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Shin takes 5-shot lead at British Open
HOYLAKE, England (AP) ― Shin Ji-yai opened a five-stroke lead in the Women’s British Open, shooting an 8-under 64 on Saturday in the wind-delayed second round.Coming off a playoff victory Monday in the Kingsmill Championship, the 24-year-old South Korean player had a 9-under 135 total at Royal Liverpool.The nine-time LPGA Tour winner hit all 18 greens in regulation and needed only 28 putts. The 64 is the lowest round in competition at Royal Liverpool, breaking the mark of 65 set by four players
Sept. 16, 2012
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Stars set sights on final major
Fifteen-year-old amateur sensation Lydia Ko paired with Thompson and OheHOYLAKE, England (AP) ― Paula Creamer took one look at the wind and rain battering the Royal Liverpool links and liked what she saw.Creamer will play alongside defending champion Yani Tseng of Taiwan and Ai Miyazato of Japan for the first two rounds of the Women’s British Open, the season’s fourth and final major starting Thursday at Hoylake.“This course sets up incredibly well for me,” Creamer said. “I hope it stays this wi
Sept. 13, 2012
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Shin rejoins top-10 ranking
South Korean golfer Shin Ji-yai, coming off a dramatic playoff victory on the LPGA Tour this week, has rejoined the top 10 in women’s world golf rankings.Shin jumped three spots to reach No. 10 on the latest world rankings released Tuesday. She began the 2012 season as the No. 7-ranked player, but dropped out of the top 10 last month while battling back and hand injuries.Shin was ranked No. 1 during the 2010 LPGA Tour season.The 24-year-old picked up her first LPGA win in almost two years Monday
Sept. 11, 2012
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Shin Ji-yai wins on LPGA Tour in playoff
South Korean Shin Ji-yai defeated American Paula Creamer in a record playoff battle on Monday for her first LPGA Tour win in nearly two years.At the Kingsmill Championship on the River Course of Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, Virginia, Shin parred the ninth playoff hole to edge Creamer, who three-putted for bogey.The playoff was the longest between two players in LPGA Tour history, breaking the
Sept. 10, 2012
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Cream of the crop
Rory McIlroy takes 2nd FedEx event in row at BMWCARMEL, Indiana (AP) ― Rory McIlroy faced the strongest collection of contenders at any golf tournament this year Sunday at the BMW Championship.It was no contest.Even more disconcerting for everyone else, Boy Wonder was expecting to win all along.McIlroy fine-tuned his swing and missed only one fairway at soggy Crooked Stick, powering his way to a 5-under 67 to win his second straight FedEx Cup playoff event. They followed a record win at the PGA
Sept. 10, 2012
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Creamer takes lead at Kingsmill
Shin Ji-yai sits 2 shots behind the leaderWILLIAMSBURG, Virginia (AP) ― Paula Creamer moved into position to end a two-year victory drought, shooting a 6-under 65 on Saturday to take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the Kingsmill Championship.The nine-time LPGA Tour winner chipped in for birdie on the par-4 13th in her bogey-free round on Kingsmill’s River Course. She had a 16-under 197 total, the lowest 54-hole score in the history of the event.“I haven’t won in two years. That feels l
Sept. 9, 2012
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Quick start at Kingsmill
WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia (AP) ― Shin Ji-yai was in the middle of a solid round when a rain delay halted play at the LPGA Tour’s Kingsmill Championship for 2 hours.Facing a tough chip shot when she returned to the course, Shin spent the break worrying about how to handle it.When she got the chance, she showed that she shouldn’t have worried at all.“I left with a tough chip shot, like 20 yards to the hole,” Shin said after shooting a tournament-record 9-under 62 in Thursday’s first round. “I’m reall
Sept. 7, 2012
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Ramsay wins European Masters
Richie Ramsay of Scotland captured the biggest title of his professional career Sunday, shooting a 5-under 66 to win the European Masters by 4 strokes.He was never challenged after the turn and finished on 16-under 267. Four players were tied for second place.Ramsay earned 350,000 euros ($440,000) prize money for his second European Tour victory, following the South African Open title in 2009. The 29-year-old Scot, who won the 2006 United States Amateur Championship, is set to move up the world
Sept. 3, 2012
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Oosthuizen races out to big lead in Boston
NORTON, Massachusetts (AP) ―Louis Oosthuizen knows what it’s like to hit every shot right where he’s aiming and to stand over every putt believing it will go in. He once shot a 57 on his home course at Mossel Bay in South Africa, a number he wears on the left sleeve of his shirt.For about two hours Sunday in the Deutsche Bank Championship, that’s how it felt.Oosthuizen ran off seven straight birdies, a streak that began after he nearly three-putted from 5 feet. He shot 29 on the front nine of th
Sept. 3, 2012
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McIlroy shoots 65 to take lead
NORTON, Massachusetts (AP) ― Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods played together in the opening two rounds of the season in Abu Dhabi. They were together again for the opening two rounds at Bethpage Black for the start of the FedEx Cup playoffs. The idea is to get them together with a trophy on the line.Both took a step in that direction Saturday in the Deutsche Bank Championship.McIlroy went from one extreme to another on par 5s just 30 minutes apart ― a 4-iron into 10 feet for eagle on No. 18, a 5-wo
Sept. 2, 2012
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Ko highlights rise of Asia’s Tiger women
SINGAPORE (AFP) ― Untold hours of training and unstinting parental support put teenager Lydia Ko on top of female golf ― a formula followed time and again by Asia’s world-beating women.When New Zealand amateur Ko, who was born in South Korea, became the youngest ever U.S. LPGA winner aged 15 last week, it was the result of years of dawn-to-dusk practicing and a love of golf which started when she was five.Such dedication, which bore fruit with her remarkable three-stroke win at the prestigious C
Aug. 30, 2012
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Poulter, Colsaerts join Euro team
GLENEAGLES, Scotland (AP) ― European Ryder Cup captain Jose Maria Olazabal said Monday that picking Nicolas Colsaerts of Belgium ― along with England’s Ian Poulter ― as his wild-card selections is not a gamble.The 32-year-old Poulter will be competing in his fourth Ryder Cup since making his debut in 2004 while Colsaerts will be playing in his first and is the only rookie on Olazabal’s squad.“It is true Nicolas is going to be the only rookie on the team but we do have an experienced team,” said
Aug. 28, 2012
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First serve in the Big Apple
Sharapova, Federer, Murray bag first-round wins at U.S. OpenNEW YORK (AP) ― Maria Sharapova’s stomach ache turned out to be nothing more than that.That lopsided loss she suffered at the Olympics ― well, that may have only been a false alarm, as well.Playing her first match since a blowout loss to Serena Williams in London and a stomach virus forced her out of two tuneup tournaments, Sharapova returned to tennis in fine fashion Monday at the U.S. Open.The third-seeded Russian came back from a thr
Aug. 28, 2012
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[Newsmaker] Korean-born teen makes history on LPGA Tour
A South Korean-born New Zealand teenager has written what might be the best golf story of the year. Lydia Ko won the Canadian Women’s Open on Sunday to become the youngest player to ever win an LPGA Tour event.The 15-year-old golf sensation also became the fifth amateur champion of the event. She finished the 72 holes on 13-under-par 275 at the Vancouver Golf Club course to beat this year’s Evian Masters champion Park Inbee by 3 shots. After Ko wrapped up her historic round, the World Golf Hall
Aug. 27, 2012
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Grand Slam season wraps up
NEW YORK (AP) ― Champion at Wimbledon in both singles and doubles. Winner again at the All England Club in both events, four weeks later at the London Olympics.Nobody would blame Serena Williams if she felt worn down by this year’s jam-packed tennis calendar. She doesn’t see it that way, though ― even with the grind of the U.S. Open looming.“I look forward to this,” Williams said. “It’s almost as like a launching pad for what I want to do for the rest of the hard-court season.” In a way, yes, Mo
Aug. 27, 2012
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Koreans shine in Japan pro golf tours
Two Korean golfers, Kim Hyung-sung and Ahn Sun-ju, sent home good news from Japan, Sunday.Kim, 32, closed the fourth round of the Vana H Cup KBC Augusta with a 3-under 69 at Keya Golf Club on Sunday to clench his first Japan Tour title at 18-under 270. He was one shot better than second-place Akio Sadakata, who bogeyed 15 to fall out of a share of the lead with Kim.It was his first triumph on the Japan Golf Tour since his debut in 2009. He took home 22 million yen (317 million won) in prize mone
Aug. 27, 2012
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Watney rallies in FedEx opener
FARMINGDALE, New York (AP) ― Even after a year that didn’t come close to his expectations, Nick Watney wasn’t about to give up on his season.Amazing how one week changed his outlook in so many ways.He beat one of the strongest fields of the year at The Barclays, on the tough track of Bethpage Black. Winning the opening playoff event for the FedEx Cup guarantees him a good shot at the $10 million prize. And suddenly, playing in the Ryder Cup becomes a lot more realistic.That all came into play Su
Aug. 27, 2012
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S. Korean-born teenager becomes youngest LPGA winner
Lydia Ko holds up the trophy after winning the LPGA Tour`s Canadian Women`s Open golf tournament, Sunday. (AP-Yonhap News)South Korean-born teenager Lydia Ko became the youngest winner on the LPGA Tour Sunday in Canada.At the Vancouver Golf Club, Ko, who now resides in New Zealand, captured the CN Canadian Women's Open by three shots over South Korean Park In-bee.Ko, 15, shot a five-under 67 in th
Aug. 27, 2012
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Ko, 15, takes 1-stroke lead
Teen bids to become the youngest winner in LPGA Tour historyCOQUITLAM, British Columbia (AP) ― Lydia Ko took a one-stroke lead Saturday in the Canadian Women’s Open in her bid to become the youngest winner in LPGA Tour history, shooting an even-par 72.The 15-year-old South Korean-born New Zealander had an 8-under 208 total at The Vancouver Golf Club.“It’s good to stay at the top of the leaderboard, but my first goal was to make the cut and hopefully top 15 or something,” Ko said. “But to be up t
Aug. 26, 2012
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Harrington owns Barclays lead
FARMINGDALE, New York (AP) ― Padraig Harrington found a way to take some of the attention away from Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy on Thursday. He made six birdies on the tough back nine of Bethpage Black and opened the FedEx Cup playoffs with a 7-under 64 for a one-shot lead at The Barclays.And that surely got the attention of Ryder Cup captain Jose Maria Olazabal.Harrington has to rely on a captain’s pick to make his seventh straight European team, and that looks to be unlikely. Not only has the
Aug. 24, 2012