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Bae clutch in Texas
IRVING, Texas (AP) ― Bae Sang-moon watched anxiously after hitting his tee shot at the par-3 17th hole Sunday in the Byron Nelson Championship.When the ball landed on the front edge of the green fronted by water, he bent his knees and leaned backward obviously relieved. He was only a few shots away from his first PGA Tour victory and a congratulatory hug from the widow of the tournament’s namesake.After squandering a four-stroke lead in the final round, the 26-year-old South Korean beat Keegan B
May 20, 2013
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Johnson wins Mobile Bay LPGA Classic
MOBILE, Alabama (AP) ― Jennifer Johnson got a hug and congratulations from the defending Mobile Bay LPGA Classic champion before it even sunk in Sunday that she had won her first tour title.“It was fun there at the end, because Jennifer was making putts and I don’t think she realized what she was doing,” said Stacy Lewis, her playing partner. “I told her when I hugged her, ‘I think you just won yourself a golf tournament.’ And she’s kind of like, ‘What?’ It was really cute.”Johnson’s game was be
May 20, 2013
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Bae Sang-moon wins on PGA Tour, becomes third S. Korean champ
Bae Sang-moon captured the HP Byron Nelson Championship on the PGA Tour on Sunday in Texas, becoming the third South Korean golfer to win on the most prestigious men's golf circuit.At TPC Four Seasons Resort in Irving, Texas, Bae shot a 1-under 69 in the final round for a four-round total of 13-under 267, beating Keegan Bradley of the U.S. by two strokes. The 26-year-old South Korean took home US$1.17 million for his efforts."The course was really tough," said Bae, who claimed his first PGA Tour
May 20, 2013
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Choi takes control at Mobile Bay
MOBILE, Alabama (AP) ― Chella Choi shot her second straight 6-under 66 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over Jessica Korda and Anna Nordqvist, the Swede who broke the course record with a 61 in the third round of the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic.Choi twice made three straight birdies to move to 17 under, and has made only two bogeys in three rounds on The Crossings course at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail’s Magnolia Grove complex.The South Korean’s best finish in four-plus years on the tour i
May 19, 2013
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Tiger gets the last word
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (AP) ― Tiger Woods had the last word against Sergio Garcia by winning The Players Championship on Sunday.Woods ended a weekend of verbal sparring with Garcia by doing what he does best ― closing out tournaments, even if he let this one turn into a tense duel over the final hour at the TPC Sawgrass. Tied with Garcia with two holes to play, Woods won by finding land on the last two holes for par to close with a 2-under 70.If only it were that simple for the Spaniard.Garc
May 13, 2013
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Wigan stuns City to claim FA Cup
LONDON (AP) ― As blue-and-white confetti exploded under the Wembley arch, Wigan players lifted a trophy for the first time in the club’s 81-year history.In one of the biggest FA Cup final upsets, a team playing non-league football 35 years ago and assembled for barely $30 million beat big-spending Manchester City 1-0 on Saturday.Winning English football’s showpiece match was not only a reward for Wigan owner Dave Whelan’s investment in the small northern club, but completed his unfinished busine
May 12, 2013
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Unheralded Castro leads with McIlroy, Woods lurking
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) ― Unheralded Roberto Castro fired a 63 to tie the course record for a three-shot lead over Rory McIlroy and Zach Johnson with Tiger Woods lurking after Thursday’s first round of the Players Championship. The world class leaderboard also included U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson, U.S. Ryder Cup players Steve Stricker and Hunter Mahan in a group with Woods another shot back on 67, but it was Web.com graduate Castro who stole the spotlight. Staging a clinic with
May 10, 2013
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Couples, Montgomerie among 5 inducted into Hall
ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida (AP) ― About the only thing Fred Couples and Colin Montgomerie had in common was a golf swing they could trust for a lifetime.Couples became the first American to reach No. 1 in the world and won the Masters by a blade of grass that kept his ball from trickling into Rae’s Creek. Montgomerie found fame on the European Tour, where he won the Order of Merit a record seven times in a row, though he never won a major, a glaring hole in his credentials.Couples sauntered down the
May 7, 2013
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Kerr wins again at Kingsmill in 2-hole playoff
WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia (AP) ― Cristie Kerr watched her short winning par putt fall on the second hole of a playoff against Suzann Pettersen, hugged her caddie, a few players who stayed around to watch and had one more hug she had waited a long time to give.“Where’s my dad?” Kerr said during the celebration Sunday on the 18th hole at Kingsmill’s River Course.Her dad, Michael Kerr, was on his way ― as fast as his motorized cart would take him.“I rarely get nervous when she plays,” he said. “I’ve s
May 6, 2013
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Pavlyuchenkova wins 1st clay title
Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro 7-5, 6-2 on Saturday to win the Portugal Open and claim her first trophy on clay.The third-seeded champion, coached by former Swiss great Martina Hingis, earned the fifth title of her career while leaving her opponent winless from five finals.One of those was here a year ago, when Suarez Navarro was unable to close it out after winning the first set against Kaia Kanepi, an opponent she beat in the semifinals this week.The winner
May 5, 2013
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Cristie Kerr takes lead at Kingsmill
WILLIAMSBURG (AP) ― Cristie Kerr is already the only two-time winner of the Kingsmill Championship and a return to her old putter has her on a roll again. The LPGA Tour also veteran knows better than to put too much stock into what she did on a Saturday on tour.“There’s definitely no chickens to be counted,” Kerr said after making six birdies in a 5-under 66 that gave her a two-shot lead heading into Sunday. “You have to play a really good round tomorrow whether you’re two ahead or two behind.”S
May 5, 2013
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Mickelson leads at Quail Hollow
CHARLOTTE (AP) ― Phil Mickelson’s ball was just above the edge of the cart path, slightly below his feet, when he decided to hit a hard fade around the trees toward the green. The shot went out-of-bounds and cost him the outright lead Saturday in the Wells Fargo Championship, and Mickelson was angry about his decision.He felt he should have hit driver instead of 3-wood.In the group ahead of him, new leader Nick Watney hit a semi-shank with a 6-iron on the par-3 17th, the ball flying toward a hos
May 5, 2013
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17-year-old Jutanugarn leads LPGA at Kingsmill
WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia (AP) ― Ariya Jutanugarn was in attack mode all day at the Kingsmill Championship ― and it paid off.The 17-year-old Thai player birdied six of the first seven holes Thursday and was 8 under after 14 holes thanks to a radar-like short iron game that left her with short putt after short putt.“Today, I made a lot of shots,” she said.She only missed a few, all on the par-3 17th when she pulled her tee shot to the left, chunked her downhill approach short of the green, putted fr
May 3, 2013
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Park looks to keep hot streak going at Kingsmill
WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia (AP) ― Park In-bee has never had much success on the River Course at Kingsmill.She’s also never tackled the layout along the James River as the world’s top-ranked female player.The 24-year-old South Korean will do that beginning Thursday, hoping to stay on the roll that has already produced three victories this season and completed her climb to the No. 1 ranking.It will be her first competitive rounds at the popular stop on tour since 2009, when for the second time in thre
May 2, 2013
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Horschel takes Zurich Classic
AVONDALE, Louisiana (AP) ― Billy Horschel shot an 8-under 64 in the final round of the Zurich Classic, maintaining his composure through a pair of weather delays for his first career PGA Tour victory on Sunday.The 26-year-old former Florida Gator began the day two shots behind third-round leader Lucas Glover and surged into the lead with six straight birdies after the first weather delay. He finished at 20 under, narrowly holding off Shell Houston Open winner D.A. Points, who shot a final-round
April 29, 2013
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Park cements No. 1 status
IRVING, Texas (AP) ― Park In-bee was already preparing to congratulate Carlota Ciganda for winning the inaugural North Texas LPGA Shootout.Park, the top-ranked woman in the world, was in the middle of a solid final round and still trailed by two strokes after the playing partners both had birdies at the par-5 10th.Everything changed in a two-hole stretch, when Park went ahead with consecutive pars. The 24-year-old South Korean went on to a bogey-free 4-under 67 that put her one stroke ahead of C
April 29, 2013
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Park In-bee earns third LPGA win of season in Texas
South Korean Park In-bee, the world's No. 1-ranked female golfer, earned her third LPGA Tour victory of 2013 in Texas on Monday, Korean time.Park captured the North Texas LPGA Shootout at Las Colinas Country Club in Irving, Texas, with a four-round total of 13-under 271. She shot a 4-under 67 in the final round for a one-stroke victory over Carlota Ciganda of Spain. Park will take home US$195,000 for her effort.Ciganda held a two-shot lead over Park and Caroline Masson of Germany after three rou
April 29, 2013
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Masson shoots 64 to lead LPGA in North Texas
IRVING, Texas (AP) ― Tour rookie Caroline Masson of Germany shot a bogey-free 7-under 64 on Thursday to take a two-stroke lead over Carlota Ciganda after the first round of the inaugural North Texas LPGA Shootout. While Masson has made only one of five cuts in her first LPGA season, the 23-year-old played on the Ladies European Tour the past three years and won the 2012 South African Women’s Open. “I always felt like I wasn’t too far away really. It was just like one bad round ... just couldn’t
April 26, 2013
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LPGA Tour makes first North Texas stop since ’91
IRVING, Texas (AP) ― Angela Stanford gets to experience a first in her 13 seasons on the LPGA Tour. She gets to stay at home and sleep in her own bed during a tournament.“It’s great to be home. I’m glad the LPGA is here. You know, I spend most of my time all year telling people how great it is here, so it’s nice to have the whole gang here,” said Stanford, who lives in nearby Fort Worth and went to school at TCU. “It was a little odd getting off the airplane from Hawaii ... like the whole tour w
April 25, 2013
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Golfers focus on short game ahead of Ballantine’s
ICHEON (Yonhap News) ― Ahead of South Korea’s only European Tour golf tournament, key golfers on Wednesday emphasized the importance of the short game. Blackstone Golf Club in Icheon, about 100 kilometers southeast of Seoul in Gyeonggi Province, will host the Ballantine’s Championship for four days starting Thursday. It’s the tournament’s sixth year in South Korea and third at the 7,281-yard layout.At No. 7 in the world, Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa is the highest-ranked player in the field
April 24, 2013