David Duval News

Justin Leonard fired an eight-under 64 in windy conditions to move past Justin Rose and into the lead Friday after two rounds of the Children's Miracle Network Classic.

Twelve years is a long time, to be sure. But it must seem like another life to David Duval , who, at the end of the 1997 season, won three straight PGA Tour events, stamping himself as one of the game's emerging players.

Rich Beem was slightly flummoxed by the term, which has often been ascribed to golf, where there are no guaranteed, multi-year contracts or player unions.

Even in the wake of what turned out to be a big win for Phil Mickelson and a disappointing showing by Tiger Woods, the PGA Tour is already preparing for what will be a overly dramatic weekend at the Children's Miracle Network Classic in Walt Disney this Thursday.

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.

Rickie Fowler will be back in the spotlight next week at the Children's Miracle Network Classic at Disney World as he seeks to win his PGA Tour card without a trip to Q-School. Fowler has won $553,700 in his two PGA Tour starts as a pro, which would put him 135th on this year's money list.

You do not have to say 'Tiger Woods.' He is one of many stars where only one name is necessary to fully identify them.

The sun was out in Madison, Miss., a seemingly beautiful day for golf. Randy Watkins could only wish it had come out sooner, for longer, and did a better job of drying out a saturated golf course still unfit for play on Monday.

STUART Appleby is to forgo a last-ditch bid to secure his full American tour card so that he can be in Melbourne for next week's Australian Masters at Kingston Heath.

Perched precariously on the bubble at 125th on the PGA TOUR money list entering this week's Viking Classic, former British Open champion David Duval is following his practical inclinations and considering all of his options for the 2010 season.

Janzen has hardly seen the glass half full in recent Octobers, when he's been too low on the PGA Tour money list to earn the right to play the next season.

Rickie Fowler picked a good year to try to get his PGA Tour card without going to Q-School. The former Oklahoma State star tied for seventh in Las Vegas, then lost in a three-way playoff at the Frys.com Open in Arizona, giving him $553,700 in two starts.

Rickie Fowler picked a good year to try to get his PGA Tour card without going to Q-school. The former Oklahoma State star tied for seventh in Las Vegas, then lost in a three-way playoff at the Frys.com Open in Arizona, giving him $553,700 in two starts.

PGA TOUR: Frys.com Open, today-Sunday, Grayhawk Golf Club, Scottsdale, Ariz. TV: Golf Channel .

The PGA Tour will bring a Nationwide Tour event to the TPC Sawgrass in the fall of 2010 that will be sponsored by Winn-Dixie. The Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open will feature a $600,000 purse, with the winner getting $108,000. All of the proceeds from ticket sales will go to local charities.

The PGA Tour will announce at a Wednesday news conference that a Nationwide Tour event will be played at the TPC Sawgrass in the fall of 2010, the Times-Union has learned.

In the writing biz, this is what we would consider a smorgasbord of metaphorical choices.

Tom Watson: The 60-year-old last played on a Ryder Cup team in 1989. It's been 16 years since he was the victorious captain at The Belfry.

Members of the military, law enforcement and firefighters can watch the pros play at Frys.com Open for free.

It has only been a few decades since golf took off in Asia, but the speed and growth of its popularity has been phenomenal.