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Luke Donald bid for PGA money list fades at Disney Classic

The world number one had five birdies but also a double bogey and a bogey and lies five behind leaders Kevin Chappell and Justin Leonard, who are 14 under. Donald must finish in the top two for a chance of overhauling money list leader We [...]

Posted On : Oct, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Davis Love builds McGladrey Classic

The tournament for the first week of October in the 2010 PGA Tour Media Guide was listed as TBA. In a matter of months, tournament host Davis Love III and the team of the McGladrey Classic overcame countless obstacles to put together what [...]

Posted On : Oct, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Lexi Thompson, 16, wins Navistar Classic, makes LPGA history

Thompson shot a final-round 70 to finish on 17 under to take the £124,000 winner's cheque in Prattville, Alabama. Marlene Hagge had previously been the youngest champion on tour, winning the Sarasota Open in 1952 aged 18. " [...]

Posted On : Sep, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Solheim Cup players first target Navistar LPGA Classic

First things first: Kim and the other 11 U.S. team members are all trying to win the $1.3 million Navistar LPGA Classic starting Thursday at the 6,607-yard, par-72 Senator Course on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Capitol Hill. Th [...]

Posted On : Sep, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Amanda Blumenherst leads at Kia Classic, with Michelle Wie t...

Michelle Wie's voice had no emotion as she described her birdie putts, seven of them, during the first round of the LPGA's Kia Classic at the Industry Hills Golf Club at Pacific Palms on Thursday. Fifteen feet, 12 feet, thre [...]

Posted On : Mar, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Honda Classic 2011: Rory McIlroy caught in new storm over Ti...

South Korean rookie Sunghoon Kang was 13 over after 14 holes. His final four holes, covered in one over par, were a comparative triumph. Defending champion Camilo Villegas carded a nine-over 79. Adam Scott twice put the ball in water at [...]

Posted On : Mar, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Langer fires 6 under 66 to lead the ACE Group Classic

Bernhard Langer shot a 6-under 66 on Saturday and leads the ACE Group Classic by four strokes heading into the final round. Langer matched the tournament’s 36-hole record at 14-under 130. Mark O’Meara, Russ Cochran, Fred Funk [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Vegas outduels Woodland in Hope Classic playoff

Jhonattan Vegas' path to the PGA Tour started in the remote reaches of Venezuela, where the toddler imitated his father's golf swing with sticks and stones while growing up in an oil-drilling camp. Maybe that's why Vegas neve [...]

Posted On : Jan, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Rookie Vegas, Weekley share lead at Bob Hope Classic

Jhonattan Vegas isn't exactly sure how his Venezuelan parents came up with the unusual spelling of his first name. If the 26-year-old rookie manages to keep up his swift start at the Bob Hope Classic, the golf world will have to memo [...]

Posted On : Jan, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

GOLF: Bowditch wins Soboba Classic with record total

Steven Bowditch putted to the top of the leaderboard on Saturday, and strutted all the way to the 18th-hole finish line on Sunday. The Australian-born Bowditch shot a 3-under par 68 and a course-record 19-under 265 to capture the Soboba [...]

Posted On : Oct, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

Japan's Miyazato Leads at LPGA Safeway Classic

Japan's Miyazato Leads at LPGA Safeway Classic: Japan's Ai Miyazato fired a six-under 66 for the first-round lead at the LPGA Safeway Classic at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club. Miyazato had a one-stroke lead on Taiwan's Teresa Lu an [...]

Posted On : Aug, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

Bad weather suspends play at Zurich Classic

Dark clouds rolled in hours before the rain started at the Zurich Classic on Friday. However, even the brisk winds before the storm did not seem to hamper those who teed off early. Lightning forced play to be halted at 12:57 p [...]

Posted On : Apr, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Seo wins Kia Classic for first LPGA Tour title

As Hee Kyung Seo was about to receive the trophy for her runaway win in the inaugural Kia Classic, Michelle Wie was standing near the scorer's tent explaining her latest rules gaffe. Wie was penalized two strokes for grounding [...]

Posted On : Mar, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Villegas runs away to win Honda Classic

Camilo Villegas was the star attraction at a youth golf clinic in his native Colombia two days before the start of the Honda Classic. One kid, maybe 8 or 9 years old, piped up with a question. "How does it feel to be the second-best [...]