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Darren Clarke out of Masters with hamstring injury
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Former British Open champion Darren Clarke has withdrawn from the Masters because of a hamstring injury. Clarke pulled a hamstring while on vacation in the Bahamas just more than a week ago. He pulled out of the Texas Open last w ...Go to article
Inbee Park runs away with Kraft Nabisco for second career major title
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) - Inbee Park doubled her lead to six strokes on the opening hole Sunday and ran away with the Kraft Nabisco Championship for her second major title. The 24-year-old South Korean player made a 20-foot birdie putt on the par ...Go to article
Rory McIlroy adds endorsement deal with Omega
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Rory McIlroy has signed a new endorsement deal with Swiss watchmaker Omega. McIlroy, coming off a runner-up finish in the Texas Open for his best finish this year, is the latest brand ambassador for Omega, which has a stable of c ...Go to article
Martin Laird ties course record with 63 to win Texas Open, Rory McIlroy finishes second
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Martin Laird tied the course record with a 9-under par 63 to hold off Rory McIlroy to earn his first win in more than two years at the Texas Open. Laird began Sunday four shots behind leader Billy Horschel, but posted a bogey-free ...Go to article
Phil Mickelson plays practice round with Condi Rice at Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Phil Mickelson has won three green jackets, and he was the one asking all the questions Sunday during a practice round at the Masters. In his group was Augusta National's newest member - former Secretary of State Condoleezza ...Go to article
Inbee Park builds three-shot lead at Kraft Nabisco
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) - Inbee Park's 7-iron tee shot Saturday on the 168-yard 17th hole turned to left on a perfect line at the back-left pin, landed softly and rolled to 2 1/2 feet for yet another birdie in the Kraft Nabisco Championship. ...Go to article
Billy Horschel maintains lead at Texas Open; Rory McIlroy four shots behind
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Billy Horschel was confident about his chances of staying on top at the Texas Open after taking the second-round lead. The relatively unknown up-and-comer lived up to his words on Saturday, holding off an experienced leaderboard t ...Go to article
Tiger Woods tries to end long drought at 2013 Masters
(AP) -- Tiger Woods in a green jacket once felt like an annual celebration of spring, as regular as the azaleas bursting with color at Augusta National. Now it's more like a fading memory. It has been eight years since Woods rolled in a 15- ...Go to article
Inbee Park takes Kraft Nabisco lead; Wie, Creamer, Kerr five back
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) - Inbee Park took the second-round lead Friday in the Kraft Nabisco Championship, making three birdies in a row early on the back nine and rebounding from a wind-blown bogey with four straight pars. Finishing in gusty cond ...Go to article
Rory McIlroy moves into contention at Texas Open
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Rory McIlroy didn't anticipate an encounter with the native plant life when he signed up for the Texas Open. Despite just such a happening on Friday, the world's No. 2 golfer matched the low round of the day with a 5-u ...Go to article
Jodi Ewart Shadoff is one of rare LPGA Tour players to use anchored putter
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) - Jodi Ewart Shadoff is one of the few LPGA Tour players to use an anchored putting stroke, a method the U.S. Golf Association and Royal & Ancient Golf Club have proposed banning. ``I've said this a lot of times, ...Go to article
Pettersen, Choi, Ewart Shadoff share lead at Kraft Nabisco
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) - Suzann Pettersen and Na Yeon Choi pushed each other to the top of the leaderboard in perfect morning conditions in the Kraft Nabisco Championship. Jodi Ewart Shadoff matched them late Thursday afternoon with a scrambling ...Go to article
Wie: Sorenstam apologized for Golf Magazine comments
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) - Michelle Wie said Annika Sorenstam apologized to her for comments she made in an interview with Golf Magazine. ``She actually reached out to me last night, said a couple of things got misquoted,'' Wie said Thur ...Go to article
McIlroy gets off to slow start, trails Bettencourt, Tomasulo in Texas
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Matt Bettencourt has spent the last year searching for answers to his severe asthma problem. The journeyman PGA golfer finally found that answer last week, in the form of the right combination of medication. His comfort showed ...Go to article
Yani Tseng relaxed after losing No. 1 ranking, set for Kraft Nabisco
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) - Yani Tseng lost the No. 1 spot in the world to Stacy Lewis three weeks ago in Phoenix, then was booted out of the Kia Classic a few days later when she overslept and missed her pro-am tee time. Winless in more than a yea ...Go to article