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Snow suspends play during first round at Match Play
MARANA, Ariz. (AP) - The best 64 golfers in the world got together for the first time this season and a snow fight broke out. In the most bizarre episode of a PGA Tour season already filled with wacky weather, the opening round of the Match Play Cha ...Go to article
Ex-Marine admits to defrauding charities, including Feherty's Troops First Foundation
DALLAS (AP) - A former Marine lied about having war injuries so he could get free golfing lessons, endorsements, cash, a trip to Iraq and to fulfill his dream of playing golf on the PGA tour, court documents show. Court documents filed in Dallas on ...Go to article
Stacy Lewis shoots 63, leads LPGA Thailand
CHONBURI, Thailand (AP) - Stacy Lewis shot a 9-under 63 in the first round Thursday to take a three-stroke lead at the LPGA Thailand. The American had an eagle on the par-4 third hole and added four more birdies on the front nine at the Siam Country ...Go to article
Woods, McIlroy knocked out in first round at Match Play Championship
MARANA, Ariz. (AP) - The snow is gone from the Match Play Championship, and so are Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods. In a stunning conclusion to what already is a bizarre week on Dove Mountain, Shane Lowry of Ireland made a 4-foot par putt on the 18th h ...Go to article
Fraser says Euro Tour as strong as PGA Tour
MARANA, Ariz. (AP) - Peter Hanson welcomed the snow storm that suspended play Wednesday just before he was scheduled to tee off against Thomas Bjorn in the Match Play Championship. It gave him a chance to nail Ian Poulter with a snowball and, more i ...Go to article
Stacy Lewis holds 3-shot lead at LPGA Thailand
CHONBURI, Thailand (AP) - Stacy Lewis shot a 3-under 69 Friday to keep her three-stroke lead after the second round of the LPGA Thailand. Lewis had five birdies and two bogeys for a 12-under 132 total at the Siam Country Club Pattaya Old Course, rep ...Go to article
Bubba Watson the only top 10 player left at Match Play
MARANA, Ariz. (AP) - Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods now have plenty of company - somewhere other than the Match Play Championship. One day after the best two players in the world went home, more top seeds followed Friday when golf's most unpredic ...Go to article
Poulter countinues impressive streak at Match Play
MARANA, Ariz. (AP) - Ian Poulter obviously did a lot more than just fuss over his wardrobe and trendy apparel line during a long break before the Match Play Championship. Making his first start since the season-opening Tournament of Champions, the f ...Go to article
Shane Lowry keeps rolling at Match Play, faces Graeme McDowell in Round of 16
MARANA, Ariz. (AP) - Shane Lowry said it would be one of the great days of his career if he were to beat Rory McIlroy in the Match Play Championship. He just didn't want that to be the end of his week. Lowry became a footnote in the 15-year ...Go to article
Teenager Ariya Jutanugarn leads LPGA Thailand by three shots
CHONBURI, Thailand (AP) - Thai teenager Ariya Jutanugarn shot a 2-under 70 Saturday to lead by three strokes after the third round of the LPGA Thailand despite finishing with two bogeys. Last year's top-ranked amateur, Ariya had seven birdies - ...Go to article
Graeme McDowell ends Shane Lowry's run through Match Play
MARANA, Ariz. (AP) - Graeme McDowell ended what was still a big week for Shane Lowry at the Match Play Championship. McDowell made three birdies in a five-hole stretch to take a 4-up lead at the turn, and then outlasted his Irish friend, 3 and 2, on ...Go to article
Poulter, Mahan on collision course at Match Play
MARANA, Ariz. (AP) - Before the first shot of the Match Play Championship, and before the first snowfall, Hunter Mahan was asked for three players with the best reputation in match play. Ian Poulter was on his list. Now he gets to find out for h ...Go to article
Inbee Park wins Thailand after Ariya Jutanugarn makes triple bogey on final hole
CHONBURI, Thailand (AP) - Inbee Park of South Korea took advantage of overnight leader Ariya Jutanugarn's triple bogey on the last hole Sunday to secure a one-stroke victory in the LPGA Thailand. Jutanugarn blew a two-stroke lead on the 18th wh ...Go to article
Matt Kuchar to face Hunter Mahan in final at Match Play Championship
MARANA, Ariz. (AP) - Hunter Mahan and Matt Kuchar gave the Match Play Championship its first all-American final in five years Sunday at Dove Mountain. Mahan extended his streak to 166 holes without trailing and defeated Ian Poulter on the strength o ...Go to article
Tim Finchem says PGA Tour opposes ban on anchoring
MARANA, Ariz. (AP) - PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem threw a big wrinkle into the plan to outlaw the anchored putting stroke when he said Sunday the tour opposed the ban because there was not enough evidence to suggest players had an advantage by usin ...Go to article





