Mindy Kim maintained her two-stroke lead in the LPGA State Farm Classic, following her opening career-low 64 with a 5-under 67 on Friday to reach 13 under.
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Bob Tway was walking from the putting green to the first tee at Rock Barn on Friday morning when he saw Mike Goodes shot a 28 on the front nine.
Read More »Funk a happier man after qualifying for U.S. Open
Fred Funk hasn't been happy with his golf game over the last seven months, and even considered dropping off the pro tour until he straightened things out.
Read More »Five Business Lessons Learned on the Golf Course
Why relationship building on the golf course may be as important as ever for business networking. We live in a hyper-connected society, and being disconnected for four hours if you're in sales or marketing can be daunting—and seem like a major loss of time
Read More »6 Business Golf Travel Essentials
Golf remains one of the best ways to nurture business relationships, near your office or on the road. But when you travel to play with business connections, it's important to bring the comforts of home in terms of golf gear. Here are six different products business travelers can't golf and travel without
Read More »Long putt gives Gilder Champions title
Bob Gilder rolled in a 30-foot birdie putt on No. 18, then watched Mark Brooks bogey the hole to escape with a one-stroke victory Sunday in the Principal Charity Classic.
Read More »Cristie Kerr leads LPGA ShopRite Classic after 36
Cristie Kerr was in the zone on the range before the second round of the ShopRite LPGA Classic and even a double bogey on the 12th hole didn't cause her to lose focus.
Read More »Brooks leads by 2 in Champions Tour event
Mark Brooks came within one putt 10 years ago of retiring from competitive golf.
Read More »Kerr, Creamer, Wie advance at Sybase Match Play
Cristie Kerr, Paula Creamer and Michelle Wie have won second-round matches to lead six Americans into the third round of the Sybase Match Play Championship.
Read More »David Toms leads at rainy Colonial
David Toms topped the leaderboard at 12 under with seven holes left when in his second round when play resumed late Friday afternoon after a 2½-hour rain delay.
Read More »Calcavecchia takes 3-shot lead at Shoal Creek
Mark Calcavecchia opened a three-stroke lead in the Regions Tradition, shooting a 7-under 65 on Friday to run his bogey-free streak to 35 holes at Shoal Creek.
Read More »Shoal Creek set for golf major comeback
Fred Couples is a couple of decades older since finishing second in the last major tournament at Shoal Creek, and he has the aching back to prove it.
Read More »Barkley: Tornado damage ‘worst thing I’ve seen’
Alabama football coach Nick Saban says he spends much of his spare time in tornado-ravaged parts of Tuscaloosa.
Read More »The Big Thirst: Nothing’s Quite So Thirsty As A Las Vegas Golf Course
Strict controls and smart re-use means the water that happens on Vegas links stays on Vegas links. Fact: A single, 18-hole round of golf at a typical Las Vegas golf course requires 2,507 gallons of water. That's not "virtual water," it's the actual amount of water that has to be sprinklered onto the golf course to get it ready, each night, for each golfer.
Read More »Scientists ask: Is the kilo losing weight?
Ensuring a pound of butter is indeed a pound, or a gallon of milk a full gallon, has long been the province of government agencies that deal with weights and measures. But now it seems scientists are having a little trouble with the golf-ball-size piece of metal that is used to set the standard weight for a kilogram, or kilo.
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