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Woods seizes control at Southern Hills
TULSA, Okla. (AP) Tiger Woods draped a blue towel over sagging shoulders, looking like a heavyweight who had gone the distance. You should have seen the other guys. Woods set modest goals that led to great expectations Saturday in the PGA Champion ...Go to article
With a record-tying round, Woods seizes control at Southern Hills
TULSA, Okla. (AP) Another record for Tiger Woods. Another major might not be far behind. Woods matched the major championship record with a 63 in the PGA Championship on Friday, turning away in disbelief when a 15-foot birdie putt on the final ho ...Go to article
Friends competing for Presidents Cup spot
TULSA, Okla. (AP) Lucas Glover is No. 10 in the Presidents Cup standings by a mere $43,861 over John Rollins, so after opening with a 70 in the PGA Championship, you would think he would have checked to see what Rollins shot. "I didn't hav ...Go to article
Flesch claims 3rd career at Reno-Tahoe Open
RENO, Nev. (AP) Steve Flesch wasn't the only one who knew he hadn't been playing up to par lately. His 8-year-old son Griffin brought it up about three weeks ago. ``He looked at my score and I missed the cut and he said, 'Dad, you ...Go to article
Scranton, Johnson defend BJs Championship
QUINCY, Mass. (AP) Nancy Scranton and Christa Johnson won the BJs Charity Championship on Sunday with a birdie on the third playoff hole, becoming the first pair to defend a title in the eight-year history of The Legends Tour Johnson's 10-foot ...Go to article
Elder cruises to 4-shot victory on Nationwide Tour
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Brad Elder shot a 6-under 65 Sunday to win the Nationwide Tour's Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open by four strokes. Elder finished at 19-under 264 and his winning margin over second-place Fabian Gomez of Argentina was the ...Go to article
Sabbatini has fan kicked off course
AKRON, Ohio (AP) The ninth hole is where all the action is at Firestone Country Club. Tiger Woods struck a ball that landed in the crook of a woman's arm and he later chipped in for par. Then Rory Sabbatini, in second place six shots back of ...Go to article
Woods blows away field for 8-shot victory at Firestone
AKRON, Ohio (AP) Tiger Woods looked as unbeatable as ever Sunday at Firestone. Woods erased a one-shot deficit in two holes, then buried Rory Sabbatini and the rest of the field to win the Bridgestone Invitational for the third straight year and s ...Go to article
Ochoa gets first major title at British Open
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) Splashed with champagne, Lorena Ochoa was certain her first major victory would come at the home of golf. She completed a runaway four-stroke victory in the Women's British Open on Sunday following a 1-over-par 74. Af ...Go to article
Flesch's lead grows to 5 strokes at Reno
RENO, Nev. (AP) Steve Flesch overcame windy conditions Saturday with five birdies for his second straight 69 and a five-stroke lead after the third round of the Reno-Tahoe Open. Flesch, who birdied the last two holes to finish at 15-under 201, als ...Go to article
Weibring shoots 66, leads at 3M Championship
BLAINE, Minn. (AP) A simple birdie lifted D.A. Weibring into the lead after two rounds of the Champions Tour's 3M Championship. Weibring shot a 6-under 66 Saturday in a round that included four birdies on the last six holes. His two-round score ...Go to article
Sabbatini gets another shot at Woods on Sunday
AKRON, Ohio (AP) Rory Sabbatini gets his rubber match in the Rubber City. Sabbatini, one of the few players bold enough to call out Tiger Woods, gave himself another shot at the world's No. 1 player by getting his double bogey out of the way ...Go to article
Ochoa takes 6-shot lead at Women's Open
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) Lorena Ochoa equates playing golf tournaments to running marathons. After going six shots ahead of the field at the Women's British Open on Saturday, the top-ranked Mexican can at last see the finishing line for her f ...Go to article
Amex dumps Woods, signs PGA
AKRON, Ohio (AP) No longer affiliated with Tiger Woods or the tournament he won five times, American Express signed an endorsement deal Friday with the PGA of America that showed how it has shifted its strategy in golf. American Express, which in ...Go to article
Chef tells how he pocketed Tiger's ball
AKRON, Ohio (AP) One year ago, Josh Stuber was back on the loading dock at Firestone Country Club putting some of the restaurant's famous crunchy-cream pies into a cart. Within an hour, he was, as he puts it, "the most wanted man in Ohio ...Go to article