eventful even-par 72 on Thursday in the Humana Challenge, leaving him nine strokes behind the first-round leaders. Recovering from flu-like symptoms, the 42-year-old Mickelson had thr ...Go to article
USGA's Mike Davis to speak at players' meeting at Torrey Pines
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The PGA Tour is bringing a guest speaker to its mandatory players' meeting next week at Torrey Pines - USGA executive director Mike Davis. A proposed rule that would ban the stroke used for belly putters and broom-hand ...Go to article
James Hahn, Roberto Castro lead Humana Challenge
LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) -- James Hahn jumped all over his drive on the par-5 fifth hole at La Quinta Country Club, then hit his second shot so pure that it went a little father than he wanted. Undaunted, he turned to his trusty 54-degree wedge and ho ...Go to article
David Frost leads Champions Tour opener by one stroke
KAUPULEHU-KONA, Hawaii (AP) -- David Frost of South Africa had a 7-under 65 Friday to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Mitsubishi Electric Championship. The tournament opens the 34th Champions Tour season at Hualalai Golf Club. ...Go to article
After a shaky start, Justin Rose takes control in Abu Dhabi
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Justin Rose extended his lead at the Abu Dhabi Championship on Saturday, shooting a 4-under 68 to take a two-shot lead over Jamie Donaldson and Thorbjorn Olesen. A day after top-ranked Rory McIlroy and second-r ...Go to article
Stallings leads Humana Challenge by five strokes; Mickelson barely makes the cut
LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) - Last year, Scott Stallings left the Humana Challenge early after a funny conversation that probably made his aching ribs hurt even more. ``I played La Quinta for one round and I played with Carl Pettersson and, after nine ho ...Go to article
David Frost takes two-stroke lead at Champions opener
KAUPULEHU-KONA, Hawaii (AP) - David Frost shot a 65 Saturday to hold a two-stroke lead on John Cook after the second round of the Mitsubishi Electric Championship. Frost's bogey-free round left him at 14-under-par 130 at Hualalai Golf Club in t ...Go to article
Jamie Donaldson overtakes Justin Rose to win in Abu Dhabi
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Jamie Donaldson won the Abu Dhabi Championship by one shot Sunday, with Justin Rose narrowly missing a birdie putt on the 18th that would have forced a playoff. Rose's 8-foot putt rimmed out of the hole, g ...Go to article
Brian Gay wins Humana Challenge in three-way playoff
LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) - Scott Stallings' chip on the par-5 sixth skidded and released instead of checking up, leading to a lost-shot par. He missed a 2-footer on the next hole for his first bogey in four days in the Humana Challenge, then watc ...Go to article
John Cook beats David Frost in playoff at Hualalai
KAUPULEHU-KONA, Hawaii (AP) - John Cook caught David Frost on the final hole of regulation, then beat him with birdie on the second playoff hole to win the Mitsubishi Electric Championship on Sunday. Cook closed with a 5-under-67 at Hualalai Golf Cl ...Go to article
Phil Mickelson plans 'drastic changes' over taxes
LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) - Phil Mickelson said he will make ``drastic changes'' because of federal and California state tax increases. ``It's been an interesting offseason,'' Mickelson said Sunday after the final round of the ...Go to article
Phil Mickelson regrets airing opinion on taxes; Tiger Woods weighs in
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Phil Mickelson says he should have kept his opinions on taxes to himself. Mickelson had suggested "drastic changes'' were in store for him - perhaps moving from his native California - because of changes in federal an ...Go to article
Santos takes one-shot lead in Qatar
DOHA, Qatar (AP) - Ricardo Santos of Portugal made five birdies on his back nine to finish with a 7-under 65 Wednesday in the opening round of the Qatar Masters, taking a one shot lead over Anthony Wall and Peter Whiteford. Santos, the European Tour ...Go to article
Tour braces for 'difficult situation' on anchoring
SAN DIEGO (AP) - PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem says a proposed rule affecting long putters is likely to be a distraction. Finchem invited USGA executive director Mike Davis to a mandatory player meeting at Torrey Pines to explain the new rule th ...Go to article
