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Weather delaying LPGA

Associated Press — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:08 CST

RICHMOND, Texas — More rain on already saturated grounds at The Houstonian Country Club washed out play at the LPGA Tour Championship on Saturday, forcing tour officials to cut the season-ending event to 54 holes.

More than 1.4 inches of rain fell on the course from Friday morning until the decision was made to call off play Saturday at 1:30 p.m.

Play is expected to resume at 8 a.m. today to complete the second round. A cut will be made to the low 70 scores and ties, and a third round and final round will be played starting at 7 a.m. on Monday.

Wie guts out long-awaited LPGA win

Associated Press — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:06 CST

Michelle Wie won her first LPGA Tour title, fulfilling the promise of a decade with a 3-under 69 Sunday for a two-stroke victory over Paula Creamer in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational at Guadalajara, Mexico.

Wie finished off the victory in style, hitting a greenside bunker shot to 6 inches on the 18th hole and then tapping in for a birdie.

The 20-year-old Wie raised both arms in the air — her putter in her right hand — and then put her hand over her mouth. After pulling the ball out of the hole, she turned to the gallery, looked to the sky and let out a large sigh of relief.

Wie on brink of first LPGA win

STEPHEN WADE — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:06 CST

GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Michelle Wie moved into position for her first LPGA Tour victory, shooting a 2-under 70 on Saturday in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational for a share of the third-round lead with Cristie Kerr.

"I'm really excited for tomorrow," Wie said. "Hopefully, I can go out and win.

"I think I'm just going to play the same way I've always played and go out there and try my hardest and try not to make any expectations of myself. Just go out there like it's another day and try to play as hard as I can and try not to make any bogeys."

Golf

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:04 CST

Hole in One

Consolver

Dale Greenlee, No. 8 (167 yards), driver. Witness: Jim Mullikin.

Golf

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:03 CST

Hole in One

Willowbend

Dave Dolinar, No. 4 (160 yds.), 7-iron. Witnesses: Randy Giggy, Roger Fleming.

Woods shares lead in China

DOUG FERGUSON — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:07 CST

SHANGHAI — The gallery kept growing until it stretched along all 603 yards of the eighth hole at Sheshan International. It took a little longer before Tiger Woods gave them what they came to see Friday in the HSBC Champions.

Losing patience with each missed putt, Woods finally knocked in a 10-foot birdie on the ninth hole and was on his way.

With five birdies over the final 10 holes, he pieced together another 5-under 67 and surged into a share of the 36-hole lead with Nick Watney in a World Golf Championship that had a distinctive American flavor. Seven of the top nine players on the leaderboard are from the United States.

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:07 CST

Hole in One

Sim

Rod Klausmeyer, No. 15 (161 yds.) 5-wood. Witnesses: Tom Maynor and Mike Phipps.

Fisher outduels Kim in Spain

Associated Press — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:02 CST

England's Ross Fisher beat Anthony Kim 4 and 3 on Sunday in the final of the World Match Play Championship at Finca Cortesin in Casares, Spain.

Fisher eagled the 22nd hole and birdied the next to take a 3-up lead. Kim won the next hole, but the American missed short putts at the next two, then squandering several chances to win holes down the stretch.

Fisher, who beat Masters champion Angel Cabrera in the semifinals, won for the first time this season on the European tour. He earned $1.1 million to move to third on the Race to Dubai money list. Kim earned $666,000.

Late slide almost sinks Matteson

Associated Press — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:06 CDT

Recovering from a late collapse, Troy Matteson birdied the second playoff hole to beat Jamie Lovemark and Rickie Fowler in the Frys.com Open on Sunday at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Matteson bogeyed the final two holes of regulation to fall into the playoff with Lovemark and Fowler, who are both seeking PGA Tour cards.

Following consecutive 61s on Friday and Saturday, Matteson closed with a 68 to match Fowler and Lovemark, who had 64s, at 18 under.

Matteson burning up course in Scottsdale

Associated Press — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:06 CDT

Troy Matteson had never shot a 61 until this week. Now he's done it twice in a row to set a PGA Tour record.

His second straight 9-under round at the Frys.com Open on Saturday gave him a three-shot lead at 16-under 194 heading into the final round at Scottsdale, Ariz.

Matteson's 122 score in consecutive rounds broke the tour record of 123 set this year by Steve Stricker in the third and fourth rounds of the Bob Hope Classic.

Laird outduels McNeill in playoff

Associated Press — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:05 CDT

Scotland's Martin Laird won the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title, beating George McNeill with a birdie on the third hole of a playoff in Las Vegas.

Laird closed with a 3-under 68 to match McNeill (67) and former UNLV player Chad Campbell (69) at 19-under 265. Campbell was eliminated on the second extra hole.

The 26-year-old Laird, a former Colorado State player, earned $756,000 and a two-your tour exemption for the breakthrough victory at TPC Summerlin in his 53rd tour star. He jumped from 134th to 62nd on the money list with $1,271,254.

Campell bounces back to tie for lead

Associated Press — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:05 CDT

Chad Campbell made a double bogey on the par-5 16th, then birdied the 18th for a 4-under 67 and a share of the third-round lead with Scott Piercy on Saturday in the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open at Las Vegas.

Piercy — a Las Vegas native whose wife, Sara, delivered son Jett on Thursday night — had a 65 to match Campbell, a former UNLV player, at 17-under 196 at TPC Summerlin.

Martin Laird (67) was a stroke back, and 2007 winner George McNeill (63), Jason Bohn (65), Jeff Klauk (66) and Bob Heintz (68) followed at 15 under.

Golf

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:05 CDT

Hole in One

Sim Park

Ralph Powers, No. 13 (132 yards), 8-iron. Witnesses: Robert J. Waner, Earl Weller.

Woods makes history at President's Cup

DOUG FERGUSON — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:16 CDT

SAN FRANCISCO — Tiger Woods provided a fitting conclusion Sunday to a perfect week at the Presidents Cup, for him and an American team that remains perfect at home.

With a flop shot out of the trees to set up one last birdie, Woods won the point that clinched the cup and made him only the third player in the Presidents Cup to win all five matches.

His 6-and-5 victory over Y.E. Yang was a tiny token of revenge for Woods blowing a final-round lead to him in the PGA Championship this summer. Even so, it was the first time in either the Presidents Cup or Ryder Cup that Woods earned the decisive point.

U.S. making its points

DOUG FERGUSON — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:07 CDT

SAN FRANCISCO — Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker were perfect as Presidents Cup partners, and they got enough help from everyone else Saturday to put the Americans in position to stay perfect on home soil.

With an improbable rally by Woods in the morning and pure putting by Stricker in the afternoon, they became the first partnership in the Presidents Cup — and the first in 30 years of any team competition — to go 4-0.

Phil Mickelson had a chance to join them with an undefeated record using different partners. Mickelson and Sean O'Hair, who won their match handily in the morning, each had a birdie putt inside 15 feet on the final hole for the win, but had to settle for a halve.

Woods, Stricker lead way in SF

DOUG FERGUSON — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:07 CDT

SAN FRANCISCO — Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker were dominant in a different format at the President's Cup, winning so handily that they were the last match to tee off and among the first to finish. Phil Mickelson had a different partner and got the same result, closing out his match before reaching the 17th tee.

The Americans were ahead in five of six matches at some point on the back nine, but the fourball sessions wound up in a draw, with the teams splitting the six matches. The American lead remained one point, 6 1/2-5 1/2.

"We watched the board a little bit and we knew all the of matches were within or two, except for a couple of them, so we knew if we could turn it around... there's still a lot of golf to play," said the International team's Mike Weir.

U.S. takes lead at President's Cup

Associated Press — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:08 CDT

The United States took a 3 1/2-2 1/2 lead over the International team in the Presidents Cup, a good start Thursday that was tempered only in the final match when Justin Leonard missed a 3-foot putt that led to a tie in San Francisco.

Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker were dominant from the start, playing bogey-free Thursday in the difficult alternate-shot format for a 6-and-4 victory over Geoff Ogilvy and 18-year-old Ryo Ishikawa. Phil Mickelson and Anthony Kim came to life late, closing with four straight birdies for a 3-and-2 victory over Mike Weir and Tim Clark.

The momentum switched to American red on the scoreboard late on the cloudy, cool afternoon at Harding Park. The final push figured to come from Leonard and Jim Furyk, who surged ahead of Retief Goosen and Y.E. Yang, 2-up with two holes to play.

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:04 CDT

KGA Mid-Amateur

Team Championship

At Terradyne

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:06 CDT

College Men

Swede Fall Invitational

Team Results

Watson shoots 64, builds senior lead

Associated Press — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:06 CDT

Tom Watson is feeling good and likes his golf game these days.

The 60-year-old Watson celebrated his one-year anniversary from successful left hip surgery by shooting a 6-under 64 and building a four-stroke lead Saturday at the Senior Players Championship in Timonium, Md.

Watson, bidding to become the oldest major winner on the Champions Tour, attacked the Baltimore Country Club course and put together a bogey-free round — he's made only one during the tournament — with six birdies to finish at 12-under 198 and four shots clear of Loren Roberts (65), John Cook (65) and Mark Wiebe (66).