Golf
Woods: Garcia comment hurtful, time to move on
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. What had been a celebration of European golf at an awards dinner south of London shifted suddenly ...
Zach Johnson always feels good at Colonial
Zach Johnson always feels good when he gets to Colonial. That feeling usually last through the week. Johnson has won at Hogan's Alley twice in the last three years. He is the first player in more than three decades with four consecutive top-10 finishes in the event. Now he's back ...
Inaugural tournament cut to 54 holes
Stacy Lewis brings more value to the LPGA Tour that just her golf. Along with becoming the first American in 18 years to win LPGA player of the year, and then rising to No. 1 in the world for four weeks, Lewis had a direct hand in bringing two tournaments ...
Clark future uncertain if tour follows anchor ban
Tim Clark considers his future in golf uncertain now that the game's two governing bodies have outlawed the anchored putting stroke. "Man, this is getting really serious now," Clark said Wednesday from the Colonial. "You kind of deal with it and suddenly it's made, and you're like 'Wow.' It's tough." ...
Golf notes: Justin Bolli finding a place on PGA Tour
Roswell native and Georgia graduate Justin Bolli just had his best week on the PGA Tour and took a big step toward retaining his Tour card for another year.Bolli closed with a final-round 63 at the Byron Nelson Championship and finished fourth last Sunday. It matched his best showing of ...
Garcia apologizes for "fried chicken" remark
Sergio Garcia apologized for saying he would "serve fried chicken" while making a joke about having Tiger Woods over for dinner. The British newspaper The Guardian reported Garcia was asked in jest while on stage at the European Tour's awards dinner Tuesday night if he would invite Woods to dinner ...
Garcia, Woods take their shots at each other
Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia don't like each other, and they're making no effort to disguise their feelings. The verbal feuding began May 11 during the third round of The Players Championship. It resumed this week on both sides of the Atlantic when Woods offered a one-word answer if he ...
Romo active on field while idled over cyst removal
Tony Romo pointed here and there, showing receiver Dez Bryant the best way to use a block on the first day of offseason practice. That's about what he can do for now. The new $100 million quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys can't participate in workouts because of a procedure last ...
Golf adopts rule to ban anchored putting stroke
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. The Royal & Ancient ...
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Sophomore leads Lambert girls to state golf title
Sophomore Michaela Owen shot a 71 to lead Lambert to the Class AAAAAA championship at Sunset Country Club in Moultrie. The Longhorns scored 220 and beat defending champion Milton by five shots. Owen, the daughter of longtime Oglethorpe golf coach Jim Owen, tied for medalist with Kayla Jones of Milton, ...
Burger is lone Bulldog representing UGA golf in NCAAs
Emilie Burger has had a decorated career at Georgia. She will end it this week as a four-time All-American and four-time All-SEC player. But all she can think about as she gets ready to tee it up Tuesday in the NCAA Championships at the UGA Golf Course is what she ...
Chinese 14-year-old will tee it up in Memorial
Guan Tianlang, the 14-year-old Chinese amateur who made history at Augusta National, is bringing his game to Jack Nicklaus' backyard. Guan, who last month became the youngest player to make the cut in a major championship when he finished 58th at the Masters, has accepted an exemption to play at ...
Bae wins Byron Nelson for 1st PGA Tour title
Sang-Moon Bae led by four strokes in the final round of the Byron Nelson Championship when his tee shot at the ninth hole went way left. After getting to his ball, Bae hit a high-arcing shot over the trees in front of him, clearing the green and apparently going into ...
Jennifer Johnson wins Mobile Bay LPGA Classic
Jennifer Johnson got a hug and congratulations from the defending Mobile Bay LPGA Classic champion before it even sunk in Sunday that she had won her first tour title. "It was fun there at the end, because Jennifer was making putts and I don't think she realized what she was ...
Bae wins Byron Nelson for first PGA Tour title
Sang-Moon Bae watched anxiously after hitting his tee shot at the par-3 17th hole Sunday in the Byron Nelson Championship. When the ball landed on the front edge of the green fronted by water, he bent his knees and leaned backward obviously relieved. He was only a few shots away ...
McDowell beats Jaidee to win World Match Play
Graeme McDowell won the Volvo World Match Play Championship on Sunday, beating Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee 2 and 1 in the final at Thracian Cliffs. McDowell won a year after losing the final to Belgium's Nicolas Colsaerts at Finca Cortesin in Spain. The 2010 U.S. Open champion fought back from 2 ...
Colquitt could take boys and girls high school golf tournament
The Colquitt County boys have an opportunity to bring the state golf championship back to South Georgia.The Packers, who won their last championship in 2006, have the depth necessary to win the team title. Other than Lowndes in 2011, a metro Atlanta team has won the boys title in the ...
Georgia, Georgia Tech headline NCAA golf championship at Milton
Georgia and Georgia Tech will carry the flag for the state in the NCAA men’s golf championship, which will start at the Capital City Club’s Crabapple Course in Milton on May 28 with the championship match on June 2.The Bulldogs and Yellow Jackets are two of the 30 teams and ...
Chella Choi takes lead at Mobile Bay LPGA Classic
Anna Nordqvist was putting like a rookie again — and that's a good thing. The Swede said she had perhaps her first "really good putting day" since her rookie year in 2009 with a course-record 61 on Saturday in the third round of the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic. South Korea's ...
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