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Sun, 26 May 2013 02:10:29 -0400

Pagan's rare feat carries Giants over Rockies (Reuters) - Angel Pagan belted a rare walk-off inside-the-park home run to push world champion San Francisco past the Colorado Rockies 6-5 in 10 innings on Saturday. Troy Tulowitski's solo homer in the top of the 10th had given the Rockies a 5-4 lead but Pagan's blast found the right field wall and the angled bounce gave him and Brandon Crawford time to beat the relay throws for the winning runs. ...

Matt Kuchar leads Canada's DeLaet, 3 others by one stroke at Colonial

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:17:29 -0400

FORT WORTH, Texas - Matt Kuchar finished a long Saturday at Colonial exhausted and still a stroke in front.

Kuchar takes one-shot lead into final round at Colonial

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:54:13 -0400

(Reuters) - American Matt Kuchar put the finishing touches on his impressive rain-hit second round on Saturday and then maintained a one-shot lead after the third round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational in Fort Worth, Texas. Kuchar, who clinched his fifth PGA Tour title at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in February, made three pars in the early hours at Colonial Country Club to complete a five-under 65 second round before a third-round 69 left him with an 11-under total of 199. ...

Kuchar has 1-stroke lead over Canada's DeLaet at Colonial with 2nd round suspended

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:26:07 -0400

FORT WORTH, Texas - Matt Kuchar was hoping he would be able to finish his second round Friday night at Colonial. He ended up with the lead — and a very early wakeup call.

Woods heads potent field for next week's Memorial

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:28:20 -0400

(Reuters) - Next week's Memorial tournament at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio will feature one of the season's strongest fields with the world's top six players all taking part in the PGA Tour event hosted by Jack Nicklaus. Top-ranked Tiger Woods will be back to defend the title he claimed by two shots last year while Rory McIlroy (second), Adam Scott (third), 2010 champion Justin Rose (fourth), Brandt Snedeker (fifth) and Luke Donald (sixth) will also be competing. Apart from five-times winner Woods and Rose, seven other former champions will be returning - K.J. ...

McIlroy, Donald and Poulter miss cut, Molinari leads at the BMW PGA Championship

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:54:24 -0400

VIRGINIA WATER, England - With less than a month to go before the U.S. Open, Rory McIlroy is still looking for his true form after missing the cut at the BMW PGA Championship on Friday.

Haas, Waldorf set pace at Senior PGA Championship

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:30:54 -0400

(Reuters) - American Jay Haas charged into early contention for a third Senior PGA Championship title by shooting a flawless five-under-par 66 in Thursday's opening round at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri. The 59-year-old shrugged off lingering back pain with accurate driving and deft course management to end a cool, blustery day tied at the top with compatriot Duffy Waldorf, who qualified for the over-50 Champions Tour last August. ...

Palmer takes control with a 62 at Colonial

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:00:48 -0400

(Reuters) - American Ryan Palmer took advantage of ideal scoring conditions and local knowledge with a birdie fest as he charged into a one-shot lead in Thursday's opening round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational in Fort Worth, Texas. The 36-year-old Texan piled up eight birdies on the way to a flawless eight-under-par 62 on a relatively calm morning at iconic Colonial Country Club, matching the lowest first round ever recorded at the long established PGA Tour event. ...

Euro Tour chief sorry for 'colored athletes' gaffe

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:05:25 -0400

By Tony Jimenez VIRGINIA WATER (Reuters) - European Tour chief executive George O'Grady was forced to issue an apology on Thursday after re-opening the Tiger Woods-Sergio Garcia racism row by making an unfortunate comment about "colored athletes". Just when it seemed the fuss was starting to die down following this week's spectacular fallout between two of the world's best-known golfers, O'Grady entered the debate by giving an interview to Sky Sports television. "I deeply regret using an inappropriate word in a live interview... ...

European Tour CEO apologizes for using term 'colored' in live TV interview

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:09:22 -0400

VIRGINIA WATER, England - The head of the European golf tour apologized for using the term "colored" during a live television interview Thursday in which he was reacting to the spat between Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia.

McIlroy slumps to 74 after late Wentworth collapse

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:35:24 -0400

By Tony Jimenez VIRGINIA WATER, England (Reuters) - World number two Rory McIlroy was blown off course by unseasonally cold weather at Wentworth on Thursday, bogeying five of the last six holes to sink to a two-over 74 in the PGA Championship first round. The 24-year-old Northern Irishman made an encouraging start to the European Tour's flagship event and was three-under after 12 holes but a series of late blunders meant he walked off the 18th green a frustrated youngster. ...

Trust at Winnipeg city hall falls over golf course plan

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:14:21 -0400

Some say the debate over privatizing and selling municipal golf courses is having a serious impact on trust at Winnipeg's city hall.

Analysis - Has the anchor ban come too late?

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:32:01 -0400

By Mark Lamport-Stokes (Reuters) - The royal and ancient game of golf, renowned for its etiquette and self-imposed penalties, has undergone many changes to the rules over its 600-year history but few issues have triggered as much debate as the proposal to outlaw the anchoring of putters. In a genteel sport where an inadvertent cough on a downswing can create controversy, the announcement by golf's rule-makers on Tuesday that anchoring would be banned from 2016 has sparked fiery, impassioned division. ...

Tiger Woods says Garcia's 'fried chicken' remark hurtful; Garcia apologizes

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:31:25 -0400

Sergio Garcia apologized to Tiger Woods for saying he would serve fried chicken if they were to have dinner at the U.S. Open, an ugly addition to nearly two weeks of verbal sparring.

City golf course plan OK'd by executive committee

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:57:11 -0400

The controversial plan to lease out four municipal golf courses to a private manager and sell another was narrowly passed by the City of Winnipeg's executive policy committee.

Garcia sorry after 'stupid' Woods fried chicken jibe

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:09:19 -0400

By Tony Jimenez VIRGINIA WATER, England (Reuters) - Sergio Garcia said "sorry" 11 times and used the word "apology" on five occasions as he spoke of his regret at causing a furor by making a "fried chicken" jibe at world number one Tiger Woods. Spaniard Garcia told reporters that his comment, made at the European Tour Player of the Year awards on Tuesday, was "stupid and out of place" and said he regretted it the moment he made it. Fourteen-times major winner Woods, whose relationship with the Spaniard is frosty at best, was in unforgiving mood earlier in the day. ...

Cowboys QB Tony Romo active on practice field even while sidelined after removal of cyst

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:13:22 -0400

IRVING, Texas - Tony Romo pointed here and there, showing receiver Dez Bryant the best way to use a block on the first day of off-season practice.

Anchors away! Golf adopts rule to outlaw putters anchored to the body

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:38:32 -0400

Golf's two governing bodies outlawed the anchored putting stroke used by four of the last six major champions, approving a new rule that starts in 2016 and urging the PGA Tour to follow along so the 600-year-old sport is still played under one set of rules.

Saints says Payton's presence, after a season away, should inspire intense off-season work

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:14:49 -0400

NEW ORLEANS - Even as Sean Payton tried to make the best of his one-season bounty banishment from the NFL by spending time with his children, getting in shape and playing golf, he often compared his punishment to prison time.

Chinese sensation Guan Tianlang, 14, to play at Nicklaus' Memorial Tournament

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:30:16 -0400

DUBLIN, Ohio - Guan Tianlang, the 14-year-old Chinese amateur who made history at Augusta National, is bringing his game to Jack Nicklaus' backyard.