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Rain cuts short second round at LPGA Tour Championship
Sophie Gustafson has moved within two shots of leader Lorena Ochoa at the weather-delayed LPGA Tour Championship.
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Lorena Ochoa
Hurst has extracurriculars in order in rookie LPGA season
Cranking up her thirst for adventure and tapping into her inner GPS this year during her LPGA tour rookie season, Vicky Hurst ...
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Westwood lunges to two-shot edge in Dubai
Lee Westwood shot a 3-under 69 Friday to take a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Dubai World Championship, increasing ...
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Lee Westwood
Wie withdraws from season finale because of ankle injury
Michelle Wie, who broke through with her first professional victory a week ago at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational, withdrew from ...
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Michelle Wie
Lorena Ochoa
Ochoa grabs first-round lead at LPGA Tour Championship
World No. 1 Lorena Ochoa took a giant step toward winning her fourth consecutive Player of the Year award Thursday with a 6-under-par ...
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Lorena Ochoa
Allenby shoots 7-under 65 for 1-shot lead in Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Robert Allenby shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday for a one-shot lead after the first round of the ...
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Robert Allenby
Rookie Shin in driver's seat for LPGA Player of the Year
It's not that Jiyai Shin is greedy. But this week at the LPGA Tour Championship, beginning Thursday at the Houstonian Golf ...
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LPGA announces 2010 schedule; 13 events are in USA
The LPGA tour will open its 2010 season at the Honda PTT LPGA Thailand on Feb. 18, the first of 23 events under contract, the ...
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Norman says golf prize money will keep decreasing
Two-time British Open champion Greg Norman predicts that the prize money in golf will continue to decrease because of the recession.
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Greg Norman
LPGA schedule shrinks for 2010: 23 tournaments on tap
The LPGA tour will have 24 tournaments on the 2010 schedule down from 27 this year and 34 in 2008.
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Players optimistic about the future of the LPGA
When Marty Evans was named acting commissioner of the LPGA tour in July following a players revolt that ousted Carolyn Bivens, ...
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Giving new definition to being on tour
Tiger Woods first made his move in the Australian Masters in the middle of the opening round, getting his name on the leaderboard ...
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Tiger Woods
US Magistrate denies restraining order to block Baron's doping ban
A U.S. magistrate on Monday denied a temporary restraining order sought by a golfer trying to block a one-year doping ban by ...
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ShopRite Classic returns to LPGA after 3-year absence
After losing at least seven tournaments since 2007, the LPGA is renewing an old acquaintance. The ShopRite Classic is returning ...
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First LPGA victory gives Wie a big shot of confidence
Michelle Wie will arrive at this week's LPGA Tour Championship at the Houstonian Golf and Country Club today as the tour's newly ...
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Michelle Wie
Wie holds off star-studded field to claim first LPGA win
Michelle Wie captured her first LPGA victory, shooting a 3-under 69 Sunday to win the Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Guadalajara, ...
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Michelle Wie
Lorena Ochoa
Ames wins playoff to claim victory at Disney
Stephen Ames has won his second title in three years at the Children's Miracle Network Classic, edging George McNeill and Justin ...
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Stephen Ames
Tiger puts on a show Down Under, wins Australian Masters
Tiger Woods has won the Australian Masters for his seventh victory of the year, closing with a 4-under 68 for a victory that ...
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Tiger Woods
Wie, Kerr share third-round lead at Lorena Ochoa Invitational
Michelle Wie moved into position for her first LPGA Tour victory, shooting a 2-under 70 on Saturday in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational ...
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Lorena Ochoa
Michelle Wie
Wie, Kerr share lead after three rounds at Lorena Ochoa Invitational
Michelle Wie moved into position for her first LPGA Tour victory, shooting a 2-under 70 on Saturday in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational ...
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Lorena Ochoa
Michelle Wie
McNeill rallies, then fades into four-way logjam at Disney event
George McNeill closed with a double-bogey Saturday and will share the lead with three others entering the final round of the ...
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Tiger slips into three-way tie atop Australian Masters
Tiger Woods couldn't get anything straight Saturday in the Australian Masters. About the only thing that gave him hope after ...
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Tiger Woods
Korea's Shin shoots 66 to take Lorena Ochoa Invitational lead
Jiyai Shin took a big step toward adding the LPGA Tour player of the year award to her top rookie trophy, shooting a 6-under ...
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Lorena Ochoa
Former No. 1 golfer Duval likely losing U.S. PGA Tour card
Former world No. 1 David Duval is likely to lose his U.S. PGA Tour card next year after missing the cut at the Children's Miracle ...
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Leonard leaps into two-shot lead at Disney with round of 64
Justin Leonard has shot an 8-under 64 in the second round of the Children's Miracle Network Classic to surge to the top of the ...
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Attorney: Barron files suit to halt PGA suspension
The first golfer to be suspended by the PGA for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance is asking a federal court ...
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Tiger takes cautious approach, leads Aussie Masters by three
Tiger Woods, best known for taming some of the longest courses on the U.S. PGA Tour, is enjoying the intricacies of the relatively ...
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Tiger Woods
Rose tops Disney leaderboard, but Fowler steals the show
Justin Rose has been traveling around the planet this year to play European and PGA Tour events and gain as many world ranking ...
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Justin Rose
Song-Hee Kim fires 65, grabs lead at Ochoa Invitational
Song-Hee Kim has shot a 7-under 65 to take the first-round lead at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational, holding a two-stroke lead over ...
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Lorena Ochoa
Song-Hee Kim leads Ochoa event with 65
Song-Hee Kim has shot a 7-under 65 to take the first-round lead at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational, holding a two-stroke lead over ...
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Lorena Ochoa
Rose overtakes Fowler to take lead at Disney
Justin Rose shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday to take the lead in the Children's Miracle Network Classic.
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Justin Rose
Woods shares first-round lead at Australian Masters
Tiger Woods lived up to eight months of anticipation in Australia by running off three straight birdies late in his round of ...
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Tiger Woods
Australia
Tiger opens with a 66 in first round of Australian Masters
Tiger Woods lived up to eight months of anticipation in Australia by running off three straight birdies late in his round of ...
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Tiger Woods
Australia
Anthony Kim beats Sean O'Hair in playoff, wins Kiwi Challenge
Anthony Kim has won the Kiwi Challenge golf tournament despite making a bogey in a playoff, beating fellow American Sean O'Hair ...
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Sean O'Hair
Woods hopes to make short work at Kingston Heath
Thousands of fans created a steady stream of traffic Wednesday across the 10th fairway at Kingston Heath, then turned and moved ...
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Tiger Woods
Tour cards at stake in Fall Series finale at Disney
The thought of spending another year writing letters, making phone calls and doing just about anything possible to get a sponsor's ...
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Ochoa's hold on player of the year honors in jeopardy
This week's tournament is named for her. She is entrenched at the top of the women's world golf rankings. But Lorena Ochoa's ...
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Lorena Ochoa
Scott mulls choosing between PGA Tour, European Tour
Adam Scott will consider giving up his European Tour membership next year if players are forced to play designated events.
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Adam Scott
McIlroy says he plans to play on PGA Tour next season
Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy has decided to join the PGA Tour next year with hopes of moving up in the world rankings.
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Rory McIlroy
Kerr, Petterson, Gulbis lead LPGA to 3-Tour Challenge win
Cristie Kerr shot a 4-under-par 32 on the back nine to lead the LPGA tour team to victory in the Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge on ...
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What does Finchem's appearance in China mean?
Six months after the PGA Tour officially got involved in the HSBC Champions, commissioner Tim Finchem was front and center at ...
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China
Streelman eyes $1 million jackpot in Fall Series finale
Kevin Streelman whose biggest claim to fame before this week was grabbing the first-round lead of the 2008 U.S. Open won by ...
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Faldo receives knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II
Nick Faldo has been knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for a career in which he won six majors and captained Europe's Ryder Cup team.
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Nick Faldo
Huge crowd watches Woods practice at Australian Masters
Thousands of fans lined fairways and TV network helicopters circled overhead as Tiger Woods played his first round of golf in ...
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Tiger Woods
Ryder Cup organizers warn of ticket scams
The organizers of next year's Ryder Cup are warning golf fans that unauthorized dealers are selling overprice tickets which may ...
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South Korea's Song wins Mizuno Classic by three strokes
South Korea's Bo Bae Song won the Mizuno Classic for her first LPGA Tour title, closing with a 4-under 68 on Sunday for a three-stroke ...
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South Korea
Mickelson fends off Els to win in China; Woods slumps
Phil Mickelson staged a late rally to win the HSBC Champions by one stroke over South Africa's Ernie Els on Sunday.
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Phil Mickelson
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Ernie Els
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Tiger Woods
South Korea's Song wins Mizuno Classic by three strokes
South Korea's Bo Bae Song won the Mizuno Classic for her first LPGA Tour title, closing with a 4-under 68 on Sunday for a three-stroke ...
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South Korea
Mickelson passes Tiger, grabs two-stroke edge in China
A round of 67 saw Phil Mickelson move up from a two-shot deficit against Tiger Woods to a two-shot lead after 54 holes of the ...
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Tiger Woods
Phil Mickelson
China
Tiger surges into a share of the lead at HSBC
Tiger Woods realized that no one was pulling away at the HSBC Champions on Friday, so he settled into a good groove with the ...
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