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Mickelson sees ‘birdie-fest’ at Masters
AUGUSTA, Georgia (AP) ― Get ready for a “birdie-fest” at Augusta National.Three-time Masters winner Phil Mickelson said the course he’s loved and respected for decades is not yet its fearsome, soul-destroying self ― and that has him worried.“It seems that some of the planning I have made may go by the wayside,” Mickelson said Tuesday. “As soft as the golf course is, you can fire at a lot of the pins.”That means a host of fearless, 20-somethings will whack away in the fairways with little concern
April 4, 2012
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Yoo bests Kim in playoff
RANCHO MIRAGE, California (AP) ― Yoo Sun-young won the Kraft Nabisco Championship with an 18-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole Sunday, earning her first major title after Kim In-kyung missed a 1-foot putt on the final hole of regulation.Yoo won the LPGA Tour’s first major of the season, but she got to make the traditional leap into Poppie’s Pond only after Kim’s mind-boggling miss on the same green minutes earlier.Yoo and Kim finished at 9 under, but Kim could have all but wrapped up he
April 2, 2012
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Yoo wins Kraft Nabisco after Kim heartbreaker
Sun Young Yoo birdied the first playoff hole to win the LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship on Sunday after I.K. Kim missed a one-foot putt for the win on the final hole of regulation. Yoo Sun-young (AFP-Yonhap News)Yoo was steady down the stretch in the first women's major championship of 2012, but it was only Kim's heartbreaking miss that made her playoff triumph possible.Both South Koreans carded f
April 2, 2012
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Oosthuizen leads Houston Open
HUMBLE, Texas (AP) ― Louis Oosthuizen shot his second straight 6-under 66 on Saturday to reach 17 under and take a two-shot lead over Hunter Mahan after the third round of the Houston Open.The 29-year-old South African shook off two early bogeys on a sunny, windy afternoon at Redstone. He reeled off four birdies in a row on the back nine to surge ahead.“It’s a great leaderboard behind me,” Oosthuizen said. “It’s going to be tough, but I feel like I’m ready for it.”Mahan had a 65, rebounding from
April 1, 2012
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Amy Yang ends Tseng’s run, leads Kraft
RANCHO MIRAGE, California (AP) ― Amy Yang shot a 6-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead over a revitalized Lindsey Wright in Thursday’s opening round of the Kraft Nabisco Championship.Yani Tseng was third at 68, ending the world’s top-ranked player’s streak of eight consecutive rounds with the lead. The five-time major champion has won two straight tournaments and three of five this season, while Yang and Wright have never won on the LPGA Tour.The 22-year-old Yang made five birdies in seven holes
March 30, 2012
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British bookies favor Tiger to win Masters
LONDON (AP) ― Tiger Woods is back to winning, and back to being the British bookies’ favorite to win the Masters.The 14-time major champion won his first PGA Tour tournament since 2009 on Sunday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill. It was his first chance to revel in a tour victory since his personal life went into turmoil following a sex scandal that ended his marriage and precipitated a steady decline in his game and his stature as the man to beat on the course.But with his five-stro
March 27, 2012
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Tiger bags first PGA Tour victory since 2009
ORLANDO, Florida (AP) ― Tiger Woods finally brought the buzz back to the very thing that made him famous ― winning.It was his first PGA Tour victory since a sex scandal at the end of 2009 led to one of the greatest downfalls in sports. And with the Masters only two weeks away, Woods looks more capable of ever than resuming his pursuit of Jack Nicklaus in the majors.Woods closed with a 2-under 70 for a five-shot win over Graeme McDowell.The question two weeks ago was when he could play again. Now
March 26, 2012
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Woods takes 1-shot lead at Bay Hill
ORLANDO, Florida (AP) ― One swing cost Tiger Woods a comfortable lead at Bay Hill. All that mattered to him was his name atop the leaderboard at the end of the day, leaving him one round away from winning on the PGA Tour for the first time in 30 months.If anything, Saturday showed that it won’t be easy in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.In two holes, Woods went from a four-shot lead to briefly tied with Graeme McDowell after a bizarre chain of events that featured a young man passing out and a wo
March 25, 2012
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Oh, Tseng in charge
CARLSBAD, California (AP) ― Top-ranked Yani Tseng shot a 5-under 67 on Thursday for a share of the first-round lead with Oh Ji-young in the Kia Classic.Tseng finished with a birdie on the par-4 ninth after dropping a stroke on the par-3 eighth.The 23-year-old Taiwanese star won the LPGA Founders Cup on Sunday in Phoenix for her 14th LPGA Tour title and second in four events this year. She led the tour last season with seven victories ― including major victories in the LPGA Championship and Women
March 23, 2012
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Wi in share of lead at Bay Hill
ORLANDO, Florida (AP) ― Charlie Wi felt a lot better walking off the golf course compared with his last round.So did Tiger Woods.Coming off a final round at Innisbrook in which he made a 13 on one hole, Wi hit an 8-iron over the water to 6 feet for birdie on the 18th for a 6-under 66, giving him a share of the lead with Jason Dufner in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.It’s the fourth time Dufner has been atop the leaderboard after a round during the Florida swing ― except that none of those rounds
March 23, 2012
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Donald regains top ranking
PALM HARBOR, Florida (AP) ― Luke Donald returned to No. 1 in the world the same way he got there the first time.Donald rallied from a three-shot deficit Sunday at the Transitions with a 5-under 66, then won a four-man playoff on the first extra hole with a shot out of the rough to 6 feet and a birdie putt that curled in the left side of the cup.He gave a big uppercut with his right fist to celebrate the end of a wild day at Innisbrook ― and a devastating finish for Ernie Els.Els was among eight
March 19, 2012
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Tseng’s back-nine rally holds off Choi and Miyazato
PHOENIX (AP) ― Yani Tseng two-putted for par from 40 feet in fading light and cold to hold off Ai Miyazato and Choi Na-yeon by a stroke Sunday in the LPGA Founders Cup.The top-ranked Taiwanese star won her 14th LPGA Tour title and second in four events this year. She closed with a 4-under 68 to finish at 18 under.The second-ranked Choi also shot 68, and Miyazato had a 69.Because of lightning near the Wildfire Golf Club, play was delayed three times for a total of three hours. Tseng holed her win
March 19, 2012
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Miyazato, Tseng share lead
PHOENIX (AP) ― Ai Miyazato birdied three straight holes on the back nine and finished with a 6-under 66 for a share of the lead with Yani Tseng in the LPGA Founders Cup.Miyazato, the ninth-ranked Japanese player who has seven LPGA Tour victories, birdied Nos. 14-16 and closed with two pars for a bogey-free round in partly cloudy, breezy conditions at Wildfire Golf Club. The weather is expected to a big factor Sunday, with the temperature plunging into the 50s and rain and strong wind forecast.Ts
March 18, 2012
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Goosen, Furyk tied for lead
PALM HARBOR, Florida (AP) ― Retief Goosen was about ready to give up.His lower back was in so much pain that he decided to withdraw next week from Bay Hill so he could get treatment. A double bogey late in his round knocked him nine spots down the leaderboard, which he figured was the end of his hopes to get into the Masters.One day later, everything changed.Goosen ran off three straight birdies on the back nine and closed with a tough par from the fairway bunker on the 18th hole Saturday for a
March 18, 2012
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Park HY, Tseng top Founders Cup
PHOENIX (AP) ― Top-ranked Yani Tseng played a seven-hole stretch on the back nine in 7 under and finished with a 7-under 65 on Thursday for a share of the first-round lead with Park Hee-young in the LPGA Founders Cup.Tseng birdied the 11th, 13th and 14th holes, eagled the par-5 15th, and birdied the 16th and 17th. She had a 4-foot try for another birdie on 18, but pulled her putt just left.“I tried too hard on the last hole,” Tseng said. “I think it’s harder at the end because you are trying, yo
March 16, 2012
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Rose takes Doral by one stroke over Watson
DORAL, Florida (AP) ― On a day of endless drama at Doral, Justin Rose won his first World Golf Championship standing on the practice range.Rose had to make up a three-shot deficit against Bubba Watson, and then a two-shot deficit against Keegan Bradley. Rose was steady down the stretch, even with a bogey from the bunker on the 18th hole, and closed with a 2-under 70 to win the Cadillac Championship.Watson, as always, made it interesting. He hit a bullet of a 4-iron out of the palm trees to just
March 12, 2012
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Scott, Dufner tied for lead at Cadillac
DORAL, Florida (AP) ― In fierce and relentless wind on the TPC Blue Monster at Doral, Adam Scott kept the ball in play and then hung on for dear life for a 6-under 66 that gave him a share of the lead with Jason Dufner in the Cadillac Championship.“When you’re in the fairway on a day like today, you get a chance to hit it somewhere near the hole, give yourself an opportunity,” Scott said. “If you’re in the rough, it’s very hard to even just hit the green, let alone give yourself a chance. I took
March 9, 2012
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Tiger, McIlroy try to build on momentum
DORAL, Florida (AP) ― Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods are at Doral to build momentum in different ways.McIlroy is the new No. 1 in golf after winning the Honda Classic. He is not concerned with how long he can stay there as much as he is winning the Cadillac Championship in his last tournament before Augusta National.“This is a World Golf Championship, and it’s my last event before the Masters,” McIlroy said. “I’d love to give myself a chance to win here again this week, and go into that three-week
March 8, 2012
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McIlroy closer to No. 1 ranking
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida (AP) ― Rory McIlroy is one round away from No. 1 in the world.McIlroy made two big par saves Saturday on a windy back nine at PGA National and finished with a birdie from the bunker for a 4-under 66, giving him a two-shot lead over Harris English and Tom Gillis in the Honda Classic.McIlroy was in a similar position a week ago when he reached the final of the Match Play Championship ― win and the 22-year-old from Northern Ireland becomes the second-youngest player behi
March 4, 2012
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Rory McIlroy on the fast track to No. 1 ranking
MARANA, Arizona (AP) ― Hunter Mahan figured out the fuss over Rory McIlroy without any help.Mahan listened, but was not surprised, when fans called out McIlroy’s name along the fairways of Dove Mountain. There is a certain appeal about Boy Wonder that makes it hard for people not to stare when he walks past them.Mahan agrees with all the talk about McIlroy’s bid to become No. 1. He just wanted to make sure it didn’t happen at his expense Sunday in the Match Play Championship. Mahan, as much as a
Feb. 28, 2012