Golf
Villegas seals playoff victory over Garcia
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Colombian Camilo Villegas came from five strokes behind to clinch his second successive PGA Tour victory by beating Sergio Garcia in a playoff for the season-ending Tour Championship on Sunday.
U.S. victory breathes life into Ryder Cup matches
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (Reuters) - Much-needed vigor and passion has been breathed back into the Ryder Cup by Paul Azinger's triumphant United States team after six years of European dominance.
United States takes back the Ryder Cup
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky: The United States' Ryder Cup failures came to joyful end Sunday in the rolling hills south of the Ohio River, as a team built on rookies and emotion took down favored Europe for the first time in nine years.
US surge clear as Europe struggle
The United States will take a 5½-2½ lead into day two of the 37th Ryder Cup after dominating defending champions Europe on the opening day in Valhalla.
Mickelson and Harrington to start
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (Reuters) - Triple major championship winners Padraig Harrington and Phil Mickelson will kick off the 37th Ryder Cup on opposing foursomes teams when the biennial matchplay competition begins on Friday.
Speak English or be suspended, LPGA says
Concerned about its appeal to sponsors, the U.S. women's professional golf tour, which in recent years has been dominated by players born outside the United States, has warned its members that they must become conversant in English by 2009 or face...
Hanson takes lead from Dougherty
Sweden's Peter Hanson carded a third-round 68 to overhaul Nick Dougherty at the top of the leaderboard at the SAS Masters in Stockholm.
Rehabilitating Tiger rules out swinging a club until 2009
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tiger Woods has said he will be unable to swing a golf club until next year as he recovers from reconstructive knee surgery.
Superb Harrington clinches USPGA
Padraig Harrington won his second straight major with victory in the 90th USPGA Championship at Oakland Hills.
Play resumes after lightning suspension
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan (Reuters) - Play resumed at 1858 local time (2258 GMT) after a weather delay of one hour 25 minutes in Thursday's opening round of the U.S. PGA Championship.
Singh and Mickelson eager to play Oakland Hills
AKRON, Ohio (Reuters) - Former winners Vijay Singh and Phil Mickelson will approach this week's PGA Championship at Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in buoyant mood after delivering strong performances at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.
Reavie overcomes early wobble to win Canadian Open
OAKVILLE, Ontario (Reuters) - American Chez Reavie overcame an early wobble to card a final round 70 and clinch his maiden PGA Tour title with a three-shot victory at the Canadian Open on Sunday.
Rookie Reavie races five shots clear at Canadian Open
OAKVILLE, Ontario (Reuters) - American Chez Reavie raced into a five-stroke lead early in the Canadian Open second round on Friday.
British Open's Claret Jug stills Padraig Harrington's doubts
SOUTHPORT, England: Sitting rather edgily in the British Open media center, there were constant reminders of what Padraig Harrington has just achieved.
Brilliant Harrington retains Open
Padraig Harrington successfully defended his Open Championship title with a four-shot victory over Ian Poulter at Royal Birkdale.
Norman bids to conquer course and history
On the third day of its championship, Birkdale showed not a jot of mercy. Nobody broke par on a brutal day of gusting wind, but the show laid on by two players who could not be of more contrasting appearance outdid even the weather. And when they ...
Wie disqualified from State Farm Classic
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michelle Wie was disqualified following Saturday's third round of the LPGA State Farm Classic due to an infraction in signing her scorecard for the second round on Friday.
Mediate Starts Strong at British Open
SOUTHPORT, England — The wind roared and the rain poured on the opening round of the 137th British Open Championship, but neither could stop golf’s improbable feel-good story from crossing eight time zones, the Atlantic, and an ocean of improbabil...
Out of Sight, Not Out of Mind: Woods Still Casts a Shadow
SOUTHPORT, England — It was an invigorating afternoon near the Irish Sea. Massive if unthreatening clouds broke up the blue. The breeze was stiff enough to send big waves through the wispy rough, and John Cooney and Tony Omara were tramping merril...
Watson and Links: Hardly Love at First Sight
SOUTHPORT, England — Almost as soon as the wheels of the plane touch down anywhere on the old sod, something comes over Tom Watson. It happens from Carnoustie to Turnberry, Muirfield to Troon, Birkdale and back. Whether the city or village is loca...