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Rose ends England's long wait for major winner

Rose ends England's long wait for major winner

Ever since Greg Norman’s memorable final-round implosion let Nick Faldo win the Masters in 1996, a generation of fine English talent has come up short in golf’s four major championships. With his seven top-3 finishes, Lee Westwood’s near misses are a thing of golfing folklore. Luke Donald has also been ...

Jun 17, 2013

Morita comes through for third win

Rikako Morita carded six birdies and a bogey on Sunday for a final-round 67 as she came from behind to win the Suntory Ladies by one stroke. Morita, the leading money winner this season on the Japan LPGA tour, finished with an overall total ...

Lefty tied for U.S. Open lead

Jun 16, 2013

Lefty tied for U.S. Open lead

Phil Mickelson birdied his last putt while Billy Horschel never missed a green and they still only just broke par at the U.S. Open on Friday, yet that was enough for them to share the lead. Nearly half the field did not finish the ...

Mickelson grabs U.S. Open lead before weather halts play

Jun 15, 2013

Mickelson grabs U.S. Open lead before weather halts play

Even for Phil Mickelson, his path to the top of the leaderboard on Thursday at the U.S. Open was unconventional. He traveled about 3,800 km in the air and 7,000 yards on the ground. He took a short nap on his private jet from ...

Garcia leaves note of apology in Tiger's locker

Jun 13, 2013

Garcia leaves note of apology in Tiger's locker

Unable to arrange a private meeting, Sergio Garcia left Tiger Woods a note in his locker Tuesday at the U.S. Open with hopes of moving on from his racially charged comment and getting back to playing golf. “I did leave him a note — ...

Jun 8, 2013

Woods returns to top of Forbes list

Tiger Woods is back on top of Forbes’ list of highest-paid athletes. The golfer spent 11 straight years at No. 1 on the magazine’s list before falling to third in 2012. The magazine put him back in the top spot after he made $78.1 ...

Confident Kuchar holds nerve to win Memorial

Jun 4, 2013

Confident Kuchar holds nerve to win Memorial

Most of the perks from winning the Memorial were evident to Matt Kuchar soon after his 20-foot birdie putt tumbled into the final hole Sunday. He looked just beyond the 18th green to where 3-year-old son Carson was giving a high-five to tournament host ...

Kuchar braves tough day as Tiger crumbles

Jun 3, 2013

Kuchar braves tough day as Tiger crumbles

Matt Kuchar couldn’t think of conditions more difficult than Saturday in the Memorial, and he had plenty of evidence. The swirling wind that made it difficult to pull the right club. Fast greens that led to 65 three-putts in the third round alone. And ...

Jun 3, 2013

Matsuyama picks up second victory

Hideki Matsuyama, who has designs on a career on the U.S. tour, on Sunday won the Diamond Cup to earn his second JGTO victory since he turned pro in April. The 21-year-old student at Sendai’s Tohoku Fukushi University held on to the overnight lead ...

Jun 3, 2013

Arimura in contention at Shoprite

Chie Arimura carded five birdies and a bogey on Saturday for a 4-under-par 67 that left her tied for fourth place heading into the final round of the Shoprite LPGA Classic. She and Sweden’s Anna Nordqvist were four strokes back of China’s Feng Shanshan, ...

Jun 3, 2013

Rookie Higa holds on at Resort Trust

Teenage tour rookie Mamiko Higa held her nerve on Sunday to earn her second win of the season, beating Mayu Hattori by a stroke to capture the Resort Trust Ladies. Higa started the final round tied for the lead with Megumi Kido at 7 ...

Tiger stumbles at Memorial

Jun 2, 2013

Tiger stumbles at Memorial

Bill Haas hit one shot he thought might be out-of-bounds and he walked off with a birdie. Tiger Woods kept hitting fairways and rarely made better than par. They finished 10 shots apart Friday at the Memorial, in a spot that felt unfamiliar to ...

May 29, 2013

Tiger set to tee off in Turkish event

Tiger Woods is returning to Turkey in November to play a European Tour event, this time over 72 holes of stroke play. Organizers of the Turkish Airlines Open said Monday the No. 1 player in the world will be part of the 77-man field ...