All posts tagged "golf"

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    Dustin Johnson to return at Torrey Pines

    (AP) — Dustin Johnson plans to return from his leave of absence in two weeks at Torrey Pines. The Farmers Insurance Open representatives released a statement Friday which said that the 30-year-old Johnson has committed to play...

    • Posted January 23, 2015
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  • APTOPIX Humana Challenge Golf
    Phil Mickelson struggles in return, Blake Adams stars

    LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) — Phil Mickelson got most of the attention in his return to competition after a four-month break. Blake Adams got a lot more out of his comeback round. Mickelson shot a 1-under 71...

    • Posted January 23, 2015
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  • Patrick Reed, left, is congratulated by Jimmy Walker after Reed won a playoff hole to win the Tournament of Champions golf tournament, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, in Kapalua, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
    Golfer Patrick Reed works on forehead tan before Humana

    LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) — Patrick Reed is coming off a playoff victory over Jimmy Walker two weeks ago in Hawaii in the Tournament of Champions. He and wife Justine stayed at Kapalua last week for a vacation....

    • Posted January 21, 2015
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  • Dustin Johnson says in a magazine interview that cocaine is not the reason he chose to sit out the last six months to get his life in order. (AP Photo)
    Golfer Dustin Johnson has first child, says cocaine not his ‘issue’

    NEW YORK (AP) —Dustin Johnson and Paulina Gretzky are parents of a boy amid a controversy surrounding his leave of absence from the professional golf. Johnson says in a magazine interview that cocaine is not the reason...

    • Posted January 21, 2015
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  • Tiger Woods walks in the finish area of an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-G, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Lindsey Vonn won a super-G Monday for her record 63rd World Cup victory and celebrated with an embrace from a surprise visitor ó boyfriend Tiger Woods. The American broke Annemarie Moser-Proell's 35-year-old record of 62 World Cup wins with a flawless run down the Olympia delle Tofane course, finishing 0.85 ahead of Anna Fenninger of Austria. (AP Photo/Armando Trovati)
    Tiger Woods loses tooth to cameraman

    CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Tiger Woods has another reason not to like cameras — his agent said it cost him a tooth. Woods made a surprise visit to Italy on Monday to watch girlfriend Lindsey Vonn...

    • Posted January 20, 2015
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  • Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland tees off on the 14th hole during first round of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Thursday Jan. 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
    Hole-in-1 boosts McIlroy’s pursuit of Kaymer in Abu Dhabi

    ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Rory McIlroy’s putter briefly went cold at the Abu Dhabi Championship on Friday. So he decided to take another route to the hole. The world No. 1 made his first...

    • Posted January 16, 2015
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  • Despite going through some alleged personal difficulties, Kevin Na still pulled through with a safe 1-under 71. (Yonhap)
    Casey, Simpson tied for lead at 62 at calm Sony Open, Na leads Koreans

    HONOLULU (AP) — Webb Simpson made his debut with a conventional putter Thursday at the Sony Open and might have wished he had used one sooner. One year away from the new rule that outlaws anchored strokes,...

    • Posted January 16, 2015
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