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Travelers No. 15 picked as challenge hole

4 hours 12 min ago
The PGA Tour has chosen the par-4 15th hole at the Travelers Championship to be one of 24 holes in its new Kodak Challenge.

Sorenstam's LPGA career about to end with cut

4 hours 43 min ago
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Sorenstam’s storied LPGA career ends

4 hours 43 min ago
The 72-time tour winner shot a 3-over par 75 on Friday at the ADT Championship, leaving her 5 over through two rounds of the LPGA’s season-ending event. Only 16 players advanced to the third round in the 32-woman event, and Sorenstam finished two shots out of that mix.

HK teen youngest to make cut in European Tour

12 hours 40 min ago
A Hong Kong teenager became the youngest player to ever make the cut at an European Tour event on Friday, breaking the record set by current world No. 2 Sergio Garcia.

Oosthuizen shares 4-way lead at Hong Kong Open

13 hours 58 sec ago
Louis Oosthuizen shot an 8-under 62 — one shy of the course record — to claim a share of the lead with English pair Oliver Wilson and Oliver Fisher and Thailand's Chawalit Plaphol after Friday's second round at the $2.5 million Hong Kong Open.

Japan's Kondo takes 1-shot lead at Dunlop Phoenix

15 hours 24 min ago
Tomohiro Kondo fired a 2-under 69 Friday to grab a one-stroke lead at the Dunlop Phoenix.

UM women's golf signs top Idaho player

Thu, 11/20/2008 - 22:19
A top prep golfer in Idaho, Olivia Weber, has signed a national letter of intent to join the women's golf program next year at the University of Montana.

Cook leads at Callaway Pebble Beach Invitational

Thu, 11/20/2008 - 21:47
John Cook shot a 10-under 62 on Thursday to take a three-stroke lead over Brad Martin after the first round of the Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational.

Hayes becomes latest to cry, 'What a stupid I am.'

Thu, 11/20/2008 - 20:06
p>The moment J.P. Hayes looked down at the golf ball on the floor in his hotel room, he knew there were only two options. Keep his mouth shut and his chances of playing full-time on the PGA Tour next season alive. Or pick up the phone and disqualify himself.

Pro's dream pays big dividends with 2010 Senior PGA in Parker

Thu, 11/20/2008 - 19:10
It was freezing cold a few years back when Mike McGetrick tagged along with Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore while the two golf course architects first surveyed the open meadows and wooded hillsides on 1,700 acres just south of downtown Parker.

Sorenstam has some work to do at ADT Championship

Thu, 11/20/2008 - 16:15
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Aussie Sheehan takes early lead at Dunlop Phoenix

Thu, 11/20/2008 - 03:58
Australian Paul Sheehan shot a 4-under 67 on Thursday to take the first-round lead at the Dunlop Phoenix.

Daly chasing Liang, Sterne at Hong Kong Open

Thu, 11/20/2008 - 01:56
John Daly put himself within four strokes of joint leaders Liang Wenchong of China and South African Richard Sterne, who both shot a 6-under 64 in the first round of the $2.5 million Hong Kong Open on Thursday.

Morse leads Champions Tour Q-school

Wed, 11/19/2008 - 19:20
John Morse shot a 2-over 74 on Thursday at TPC Eagle Trace to take a one-stroke lead over Robert Thompson after the third round of the Champions Tour qualifying tournament.

Sorenstam set for LPGA farewell this weekend

Wed, 11/19/2008 - 17:22
Annika Sorenstam typically asks for no more than 10 tournament passes in a normal week, enough to accommodate close friends and family.

Arizona keeps LPGA event despite loss of sponsor

Wed, 11/19/2008 - 17:12
Arizona will remain on the LPGA schedule next year even though its tournament lost Safeway as its title sponsor.

Armour to defend title at Pebble Beach

Wed, 11/19/2008 - 14:25
Defending champion Tommy Armour III, 2008 U.S. Open runner-up Rocco Mediate and winners of four PGA Tour tournaments this year lead the field for the 37th annual Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational.

Travelers Championship raised $760,000 for charity

Wed, 11/19/2008 - 10:44
Officials of the Travelers Championship golf tournament in Connecticut say this year's event raised $760,000 for charity.

LPGA offers 31 tourneys in '09, down from 34

Wed, 11/19/2008 - 08:58
The LPGA Tour has become the latest pro sports organization to feel the crunch of the global economic downturn.

Appleton native disqualifies himself

Wed, 11/19/2008 - 08:44
Appleton native J.P. Hayes disqualified himself from the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament for inadvertently using a golf ball that isn't on the list approved for competition.