Woody Austin News

This week the PGA Tour returns to TPC River Highlands for the Travelers Championship.

Each week during the official PGA Tour season, a panel of CBSSports.com staffers each will identify nine players to watch in three distinct categories -- longshots, favorites and 'tweeners. The picks will be based on a combination of homework, guesswork and just plain instinct.

The Travelers Championship is underway in Cromwell and there is a three-way tie for the early lead.

An old Vegas friend is on the phone, we've been happily slandering a mutual acquaintance.

Cumberland County lost two gems recently - Sam Hicks and John Dishman. Sam was a longtime golf professional at Lake Tansi and Dripping Springs , while John was a longtime deputy with the Cumberland County sheriff's department and worked for awhile with the Crossville Police Department.

Brian Gay's golf ball was right up against the lip of a greenside bunker on the 17th hole.

AUSTRALIA'S Robert Allenby was finding form before next week's US Open only for thunderstorms to halt his blistering round at the $US6.1 million St Jude Classic.

MEMPHIS - What are the odds of three PGA Tour caddies who grew up in Chattanooga being in the same threesome in the opening round of the St.

The encouragement came at Phil Mickelson as he spent nearly 30 minutes signing autographs for fans after a steamy day that featured 21 holes.

American Brian Gay shot a four under-par 66 to lead by two shots on 10-under overall in the second round of the St Jude Classic on Friday.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The idea was for Phil Mickelson to return to a routine as best as possible in his world now shaken with fear.

Maybe I'm reading too much into this. But Garcia and Mickelson skip the Memorial -- one of the most prestigious tournaments of the year and one that Tiger especially loves to win -- and they play in the St Jude's the next week?? I mean, the St Jude's? The Memorial is on the second tier, just below the Majors, right there with the TPA and the FedEx.

In the beginning of the week it was all Stricker as he posted a pair of 63s to begin the famed Crowne Invitational at Colonial.

Tim Clark shot a seven-under 63, putting him in a three-way tie for first in the Crowne Plaza Invitational.

By JOHN HENRY Count Woody Austin among those who don't like the course changes to Colonial.'I'm not a big proponent of the changes.

By JOHN HENRY In PGA parlance, Saturday is 'moving day,' the day when players hope to creep into position to win on Sunday.Steve Marino made a dramatic move with the day's low round, an 8-under 62, and Jason Day certainly improved his position with a 5-under 65.Justin Leonard also brought his moving van, packing six birdies and no bogeys in a ...

Steve Stricker hits his tee shot on the 12th hole during the second round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas on Friday.

Woody Austin of Derby, Kan., scorched Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, on Thursday, shooting a bogey-free, 7-under-par 63 and tied for the lead with Tim Clark and Steve Stricker after the first round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational.Austin’s 63 was his best since going a stroke lower while winning the 2007 St.

Perhaps the weight has been lifted off David Toms's shoulders. Toms birdied five of his first 10 holes to move into the top 10 at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas.

Golf Ian Baker-Finch There is a video associated with this story. IBF ... stands for In Better Form.