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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
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Bowditch holds on at Texas Open
SAN ANTONIO (AP) ― Steven Bowditch held on to win the Texas Open in windy conditions Sunday for his first PGA Tour victory and a spot in the Masters.The 30-year-old Australian bogeyed the par-5 18th for a 4-over 76 for a one-stroke victory.“I’m over the moon. I really can’t believe it,” said Bowditch, who attempted suicide in 2006 and has fought depression throughout his career.It was the highest closing score by a winner since Vijay Singh finished with a 4-over 76 in the 2004 PGA Championship,
March 31, 2014
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Park In-bee to lead Korean contingent at LPGA event
The world’s No. 1-ranked female golfer Park In-bee will lead the South Korean team at an international competition to be inaugurated by the LPGA Tour this summer.The top women’s golf tour will stage the International Crown in Maryland in July. The four highest-ranked players each from eight countries will compete at Caves Valley Golf Club, outside Baltimore, and the representatives were based on the world rankings announced on Monday.Park stayed at No. 1 for the 51st week in the latest rankings.
March 31, 2014
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Kerr, Salas tied for lead at LPGA’s Kia Classic
CARLSBAD, California (AP) ― Cristie Kerr made a 55-foot par-saving putt after hitting her final approach into the water Saturday at Aviara to take a share of the lead with Lizette Salas after the third round of the Kia Classic.Kerr finished with a 2-under 70 to match Salas at 10-under 206. After dropping a stroke on the par-5 17th, Kerr holed out from the edge of the green on the par-4 18th after taking a penalty drop.Salas had a 69. She birdied the par-5 17th for a share of the lead and matched
March 30, 2014
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Bowditch leads Texas Open
SAN ANTONIO (AP) ― Steven Bowditch of Australia opened a three-stroke lead Saturday in the Texas Open, while Phil Mickelson withdrew after 10 holes because of a pulled muscle in his right side.Bowditch, the 30-year-old seeking his first PGA Tour title, shot a 4-under 68 to reach 12 under at TPC San Antonio. Matt Kuchar and Andrew Loupe were tied for second. Kuchar shot 65, and Loupe had a 70.“I’ve won four or five times on between Australia and Web.com,” said Bowditch, who would get into the Mas
March 30, 2014
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Every rallies for 1st win at Bay Hill
ORLANDO, Florida (AP) ― Matt Every is finally a winner on the PGA Tour, and he’s still not sure how it happened.He was nine shots behind Masters champion Adam Scott going into the weekend at Bay Hill. He was still four back of the Australian he referred to as a “stud” going into the final round Sunday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.Every figured even par over the last three holes would do the trick. He made two bogeys.Even after a hearty handshake from the tournament host and a shiny trophy a
March 24, 2014
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Ko leads at Founders
There were too many players close behind and too many low scores to be had for Lydia Ko to feel at ease at the top of the JTBC Founders Cup leaderboard.That won’t change the 16-year-old New Zealander’s approach Sunday at Desert Mountain.“I’m just going to play my own game,” Ko said. “If somebody goes crazy low like shooting 10 under, 9 under or whatever, it’s not something I can control.”She shot a 5-under 67 on Saturday to reach 16-under 200. Jessica Korda and Lee Mi-rim were a stroke back, and
March 23, 2014
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Park, Piller share early lead in JTBC Founders Cup
PHOENIX (AP) ― Top-ranked Park In-bee birdied her final three holes for a 6-under 66 and a share of the JTBC Founders Cup lead among the early starters on Thursday. Coming off a victory two weeks ago in China in a Ladies European Tour event, Park closed with a tap-in birdie on the par-4 ninth after nearly holing a pitching wedge from 134 yards at Desert Ridge’s Wildfire Golf Club. “It was a very solid round,” Park said. “Very good irons today.” Morgan Pressel was 7 under after eight holes in her
March 21, 2014
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Scott off to a record start at Bay Hill
ORLANDO, Florida (AP) ― Masters champion Adam Scott was feeling ill when he arrived at Bay Hill. One majestic round with the putter made him feel a lot better on Thursday. Scott made five putts from about 20 feet or longer, two of them for eagle and one of them from off the green for birdie, and matched the course record with a 10-under 62 to build a four-shot lead in the Arnold Palmer Invitational. The conditions were close to perfect. So was his work on the greens. “I made a lot of putts toda
March 21, 2014
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Park fights to stay on top at LPGA Founders Cup
PHOENIX (AFP) ― World number one Park In-bee of South Korea takes 49-week run atop the rankings into the LPGA Founders Cup with Suzann Pettersen and defending champion Stacy Lewis in close pursuit.Four-time major winner Park, coming off a victory at a Ladies European Tour event in China, was second in Thailand last month and shared fourth at Singapore earlier this month in LPGA events.“I actually feel quite fresh coming here and it’s the first tournament in America in a while for me, so it actua
March 20, 2014
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Senden rallies late to win at Innisbrook
PALM HARBOR, Florida (AP) ― More than seven years without a victory. A trip to Augusta National riding on the outcome. A three-way tie for the lead going into a daunting three-hole closing stretch called “The Snake Pit” on the Copperhead course of Innisbrook.John Senden was trying to keep his mind off all of that Sunday in the Valspar Championship.The finish will be hard for him to forget.Senden chipped in for birdie from 70 feet on the 16th hole, one of only two birdies in the final round at th
March 17, 2014
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Garrigus’ lead down to one at Innisbrook
PALM HARBOR, Florida (AP) ― Robert Garrigus missed two short par putts over the last seven holes Saturday, and just like that, his four-shot lead dwindled to one in the Valspar Championship.That’s about the only thing that went quickly.On a gorgeous afternoon at Innisbrook, pace of play on the PGA Tour reared its ugly head again.Garrigus had to settle for a 1-under 70 when he missed short par putts on the 12th and 18th holes, giving him a one-shot lead over Kevin Na, who labored and fidgeted his
March 16, 2014
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Lee among leaders at Innisbrook
PALM HARBOR, Florida (AP) ― Matt Every made the best of the worst conditions Thursday at Innisbrook. Danny Lee, finally, seems to be playing good golf in any weather.They were among a four-way tie for the lead after the opening round of the Valspar Championship, a day so challenging that 3-under 68 was the highest score to lead after the first round in the 14-year history of this event.Pat Perez and Greg Chalmers also had 68s to share the lead.Every was the only one among the leaders to play in
March 14, 2014
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Golfer Lee sets sights on Olympics
HAIKOU, China (AFP) ― Teenage sensation Lee Min-jee said she is in no rush to follow New Zealand’s Lydia Ko by turning professional as she plots a path to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.The 17-year-old Australian has assumed Ko’s former crown by becoming the world’s top-ranked amateur and making waves with her performances at professional events. Last month, Lee won the Victorian Open by six strokes and was runner-up to Tiger Woods’ niece Cheyenne at the Australian Ladies Masters.She tied f
March 13, 2014
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Torrey Pines picked to host 2021 U.S. Open
SAN DIEGO (AFP) ― Torrey Pines, where Tiger Woods won the most recent of his 14 major titles, has been selected to host the 2021 U.S. Open golf championship pending city approval, according to reports Tuesday.The San Diego Union-Tribune newspaper’s website and Golf Channel reported that the course, which hosts the U.S. PGA Tour’s $6.1 million Farmers Insurance Open each January, has been invited by the U.S. Golf Association to host the 2021 event, the next U.S. Open without a named host course.B
March 12, 2014
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Tiger Woods has lost his intimidation factor, ex-caddy says
SYDNEY (AFP) ― Outspoken caddy Steve Williams says former employer Tiger Woods has lost his intimidation factor, as the New Zealander revealed he will quit full-time golf this year.Williams, who was sacked by Woods in 2011 after helping him win all but one of his 14 major titles, added that he had yet to reconcile with the world number one, but hopes to one day.“There’s just personal things and differences of opinion about how things went down. He thinks one thing and I think another,” Williams,
March 12, 2014
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Newcomers crowding PGA landscape
DORAL, Florida (AP) ― The road to the Masters is just getting started, and already two players have combined to win five times on the PGA Tour.They’re not Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson.How many would have guessed Jimmy Walker (three wins) and Patrick Reed (two wins) when the wraparound season began in October?Reed might have had his hand up.In a moment of bravado on national television after he went wire to wire (with ties) to win the Cadillac Championship, the 23-year-old Reed said, “I’m one o
March 11, 2014
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LPGA ready for Bay Area return in Swinging Skirts
DALY CITY, California (AP) ― When Yani Tseng found out the Swinging Skirts Golf Team from her native Taiwan planned to host an LPGA event on U.S. soil, she had her initial doubts.Then, the top Taiwanese women’s golfer changed her tune as she realized just how determined this group ― a private, Taiwanese nonprofit of amateur golfers ― is to promote its countrywomen on the world stage and boost the women’s game globally.“It’s pretty easy to talk about crazy people out here,” Tseng joked Monday in
March 11, 2014