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Australia's Marcus Both ended his six-year title drought on the Asian Tour by securing a one-stroke victory over Malaysia's Shaaban Hussin at the Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open today.

Italy's Edoardo Molinari defeated Robert Karlsson of Sweden on the second play-off hole to win the Dunlop Phoenix men's golf tournament in Tokyo on Sunday.

Freshman John Wall had 21 points and 11 assists as No. 4 Kentucky dominated Rider 92-63 on Saturday in the Cancun Challenge.

Brooks, Fowler lead at Pebble Beach Matt Bettencourt tees off on 10th hole at Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational in Pebble Beach, Calif.

Vermont native Trevor Murphy is one round away from the final stage of PGA Tour Qualifying School.

Gaurav Pratap Singh registered his first professional win after a nail-biting finish in the ONGC Masters 2009 at the Noida Golf Course here Saturday.

Keven Fortin-Simard of Quebec City moved a step closer to advancing to the final round of the PGA Tour's qualifying school.

Lee Westwood continued to hold Rory McIlroy at bay early in the third round of the Dubai World Championship on Saturday - thanks to some more brilliant putting.

D.A. Points shot a 2-under 70 at Del Monte, and Matt Bettencourt had a 71 in wind and rain at Spyglass Hill to share the second-round lead Friday in the Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational.

Updates from level 14 of EPT Vilamoura, brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Howard Swains and Simon Young.

UTMOST consistency was displayed by York golfa TMs supreme Mr Tee, Simon Dyson, in the stellar climax to the European Tour.

Michelle Wie's first victory on the LPGA Tour drew Golf Channel's second-biggest audience with the circuit.

Kenichi Kuboya shot a 6-under 65 on Thursday to take a three-stroke lead after the first round of the $2.2 million Dunlop Phoenix.

Updates from level 12 of EPT Vilamoura, brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Howard Swains and Simon Young.

John Cook and Olin Browne both shot 6-under par 66s at Del Monte Golf Course and shared a one-stroke lead Thursday after the first round of the Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational.

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John Ellis, above competing at San Juan Oaks Golf Club, shot an even 72 Wednesday to open the second stage of the PGA Tour's Qualifying Tournament at the Deerwood Golf Club in Kingwood, Texas.

Site: Richmond, Texas. Schedule: Thursday-Sunday. Course: The Houstonian Golf and Country Club .

Dubai, Nov 18 Jeev Milkha Singh led his team to a sixth place finish in today's pro-am but the real test for the Indian star golfer starts tomorrow when he tees off in the Dubai World Championship here.

Steve Haskins shot a a bogey-free 6-under 65 on Wednesday to take a two-stroke lead over Curt Byrum, Jim Roy, Peter Senior, John Ross and Terry Burke after the second round of the Champions Tour National Qualifying Tournament.

Tommy Armour III will seek his third straight Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational title against a diverse field from the four major professional tours beginning on Thursday.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates Two-time British Open champion Greg Norman predicts that the prize money in golf will continue to decrease because of the recession.

The Locust Hill golf course in suburban Rochester will host the LPGA Championship next June, with supermarket chain Wegmans replacing McDonald's as sponsor of the season's second major.

Tiger Woods first made his move in the Australian Masters in the middle of the opening round, getting his name on the leaderboard next to a player named "Jordan" that even some of the local fans did not recognize.

Still wearing his gold jacket from winning the Australian Masters, with his car waiting to take him to the airport, Tiger Woods had one more stop to make at Kingston Heath.

Lorena Ochoa is having one of the best years of her life, and it has nothing to do with being ranked No.

Lee Westwood has admitted that it was probably a mistake to playA last week's Hong Kong Open.

FACTS AND STATS: Course Architects: Tom Doak and Jack Nicklaus . Year Opened: August, 2006.

Fred Funk had knee replacement surgery Monday. Fred Funk , whose lone victory this year came at the U.S. Senior Open, had knee replacement surgery on Monday in Jacksonville, Fla., and hopes to return to competitive golf in January.

HONG KONG: Thongchai Jaidee sealed a third Asian Tour Order of Merit title thanks to his 11th place finish at the UBS Hong Kong Open on Sunday and said he was setting his sights on getting into the world top 50.

Tiger Woods will be an honorary captain for Stanford when the 14th-ranked Cardinal take on rival California in the Big Game on Saturday.

A U.S. magistrate on Monday denied a temporary restraining order sought by a golfer trying to block a one-year doping ban by the PGA Tour long enough to let him play at a qualifying tournament in Houston.

EUROPEAN TOUR - DUBAI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, Jumeirah Golf Estates , Dubai, United Arab Emirates - After almost a full year of battling, the Race to Dubai ends this week and there will be a winner.Mathematically, four players have a chance at the money title.

Three-time champion Annike Sorenstam hits a drive during the final ShopRite Classic in 2006.

Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images Tom Watson will be able to go on playing in the Open beyond next year's championship at St Andrews.

Tiger Woods gave record crowds at Kingston Heath what they wanted to see: exquisite shots and a closing round of 4-under-par 68 to win the Australian Masters on Sunday for his seventh victory of the year.

POPULAR former world No.1 Fred Couples is to play next month's Australian Open golf championship in a timely boost following Greg Norman's withdrawal.

George McNeill acknowledges the crowd after making par on the 18th hole during the second round of the Children's Miracle Network Classic PGA golf tournament at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Friday, Nov.

FRANCE'S Gregory Bourdy survived a late challenge from rising star Rory McIlroy on Sunday to win the Hong Kong Open, securing a berth at the European Tour's year-end championship in Dubai.

Hirofumi Miyase shot a 5-under 67 Saturday to take a one-stroke clubhouse lead before darkness suspended the third round at the Taiheiyo Masters.

Marek Hamsik scored from the penalty spot in the first half Saturday to lead Slovakia to a 1-0 win over the United States in an international friendly.

Honolulu's Michelle Wie shot a 2-under-par 70 today for a share of the lead with Cristie Kerr after the third round of the Lorena Ochoa Invitational today at Guadalajara, Mexico.

George McNeill closed with a double-bogey Saturday and will share the lead with three others entering the final round of the Children's Miracle Network Classic.

It's no comic-book story, but without question, the Doug Barron drug scenario is enough to leave both principle parties with embarrassed faces.

Paul Casey is out of next week's Dubai World Championship, the event which could have seen him crowned as the European Tour's number one this season.

Yasuharu Imano has shot a 7-under 65 to take a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Taiheiyo Masters.

Vishal Singh of Jaipur extended his overnight lead to two strokes when he returned a three under par 50 in round two of the Aircel-PGTI Players Championship presented by The Willingdon Sports Club here Friday.

Former world No. 1 David Duval is likely to lose his PGA Tour card next year after missing the cut at the Children's Miracle Network Classic.

Bangalore boy Chikkarangappa extended his lead and increased his chances of defending the Lalit Suri Eastern India title after the completion of the third round at the par-70 Tollygunge Golf Club here Thursday.

The first golfer to be suspended by the PGA Tour for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance is asking a federal court to lift his doping suspension.

It's official: Watching golf is the perfect impetus for a tranquil, long-lasting, uninterrupted nap.

After much speculation regarding his status, Rory McIlroy announced earlier this week that he will join the PGA Tour next season.

It was down to the last minute. Ron Jaworski, former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback and ESPN "Monday Night Football" analyst, took to the microphone to drive home the message that his golf management company could run the township-owned Indian Spring Country Club effectively.

Race to Dubai leader Lee Westwood and nearest challenger, Irishman Rory McIlroy, both sit at four-under at the UBS Hong Kong Open today.

Melbourne has been saying it for years and now it's been confirmed - Melbourne is the best sporting city in the world.

Udorn Duangdecha shot an 8-under 62 behind 10 birdies Thursday to lead Robert-Jan Derksen of the Netherlands by one stroke after the first round of the Hong Kong Open.

The thought of spending another year writing letters, making phone calls and doing just about anything possible to get a sponsor's exemption into PGA Tour events makes Rich Beem cringe.

Adam Scott will consider giving up his European Tour membership next year if players are forced to play designated events.

Thousands of fans created a steady stream of traffic Wednesday across the 10th fairway at Kingston Heath, then turned and moved en masse up the left side of the 481-yard hole.

Jiyai Shin is on the verge of sweeping both the LPGA's rookie and player of the year awards.

Spanish legend Seve Ballesteros accepted an honourary membership of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews.

Six months after the U.S. PGA Tour officially got involved in the HSBC Champions, commissioner Tim Finchem was front and center at a news conference and later at the TV trophy presentation to Phil Mickelson.

The LPGA is catching up in 3-Tour Challenge victories. Cristie Kerr shot 4-under 32 on the back nine to lead the LPGA team to a win Tuesday in the Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge.

Guts and glory seem to go hand in hand for England's Lee Westwood, the highest-ranked player and headline act at the US$2.5 million Hong Kong Open, which gets underway at the Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling tomorrow.

MELBOURNE : Tiger Woods says he is proud of his comeback year from knee surgery and is looking forward to adding to his 14 major titles next year now he is pain-free. The American world number one has surprised even himself with how he has hit back on the circuit this year after an eight-month injury lay-off with six tournament victories since ...

Sir Nick Faldo has described being knighted by the Queen as an "unbelievable experience". The most successful British golfer in the modern era said he never dreamed of receiving such an honour following the ceremony at Windsor Castle.

Lee Westwood is back into the world number four spot he last occupied eight years ago - and has become Europe's highest-ranked player once again.

Phil Mickelson won the HSBC for the second time in three years. AP Photo November 8th, 2009 - Phil Mickelson edged out Ernie Els by one stroke to win the 2009 HSBC World Golf Championship in Shanghai for his fourth victory on the season.

Ernie Els couldn't contain his excitement after he finished his play in China. Els posted a final round 63, which was one short of tying Phil Mickelson for the HSBC Championship.

CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK CLASSIC, Walt Disney World Resort , Lake Buena Vista, Florida - Last year, Davis Love III fired a final-round 64 to win by a shot and capture his 20th career victory and first in two years.

Hard work paid off in stunning fashion for Rory McIlroy in Shanghai as a fourth-place finish at the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions thrust the Holywood ace firmly into contention for the Race to Dubai title.

Sebastian Fernandez scored the winner as Banfield returned to the summit of the Argentine Apertura tournament with a 1-0 win at San Lorenzo on Sunday.

HORSHAM junior golfers Nick Thomson and Jamie Nield will have the opportunity of a lifetime when they get tips from Tiger Woods at a private exhibition on Thursday.

Anirban Lahiri bagged the highest prize money ever on the Aircel-PGTI when he won the BILT Open 2009 golf with a mammoth seven-stroke margin here Sunday.

Jim Rutledge of Victoria has made it through the first stage of the PGA Champions Tour qualifying school.

PGA Tour professional Ryan Moore, who has made headlines as the tour's only "logo-free" player in recent years, has signed a deal with Scratch Golf in which he will not only use their equipment, but become part owner of the company.

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Shanghai Jyoti Randhawa shunned aggression for caution and carded a second successive two-under 70 for a share of the sixth spot after the penultimate round of the WGC-HSBC Champions golf tournament in Shanghai on Saturday.

Former Clemson NCAA Champion Charles Warren and reigning United States Open Champion Lucas Glover will both be honored during ceremonies on Saturday prior to the Clemson vs.

When Jay Haas defends his Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship next year, it will be at the TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm.

North Yorkshire tee titan Simon Dyson produced a boxer-type round in his first crack at the HSBC World Golf Championship in China.

Organisers are hopeful that Lorena Ochoa will join Tiger Woods Down Under . Australian golf galleries could be treated to the world's number one male and female players battling it out on local courses for the first time this summer.

Danny Lee has hit the skids only seven months after turning pro and one of his colleagues on tour thinks he has some idea why.

CHRIS Evert has opened up about life after Greg Norman, revealing in an interview she is "where I should be in my life right now". The former US tennis champion says she wants to be "at home being a mum". Evert stepped into the public spotlight to promote her annual two-day Chris Evert/Raymond James Pro-Celebrity Tennis Classic in Florida.

Nearly a week later, USC continued to survey the wreckage from the obliteration in Oregon that punctured the image that the Trojans might occasionally lose but never get blown out.

Serena Williams has set a single-season prize money record on the women's tennis tour by earning $6545586 in 2009, according to the Women's Tennis Association.

So Andre Agassi was a meth head. Gotta admit I didn't see that one coming. Then again, I didn't believe a potbellied fringe player who could barely hit the ball out of his shadow would become the first golfer to test positive for performance-enhancing drugs.

American Michelle Wie is scheduled to make her debut in the Dubai Ladies Masters at the Emirates Golf Club next month.

Photograph: Scott Halleran/Getty Images Paul Casey is hoping to spring a surprise at this week's HSBC Champions event in Shanghai and end his injury-blighted season with a win after starting it with three victories in the first five months.

SHIMA, Japan -- Jiyai Shin wrapped up the LPGA Tour's rookie of the year award last week.

Mike Weir hits from the 18th tee during the second round of the Frys.com Open golf tournament, Friday, Oct.

The PGA Tour announced today that the Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship will leave Baltimore Country Club next year and move to TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm in Potomac before returning to the Lutherville course in 2011.

Men's Tours Greg Norman ... shoulder surgery has finished his year. Reuters Greg Norman to miss Australian Open following shoulder surgery November 05, 2009 Greg Norman has pulled out of next month's Australian Open in Sydney following a slower than expected recovery from shoulder surgery.

Course: Sheshan International Golf Club . Purse: $7 million. Winner's share: $1.26 million.

Erik Compton, the golfer with two heart transplants, has received another exemption into the Children's Miracle Network Classic at Disney next week.

The Champions Tour along with the Gulf Coast Business Council announced on Tuesday that the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic will be added to the 2010 tour schedule.

Mathematically, Paul Casey is very much in the hunt for the Race to Dubai on the European Tour, at No.

The PGA Tour is leaving the FedEx Cup just as it is with the playoff schedule and points system.

The Reno-Tahoe Open has a new date, July 12 to July 18, the PGA Tour announced this morning.

The World Golf Hall of Fame 2009 Induction Ceremony, was held last night, Monday, Nov. 2 at World Golf Village in St. Augustine, FL. The purpose of the evening was to honor legends and great contributors to the game of golf President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Christy O'Connor, Jose Maria Olazabal and Lanny Wadkins.

Sentosa: Ace Indian golfer Jyoti Randhawa dropped a rung to fifth but Gaganjeet Bhullar held on to the sixth spot in the Asian Tour's Order of Merit list issued on Monday.

Tiger Woods looked out at a conference room above the Shanghai River that was filled with so many photographers and other media that it felt like he was at a major championship.

HSBC CHAMPIONS, Shenshan International Golf Club, Shanghai, China - The HSBC Champions was added to the World Golf Championships umbrella earlier this year, and the improved status has helped the field grow even better than before.

Wadkins, Olazabal inducted into Hall of Fame Golfer Jose Maria Olazabal, left, and sportscaster Jim Nantz chat prior to the World Golf Hall of Fame induction ceremonies on November 2, 2009 in St.

Doug Barron, a 40-year-old journeyman who lost his tour card three years ago, became the first player to be suspended by the PGA Tour for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance.

A banned video of Kylie Minogue has won a top award. The raunchy clip of the pop star - riding a bucking bronco in stockings and suspenders for British underwear firm Agent Provocateur - has been named the Best Ever Celebrity Viral Ad after netting over 350 million hits on video sharing website YouTube.

Richard Sterne has set his sights on becoming the first back-to-back winner of the South African Open Championship since Trevor Immelman in 2003/04, when he defends his title in the 99th edition of the second oldest national Open at Pearl Valley Golf Estates from December 17-20. SINGAPORE: Ross McGowan of England looks on at Richard Sterne of South ...

Han Chang-won completed the Korean championship trifecta at Mission Hills Golf Club in China Sunday, cruising to a five-stroke victory at the inaugural Asian Amateur Championship and earning the most-coveted invitation in all of golf a spot in next year's Masters Tournament.

INCHEON: South Korea's Choi Na-Yeon fired a final round 67 to win the USLPGA Hana Bank Kolon Championship on Sunday by a stroke from Taiwan's Yani Tseng and Sweden's Maria Hjorth.

Sentosa , Oct 31 Gaganjeet Bhullar and Jyoti Randhawa made the cut after turning in contrasting cards but four other Indians fell by the wayside after the second round of the weather-hit Singapore Open golf tournament here today.

No sooner had Ian Poulter etched his name onto the historic Singapore Open trophy, the organisers announced that the Barclays would extend its sponsorship of the signature event till 2012.

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Bill Britton shot a 7-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead over Paul Daniels after the third round of the Senior PGA Professional National Championship at PGA Golf Club on Saturday.

England's Ross Fisher beat Masters champion Angel Cabrera on the 39th hole Saturday to set up a World Match Play Championship final against American Anthony Kim, a 5-and-4 winner over Australia's Robert Allenby.

Shenzen , Oct 31 : Indian golfer Rashid Khan once again showcased his immense potential with a terrific rally on the back nine to keep himself in line for a good finish at the inaugural Asian Amateur Championships at Mission Hills here Saturday.