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Golfers, from left, Ryuji Imada, Ricky Barnes, Eric Axley, Parker McLachlin and Charley Hoffman joke among themselves after playing a putting game following the postponing of the start of the Viking Classic golf tournament.

Chad Campbell closed with an eagle on the par-5 ninth for a 9-under 62 and a share of the second-round lead Friday with Troy Matteson in the PGA Tour's Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas.

One of the frustrations of the Nationwide Tour is that the best players move up to the PGA Tour and you rarely get to see the defending champion or former champions at your tournament from year to year.

Matthew Goggin was in the final group with Tom Watson on Sunday. Sportsnet.ca at the Cdn.

Jeff Kuhn is a Houstonian who serves as a volunteer rules official for the USGA.

Keep up with all the action at the 109th U.S. Open at Bethpage Black: TV times, course tour, the playing field, websites and more... 2 The players Photos By Getty Images A-DENOTES AMATEUR Robert Allenby, Stephen Ames, Stuart Appleby, Eric Axley, Briny Baird, Angel Cabrera, Chad Campbell, Michael Campbell, K.J. Choi, Stewart Cink, Tim Clark, Darren ...

Three local golf enthusiasts and businessman have found their way onto the Professional Golf Association Tour - although not playing in body, they are there more in style.

Rory Sabbatini followed an unconventional par with four consecutive birdies on way to a season-best 6-under-par 64 and a share of the second-round lead Friday with John Mallinger at the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas.

Danny Lee's handlers have moved quickly to plug a hole in the teen golfer's support team as he prepares for a particularly busy period on the PGA Tour in the United States.

Is it a revolutionary shift or just the latest fad? Andy Plummer doesn't bluntly claim the former, but he and Mike Bennett - the most prominent names behind a new manner of swinging a golf club known as the stack and tilt - are quite confident that they are teaching more than the latter.

The October win marked Johnson's fourth PGA Tour title, but first outside the state of Georgia.

But like many things in the finicky world of golf, its staying power may be cooling off.

Bubba Watson overpowered Quail Hollow and wound up with a perfect day - he tied a course record with a 30 on the front nine, shot 7-under-par 65 to share the lead, and doesn't have to play with Tiger Woods.

Seeking his first title on the PGA Tour, California-based Wi fired a flawless 6-under-par 66 to seize early control at the TPC Louisiana.

South Korea's Charlie Wi took advantage of soft early-morning conditions to shoot a bogey-free 6-under 66 and take a one-stroke lead yesterday after the first round of the Zurich Classic.

In its first 40 years, not a single left-hander has won the Verizon Heritage. But then again, Steve Flesch wasn't always a lefty, so maybe he has that going for him.