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Icher impresses at Swinging Skirts
DALY CITY, California (AP) ― Karine Icher and her caddie husband, Fred, evaluated the conditions and course at challenging Lake Merced and decided on a Day 1 strategy: stay short of the pin and putt uphill.The move worked beautifully, and Icher delivered the most consistent performance on a day there weren’t many in the debut of the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic.“I think it’s the key on this course,” Icher said. “It’s a tough golf course, especially with the wind and temperature. It gets so cold.
April 25, 2014
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New frame of mind
DALY CITY, California (AP) ― A beaming Michelle Wie explained her oversized visor as a necessary new addition after recently discovering wrinkles at age 24, then good-naturedly defended her unique, hunched-over putting stroke because Jack Nicklaus uses it.Improved sun protection and short game aside, Wie is riding high after a comeback win in her home state of Hawaii last week. Now, she returns to familiar ground in the Bay Area looking to build on her first LPGA Tour victory in nearly four year
April 23, 2014
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Kuchar chips in for RBC Heritage win
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, South Carolina (AP) ― Matt Kuchar saw his well-struck 5-iron on the 18th hole at the RBC Heritage come up way short of the target and settle in a front bunker.“Well,” he thought as he walked toward the shot, “there are a lot worse places to be.”For Kuchar, there was no better place ― and no better shot in the tournament.He followed with a stunning chip-in on Harbour Town Golf Link’s closing, lighthouse hole, to overcome a four-shot deficit for a one-stroke victory and end nea
April 21, 2014
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Home sweet home
KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) ― Michelle Wie rallied from four strokes back entering the day to shoot a 5-under 67 on Saturday and win the LPGA LOTTE Championship.The 24-year-old American finished at 14-under 274 after coming into the final round trailing third-round leader Angela Stanford by four shots after Friday’s play. It was Wie’s third career victory on the LPGA Tour, and first since taking the CN Canadian Women’s Open in 2010.And, Wie did it at home.“I’m just having fun out there,” said Wie, who
April 20, 2014
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Donald shoots 66, takes lead at RBC Heritage
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, South Carolina (AP) ― Luke Donald shot a 66 to take a two-stroke lead over John Huh after three rounds of the RBC Heritage on Saturday.Donald has done just about everything on Harbour Town Golf Links the past five years ― except win. He lost in a playoff to Brandt Snedeker here in 2011, part of a run of four top-three finishes since 2009. Donald had an eagle and six birdies to finish at 8-under 205 and carry the lead into Sunday here for the second time in that stretch.Huh sh
April 20, 2014
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Stanford takes 1-shot lead over Wie at LPGA Lotte
KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) ― Angela Stanford adeptly handled the windy conditions to shoot an 8-under 64 on Thursday and take a one-stroke lead after the second round of the LPGA Lotte Championship. Stanford took the lead early with five birdies in a row on the front nine and finished the day with eight birdies. The best round of the tournament so far left the five-time LPGA Tour winner at 8-under 136. “Finally I got comfortable on these greens and it felt great,” Stanford said. “To see the ball go in
April 18, 2014
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Pak among 3 tied for early lead in LPGA Lotte tournament
KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) ― South Korea’s Pak Se-ri, Kim Hyo-joo and Ryu So-yeon each shot a 4-under 68 on Wednesday for a three-way tie atop the leaderboard after a breezy first round of the LPGA Lotte Championship.Winless in 2013, Pak played the back nine in 2-under 34 in her afternoon round. She had birdies on the par-5 13th and par-4 17th, to go along with an eagle on the par-5 5th.Kim, the 2012 China Ladies Open champion, had five birdies. She had her only bogey on her final hole of the day on t
April 17, 2014
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Park resumes quest for first win of 2014
South Korea’s Park In-bee hopes to celebrate a year atop the women’s golf world rankings with her first victory of 2014 in the LPGA Lotte Championship this week.“Obviously the time has gone really fast,” Park said. “This was the week I took over the No. 1 spot last year, and a lot of things happened since this week last year.“I’ve had a lot of wins, and I’ve experienced a lot of things. “A lot of things going well for me in my career. I feel like I’m probably a lot more mature player than I was
April 16, 2014
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Double Bubba
AUGUSTA, Georgia (AP) ― Bubba Watson’s second Masters title was nothing like the green jacket he won two years ago.The only daring shot Watson hit was one he really didn’t need. The wild swing in momentum came on the front nine, not the back nine of Augusta National. And the sweetest difference of all Sunday was seeing his 2-year-old son walk toward him on the edge of the 18th green after his three-shot victory over Jordan Spieth.Watson turned in another masterpiece and joined an elusive group a
April 14, 2014
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Spieth, Watson tied for lead
AUGUSTA, Georgia (AP) ― In a Masters longing for star power, 20-year-old Jordan Spieth put himself atop the leaderboard and 18 holes away from replacing Tiger Woods as the youngest player with a green jacket.Spieth kept his poise on a lightning-quick Augusta National on Saturday with a 2-under 70 that gave him a share of the lead with error-prone Bubba Watson going into a final round loaded with possibilities.Watson started the third round with a three-shot lead. After a chaotic day in which fiv
April 13, 2014
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Haas surges to early Masters lead
AUGUSTA, Georgia (AP) ― No nerves. No worries. Adam Scott never knew the opening round at Augusta National could be so enjoyable.With his green jacket upstairs in the locker room for Masters champions, Scott made only one bad swing that cost him two shots in a round of 3-under 69. It was the lowest opening score by a defending champion in 13 years, and it left Scott one shot behind leader Bill Haas on an otherwise demanding day.“It was really how you hope to come out and play at any major, and e
April 11, 2014
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Euro tourney in Korea moves to Singapore
Without corporate sponsors, the lone European Tour golf tournament in South Korea will move to Singapore this spring, officials said Thursday.The European Tour and the Asian Tour jointly announced that the tournament tentatively titled The Championship, originally scheduled to be played in South Korea in May, will be held in Singapore instead.Laguna National Golf and Country Club was unveiled as the new venue. (Yonhap)
April 10, 2014
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Without Tiger, a wide-open field
AUGUSTA, Georgia (AP) ― One after another, some of the world’s best players and favorites to win the Masters trudged up the hill on the opening hole to start their practice rounds.Phil Mickelson. Rory McIlroy. Adam Scott.It was typical of any Tuesday at Augusta National, except for the scoreboard to the right of where they were walking. The board has the names of all 97 players in the field, with blank boxes to put their scores when the tournament begins. On the far right side of the board is a
April 9, 2014
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Learning on the fly
AUGUSTA, Georgia (AFP) ― Korea’s Lee Chang-woo, the Asia-Pacific amateur champion bolstered by an Augusta practice round with countryman Choi Kyung-ju, is confident of making the cut at this week’s Masters.The 20-year-old, appearing in his first Masters, has already won a title on the Korean tour and finished second to Rory McIlroy in the Korean Open.After touring Augusta National with Choi, who is playing this year on his last invitation from winning the 2011 Players Championship, and studying
April 8, 2014
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Down to the wire
RANCHO MIRAGE, California (AP) ― Michelle Wie and Lexi Thompson topped the Kraft Nabisco leaderboard, setting up a possible final-round showdown the LPGA Tour has been waiting for.The 24-year-old Wie shot a bogey-free 4-under 68 on Saturday to match Thompson at 10-under 206 at Mission Hills in the first major championship of the year.“I think Lexi is a really entertaining golfer,” Wie said. “I like to think I’m somewhat entertaining as well. So, I think the both of us paired together is great. I
April 6, 2014
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Feng takes early lead at Kraft Nabisco
Shanshan Feng picked the brain of a wily veteran en route to grabbing the clubhouse lead at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, the first major of the women’s golf season, on Thursday. Feng, China’s first winner on the LPGA Tour, carded seven birdies and one bogey for a six-under 66 to head teenage amateur Angel Yin by two strokes with half the field in the clubhouse at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. Feng played her opening round with three-time Kraft Nabisco Championship w
April 4, 2014
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Mickelson among leaders in opening round at Houston
HUMBLE, Texas (AP) ― Phil Mickelson is among the leaders after shooting a bogey-free 4-under par 68 in his opening round of the Houston Open, showing no effects of the muscle pull that forced him to withdraw from last week’s Texas Open. The five-time major winner, who practiced at Augusta National for two days this week in advance of the Masters, is three shots back of leaders Bill Haas and Charley Hoffman ― both who shot 7-under 65.Keegan Bradley and Matt Kuchar lead a group of five golfers at
April 4, 2014
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Let’s do it again
RANCHO MIRAGE, California (AFP) ― World No. 1 Park In-bee returns for the first of her three major title defenses this season, seeking a first victory this year at the LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship.After her stunning 2013 campaign, Park has yet to win on the LPGA Tour in 2014, but she has posted four successive top-10 finishes and won a Ladies European Tour title at the World Ladies Championship in China in March.Although she hasn’t broken through for an LPGA win so far this year, the 25-year-
April 3, 2014
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Korea seeded 2nd for Crown
The International Crown on the LPGA Tour has all the trappings of the best team event in golf until the Olympics in 2016. And considering there will be no team medal awarded in Rio, the LPGA event might be best team format in golf after the Olympics.The Americans nudged South Korea as the top seed for the International Crown, which features eight teams of four players on July 24-27 at Caves Valley in Maryland. The combined world ranking of their four players ― Stacy Lewis, Paula Creamer, Lexi Th
April 2, 2014
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Tiger will miss the Masters
Tiger Woods chose surgery to heal his ailing back over a quest for another green jacket, announcing Tuesday that he will miss the Masters for the first time in his career.Woods said on his website that he had surgery Monday in Utah for a pinched nerve that had been hurting him for several months, knowing the surgery would keep him from Augusta National next week for the first time since he was a senior in high school.The No. 1 player in the world is a four-time Masters champion.“After attempting
April 2, 2014