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Park grows impressive win total
PITTSFORD, New York (AP) ― For a few sloppy moments at the LPGA Championship, Park In-bee resembled the player she was a year ago when she was still trying to make a name for herself.After three holes of a sudden-death playoff, Park looked more like the star she has become.Shaking off losing a three-stroke lead over the final six holes Sunday, Park drained a 20-foot putt for birdie on the par-4 18th to outlast Catriona Matthew and claim the rain-delayed major.In doing so, the 24-year-old South K
June 11, 2013
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Park In-bee wins Wegmans LPGA Championship for second straight major
Park In-bee captured the Wegmans LPGA Championship for her second straight major title in New York on Sunday.The world No. 1-ranked female golfer defeated Catriona Matthew of Scotland in the sudden death playoff at the Locust Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York.On the third playoff hole, the par-4 18th, Park scored a birdie to beat Matthew for her seventh career LPGA win and her third major overall. Park claimed US$337,500 in the winner's check.On the decisive hole, Park found the fairway o
June 10, 2013
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Pressel takes 2-shot lead at LPGA
PITTSFORD, New York (AP) ― Morgan Pressel slogged through rain and muck to take the lead Saturday after two rounds in the LPGA Championship. Next up is a 36-hole marathon Sunday.“I run a lot,” Pressel said, laughing. “I’m in plenty good of enough shape to get through 36 holes tomorrow.”She shot a 2-under 70 on Saturday at Locust Hill to reach 6-under 138 ― two shots ahead of the top-ranked Park In-bee and Chella Choi in the second LPGA Tour major of the season.Park had a 68 to give herself an op
June 9, 2013
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11 years later, Williams back in French Open final
PARIS (AP) ― Done with a dominating performance in the French Open semifinals, Serena Williams climbed the stairs leading from the locker room to the players’ lounge to find her mother for a hug.Smiling widely all the while, Williams greeted other visitors, posing for photos and signing autographs. It’s been more than a decade since she was so happy ― and played so well ― this deep in the tournament at Roland Garros. Coming as close to perfect as seems possible, Williams absolutely overwhelmed l
June 7, 2013
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Love, Appleby among 6 tied for lead at St. Jude
MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) ― Davis Love III and Stuart Appleby shot 4-under 66 on Thursday for a share of the lead with four other players after the first round of the St. Jude Classic. Harris English, Nathan Green, Martin Flores and Glen Day also pushed their way into the lead on a day where at least three others had a piece of the top spot lead at some point. Appleby had five birdies and a bogey for his best round this year. The Australian with nine victories hasn’t won since the Greenbrier Class
June 7, 2013
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Lefty tuning up for U.S. Open
MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) ― Phil Mickelson is playing the week before the U.S. Open to make sure his game is sharp as possible, particularly after not playing very well at the Masters after taking off before that major.“I know that for me to be sharp mentally especially into a tournament where the penalty for missing is so great like the U.S. Open, it’s important that I’m sharp and I’m ready to play,” Mickelson said Wednesday after finishing a practice round.He’s got plenty of company at the St. J
June 6, 2013
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Kuchar holds on to win Memorial
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) ― Matt Kuchar was in a good spot Sunday at the Memorial. He had his first multiple-win season, and an audience with tournament host Jack Nicklaus.Needing two putts from 20 feet to hold off a late charge from Kevin Chappell, Kuchar punctuated a remarkably steady final round by making the birdie putt for a 4-under 68 and a two-shot victory at Muirfield Village. He joined Tiger Woods as the only players with more than one win this year on the PGA Tour.Kuchar, who goes to a career-
June 3, 2013
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Feng takes ShopRite LPGA lead
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, New Jersey (AP) ― Shanshan Feng beat the wind and now has a good chance of beating everyone else in the ShopRite LPGA Classic.Feng, who last year became the first Chinese player to win an LPGA Tour title and a major event in capturing the LPGA Championship, shot a marvelous 4-under 67 before the wind picked up Saturday and grabbed a three-shot lead heading into the final round.The round matched the day’s best and gave the eighth-ranked Feng a 6-under 136 total on the wind-whip
June 2, 2013
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Kiwi amateur wins N. Korea golf tournament
A self-proclaimed hacker and kitchenware salesman from New Zealand won a North Korean amateur golf title earlier this week.Peter Clarke, a 29-year-old man from West Auckland, started playing golf last November and joined this year’s tournament in Pyongyang through a Britain-based travel agency called Lupine Travels, which offers travel packages to unusual destinations, according to news reports.The People’s Democratic Republic of Korea’s third amateur golf tournament was held last week at Pyongy
June 2, 2013
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Park In-bee ponders run to top at last major tuneup
Korea’s Park In-bee returns to the event where she began her march to world No. 1 at this week’s $1.5 million ShopRite Classic, the last tuneup for next week’s LPGA Championship.Park’s lone LPGA title when she arrived at the 54-hole event last year had come at the 2008 U.S. Women’s Open. She had gone a year without managing a top-10 finish but found her putting form at the layout near Atlantic City, New Jersey.“Last year at this point, I had never finished top-10 in the last year and I already h
May 31, 2013
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Lee Il-hee earns maiden LPGA Tour win in Bahamas
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) ― A week like no other on the LPGA Tour ended in a most appropriate manner Sunday when Lee Il-hee won for the first time.Lee made a clutch par putt on the second-to-last hole in a raging wind to keep a one-shot lead, and then she drilled a fairway metal out of light rough and onto the par-5 18th green to set up a two-putt birdie. That gave her a 5-under 42 for a two-shot win over Irene Cho in the Bahamas LPGA Classic.It was only fitting that she finished in a downpo
May 27, 2013
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Lee wins 1st LPGA Tour event in short week
A week like no other on the LPGA Tour ended in a most appropriate manner Sunday when Il-hee Lee won for the first time.Lee made a clutch par putt on the second-to-last hole in a raging wind to keep a one-shot lead, and then she drilled a fairway metal out of light rough and onto the par-5 18th green to set up a two-putt birdie. That gave her a 5-under 42 for a two-shot win over Irene Cho in the Bahamas LPGA Classic.It was only fitting that she finished in a downpour. Flooding earlier in the wee
May 27, 2013
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Garcia hopes to talk to Woods at U.S. Open
VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) ― Sergio Garcia is yet to speak to Tiger Woods after making an inappropriate remark about the world No. 1-ranked golfer, though he would certainly take an opportunity to open some direct dialogue at the U.S. Open if he gets a chance next month. Garcia sparked controversy this week by saying he would serve fried chicken if they were to have dinner together at the U.S. Open. That kind of stereotype has been used for at least a century to denigrate African-Americans. Al
May 24, 2013
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Monfils reaches Nice semifinals; Simon and Querrey out
NICE, France (AP) ― Second-seeded Gilles Simon of France and third-seeded Sam Querrey of the United States were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Open de Nice on Thursday. Spaniards Alberto Montanes and Pablo Andujar and Frenchmen Gael Monfils and Edouard Roger-Vasselin reached the last four. Wild-card entry Roger-Vasselin beat Querrey 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-1. The Frenchman broke Querrey twice in the final set to lead 5-1 before converting his first match point with a forehand winner. Roger-Vasse
May 24, 2013
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Palmer has first-round lead with 62
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) ―Ryan Palmer showed off his local expertise by shooting an 8-under 62 on Thursday that matched the lowest PGA Tour first round at Colonial, giving him a one-stroke lead over John Rollins. For all the rounds Palmer has played at Colonial, where he has been a full dues-paying member since 2010, he had never had such a low score. He generally plays there two or three times a week during the offseason and once or twice during weeks he’s not playing the PGA Tour. “These old men
May 24, 2013
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Garcia apologizes for ‘fried chicken’ remark
Sergio Garcia is apologizing for saying he would “serve fried chicken’’ while making a joke about having Tiger Woods over for dinner.The British newspaper The Guardian reports Garcia was asked in jest while on stage at the European Tour’s awards dinner Tuesday night if he would invite Woods to dinner during the U.S. Open.The Guardian reports Garcia said: “We will have him round every night. We will serve fried chicken.”The newspaper says Garcia released a statement through the European Tour: “I
May 22, 2013
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Anchoring putters to be banned
WENTWORTH, United Kingdom (AFP) ― Golf’s ruling bodies on Tuesday announced that anchoring putters will be banned from the start of 2016.The anchored putting stroke has been in the spotlight since being used by a clutch of players to win major championships recently, with the latest being Adam Scott, who used a broom-handle putter to win the Masters at Augusta in April.Keegan Bradley won the PGA Championship in 2011 using a putter anchored to his stomach whilst Ernie Els and Webb Simpson used si
May 22, 2013
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Tiger: No Garcia reconciliation
BETHESDA, Maryland (AP) ― Tiger Woods spoke for some 20 minutes about the state of his game, belly putters, the U.S. Open and the AT&T National. As he was wrapping up, he needed just one word to cover the topic of Sergio Garcia.Asked if he had any thought of contacting Garcia to make amends between the two, Woods quickly answered: “No.” He smiled. Nearly everyone else in the room laughed.Hardly the best of the friends, the Woods-Garcia relationship hit petty proportions during this month’s Playe
May 21, 2013
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14-year-old lands Memorial invite
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) ― Guan Tianlang, the 14-year-old Chinese amateur who made history at Augusta National, is bringing his game to Jack Nicklaus’ backyard.Guan, who last month became the youngest player to make the cut in a major championship when he finished 58th at the Masters, has accepted an exemption to play at the Memorial Tournament next week.“I am very excited to accept the invitation to play at the Memorial Tournament,” Tianlang said. “It is Jack Nicklaus’ event, and the same as all the g
May 21, 2013
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[Newsmaker] Bae third Korean golfer to win on PGA tour
Bae Sang-moon cemented his status as one of South Korea’s rising golf stars by nabbing his first U.S. PGA Tour title two years after his debut on the tour. The 26-year-old won the HP Byron Nelson Championship on the PGA Tour in Texas on Sunday. He finished 13-under 267 to hold off 2011 PGA Championship winner Keegan Bradley in second with 269, and 2011 Masters winner Charl Schwartzel in third with 270.Bae is the third Korean golfer to win on the PGA Tour, which is the most prestigious men’s golf
May 20, 2013