·Garcia up by 2 at Players Championship (AP)
His age suggests that Sergio Garcia is about to enter his prime and has every reason to look ahead. He already has six PGA Tour victories, 10 more around the world, has made four Ryder Cup teams and contended in a half-dozen majors. Comfort comes from looking back. The 28-year-old Spaniard showed up at The Players Championship with a putter he used in 2000, when he was a fresh-faced challenger to...
·Maggert's brother dies in plane crash (AP)
Jeff Maggert withdrew from The Players Championship, telling tournament officials that his brother died in a small plane crash in Colorado en route to his son's college graduation. The Gilpin County (Colo.) Sheriff's office said one man died and a 23-year-old passenger was injured Thursday afternoon when the single-engine plane crashed into a snowy mountain in Black Hawk, about 40 miles west of...
·Ill Immelman out of Players Championship (AP)
Masters champion Trevor Immelman withdrew Thursday morning from The Players Championship because of an illness, leaving the PGA Tour's flagship event without the last two major champions. Immelman's agent, Jon Wagner, said the player woke up vomiting and had an upset stomach. Immelman returned home to Orlando to recover.
·Wie struggles, McKay leads at Kingsmill (AP)
The two best players in women's golf played together and seemed to push each other to keep doing better, the day ending with both high on the leaderboard. For Michelle Wie, it was another rare day of gaining experience, a 4-over-par 75 leaving her more in danger of missing Friday's cut than making Annika Sorenstam, Lorena Ochoa or most anyone else in the Michelob Ultra Open sweat the presence of...
·Daly trails by 3 strokes at Italian Open (AP)
John Daly shot a 5-under 67 to trail co-leaders Ross McGowan and Marco Ruiz by three strokes after the first round of the Italian Open. The 609th-ranked Daly, who hasn't finished in the top 10 of a tournament in three years, had seven birdies and two bogeys. McGowan had eight birdies, one less than Ruiz, who bogeyed the 12th.
·Couples makes most of chance at Sawgrass (AP)
Fred Couples didn't realize until a few months ago that he wasn't eligible for The Players Championship, an event he has won twice and counts among his favorite. Couples missed nearly all of last year with back problems, so he wasn't among the top 125 on the money list. But withso many players pulling out, from Tiger Woods to Martin Kaymer of Germany, Couples kept moving up the alternate list...
·Course architect Dye selected to Hall (AP)
Pete Dye, the golf course architect who built his reputation on risk-reward shots at courses like TPC Sawgrass and the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, was selected Tuesday for the World Golf Hall of Fame. Dye was selected in the Lifetime Achievement Category and will be inducted Nov. 10. He will be the fourth person in the Hall of Fame whose primary occupation was a golf course architect, joining...
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