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Annika Sorenstam, one of the best LPGA Tour golfers of all time, is retiring at the end of the season.| • Garcia proves a point to the media, and to himself |
| PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Sergio Garcia could have mentioned 1.71 million reasons why it meant so much to win The Players Championship, but he is not motivated by money. |
| • Annika Sorenstam retiring from LPGA at end of season |
| Annika Sorenstam, one of the best LPGA Tour golfers of all time, is retiring at the end of the season. |
Monday, May 12, 2008 |
| • Golfer enjoys breeze, applause on TPC's famed 17th |
| PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Nicholas Thompson enjoyed a raucous roar Sunday at the famed 17th island hole without hitting a shot. |
| • Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus have designs on charting a new course in life |
| Long before he famously stalked birdies and eagles, it seems Arnold Palmer also had an eye for landscapes and contours. |
| • Clint Begay, brother of Notah, plays caddie role |
| WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- The quick smile and affable manner are familiar. So, too, the hoop earrings and Native American features. |
Friday, May 9, 2008 |
| • Golf Tips: Swing plane essentials |
| Continuing our series on looking at the main principals of the golf swing, we now turn our attention to the swing plane, which is the tilt and direction of travel of the invisible incline plane made by the club shaft. |
| • Kim has eye of the tiger and maybe more as part of Woods-inspired generation |
| PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Anthony Kim received the ultimate compliment even before he slipped into the blue blazer as winner Sunday of the Wachovia Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, N.C. |
Thursday, May 8, 2008 |
| • PGA Tour pays homage to Jack Nicklaus |
| PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Jack Nicklaus became the eighth recipient of the PGA Tour's Lifetime Achievement Award during a ceremony Wednesday at The Players Championship behind the TPC Sawgrass clubhouse. |
| • Mickelson getting his game in order |
| It has been a discussion for as long as the PGA Tour has wanted -- and that's a long time: Is the Players a major championship? |
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 |
| • Push resumes for Olympic golf |
| MIAMI -- After a pair of false starts in the past 15 years, it appears golf is now aligned to make an Olympic push. |
| • Inside the golf gallery |
| By the Numbers |
| • History, drama - and water - found 17th at TPC |
| NBC golf analyst Johnny Miller likes to refer to an accessible hole location as offering players a "green light special." But there's no such thing on the par-3, 137-yard 17th hole with its island green at the Tournament Players Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Its the caution flag at best, and usually a red flag. Play away from the hole, that is. |
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 |
| • Zambia's Madalitso Muthiya a golf pioneer |
| Every once in a while fate touches a golfer from an unlikely location and makes him a star. When it comes to golf, Zambia is about as unlikely as it gets. |
| • A youthful resurgence on tour |
| PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Tiger Woods was waiting on the sixth hole at Southern Hills last year during a practice round at the PGA Championship when he walked over to the side of the tee box and asked a question no one saw coming. |
| • Nicklaus tutors during Arkansas golf clinic |
| ROLAND, Ark. -- A rusty Jack Nicklaus was still quite a sight for young golfers in Arkansas. |
Monday, May 5, 2008 |
| • Kim backs up his words with overwhelming win |
| CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Let's not go overboard, but, geez, Anthony Kim made his one-time braggadocio look real Sunday as he lapped the field in the Wachovia Championship. |
Friday, May 2, 2008 |
| • Chambers Bay golf course tree axed |
| SEATTLE -- For the last three years, when April Fools Day came around, Jay Blasi got a phone call or e-mail saying the only tree at Chambers Bay, with the waters of Puget Sound serving as its picturesque backdrop, fell down. |
| • Amid the PGA clones, Weekley stands out |
| CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The world could use more Boo Weekleys. |
Thursday, May 1, 2008 |
| • It takes all kinds for U.S. Open hopefuls |
| Just wondering: Is Colin Montgomerie cool with 12-year-old Rico Hoey entering the U.S. Open? And what about 79-year-old Harris Moore Jr.? |
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 |
| • Hurt Tiger declines to give return date |
| The moment quickly got lost in the glow of Tiger Woods' 13th career major trophy. But with the world's No. 1 player now sidelined after knee surgery, it's open to review. |
| • Is Scott set to compete at top level of game? |
| Almost too predictably, Adam Scott was asked after last week's EDS Byron Nelson Championship win if he and the rest of the young stud players on the PGA Tour have the hunger, the ferociousness to compete with Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. |
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 |
| • TV trying prime-time golf |
| CHICAGO -- Crunch time is going to be on prime time for the U.S. Open. |
| • From top of the trees to top of the golf world |
| GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- The house where Lorena Ochoa grew up overlooks the swimming pool at Guadalajara Country Club, a playground paradise for a tiny, wiry girl with big dreams. |
Monday, April 28, 2008 |
| • Golf Tips: The proper set-up |
| Beginning golfers are always focused on improving their flawed swings. What many of them don't understand is that their swings may be doomed before they even get started because of an improper set-up. |
| • Winning putt signifies redemption for Scott and Byron Nelson Championship |
| IRVING, Texas -- Adam Scott had missed several easy putts while blowing a three-stroke lead. And he missed another for eagle on the 16th |
Friday, April 25, 2008 |
| • A slight drop in entries for the US Open |
| Some of the names among the 8,390 entries for the U.S. Open might look familiar -- Norman, O'Meara, Cook and Weiskopf. |
| • Woods leaves no timetable for return |
| IRVINE, Calif. -- Tiger Woods is no longer on crutches since surgery last week on his left knee, but he said Friday in his monthly newsletter that he does not know when he will return. |
Thursday, April 24, 2008 |
| • Morgan Pressel advises sister to hold off on a pro trip |
| AVENTURA, Fla. -- Morgan Pressel has no regrets about jumping to the LPGA while still in high school. However, that's not the path she's recommending for her younger sister. |
| • Annika Sorenstam aims to recover lost momentum |
| FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- For so long, Annika Sorenstam was the tireless pacesetter on the LPGA Tour. |
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 |
| • Analyzing the golf scene . . . |
| BY THE NUMBERS |
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