| 05/17/2008 04:07 AM |
| Byrd takes 3-stroke lead at AT&T Classic (AP) |
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After two straight top-10 finishes at the AT&T Classic, Jonathan Byrd is poised to win the suburban Atlanta tournament. He had his first premonition of an AT&T victory after missing the cut in his first start six years ago. "I remember telling my wife as we were driving out that I'm going to win this tournament because I like it so much," Byrd said. |
| 05/16/2008 04:58 PM |
| Hetherington shares lead at rainy Sybase (AP) |
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Despite being under par for the round and having a share of the lead, Rachel Hetherington wasn't overly disappointed Friday when the LPGA Tour took the rare step of washing out play in the Sybase Classic. Steady rain had saturated three greens, flooded a couple of bunkers and created conditions that would have forced players to compete on two very different courses if the round at the Upper... |
| 05/16/2008 07:59 PM |
| Bean, Goodes share lead at Champions (AP) |
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Andy Bean and Monday qualifier Mike Goodes shot 7-under 65s on Friday to share the first-round lead in the Champions Tour's Regions Charity Classic. Leading money winner Bernhard Langer was two strokes back on the 7,503-yard Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Ross Bridge course. A two-time winner this year on the 50-and-over tour, Langer tied for 15th Sunday in The Players Championship on the PGA... |
| 05/16/2008 05:08 PM |
| Rookie Lorenzo-Vera leads Irish Open (AP) |
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France's Michael Lorenzo-Vera shot a 2-under 70 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead after the second round of the Irish Open. The 23-year-old Lorenzo-Vera, the PGA European Challenge Tour money leader last year, had a 6-under 138 total on the Adare Manor course. Germany's Marcel Siem (71) was second, and Australia's Richard Green (74) and Spain's Pablo Larrazabal (70) followed at 4 under.
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| 05/14/2008 07:46 PM |
| Duval still trying to regain past form (AP) |
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DULUTH, Ga. (AP)-- David Duval got started on the next tournament in his latest comeback at one of his favorite restaurants. Waffle House. "I had eggs, chicken, toast, grits and a double order of hash browns," Duval said, breaking into a smile that has seemed so hard to muster through much of his golfing career.
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| 05/12/2008 06:22 PM |
| Woods hopes to play Memorial in 2 weeks (AP) |
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Tiger Woods is chipping and putting again, and he hopes to play in the Memorial in two weeks. But even if he can't compete until the U.S. Open, he doesn't expect the same result as his last layoff during a season. Two years ago, Woods didn't play for nine weeks while coping with the death of his father.
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| 05/14/2008 05:02 PM |
| USGA adds fourth corporate sponsor (AP) |
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The U.S. Golf Association announced a four-year deal Wednesday with the Royal Bank of Scotland, the fourth corporate partnership it has signed in 18 months after going 113 years without one. "We were looking for real top companies that shared a cultural vision with the USGA and really understood the game of golf, which is what we're all about," Pete Bevacqua, chief business officer of the USGA,...
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