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Woods, Garcia Go Another Round, Expressing Dislike For Each Other

By Associated Press on in Golf News.

Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia don’t like each other, and they’re making no effort to disguise their feelings. The verbal feuding began May 11 during the third round of The Players Championship. It resumed this week on both sides of the Atlantic when Woods offered a one-word answer if he thought about contacting Garcia to… Read more »

Anchors Away: Golf Gets Rid Of Popular Long Putters

By Associated Press on in Golf News.

Golf’s governing bodies approved a rule Tuesday that outlaws the putting stroke used by four of the last six major champions, a move opposed by two major golf organizations that contend long putters are not hurting the game. The Royal & Ancient Golf Club and U.S. Golf Association said Rule 14-1b will take effect in… Read more »

Sang-Moon Bae holds off Keegan Bradley for first PGA Tour win at Byron Nelson Championship

By Stephen Hawkins, Associated Press on in Golf News.

Sang-Moon Bae watched anxiously after hitting his tee shot at the par-3 17th hole Sunday in the Byron Nelson Championship. When the ball landed on the front edge of the green fronted by water, he bent his knees and leaned backward obviously relieved. He was only a few shots away from his first PGA Tour… Read more »

Chinese Sensation Guan Tianlang, 14, To Play At Nicklaus’ Memorial Tournament

By Rusty Miller, The Associated Press on in Golf News.

Guan Tianlang, the 14-year-old Chinese amateur who made history at Augusta National, is bringing his game to Jack Nicklaus’ backyard. Guan, who last month became the youngest player to make the cut in a major championship when he finished 58th at the Masters, has accepted an exemption to play at the Memorial Tournament next week…. Read more »

Keegan Bradley Sets TPC Four Seasons Record With A 10-under 60 At The Byron Nelson Championship

By Associated Press on in Golf News.

Keegan Bradley has set the TPC Four Seasons course record with a 10-under 60 in the opening round of the Byron Nelson Championship. Bradley shot 60 even with consecutive bogeys midway through his round Thursday. After his second bogey, at No. 1 to start his second nine, he was 7 under his last eight holes…. Read more »

Samantha Richdale Wins Season Opener On Canadian Women’s Tour

By Canadian Press on in Golf News.

Samantha Richdale of Kelowna, B.C., carded a final round 1-over 73 on Wednesday to capture the season-opening event on the 2013 CN Canadian Women’s Tour. Richdale converted three birdies during her final round to finish with a two-day total of 6-under 138 at Beach Grove Golf Club. The victory was Richdale’s first CN Canadians Women’s… Read more »

Guan Tianlang to play at Byron Nelson Championship

By Stephen Hawkins, Associated Press on in Golf News.

Guan Tianlang is one of five amateur players being honoured this week for the Byron Nelson International Junior Golf Awards. While the other four award recipients will be watching the Byron Nelson Championship, the 14-year-old Guan — already the youngest player to make a cut on the PGA Tour — is playing in the tournament…. Read more »

Jason Dufner Not Taking Struggles Too Seriously Ahead Of Byron Nelson Championship

By Stephen Hawkins, Associated Press on in Golf News.

Jason Dufner outwardly showed little emotion last year when he won the Byron Nelson Championship in the midst of his incredible stretch of golf. The same goes for Dufner when things aren’t going as well, such as this season. “I don’t show it, but obviously it’s going on inside. I played a lot of rounds… Read more »

Marshals Offer Different Versions Of Tiger Woods-Sergio Garcia Feud

By Doug Ferguson, Associated Press on in Golf News.

Two marshals say Tiger Woods never said anything to them about whether Sergio Garcia had played his shot. Two other marshals disputed that account, one of them saying he told Woods that Garcia had already hit on the second hole at the TPC Sawgrass. In the days since Woods won The Players Championship, the dispute… Read more »

Sergio Garcia Comes Under Fire For Playing The ‘Victim’ After Tiger Woods’ Victory

By James Corrigan, The Daily Telegraph, National Post Wire Services on in Golf News.

As Tiger Woods was Monday still celebrating winning his fourth event of a season at an earlier stage than ever, one of his closest friends was warning Sergio Garcia to drop the “victim” act. There were many raised eyebrows when in the aftermath of his dramatic collapse at the Players Championship, Garcia declared: “I’m not… Read more »