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Auburn women's golfers overcome trying season

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:29:18 -0400

MONTGOMERY, Alabama - The Auburn women's golf team had to overcome far more than the normal highs and lows of the sport to make the NCAA championships.

Arkansas advances to national NCAA golf tournament

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:30:04 -0400

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas - Arkansas will be playing in the national NCAA men's golf tournament.

Sioux Falls-area course on track for summer 2014

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:33:10 -0400

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota - Developers say a new Sioux Falls-area golf course designed by accomplished course architect Rees Jones should ready for play by late next summer.

Chile's Tullo leads Madeira after 3rd round

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:33:04 -0400

SANTO ANTONIO DA SERRA, Portugal - Mark Tullo of Chile shot a 4-under 68 on Saturday to take a one-shot lead after the third round of the Madeira Islands Open.

Venturi, US Open champion and CBS analyst, dies

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:16:07 -0400

Ken Venturi, who overcame dehydration to win the 1964 U.S. Open and spent 35 years in the booth for CBS Sports, died Friday afternoon. He was 82.

Guan will miss Nelson cut after 2nd-round 77

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:02:11 -0400

IRVING, Texas - Guan Tianlang was constantly tossing grass up in the air trying to get a feel for the swirling winds. He was often shaking his head.

Keegan Bradley opens with 60 at Nelson

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:12:35 -0400

IRVING, Texas - Keegan Bradley broke the TPC Four Seasons course record with a 10-under 60 in the opening round of the Byron Nelson Championship.

Scrutiny on Tiger Woods now for different reasons

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:28:05 -0400

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida - Tiger Woods has faced more scrutiny that any other golfer from his generation. Maybe ever.

Graham: Tiger's recipe for golf success

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:23:59 -0400

HOBE SOUND, Fla. - By MIKE GRAHAM

Hokies to add women's golf program in 2015

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:31:55 -0400

BLACKSBURG, Virginia - Virginia Tech athletic director Jim Weaver says the Hokies are adding a women's golf program.

McNulty: Tiger Woods notes lack of young black golfers...

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:18:37 -0400

By RAY MCNULTY - Ever wonder if Tiger Woods notices that, after all he has accomplished and all the worldwide recognition he has received across all these years at the top of his sport, he remains the only black American playing on the PGA Tour?

McNulty: Former NFL star, sports broadcaster Ahmad Rashad...

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:20:55 -0400

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - By RAY MCNULTY

Old Waverly has had significant economic impact

Fri, 10 May 2013 04:33:21 -0400

WEST POINT, Mississippi - The golf course at Old Waverly in West Point has consistently been recognized as one of the best in the nation.

McNulty: Sorry, but The Players isn't a major...

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:49:41 -0400

By RAY MCNULTY - This will be the seventh year The Players Championship is played in May, a strategic move concocted by the PGA Tour to give its crown-jewel event another nudge toward recognition as one of golf's "majors."

Tulane's golfers begin NCAA regional play

Thu, 09 May 2013 04:06:11 -0400

NEW ORLEANS - Tulane's 19th-ranked golfers make the program's 10th NCAA Regional appearance Thursday when the team opens postseason play at the NCAA East Regional at the Auburn University Club in Auburn, Alabama

Couples, Montgomerie among 5 inducted to hall

Mon, 06 May 2013 20:37:04 -0400

ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida - About the only thing Fred Couples and Colin Montgomerie had in common was a golf swing good enough to trust for a lifetime.

McNulty: Kaat disputes Greg Norman's story of golf club...

Mon, 06 May 2013 13:21:21 -0400

By RAY MCNULTY - When Jim Kaat's eyes hit the front page of Florida's Stuart News recently, he couldn't believe what he was seeing.

Austrian Wiesberger wins Indonesian Masters

Sun, 05 May 2013 09:23:26 -0400

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Bernd Wiesberger shot a 5-under 67 in the final round Sunday to win the Indonesian Masters by a stroke over British Open champion Ernie Els.

Cristie Kerr shoots 66, takes lead at Kingsmill

Sat, 04 May 2013 19:44:11 -0400

WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia - Cristie Kerr is already the only two-time winner of the Kingsmill Championship and a return to her old putter has her on a roll again. The LPGA Tour also veteran knows better than to put too much stock into what she did on a Saturday on tour.

Palmer, Nicklaus, Player team in Texas

Sat, 04 May 2013 19:29:36 -0400

THE WOODLANDS, Texas - Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player stepped to the first tee Saturday at The Woodlands Country Club for a crowd-pleasing aside from the second round of the Champions Tour's Insperity Championship.