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Park In-bee captures LPGA Championship in playoff

Aug 18, 2014

South Korean golfer Park In-bee captured the Wegmans LPGA Championship in a playoff on Sunday in New York, coming from behind to take her fifth career major title.Park edged out Brittany Lincicome with a par on the first hole of their sudden death playoff at Monroe Golf Club in Pittsford, New York.This was Park's fifth career major, which ties her with Pak Se-ri for most LPGA majors won by a South Korean golfer.Park, former world No. 1 and currently ranked third, won three majors last year. Her
Lincicome in lead

Aug 17, 2014

PITTSFORD, New York (AP) ― Brittany Lincicome beamed. She had fought off the jitters while leading an LPGA Tour major and it felt oh-so-good.Lincicome, who hadn’t held a second-round lead since 2009 and never in a major, shot a 1-under 71 on Saturday at the LPGA Championship to finish the third round at 10-under 206. That was one shot better than Suzann Pettersen (67) of Norway and defending champion Park In-bee (69) of South Korea.
Tiger pulls out of Ryder Cup consideration

Aug 14, 2014

Tiger Woods removed himself from consideration for the Ryder Cup team Wednesday evening with a clear message that he is not healthy enough to play.One day after U.S. captain Tom Watson said he trusted Woods to give him the “straight skinny” on the condition of his back injury and his game, Woods said he called the 64-year-old captain to say he would not be available.The decision spares Watson from having to leave Woods off the team, and it eliminates a distraction over the next three weeks befor
Pak Se-ri to have own tournament in Korea

Aug 12, 2014

Hall of Fame golfer Pak Se-ri will have a women’s tournament bearing her name open on her native soil this fall, officials announced Tuesday.The 36-year-old will be the host of the “Se Ri Pak Invitational” on the Korean LPGA Tour from Oct. 3-5 at Solmoro Country Club in Yeoju, about 100 kilometers south of Seoul. The tournament will be sponsored by OK Savings Bank.Pak Se-ri (File photo)Pak and the tournament organizers signed off on the naming agreement Tuesday. Pak joins the PGA Tour veteran Ch
Winning formula

Aug 11, 2014

Lee Mi-rim secures first career victory at Meijer LPGA Classic
McIlroy wins PGA for 4th major title

Aug 11, 2014

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) ― The challenge finally arrived for Rory McIlroy, and he was better than ever to win the PGA Championship.On a back nine filled with as much tension as a major can provide, McIlroy emerged from a four-man battle with flawless golf to outlast Phil Mickelson and the darkness Sunday at Valhalla and capture his second straight major.McIlroy closed with a 3-under 68 and became only the fourth player in the last century of golf to win four majors at 25 or younger. The others
Michelle Wie sidelined with finger injury

Aug 10, 2014

PITTSFORD, New York (AP) ― Michelle Wie has a finger injury that forced her to withdraw from the LPGA Championship next week at Monroe Golf Club and will sideline her at least three to five weeks.IMG Golf said Saturday that Wie has a stress reaction in a bone in her right index finger. The U.S. Women’s Open champion withdrew from the Meijer LPGA Classic on Thursday in Michigan after playing nine holes in the first round.IMG said she was examined by hand surgeon Dr. Tom Graham of the Cleveland Cl
McIlroy keeps one-shot lead

Aug 10, 2014

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) ― Rory McIlroy celebrated his final birdie with a smile and a slight pump of his fist, knowing that 8-foot putt gave him the outright lead Saturday in the PGA Championship.“It’s a great position to be in,” he said.He’s just not used to it being so crowded at the top.McIlroy has won all three of his majors with the lead going into the final round ― by eight shots at the 2011 U.S. Open, three shots at the 2012 PGA Championship, six shots last month at the British Open.Now
Park leads Meijer LPGA Classic

Aug 10, 2014

BELMONT, Michigan (AP) ― Park In-bee figures the best defense against the nerves that come with being in the lead is a hot putter.Using a new blade putter this week, Park made two long birdie putts on the back nine Saturday and finished with a 3-under 68 to remain a stroke ahead after the third round of the Meijer LPGA Classic.“I feel like I haven’t holed that kind of putt for a long time and it’s all of a sudden happening this week,” Park said. “This putter, it seems like it’s going really on l
Westwood, McIlroy ride momentum at PGA

Aug 8, 2014

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) ― Rory McIlroy showed no sign of letting up. Lee Westwood might just be getting started. Momentum was a big theme Thursday in the opening round of the PGA Championship, and it even applied to Tiger Woods.Except that Woods kept going the wrong direction.Westwood followed up a season-best 63 four days ago at Firestone by matching his best score in a major championship. He made nine birdies at Valhalla for a 6-under 65, giving him a share of the lead with Ryan Palmer and K
Woods ready to play

Aug 7, 2014

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) ― Barely able to tie his shoes three days ago, Tiger Woods is ready to play in the PGA Championship.Woods caused the biggest sensation of the week Wednesday afternoon simply by driving his silver SUV into the parking lot at Valhalla. He has never arrived so late for a major championship and had so little time to prepare ― just nine holes at Valhalla, which he had not seen since winning the PGA Championship in 2000.But at least he’s playing.That much was in doubt Sunday
Woods’ fate a mystery as year’s last major looms

Aug 6, 2014

LOUISVILLE (AFP) ― Tiger Woods was nowhere to be seen Tuesday at the PGA Championship, except for his image on promotional banners, and his status for Thursday’s scheduled start at Valhalla remained uncertain.Former world number one Woods, a 14-time major champion chasing the record 18 majors won by Jack Nicklaus, suffered a back injury Sunday during his final round at the World Golf Championships event in Akron, Ohio.Woods, who underwent back surgery March 31 to ease a pinched nerve, returned i
McIlroy seeks hat trick, Woods missing at PGA

Aug 5, 2014

LOUISVILLE (AFP) ― Top-ranked Rory McIlroy took his first look at the Valhalla layout Monday ahead of the 96th PGA Championship while Tiger Woods was in Florida having treatment on his aching back.Golf’s current and former superstars were on vastly different trajectories for the year’s final major tournament with McIlroy going for a hat trick of triumphs and Woods’ status in doubt a day after a painful exit at the World Golf Championships event in Akron, Ohio.McIlroy won his third major title la
Oh Su-hyun leads U.S. Women’s Amateur qualifying

Aug 5, 2014

GLEN COVE, New York (AP) ― Australia’s Oh Su-hyun shot a 4-under 66 on Monday in the U.S. Women’s Amateur to take the first-round lead in stroke-play qualifying.The 18-year-old Oh had six birdies and two bogeys at Nassau Country Club. The top 64 after the second round Tuesday will advance to match play.“I’m playing quite solid,” said Oh, a quarterfinalist last year at the Country Club of Charleston in South Carolina. “Just giving myself a lot of opportunities and making a few.”Eighth in the worl
N. Korea may host international golf contest next year

Aug 5, 2014

North Korea may host an international golf tournament on Mount Geumgangsan next year, a move to vex South Korean investors, according to a news report Tuesday.This year’s North Korea Golf Open took place at the Pyongyang Golf Complex on the outskirts of the capital city on July 28-29 in a yearly event that has been sponsored by Britain’s Lupine Travel since 2011, reported the Radio Free Asia.In an interview with the Washington-based RFA, the British firm’s president, Dylan Harris, said it has re