PGA Tour
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Matt Kuchar was hoping he would be able to finish his second round Friday night at Colonial. He ended up with the lead -- and a very early wakeup call.
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A business magazine is reporting that General Motors is in the final stages of a deal with the PGA Tour to put its Cadillac brand on a World Golf Championship event at Doral.
Sports Business Journal cited unnamed industry sources in saying GM was close to returning to PGA Tour sponsorship.
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Jonathan Byrd figured there was barely enough light left to play one more hole.
Turns out he only needed one more swing.
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Defending champion Martin Laird of Scotland shot a bogey-free 8-under 63 -- eagling the short par-4 15th and closing with three pars -- to take a one-stroke lead over Jonathan Byrd on Saturday in the PGA Tour's Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospital for Children Open.
Laird, who shot a 62 on Friday
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Jonathan Byrd shot an 8-under 63 on Friday at rain-softened TPC Summerlin to take the second-round lead at 13 under in the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospital for Children Open.
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Robert Garrigus, Will MacKenzie, Michael Letzig, John Senden and rookie Cameron Tringale shot 7-under 64s on Thursday to share the first-round lead in the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospital for Children Open, the fourth of the PGA Tour’s five Fall Series events.
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Two years after he led UCLA to an NCAA title, Kevin Chappell is headed to the PGA Tour.
With his first Nationwide Tour victory among seven top-10s this year, he is No.
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Tiger Woods says he never learned more in a year in which he never won less.
Woods said Monday he is more at peace with his personal life than when he returned to golf in April, and he remains hopeful that his season will not end without a victory.
“I learned a lot about myself, and I learned
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SAN MARTIN, California (AP) -- Rocco Mediate holed out for eagle for the fourth straight day, hitting a pitching wedge from 116 yards that spun back into the cup on the par-4 17th Sunday en route to a one-stroke victory over Bo Van Pelt and Alex Prugh in the Frys.com Open.
"Do you believe what ju
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Rocco Mediate holed out with a pitching wedge from 111 yards on the par-5 15th hole for his third eagle of the week and finished with a 4-under 67 to maintain a three-stroke lead Saturday in the Frys.com Open.
The 47-year-old Mediate, looking for his first PGA Tour victory in eight years, became
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Rocco Mediate holed a 7-iron approach from 160 yards for eagle on the par-4 fourth hole and finished with a 6-under 65 on Friday to increase his lead to three strokes in the Frys.com Open.
The 46-year-old Mediate, looking for his first PGA Tour victory in eight years, made the eagle on the 426-ya
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Rocco Mediate once flirted with a major victory over Tiger Woods.
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Rickie Fowler came close to winning his first PGA Tour title last year at the Frys.com Open in Scottsdale, Ariz.
He's hoping a different site will bring a different result.
"There's some unfinished business," said Fowler, the U.S. Ryder Cup player decked out in a purple shirt and white pants.
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Tiger Woods will join two major champions and at least a dozen players from both Ryder Cup teams in his Chevron World Challenge in December at Sherwood Country Club.
Still to be determined is whether the All-Star field will be without the No.
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About all anyone can say with certainty about No. 1 in the world is that it won’t be Tiger Woods at the end of October.
It won’t be Phil Mickelson, either.
Lee Westwood hobbled home from the Dunhill Links Championship at St. Andrews to rest his calf injury.
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It’s going to take a lot more money to stay on the PGA Tour this year.
Blame some of that on Tiger Woods.
Woods has gone over $10 million in earnings three of the last five years.
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Matt Kuchar is virtually a lock to win the Vardon Trophy for the lowest adjusted scoring average. He tied for 25th last week at the McGladrey Classic with a 7-under 273, lowering his average to 69.57.
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Johnson Wagner already is resigned to going back to Q-School just two years after winning the Shell Houston Open. His hope is that expecting the worst can lead to a change for the better.
Wagner was forced into a five-week break when he failed to qualify for the FedExCup playoffs.
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A late win gives Heath Slocum an early start next year.
Slocum was among those at last week’s McGladrey Classic who faces the least amount of pressure in the Fall Series. He already is exempt after winning The Barclays last year.
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Lee Westwood is not yet certain to dethrone Tiger Woods as the world’s top-ranked player later this month. Martin Kaymer could deny him.
Although the Official World Golf Rankings’ rolling two-year formula guaratees that Westwood will overtake Tiger Woods on Oct.
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