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Match Play Championship returning to Dove Mountain in 2013
The WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship will return to the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club at Dove Mountain in 2013. The event, which was won by Hunter Mahan this year, has been played at Dove Mountain since 2007 and moved to the Ritz-Carlton course in 2009. It was speculated that the tournament could move to Tucson National, where the Tucson Open was played,
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To a Tee: Sybase Match Play could be exciting, if shown well
It's an exciting week in the golf world, with the PGA in Texas for the Byron Nelson, and both the European Tour and LPGA running match play events. Don't get me wrong, last week provided good golf with The Players Championship, but it will be nice to have all those tournaments going on this weekend. Thing is, I just wish
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Sybase Match Play could be exciting, if shown well
It's an exciting week in the golf world, with the PGA in Texas for the Byron Nelson, and both the European Tour and LPGA running match play events. Don't get me wrong, last week provided good golf with The Players Championship, but it will be nice to have all those tournaments going on this weekend. Thing is, I just wish
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This Week in Golf -- May 17 through May 20
PGA TOUR - HP BYRON NELSON CHAMPIONSHIP, TPC Four Seasons Resort, Irving, Texas - The PGA Tour returns to Texas this week for the Byron Nelson Championship. Last year, Keegan Bradley earned his first tour victory with a par on the first playoff hole. Bradley and Ryan Palmer finished at minus-three, before Bradley won in the extra session. Bradley later
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Woods updates schedule; adds Greenbrier
Tiger Woods updated his schedule on his website on Monday and added six events to his slate, with just one being a new event. Woods will next play at The Memorial. He has won Jack Nicklaus' event four times, including three in a row from 1999-2001. He will return to action two weeks after that at the U.S. Open Championship.
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Out of the Rough: Understanding the Kevin Na problem
On Saturday and Sunday at The Players Championship, we saw one of the most alternately fascinating and sad stories in golf. Kevin Na simply can not hit a golf ball when his mind won't allow it. "I changed my setup starting at the Masters last year. I was trying to get more forward, trying to get the backswing more up,"
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Kuchar to 5th in world rankings
Matt Kuchar's victory Sunday at The Players Championship moved him up 11 to fifth in this week's world golf rankings. Rory McIlroy, despite a missed cut at the TPC Sawgrass, remained in first, followed by Luke Donald, Lee Westwood, Masters champion Bubba Watson and Kuchar. Hunter Mahan slipped one to sixth, and Tiger Woods stayed at No. 7. Steve Stricker
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Kuchar wins Players Championship by 2
Matt Kuchar fought off several competitors on Sunday to win The Players Championship by two strokes. Kuchar closed with a two-under 70 to finish at 13-under-par 275. The win was his fourth on the PGA Tour, and by far his biggest title. "It's such an amazing feeling. To play amongst the game's best, to come out on top, to do
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Na in front at The Players Championship
It didn't always look pretty on Saturday, but Kevin Na birdied the last hole to take the third-round lead at The Players Championship. Na, one of three second-round leaders, shot a four-under 68 on Saturday to finish at 12-under 204. He owns a one-shot lead over Matt Kuchar, another co- leader from round two, who had a 69 Saturday at
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Johnson, Kuchar, Na lead at TPC Sawgrass
Zach Johnson, Matt Kuchar and Kevin Na were tied atop the leaderboard after Friday's second round of The Players Championship. Johnson played in the morning Friday and fired a six-under 66 at the TPC Sawgrass. Kuchar followed with a four-under 68 and Na posted a 69 to finish 36 holes at eight-under 136. Harris English carded a five-under 67 and
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Poulter, Laird share the lead at The Players Championship
Ian Poulter and Martin Laird both fired rounds of seven-under 65 on Thursday to share the first-round lead of The Players Championship. Blake Adams is alone in third after a six-under 66 at the TPC Sawgrass. Kevin Na and Ben Crane share fourth at five-under 67. Tiger Woods' woes continued, both in the current state of his game, and at
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Golf Tidbits: Way too early for Rory/Rickie rivalry
They were born less than six months apart and own a combined four PGA Tour victories. But are Rickie Fowler and Rory McIlroy really rivals? Fowler earned his first PGA Tour win last Sunday when he beat McIlroy and D.A. Points in a playoff at the Wells Fargo Championship. Fowler and McIlroy are both 23 years old and have battled
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Out of the Rough: Where does The Players rank?
You'll hear the worst moniker in professional golf this week. And, you'll hear it a lot. "The fifth major." The PGA Tour's hype machine dubbed The Players Championship that wretched name years ago. It's nauseated people like me for a long time. It's not the fifth major. There are four majors and that's all. There's the argument. If the governing
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Mickelson, 4 others inducted into HOF
Four-time major champion Phil Mickelson headlined a group of five people inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame on Monday. Mickelson was joined in the 2012 class by 1985 British Open and 1988 Masters champion Sandy Lyle; former player-turned broadcaster Peter Alliss; Hollis Stacy, a four-time major winner on the LPGA Tour; and legendary writer Dan Jenkins. When the
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Fowler proves substance with win
And so, the golfer clad in orange finally got a chance to show off his Sunday, citrusy best as a winner. Rickie Fowler earned his first PGA Tour victory at the Wells Fargo Championship, beating D.A. Points and Rory McIlroy in a playoff. It was a long time coming for a guy who, at all of 23 years old, seemed
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Couples withdraws from Players Championship
Fred Couples has withdrawn from this weekend's The Players Championship because of an illness. Couples, who won The Players in 1984 and 1996, also pulled out of last week's Champions Tour event because of sickness. He has not played since tying for 12th at the Masters in early April. Couples earned a spot in The Players Championship because he won
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This Week in Golf -- May 10 through May 13
PGA TOUR - THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP, TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida - Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, and more of golf's best players will convene in Florida this weekend for The Players Championship. Among those teeing it up at TPC Sawgrass will be K.J. Choi, who won The Players last year. He parred the first playoff hole to
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Fowler to 24th in rankings; McIlroy again No. 1
Rickie Fowler's first PGA Tour victory, a playoff win Sunday over Rory McIlroy and D.A. Points at the Wells Fargo Championship, resulted in a jump to 24th in this week's world rankings. Fowler moved up 15 places to crack the top-25. While McIlroy wasn't able to pull out the victory, his tie for second place still allowed him to reclaim
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Fowler earns 1st win in Wells Fargo playoff
Rickie Fowler birdied the first playoff hole Sunday to earn his first PGA Tour win at the Wells Fargo Championship. Fowler got into the clubhouse first at 14-under-par 274 thanks to a final- round, three-under 69. D.A. Points and Rory McIlroy played together in the penultimate group on Sunday. Points dropped the first shot of his round at the 18th
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Simpson moves back into lead at Wells Fargo
Webb Simpson birdied two of his final four holes Saturday to jump into first place after three rounds of the Wells Fargo Championship. Simpson, one of three co-leaders after the first round, carded a three-under 69 and finished 54 holes at 14-under par 202. His strong finish allowed him to emerge from a crowded field and take a one-stroke lead