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Golf begins new year with events to keep eagle eye on

KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) ― Predictions are a dangerous business, especially in golf. How many could have guessed that Tiger Woods, No. 1 in the world and coming off a five-win season, would play in only...

Jan 8, 2015
Golf
Bae Sang-moon to take legal action after being denied visa extension

Korean PGA Tour golfer Bae Sang-moon will take legal action after the government here denied him an extension of his overseas travel and forced him to face conscription, his family said Thursday. Si...

Jan 8, 2015
Golf
Masters races to keep field under 100

Here’s a new tradition unlike any other ― the race to see if the Masters can keep its field under 100 players by April. For the fourth time in the last five years, at least 90 players already have q...

Dec 25, 2014
Golf
Rory McIlroy European Tour golfer of year

VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) ― Rory McIlroy has been chosen as the European Tour player of the year, capping a season in which he won two majors, the Ryder Cup and topped the money lists in Europe an...

Dec 17, 2014
Golf
As retirement looms, LPGA icon Pak Se-ri eyes coaching

As she prepares to wrap up a trailblazing career on the LPGA Tour that inspired a new generation of golfers, South Korean veteran Pak Se-ri said Monday she’d like to coach her native country at the 2...

Dec 16, 2014
Golf
Chalmers wins Australian PGA

Greg Chalmers poses with the winner’s trophy on Sunday. (AFP-Yonhap) GOLD COAST, Australia (AP) ― Greg Chalmers made par on the seventh hole of a playoff while Adam Scott three-putted for bogey to g...

Dec 14, 2014
Golf
Day, Tringale take lead in Franklin Templeton Shootout

NAPLES, Florida (AP) ― Jason Day and Cameron Tringale shot a 17-under 55 on Thursday in the first-round scramble to take a two-stroke lead in the Franklin Templeton Shootout. “The abridged version i...

Dec 12, 2014
Golf
China’s Feng leads in Dubai despite illness

DUBAI (AFP) ― China’s Feng Shanshan, the highest ranked player in the field at world No. 5, overcame a mystery illness to master the tough afternoon conditions and join Sweden’s Carin Koch on top of ...

Dec 11, 2014
Golf
Four Koreans earn full LPGA privileges

Four South Korean golfers have earned full-time status on the LPGA Tour for next season. At the LPGA Qualifying Tournament held at the LPGA International course in Daytona Beach, Florida, Korean LPG...

Dec 8, 2014
Golf
Tiger fizzles in return, in last after 77

Former No. 1 in his first competition in 4 months

Dec 5, 2014
Golf
Woods returns with an eye to the past

WINDERMERE, Florida (AP) ― Tiger Woods is making his latest comeback in golf with an eye to the past. Equipped with a new teacher and a stronger body, Woods said Tuesday he is working on a swing tha...

Dec 3, 2014
Golf
Kim Hyo-joo to focus on improving short game

Kim Hyo-joo, South Korea’s budding golf star, on Tuesday signed a lucrative five-year contract extension with her main corporate sponsor, Lotte Group. The conglomerate will pay her 1.3 billion won (...

Dec 2, 2014
Golf
LPGA major champ Kim Hyo-joo signs lucrative sponsorship extension

South Korea's teenage golf sensation Kim Hyo-joo has signed a lucrative extension with her main corporate sponsor, Lotte Group, the conglomerate announced Tuesday. Lotte Group said it has re-signed ...

Dec 2, 2014
Golf
Spieth wins Aussie Open

Jordan Spieth poses with the winner’s trophy on Sunday. (AP-Yonhap) SYDNEY (AP) ― Jordan Spieth played the best round of his life to shoot an 8-under 63 on Sunday and win the Australian Open by six ...

Nov 30, 2014
Golf
High expectations

Lydia Ko out to top amazing season

Nov 25, 2014
Golf

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