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Charley Hoffman's hot start gives him two-shot lead at RBC Heritage
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - Charley Hoffman thought he was through with Harbour Town Golf Links and the RBC Heritage. Turns out, he just wasn't ready as a younger player to handle one of the PGA Tour's trickiest layouts. Hoffman missed ...Go to article
Brandt Snedeker makes the cut in rain-delayed second round at Harbour Town
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) -- Brandt Snedeker gets to play on at the rain-delayed RBC Heritage after the second-round wrapped up Saturday morning. There were 17 golfers left on the course when the second round was suspended Friday evening because ...Go to article
Suzann Pettersen maintains one-stroke lead in Hawaii
KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) - Suzann Pettersen shot a 4-under 68 on Friday at wind-swept Ko Olina to maintain a one-stroke lead after the third round of the LPGA Lotte Championship. The 32-year-old Norwegian, a 10-time LPGA Tour winner ranked sixth in the ...Go to article
Bryant, Frost share lead in soggy Greater Gwinnett
DULUTH, Ga. (AP) - Bart Bryant and David Frost topped the first-round leaderboard Friday in the Champions Tour's rain-delayed Greater Gwinnett Championship. The start of play was delayed four hours by rain. There were 57 players still on the TP ...Go to article
Luke Donald in the mix at rain-delayed RBC Heritage at Harbour Town
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - Kevin Streelman looks ready to make contending at PGA Tour events a habit, while Brandt Snedeker was poised for an early exit at the RBC Heritage in the rain-delayed second round Friday. Streelman, who won his first t ...Go to article
Pinehurst continues prep for back-to-back U.S. Opens in 2014
PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) - Pinehurst is getting ready to make history next year by hosting the men's and women's U.S. Opens in back-to-back weeks. USGA Executive Director Mike Davis said Friday the resort's renowned No. 2 course will be s ...Go to article
Peter Uihlein leads Spanish Open by one
VALENCIA, Spain (AP) - Peter Uihlein of the United States shot a 4-under 68 Friday to take a one-shot lead after the second round of the Spanish Open. Uihlein had six birdies and two bogeys on the Parador de El Saler course, leaving him at 6-under 1 ...Go to article
Suzann Pettersen takes lead in windy Hawaii
KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) - Suzann Pettersen rebounded from her lone bogey with three back-nine birdies Thursday at wind-swept Ko Olina to take the second-round lead in the LPGA Lotte Championship. The 32-year-old Norwegian, a 10-time LPGA Tour winner ra ...Go to article
Day, Leishman in contention at RBC Heritage
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - Jason Day and Marc Leishman kept the Australian flag flying high at the RBC Heritage. Four days after countryman Adam Scott became the first Australian to win the Masters, Day and Leishman shot 4-under 67 and trailed ...Go to article
PGA Tour's Driscoll pledges $1,000 per birdie for victims of Boston Marathon bombings
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - PGA Tour player James Driscoll of Massachusetts has pledged $1,000 for each birdie he makes during his next two tournaments for those affected by the Boston Marathon bombings. Driscoll grew up in Brookline, Mass., and ...Go to article
Garcia four back of three-way tie for Spanish Open lead
VALENCIA, Spain (AP) - Chile's Felipe Aguilar, Denmark's Morten Madsen and France's Gary Stal shot 4-under 68s Thursday to share the first-round lead at the Spanish Open. Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano was in a group of eight one stroke be ...Go to article
Watson hoping to gain momentum in Georgia swing
DULUTH, Ga. (AP) - Tom Watson is using the Champions Tour's return to Atlanta as part of a three-week swing through Georgia designed to get his game back in winning form. After missing the cut in the Masters last week, Watson will play in one o ...Go to article
Ernie Els, Adam Scott have 'quite a few beers' after Masters win
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - Ernie Els might've been the second happiest golfer at Augusta National last Sunday night when good friend Adam Scott slipped on the green jacket as the Masters' champion. Els, who tied for 13th last week, is ...Go to article
Michelle Wie looking to turn around dismal season in Hawaii
KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) - Michelle Wie is hoping a Hawaii stop on the LPGA Tour will inject a little aloha into her game. She's 91st in the world ranking after breaking 70 only once in 18 rounds so far this season. She's coming off a season-b ...Go to article
After Tiger Woods controversy, Masters might consider officials with every group
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Rules officials from golf organizations around the world work at the Masters, most of them assigned various parts of the golf course. But it remains the only major championship that doesn't have a rules official walk with every ...Go to article