The Open Championship

Sergio Garcia leads Tiger Woods by one at Players

2013-05-11 00:00:00

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Sergio Garcia was only 19 when he first challenged Tiger Woods during the final round of the 1999 PGA Championship. Woods nipped the fist-pumping Spaniard — then affectionately known as El Nino — by a shot for a...

Australian Adam Scott earns his Masters with degree of drama

2013-04-14 19:30:00

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- This time, the putt didn't slip past the hole. This time, Adam Scott's world did not crumble around him by the width of a thumbnail. Ernie Els was right. It wasn't just lip service back in July, at Royal Lytham & St. Annes, when he...

Adam Scott puts Down Under on top with Masters triumph

2013-04-14 19:20:00

AUGUSTA, Ga. — In one moment, Adam Scott's fists clenched and his neck tendons went taut and out came forever's worth of frustrations. One ball rolled a long way into a cup across a soggy patch of grass, and he shouted down Australia's enduring...

Golfer Keegan Bradley is tired of people saying he is a cheater

2013-02-28 13:19:00

Keegan Bradley, who won the PGA Championship in 2011 to become the first player to win a major while using a belly putter, is tired of people calling him a cheater in the wake of the U.S. Golf Assn. calling for a ban on the putters. "It's been...

Golf is more than a game to Padraig Harrington — it's a life's work

2013-02-13 00:00:00

The top player in golf isn't in the Northern Trust Open field this week at Riviera Country Club and his name isn't Tiger Woods. Rory Mcllroy, the Northern Ireland four-club clover who is still ahead of No. 2 Woods in the World Golf Rankings, took a...

Scott Stallings leads by five in desert

2013-01-19 19:20:00

Scott Stallings, who has an easy smile and a sweet swing, sneaked away with a five-shot lead after three rounds of the Humana Challenge on Saturday. While many were congratulating 39-year-old Stewart Cink on his six-under-par round of 66 that jumped...

Scott Stallings is latest to learn how quickly fortunes can turn ugly in golf

2013-01-20 22:53:00

Golf celebrates its winners and tortures its losers. It isn't a game, it's a giant thumbscrew. At first glance, Sunday presented the opposite. Everything was idyllic in the California desert, where they play the Humana Challenge (formerly the Bob Hope)...

Don't discount Brandt Snedeker at Torrey Pines

2013-01-25 20:06:00

LA JOLLA — On a day ideal for ducks and lawns, the most famous Commodore in pro golf kept smiling and kept his head above water. Brandt Snedeker, the pride of Vanderbilt and the defending champion in this week's Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey...

Bill Dwyre: Stakes are highest for Orb in Preakness

2012-06-16 02:01:00

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The Week in Pictures | September 10 – 16, 2012

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Pictures in the News | September 14, 2012

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There's nothing like Ryder Cup pressure

2012-09-27 18:45:00

This weekend brings a sharp contrast in sports fan viewing. Think of it as the concussive versus the cerebral. Across the country, NFL fans will be relieved at the departure of replacement refs. It will be a time to get back to business as usual —...

Ernie Els celebrates with the championship trophy after the final round of the 2012 British Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club.

2012-07-23 06:03:00

Brandt Snedeker of the US watches his shot from the 16th tee during his second round on day two of the 2012 British Open Golf Championship.

2012-07-20 09:18:00

A young spectator watches play on day two of the 2012 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Lytham and St Annes in Lytham, north-west England,

2012-07-20 00:00:00