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Cheyenne Woods, the 18-year-old niece of Tiger Woods, will play in her first LPGA tournament next month. Cheyenne Woods, a freshman at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, was given a sponsor's exemption to play in the Wegmans LPGA event June 25-28 at Locust Hill Country Club in Pittsford, N.Y. Cheyenne is the daughter of Earl Woods Jr., the son of Tiger Woods's father, Earl Sr. http://www.canada.com/sports/golf/Woods+niece+make+LPGA+debut/1615901/story.html
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LOS ANGELES - Phil Mickelson has suspended playing on the PGA Tour indefinitely after his wife was diagnosed with cancer, officials said Wednesday. The breast cancer in Amy Mickelson was discovered after an "extensive battery of tests," the golfer's manager T.R. Reinman said in a release. More tests are scheduled but the treatment process is expected to begin ...
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CLIFTON, N.J. — South Korea’s Oh Ji Young captured her second LPGA Tour title Sunday, defeating Norwegian Suzann Pettersen by four shots at the Sybase Classic. Oh carded a two-under par 70 for a 14-under total of 274. She claimed the $300,000 US first prize and added the title to the State Farm Classic crown she won last year. The 20-year-old finished with a flourish, draining a ...
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HOUSTON - Zach Johnson of the United States rolled in a 12-foot birdie-putt to win the first sudden-death playoff hole against compatriot James Driscoll, and successfully defend his Texas Open title in San Antonio on Sunday. Johnson, tied with Driscoll on 265 after 72 holes at LaCantera Golf Club’s Resort Course, set up the win with a ...
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Lorena Ochoa will try to join a select club this week as she seeks her fourth straight title in the $2-million LPGA Sybase Classic. Only Swedish superstar Annika Sorenstam, and 20-time LPGA tour winner Laura Davies of England, have won the same title four consecutive times -- Sorenstam nabbing the Mizuno Classic five straight years from 2001-05 and Davies the Standard Register PING four straight seasons ...
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Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (Sports Network) - Henrik Stenson sucked all of the drama out of an interesting final pairing between Tiger Woods and Alex Cejka on Sunday. With the final twosome struggling in the final round, Stenson fired a flawless, six-under 66 to become the first Swede to win The Players Championship. Stenson finished at 12-under 276 and won the title by four strokes over ...
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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida - Sweden’s Henrik Stenson kept his cool in sweltering heat to win the Players Championship by four shots, as a frustrated Tiger Woods crashed out of contention at the TPC Sawgrass course on Sunday. The unflappable Swede carded the only bogey-free round on the final day, a six under-par 66 for 12-under overall, ...
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WILLIAMSBURG, Va., — American Cristie Kerr seized the lead with a birdie at 15 and held on to beat South Korea’s In-Kyung Kim by two strokes in the LPGA Michelob Ultra Open by two shots on Sunday. Kerr, who lifted the trophy at the same event in 2005, fired a final-round one-under par 70 for a 16-under ...
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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida - Tiger Woods is facing the problem that afflicts every casual golfer — when the long game gets going, the short game vanishes and vice-versa. As the world number one continues his comeback he is getting a taste of the frustration that plagues more modest players. Woods came into this week’s Players Championship lamenting ...
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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Sergio Garcia goes into this week's Players Championship as the title-holder, but also as one of the most out-of-form of the world's elite players. The world No. 3 scored a playoff victory last year over American Paul Goydos at the Sawgrass. This year, though, Garcia has yet to make the top-10 in ...
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