This Week In Golf

Furyk wins Grand Slam titleAMERICAN Jim Furyk eagled the first playoff hole on Wednesday to defeat Ireland’s Padraig Harrington and win the 26th PGA Grand Slam of Golf.
Bermuda to host Grand Slam for next 2 years TUCKER’S TOWN, Bermuda (AP) — The Grand Slam of Golf will be based in Bermuda for the next two […]

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Golf-Ogilvy hopeful Australian Open will survive tough times (Reuters) Australia’s former U.S. Open champion Geoff Ogilvy arrived home on Tuesday hoping to rekindle interest in one of the world’s oldest golf tournaments.
No Has-’Ben’; Crenshaw Takes One-Stroke Lead At Senior Player’s Championship […]

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Golfers play through as flames burn nearby (AP) Some golfers just keep right on playing, even as a wildfire rages in the mountains above them. A fire broke out Monday morning in the Santa Susana Mountains overlooking the course at Porter Valley Country Club. Then strong winds arrived, and […]

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Korea's Kim claims first LPGA triumph (AFP) South Korean 20-year-old Kim In-Kyung birdied the last two holes in the final round to win the LPGA Longs Drugs Challenge by three strokes over American Angela Stanford.
In-Kyung Kim wins Longs Drugs Challenge (AP) […]

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Golf Capsules (AP) Zach Johnson won the Texas Open on Sunday for his fourth PGA Tour title, following his third-round 62 with a 64 for a two-stroke victory over Charlie Wi, Mark Wilson and Tim Wilkinson. Johnson, the 2007 Masters champion who entered the week with only one top-10 […]

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TARGET WORLD CHALLENGE, Sherwood Country Club, Thousand Oaks, California - Tiger Woods returns from the longest break of his career this week to play at a tournament he has won three times before.
The Target World Challenge features an elite 16-player field that boasts 15 of the top 56 golfers in the world, […]

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Woody Austin finished 36 holes at 20- under-par 124.
Naples, FL - Woody Austin and Mark Calcavecchia teamed for a 12-under 60 in Saturday’s better-ball format to move into sole possession of the lead after the second round of the Merrill Lynch Shootout.
Austin and […]

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EUROPEAN TOUR
ALFRED DUNHILL CHAMPIONSHIP, Leopard Creek Golf Club, Mpumalanga, South Africa - The European Tour moves to South Africa for the next two events before taking a three-week break over the holidays.

Ernie Els has won the Alfred Dunhill Championship four times.

First up is the Alfred Dunhill Championship, where Alvaro Quiros flew by South African […]

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Trevor Immelman moved up two spots to 19th.
Philadelphia, PA - Trevor Immelman’s win at the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City on Sunday moved the South African into the top 20 of this week’s Official World Golf Rankings.
Immelman moved up two to […]

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PGA TOUR
PGA TOUR QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT, Orange County National (Crooked Cat and Panther Lake), Winter Garden, Florida -The PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament is one of the most grueling events in golf, played out over six days beginning on Wednesday.

George McNeill won by five shots at 23-under 409, last year.

The low 25 finishers and […]

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The United States pair of Heath Slocum (L) and Boo Weekley (R) finished 36 holes at 14-under-par 130.
Shenzhen, China - The United States pair of Boo Weekley and Heath Slocum combined for a three-under 69 in Friday’s foursomes to remain atop the leaderboard after the second […]

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The United States duo of Boo Weekley (r) and Heath Slocum (l) combined for seven birdies and two eagles in the first round.
Shenzhen, China  - The United States duo of Boo Weekley and Heath Slocum combined for an 11-under 61 in the first round of the World Cup […]

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EUROPEAN TOUR
MASTERCARD MASTERS, Huntingdale Golf Club, Melbourne, Australia - The European Tour heads down under this week for the MasterCard Masters.

Michael Campbell tops a field loaded with Australians and New Zealanders.

The event is co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia and will be part of the European Tour’s schedule […]

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Lorena Ochoa shot a four-under
68 on Sunday to win the ADT Championship by two strokes.
West Palm Beach, FL  - Lorena Ochoa finished off her sensational 2007 season with a $1 million payday.
The Mexican star shot a four-under 68 on Sunday […]

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Paula Creamer finished with a four-under 68 to close out a commanding eight-stroke win.
Semmes, AL - There was not much doubt in the outcome of the LPGA Tournament of Champions on Sunday.
Paula Creamer entered the round with a six-stroke lead and her cushion never […]

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Buck & New Dawg: Cowboys in a league of their own?
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Tx Outdoors • Horse Racing • Golf • Other Sports • Columnists • Buy Tickets Business Entertainment Living Click Obituaries Are the Cowboys the best team in the NFC? NEW DAWG: Maybe. They need to beat the Giants […]

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Mix: iTunes, Salesforce, Billboard, Storage
iLounge - The iTunes Store is now taking pre-orders for ” The Complete Led Zeppelin ,” a special $100 digital box set containing the band’s entire discography, is now available for pre-order exclusively through iTunes, as is the band’s upcoming
Cottonwood Hills earns accolades from Golf Inc.
MSN MoneyCentral - For today’s […]

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Kevin Stadler leads after two rounds of the HSBC Champions tournament.
Shanghai, China - Kevin Stadler posted a three-under 69 on Friday to move into sole possession of the lead after two rounds of the HSBC Champions tournament. The American finished 36 holes […]

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Vijay Singh birdied his final two holes for a five-under 67 and third place.
Shanghai, China - Niclas Fasth and Craig Stadler each fired rounds of eight-under-par 64 on Thursday to share the first-round lead of the HSBC Champions tournament at Sheshan International Golf Club.
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Justin Rose jumped five places to seventh in the world rankings.
Justin Rose won for the second time in 2007 on Sunday and in doing so claimed the top spot on the European Tour’s Order of Merit and also jumped five places to seventh in the world rankings. […]

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