PGA Tour

Keegan Bradley keeps lead at Byron Nelson

2013-05-17 18:29:00

Keegan Bradley shot a one-under-par 69 in a round that started and ended with bogeys, good enough for a three-stroke lead after two rounds in the Byron Nelson Championship at Irving, Texas. A day after setting the TPC Four Seasons course record with a...

Ken Venturi, 1964 U.S. Open champion, dies at 82

2013-05-17 17:05:00

Ken Venturi, a San Francisco native and the 1964 U.S. Open golf champion, has died. He was 82. Matt Venturi says his father died Friday afternoon at a hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif., after a two-month battle with a spinal infection, pneumonia and...

ESPN to take over U.S. Open tennis rights from CBS in 2015

2013-05-16 13:05:00

After holding serve for 45 years, CBS has lost the rights to the nation's premier tennis tournament. ESPN on Thursday said it has clinched an 11-year deal with the United States Tennis Assn. for the exclusive TV rights, beginning in 2015, for the annual...

Tiger Woods serves notice with Players Championship win

2013-05-12 19:00:00

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Tiger and Sergio, meet Tonya and Nancy

2013-05-14 00:00:00

We had a great development in sports over the weekend. Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia did for golf what Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan once did for figure skating. Images can change so fast. The PGA Tour is no longer merely a parade of boring...

Tiger Woods vs. Sergio Garcia: The war of words and a backswing

2013-05-12 11:06:00

Tiger Woods versus Sergio Garcia: There is nothing better than a knock-down, drag-out fight in golf. And this is a war of words and etiquette rather than fisticuffs on the hockey rink, a benches-clearing brawl in baseball or a shot-for-shot showdown on...

Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy in the hunt at Players

2013-05-09 19:00:00

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Tiger Woods stared at the divot in disbelief, then he spat in disgust in its direction. A brilliant day at the Players Championship came to a frustrating end for Woods, who carded a five-under-par 67 but chunked a chip...

Champions Tour player blew the whistle on Tiger Woods at Masters

2013-05-02 07:12:00

The person who called PGA Tour officials and reported an infraction that Tiger Woods committed during the Masters this year has been identified by Sports Illustrated: David Eger, who has won four times on the over-50 Champions Tour. On the second day of...

Flip Saunders hired to run Timberwolves

2013-05-02 22:10:00

Goodbye, David Kahn. Hello, Flip Saunders. Again. The Minnesota Timberwolves announced Thursday that owner Glen Taylor will not pick up the option for next season on Kahn's contract as president of basketball operations. Three people with knowledge of...

Vijay Singh sues PGA Tour after banned substance allegation

2013-05-08 10:49:00

Golfer Vijay Singh is suing the PGA Tour, claiming it damaged his reputation by attempting to suspend him for using a banned substance. According to the lawsuit, filed Wednesday in New York, the tour notified the three-time major championship winner...

Rafael Nadal proves fitness, wins Barcelona Open

2013-04-28 22:24:00

Rafael Nadal won the Barcelona Open for the eighth time Sunday, defeating Nicolas Almagro, 6-4, 6-3, in Spain for his fourth title of the year. This latest victory, with next month's French Open approaching, is a promising sign that Nadal is getting...

Bayern Munich rolls into Champions League final

2013-05-02 00:00:00

The Champions League final will feature two German teams for the first time after visiting Bayern Munich completed a surprising 7-0 rout of Barcelona. Playing with a big cushion after a 4-0 win in the first leg at home last week, Bayern beat Barcelona,...

David Eger plays in the Senior PGA Tour Championship in 2011.

2013-05-02 06:39:09

Rory McIlroy says he should not have withdrawn from last week's PGA Tour tournament.

2013-03-05 06:36:07

Adam Scott is one of the golfers who use a belly putter on the PGA Tour.

2013-02-25 06:23:36