ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Georgia (AP) ― Heavy fog allowed Brian Gay a quick nap, and he no longer felt so sluggish after traveling halfway around the world from Shanghai to Sea Island for the McGladrey Classic on Thursday. Gay had enough energy to make eight birdies on his way to a 7-under 63, giving him a share of the lead with Briny Baird among early starters. The opening round could not be completed because of a fog delay lasting nearly two hours. Once the sun burned off the fog, the Seaside course

SHIMA, Japan (AP) ― Stacy Lewis is rested and ready to defend her title at the Mizuno Classic, the LPGA’s last stop on a five-event Asian swing.Lewis, who overcame a seven-stroke deficit to win last year’s tournament, is coming off a three-week break from the tour and has big plans to add to her career titles.“I’m not playing all the Asia tournaments just because I want to be fresh when I am playing and I want to play good and have a chance to win,” said the No. 3-ranked Lewis, who leads the LPG

SHANGHAI (AP) ― Against an all-world cast of contenders, Dustin Johnson pulled away with power and a clutch putt to win his first World Golf Championship on Sunday.Johnson played a pivotal five-hole stretch on the back nine in 5-under par, seizing control by pitching in for eagle from just short of the green on the par-4 16th. He followed with an 8-foot birdie putt on the 17th and closed with a 6-under 66 for a three-shot win over Ian Poulter in the HSBC Champions.“It was a lot of fun out there,

SHANGHAI (AP) ― The PGA Tour will be partners in a new tour in China that starts next year with 12 tournaments.The China Tour-PGA Tour China Series will begin in March with 12 events that have purses of about $200,000. Still to be determined is qualifying procedures, and how many of the top finishers will have access to the Web.com Tour in the United States.“We know from looking at the history of golf that the growth of the game is driven first and foremost by the development of elite players,”

Hur In-hoi took the lead from Kim Gi-hwan in the third round of the Herald-KYJ Tour Championship Thursday. Hur kept up his good form, which had driven him to the second spot on Wednesday at the tour’s closing tournament at Lotte Skyhill Golf Club in Seogwipo on Jejudo island. He carded four birdies and one eagle against a bogey and a double bogey to climb a spot to the top place with 11-under 205.The 26-year-old came into the spotlight Wednesday by setting the course record of 5 under, which he

YANGMEI, Taiwan (AP) ― Suzann Pettersen held off a furious rally Sunday from Azahara Munoz to win her second consecutive Taiwan Sunrise LPGA championship. Pettersen’s three under 69 Sunday gave her a minus nine 279 for the tournament, five ahead of Munoz’s 284. The Spaniard carded a 70 in Sunday’s round. Pettersen birdied the 13th, 14th and 18th holes to win going away after her bogey on the par 5 9th allowed Munoz to pull within one stroke on the final day of the competition. Earlier, Munoz had

Shohei Hasegawa of Japan and Lee Chang-woo of South Korea battled strong wind and cool temperatures to share the lead going into the final two rounds of the Asia-Pacific Amateur.At stake is a spot in the Masters for the winner, along with an exemption into a final qualifying event for the British Open.Hasegawa, a 21-year-old student at Osaka Gakuin University, had three birdies for a 1-under 70. Lee was even more impressive by running off 15 consecutive pars and then a birdie on the 16th hole at

YANGMEI, Taiwan (AP) ― Defending champion Suzann Pettersen took an early lead in the $2 million Sunrise Championship in Taiwan, as she presses her bid to overtake South Korea’s Park In-bee at the top of the LPGA rankings.Pettersen carded a 4-under 68 in the first round Thursday on the Sunrise course in the Taipei suburb of Yangmei. She had a three-stroke lead over Americans Alison Walshe and Irene Cho. Even with a victory in Taiwan, Pettersen cannot overhaul Park this week. But a good result wil