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Rain cuts short round 2 at LPGA Tour Championship
RICHMOND, Texas (AP) -- Sophie Gustafson has moved within two shots of leader Lorena Ochoa at the weather-delayed LPGA Tour Championship.
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Westwood shoots 69 for 2-shot lead in Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Lee Westwood has shot a 3-under 69 Friday to take a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Dubai World Championship, increasing his chance of winning the European money title.
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Course of Style: Riding Out The Storms
With the golf business slip-sliding its way through a recession, a company with the name FreeFall might sound entirely appropriate. Industries that depend on discretionary spending for their revenues (like golf) can go into free fall during times of ...
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Cook, Browne share Pebble Beach lead
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- Champions Tour players John Cook and Olin Browne shot 6-under 66s at Del Monte Golf Course on Thursday to share the first-round lead in the Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational.
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Sybase Classic off LPGA Tour schedule
CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) -- After failing to find a venue to replace Upper Montclair Country Club, the Sybase Classic has dropped off the LPGA Tour schedule for 2010.
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Wie withdraws because of ankle injury
RICHMOND, Texas (AP) -- Michelle Wie withdrew from the season-ending LPGA Tour Championship because of a sprained left ankle Thursday, a few hours after Lorena Ochoa shot a 6-under 66 in breezy conditions to take a one-shot lead over Reilley Rankin.
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Ochoa takes first-round lead at Tour Championship
RICHMOND, Texas (AP) -- Lorena Ochoa shot a 66 on Thursday and has a 1-shot lead over Reilley Rankin after the first round of the LPGA's season-ending Tour Championship.
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Pacific Coast Comeback Kings: Bodega Harbour and Half Moon Bay (Ocean)
Eons ago, I ventured to northern California to tackle two oceanside tracks that from their photos, looked spectacular. On the ground, it was a different story. Back then, neither Bodega Harbour nor Half Moon Bay's Ocean course came close to meeting my ...
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With a lawsuit still pending, Doug Barron's battle with the PGA Tour continues
Doug Barron and his legal team are mulling their options and talking to more doctors and lawyers in the wake of Monday's legal setback.
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Allenby shoots 7-under 65 for 1-shot lead in Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Robert Allenby of Australia shot a 7-under 65 Thursday for a one-shot lead after the first round of the Dubai World Championship, while Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy vied for the European Tour money title.
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Rory McIlroy
Armour seeking 3rd straight Pebble Beach title
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- Tommy Armour III will seek his third straight Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational title against a diverse field from the four major professional tours beginning Thursday.
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Shin, Ochoa trying to wrap up LPGA Player of Year
RICHMOND, Texas (AP) -- Jiyai Shin can become the first rookie in more than three decades to win the Player of the Year award with a strong performance at the LPGA Tour Championship, which begins Thursday just outside of Houston.
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Lorena Ochoa
McIlroy trying to become youngest European Tour money winner
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Rory McIlroy is trying to become the youngest player to finish at the top of the European Tour money list in 30 years.
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Rory McIlroy
Norman: Prize money will keep decreasing
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Two-time British Open champion Greg Norman predicts prize money in golf will continue to decrease because of the recession.
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Greg Norman
PGA Tour considering China for 2019 Presidents Cup
(AP) -- PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem said the tour has agreed to look into the possibility of staging the Presidents Cup in China in 2019, which he said might be enough time for China to set a goal of having a player capable of competing in the ...
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Giving new definition to being on tour
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Tiger Woods first made his move in the Australian Masters in the middle of the opening round, getting his name on the leaderboard next to a player named "Jordan" that even some of the local fans did not recognize.
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Bag of the Day Directory
Every weekday, as the clock ticks down to January 7, 2010, the day the new PGA Tour season begins, GOLF.com will be here to provide you with you pro equipment fix.
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No. 1 Ochoa looking to marriage, family, golf
GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) -- Lorena Ochoa is having one of the best years of her life, and it has nothing to do with being ranked No. 1 in golf.
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Giving new definition to being on tour
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Tiger Woods first made his move in the Australian Masters in the middle of the opening round, getting his name on the leaderboard next to a player named "Jordan" that even some of the local fans did not recognize.
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Tiger Woods
Barron faces uncertain future after being denied chance to play Q school
HOUSTON -- Monday was a dog of a day for Doug Barron, a 40-year-old golf pro from Memphis who has a Scooby-Doo headcover on his driver and, since Nov. 2, a disputed one-year drug suspension hanging over his head.
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2010 starts (or stops) here
The gravy train stops here. The Children's Miracle Network Classic -- or the Disney, as Tour players have always called it because the tournament is played on the Magnolia and Palm courses at Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. -- is the last ...
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As golf gets squeezed by the economy, goingbrown could save some green
Even before tuning into the tawny naturalism of Melbourne's Kingston Heath last week, I'd seen golf's future--and it isn't green. Color me intrigued. Credit Scott Anderson.
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ShopRite Classic returning after 3-year absence
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- The ShopRite LPGA Classic is back in business.
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Stephen Ames wins in playoff at Disney
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) -- Stephen Ames was munching on sliders and drinking a few beers at his coach's house Saturday night when he realized that he needed all the help he could get to make his final round of the year a special one.
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Stephen Ames
5-time champ Watson gets British Open exemption
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) -- Tom Watson's place in the next five British Opens is safe after the Royal & Ancient's decision to change one of its exemption rules.
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Tom Watson
Michelle Wie's first LPGA Tour win at Lorena Ochoa Invitational
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Michelle Wie
Lorena Ochoa
PGA Tour Confidential: Michelle Wie's First Win
Every week of the 2009 PGA Tour season, the editorial staff of the SI Golf Group has conducted an e-mail roundtable on Sunday night. You can find the rest of the series here
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Tiger puts on a show to win Down Under
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Tiger Woods gave record crowds at Kingston Heath what they wanted to see - exquisite shots and a closing round of 4-under 68 to win the Australian Masters on Sunday for his seventh victory of the year.
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Michelle Wie wins Lorena Ochoa Invitational
The Michelle Wie era has, at long last, begun. After years of injury and controversy, too much hype and money and not enough birdies, Wie won her first pro tournament Sunday afternoon at the LPGA's Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Guadalajara, Mexico. ...
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Paula Creamer
France's Bourdy wins Hong Kong Open
HONG KONG (AP) -- France's Gregory Bourdy has survived a late challenge from Rory McIlroy to win the Hong Kong Open by two strokes and secure a berth at the European Tour's year-end championship in Dubai.
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Rory McIlroy
McNeill shares lead with 3 at Disney Classic
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) -- George McNeill closed with a double-bogey Saturday and will share the lead with three others entering the final round of the Children's Miracle Network Classic.
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Bourdy takes 2-stroke lead at Hong Kong Open
HONG KONG (AP) -- Gregory Bourdy of France shot a bogey-free 7-under 63 on Saturday to take the lead heading into the final round of the $2.5 million Hong Kong Open.
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Paul Casey out of Dubai as rib injury returns
LONDON (AP) -- Paul Casey has pulled out of next week's season-ending Dubai World Championship with a rib injury and will miss out on finishing at the top of the European Tour money list.
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Paul Casey
The Chase at the PGA Golf Club Coyote Springs: A Jack Nicklaus design in the middle of a city on hold
COYOTE SPRINGS, Nev. -- Ignore this dateline. There is no Coyote Springs, Nev. Not yet, anyway.
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Jack Nicklaus
Premier Resort Close-up: Reunion Resort
The Ginn is gone, but the greatness remains at Reunion Resort. Winner of Silver Medal status in our 2008-09 Premier Resorts Awards, Reunion's rise came under visionary developer Bobby Ginn. Ginn has now departed, but the suburban Orlando resort hasn't ...
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Tom Watson
Arnold Palmer
Jack Nicklaus
Maui: Winter golf doesn't get any better. Book it, Danno!
Forget about Haleakala, the dormant volcano that climbs 10,000 feet above Maui -- the most dominant feature of this island is the great golf. Maui boasts more than a dozen big-time courses, and the island is surprisingly top-heavy with pro tournament ...
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Miyase leads at rainy Taiheiyo Masters in Japan
GOTEMBA, Japan (AP) -- Hirofumi Miyase shot a 5-under 67 Saturday to take a one-stroke clubhouse lead before darkness suspended the rainy third round at the Taiheiyo Masters.
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Japan
Tiger falls into a share of the lead
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- The tee shot sailed to the right and onto a sandy path. His driver bounced left and into the gallery.
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Australia
Tiger Woods
Imano leads Taiheiyo Masters
GOTEMBA, Japan (AP) -- Yasuharu Imano shot a 7-under 65 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Taiheiyo Masters.
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Four players tied for lead at Hong Kong Open
HONG KONG (AP) -- Liang Wenchong shot a bogey-free 5-under 65 Friday to move into a four-way tie for the lead after the second round of the Hong Kong Open.
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Kevin Streelman wins $1 million Kodak Challenge bonus
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Johnny Damon swung. The ball went back, back, back and -- yesss! -- into the left bleachers.
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