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Phil Mickelson of the US reacts after sinking a crucial putt at the 17th hole at the HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai yesterday.

November 5th, 2009 - Nick Watney fired a course record tying 64 and leads the HSBC World Golf Championships after round one.

Phil Mickelson eased through a crush of spectators and into a courtesy van, telling them he would sign autographs in front of the Sheshan International clubhouse after he had a chance to eat.

Watney shoots 64, Woods 67 in Shanghai Nick Watney tied a course record with an 8-under-par 64 to build a two-stroke lead in the first round of the HSBC Champions event in Shanghai.

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

The gallery kept growing until it stretched along all 603 yards of the eighth hole at Sheshan International.

Shanghai : Next year's European Tour card in his pocket and a huge burden off his shoulders, Jyoti Randhawa carded a sparkling four-under 68 to lie tied ninth even though none of his compatriots could manage sub-par cards in the first round of the WGC-HSBC Champions golf tournament here Thursday.

American Nick Watney tied the course record with a virtually flawless eight-under-par 64 to open up a two-stroke lead at the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions in Shanghai today.

The World Number One has enjoyed a decade of dominance in WGC events, claiming an astonishing 16 individual WGC titles in total.

Who: Defending champion Marc Turnesa and several players among the Top 25 in tour earnings include Jim Furyk, Nick Watney, Brian Gay, David Toms, Hunter Mahan, Rory Sabbatini, Jerry Kelly and Matt Kuchar When: Pro-Am today; PGA pros Thursday-Sunday Where: TPC at Summerlin Tickets: $15; jtshrinersopen.com Sun Archives Justin Timberlake tees off ...

The 2009 Nationwide Tour's penultimate event, the Miccosukee Championship is played this week at the Mark Mahannah designed Miccosukee Golf and Country Club in Miami.

Building upon the high technology design and resounding success of the original AP irons, Titleist introduces two new high performance iron products for avid golfers -- the new Titleist AP1 and AP2, both of which are multi-material, dual cavity irons.

Nick Watney boosted his yearly earnings to $3,221,421 with his strong showing in the recent Fed-Ex Cup, but it wasn't long ago he let a top-prize money slip away.

Occupation: Web and social media consultant. Handicap index: 13.6 Terry Fitzwater Age: 60.

This is an important time of year on the PGA Tour. You'll find many players nail-biting, hand-wringing and flop-sweating through each week, only to be completely on edge when the weekend rolls around.

See if you agree with my picks for the five biggest surprises of 2009. This season the PGA Tour has given us some memorable - or at least notable - winners.

Observations from Stage 1 of the FedEx Cup Playoffs - With the win, Heath Slocum advances from 124th place on the FedEx Cup Standings... to third.

He shot a 2-under-par 69 Sunday to finish the Barclays at 3-under-281, putting him in a five-way tie for 15th place.

The only thing anyone knows about Liberty National, host of this week's Barclays, are those "Sopranos"-inspired views of lower Manhattan and a scorecard that reads "par 71, 7,419 yards," which is all the insight one needs to load up on bombers, a couple Maduros and some cannoli.

Nick Watney has firmed up his November plans. His October schedule remains in limbo.