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Nordqvist wins LPGA Tour Championship
Anna Nordqvist won the LPGA Tour Championship by two shots over Lorena Ochoa for her second win of her 2009 rookie season. The season-ending event was shortened to 54-holes after heavy rains washed out play on Saturday. Nordqvist, who won the McDonald’s LPGA Championship earlier in the season, shot a seven-under par, 65, in the [...]
Ochoa leads LPGA Tour Championship
Lorena Ochoa leads the LPGA Tour Championship with a first round 66, six-under par, to lead Reilley Rankin by one shot at The Houstonian Golf & Country Club in Houston, Texas. Ochoa started her round on the 10th hole with a birdie and added another on the 12th hole before finishing the side bogey-birdie. After [...]
Wie gets first LPGA win at Lorena Ochoa Invitational
Michelle Wie won her first LPGA tournament with a final round 69 at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational to beat Paula Creamer by two shots at the Guadalajara Country Club in Mexico. Wie, who shared the lead with Cristie Kerr at the start of the day, had to fight off a great charge by Creamer, who [...]
Playoff win for Ames at Children’s Miracle Network Classic
Stephen Ames beat Justin Leonard and George McNeill in a playoff to win the Children’s Miracle Network Classic for the second time in three years. Ames shot 64 on Disney’s Magnolia Course to move up from eighth place in the final round. Ames got off to a great start, making four birdies in the first [...]
Kerr, Wie tied at Lorena Ochoa Invitational
Cristie Kerr and Michelle Wie are tied for the lead at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational at the Guadalajara Country Club in Mexico. The pair hold a one-shot lead over Jiyai Shin, Paula Creamer and Song-Hee Kim heading into the final round. Kerr shot a bogey-free 67 on Saturday to take the lead at 10-under par. [...]
Four tied at Children’s Miracle Network Classic
Mathias Gronberg shot a six-under par, 66, to catch leader Justin Leonard for a share of the lead at the Children’s Miracle Network Classic after three rounds at the Disney Magnolia Course in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The pair are joined at the top of the leaderboard with Justin Rose and George McNeill, who both [...]
Shin opens 3-shot lead at Lorena Ochoa Invitational
Jiyai Shin shot 66 in the second round at the Guadalajara Country Club to take a three shot lead over Paula Creamer and Michelle Wie in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational. Shin, who currently leads the Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year races, moved into the lead with a bogey-free round. She made [...]
Leonard leads Children’s Miracle Network Classic
Justin Leonard shot 64, eight-under par, in the second round to take a two shot lead over Justin Rose and George McNeill at the Children’s Miracle Network Classic. Leonard, who played Disney’s Palm Course, started the second round on the 10th hole and made four straight birdies. A bogey on the 14th hole was followed [...]
Rose leads Children’s Miracle Network Classic, Fowler in second
Justin Rose shot 65 on Disney’s Palm Course to lead the Children’s Miracle Network Classic by one shot over Rickie Fowler, Greg Owen and Casey Wittenberg. Rose, who started the first round on the 10th hole, made birdies on the 11th, 13th and 14th holes to get off to a solid start, closing out the [...]
Song wins LPGA Mizuno Classic
Bo Bae Song beat Lorena Ochoa by three shots to win the LPGA Mizuno Classic at the Kintetsu Kashikojima Country Club in Shima-shi, Mie, Japan. Song, who plays on the Japan LPGA, shot 68 in the final round for a 15-under par total for her first LPGA Tour victory. Song made five birdies through 13 [...]
Mickelson wins World Golf Championship-HSBC Champions
Phil Mickelson made a birdie on the 17th hole to hold off the charging Ernie Els to win the World Golf Championship-HSBC Champions at Sheshan International Golf Club in Shanghai, China. Mickelson made a clutch par save on the 16th hole to bounce back from a whiffed flop shot before making his 10-foot birdie putt [...]
Mickelson leads Woods, Watney at HSBC Champions
Phil Mickelson took a two-shot lead over Tiger Woods and Nick Watney after shooting 67 in the third round of the World Golf Championship-HSBC Champions at the Sheshan International Golf Club in Shanghai, China. Mickelson and Woods will be paired in the final group for the first time since 2005 at Doral, where Woods erased [...]
Watney leads HSBC Champions, Woods two back
The best players in the world are in China for the World Golf Championship-HSBC Champions at the Sheshan International Golf Club. Nick Watney lead after the first round with Tiger Woods, fresh off his FedEx Cup win, in the hunt. Watney shot a course-record eight-under par, 64, to open the final World Golf Championship event [...]
Matteson leads Frys.com Open
Troy Matteson shot a 61 for the second straight day at the Grayhawk Golf Club to take a three-shot lead at the Frys.com Open heading into the final round. Matteson made four birdies on the front nine at the second, fourth, seventh and eighth holes. He made the turn with birdies on the 10th and [...]
Fowler, Owen share Frys.com Open lead
In only his second PGA TOUR tournament as a professional, Rickie Fowler shares the lead at the Frys.com Open with Greg Owen at the Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. Fowler, who is scheduled to enter the PGA TOUR’s qualifying school next week, is making a play to miss that tee time. He shot a [...]
O’Hern leads Frys.com Open
Nick O’Hern finished his round with a 28 on the back nine for a first round 63 to lead the Frys.com Open by one shot over Heath Slocum and Bob Heintz at the Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. O’Hern finished the front side at even-par with a birdie on the second hole and a [...]
Laird wins Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open
Martin Laird beat Chad Campbell and George McNeill in a playoff to earn his first PGA TOUR victory at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Laird shot 68 in the final round to move into the playoff at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas, Nevada. Laird held the lead outright with three holes to [...]
Piercy, Campbell tied for lead at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open
Scott Piercy and Chad Campbell are tied for the lead after three rounds of the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas, Nevada. Piercy shot a six-under par, 65, to move up from seventh place. He started the day with birdies on the first and fifth holes before his [...]
Two tied at Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open
Troy Matteson and Chad Campbell are tied for the lead at Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. The pair shot 67 and 62, respectively, on the TPC Summerlin course to lead Matt Kuchar, Ryan Moore, Martin Laird and Bob Heintz by one shot. Matteson, who shared the lead at the start of the round, [...]
Three tied for lead at Timberlake’s Shriners Hospitals for Children Open
Tom Pernice, Jr., Troy Matteson and Spencer Levin are tied for the lead after the first round of the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pernice was bogey-free in his opening round of 62. He started on the 10th hole with a par and then made birdies [...]
Ochoa repeats at Navistar LPGA Classic
Lorena Ochoa won her first tournament since April with her successful title defense at the Navistar LPGA Classic at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Capitol Hill in Alabama. Ochoa shot 70 in the final round to finish four shots ahead of Michelle Wie and Brittany Lang. Ochoa had a rough start with a bogey [...]
Taylor, Kuchar suspended in playoff at Turning Stone Resort Championship
Vaughn Taylor made up three shots in the final round to finish tied for the lead with Matt Kuchar at the Turning Stone Resort Championship. Play was suspended due to darkness at Atunyote Golf Club in Verona, New York as Taylor and Kuchar remained tied through two sudden-death playoff holes. Play will resume Monday at [...]
Ochoa leads by 3 at Navistar LPGA Classic
Lorena Ochoa shot 66 to take a three shot lead over Sandra Gal at the Navistar LPGA Classic heading into the final round. Ochoa, who is looking for her first win since April, started the day with six straight pars before carding three consecutive birdies. She added birdies on the 12th, 14th and 17th holes [...]
Kuchar, Piercy lead Turning Stone Resort Championship
Matt Kuchar and Scott Piercy lead the Turning Stone Resort Championship by one shot heading into the final round at Atunyote Golf Club in Verona, New York. Both Kuchar and Piercy were bogey-free in the third round as they climbed into the top spot from second and fifth place, respectively. Kuchar shot 67 with birdies [...]
Furyk wins Chevron World Challenge