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Luke Donald looks like a different player these days.

John Cook won the Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am on Sunday for his second Champions Tour victory of the year, rebounding from a double bogey on the final hole of regulation with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff against Jay Don Blake.

Rory McIlroy birdied his final hole to take a two-stroke lead Saturday in the weather-hit Malaysian Open, while Masters champion Charl Schwartzel barely made the cut for the third round.

When he pulled a 9-iron shot with a half swing on the final hole at last year's Texas Open, Adam Scott admitted he had to go "straight away" to the range to work out the kinks.

Charl Schwartzel has been so busy that his 2011 Masters win doesn't seem like it's real yet, while Rory McIlroy isn't discouraged by his final-round collapse and says he's trying to stay patient. (NBC Sports)

A travel-weary Rory McIlroy pledged to put his final-round collapse at the Masters behind him by delivering a strong performance in this week's Malaysian Open.

A travel-weary Rory McIlroy pledged to put his final-round collapse at the Masters behind him by delivering a strong performance in this week's Malaysian Open.

A jet-lagged and travel-weary Rory McIlroy has pledged to put his final-round collapse at the Masters behind him by delivering a strong performance in this week's Malaysian Open.

It was nearly 1 a.m. in South Africa when Charl Schwartzel sealed his first major title with a birdie on the last hole at the Masters.

Tiger Woods' amazing final-round charge hits a bit of snag with a three-putt on the par-3 12th hole, leaving him two shots behind leader Rory McIlroy in the final round of the Masters on Sunday.

Disagreeing On Everything As theoretical physicists, we deplore the publication of A. Garrett Lisi and James Owen Weatherall’s “ A Geometric Theory of Everything ,” as well as of Zeeya Merali’s “Rummaging for a Final Theory” [News Scan] in the September issue, which was PR-level praise of Lisi’s research that presented him as struggling against an entrenched establishment. [More]

Stacy Lewis held off defending champion Yani Tseng to win the Kraft Nabisco Championship by three strokes Sunday, earning her first LPGA Tour title in the year's first major.

So many people surrounded the first tee that it was hard to see who was playing. The gallery stretched down the entire length of the 461-yard opening hole and wrapped around the back of the green on a sun-baked Sunday at Bay Hill.

PGT: Bubba Watson and Rickie Fowler struggled in the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Sunday.

Justin Rose talks to Jimmy Roberts about his final round 68 that put him back in the hunt at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. (NBC Sports)