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Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - PGA TOUR - MERCEDES-BENZ CHAMPIONSHIP,
Kapalua Resort (Plantation Course), Maui, Hawaii - The PGA Tour season begins,
as it always does, with a tournament for the previous year's winners.
The Mercedes-Benz Championship, the first of back-to-back eve... |
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Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - With the first PGA Tour event of the year
set to tee off on Thursday, the first World Rankings of 2009 offered few
changes from last week.
Tiger Woods remained in first, followed by Sergio Garcia, Phil Mickelson,
Padraig Harrington and Vijay S... |
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Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - There were few changes to this week's
Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings.
Lorena Ochoa remained in first, followed by Yani Tseng and the recently-
retired Annika Sorenstam. Paula Creamer and Suzann Pettersen completed the top
five.
Ji-Yai Sh... |
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Daytona Beach, FL (MySportsbook) - The process for calculating the women's
world golf rankings has been modified to allow a more consistent outcome for
each week's list.
Beginning with the April 16th Rolex Rankings, points awarded for finishes
within the two-year ranking period... |
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Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (MySportsbook) - Bernhard Langer was named Champions
Tour Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year, it was announced on Tuesday by
PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem.
Langer became the third player in Champions Tour history to earn both honors
in the same seaso... |
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Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - This was quite an interesting year on the
Champions Tour. Greg Norman resurfaced for a bit to contend for a major.
Unfortunately for the Champions Tour, that got upstaged when he contended for
one of the big (real) majors.
The usual suspects won. Jay Haas... |
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Paarl, South Africa (MySportsbook) - Richard Sterne is peaking.
The 27-year-old South African birdied the first playoff hole on Sunday to beat
Gareth Maybin and win the South African Open Championship -- his fifth
European Tour victory and second in as many weeks.
Sterne, who ... |
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Paarl, South Africa (MySportsbook) - Lee Westwood posted his second
consecutive four-under 68 on Saturday and moved atop the leaderboard after the
third round of the South African Open.
Westwood finished 54 holes at 14-under 202 and is two shots clear at Pearl
Valley Estates.... |
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Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (MySportsbook) - Brendon de Jonge was selected as the
Nationwide Tour's top player for 2008.
A native of Zimbabwe who played collegiately at Virginia Tech, de Jonge
finished second on the money list thanks to one victory, a runner-up and three
third-place fin... |
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Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - There were 26 winners on the Nationwide
Tour during the 2008 season, including four players who won twice.
Among the two-time winners was Matt Bettencourt, who came on strong at the end
of the year to claim the Nationwide Tour Championship and the ... |
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Lake Tahoe, NV (MySportsbook) - Former NFL quarterback Billy Joe Tolliver
collected 20 points on Sunday to win the 16th annual American Century
Celebrity Golf Championship for the second time.
Tolliver, despite a bogey at the last, finished with 76 points, four points
clear... |
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Lake Tahoe, NV (MySportsbook) - Former NFL quarterback Billy Joe Tolliver
eagled the par-five 18th on Saturday to move into the lead after two rounds of
the 16th annual American Century Celebrity Golf Championship.
Using the modified Stableford scoring system, the closing eagle ... |
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