PALM HARBOR, Florida (AP) ― Luke Donald returned to No. 1 in the world the same way he got there the first time.Donald rallied from a three-shot deficit Sunday at the Transitions with a 5-under 66, then won a four-man playoff on the first extra hole with a shot out of the rough to 6 feet and a birdie putt that curled in the left side of the cup.He gave a big uppercut with his right fist to celebrate the end of a wild day at Innisbrook ― and a devastating finish for Ernie Els.Els was among eight

PHOENIX (AP) ― Yani Tseng two-putted for par from 40 feet in fading light and cold to hold off Ai Miyazato and Choi Na-yeon by a stroke Sunday in the LPGA Founders Cup.The top-ranked Taiwanese star won her 14th LPGA Tour title and second in four events this year. She closed with a 4-under 68 to finish at 18 under.The second-ranked Choi also shot 68, and Miyazato had a 69.Because of lightning near the Wildfire Golf Club, play was delayed three times for a total of three hours. Tseng holed her win

PHOENIX (AP) ― Ai Miyazato birdied three straight holes on the back nine and finished with a 6-under 66 for a share of the lead with Yani Tseng in the LPGA Founders Cup.Miyazato, the ninth-ranked Japanese player who has seven LPGA Tour victories, birdied Nos. 14-16 and closed with two pars for a bogey-free round in partly cloudy, breezy conditions at Wildfire Golf Club. The weather is expected to a big factor Sunday, with the temperature plunging into the 50s and rain and strong wind forecast.Ts

PALM HARBOR, Florida (AP) ― Retief Goosen was about ready to give up.His lower back was in so much pain that he decided to withdraw next week from Bay Hill so he could get treatment. A double bogey late in his round knocked him nine spots down the leaderboard, which he figured was the end of his hopes to get into the Masters.One day later, everything changed.Goosen ran off three straight birdies on the back nine and closed with a tough par from the fairway bunker on the 18th hole Saturday for a

PHOENIX (AP) ― Top-ranked Yani Tseng played a seven-hole stretch on the back nine in 7 under and finished with a 7-under 65 on Thursday for a share of the first-round lead with Park Hee-young in the LPGA Founders Cup.Tseng birdied the 11th, 13th and 14th holes, eagled the par-5 15th, and birdied the 16th and 17th. She had a 4-foot try for another birdie on 18, but pulled her putt just left.“I tried too hard on the last hole,” Tseng said. “I think it’s harder at the end because you are trying, yo

DORAL, Florida (AP) ― On a day of endless drama at Doral, Justin Rose won his first World Golf Championship standing on the practice range.Rose had to make up a three-shot deficit against Bubba Watson, and then a two-shot deficit against Keegan Bradley. Rose was steady down the stretch, even with a bogey from the bunker on the 18th hole, and closed with a 2-under 70 to win the Cadillac Championship.Watson, as always, made it interesting. He hit a bullet of a 4-iron out of the palm trees to just

DORAL, Florida (AP) ― In fierce and relentless wind on the TPC Blue Monster at Doral, Adam Scott kept the ball in play and then hung on for dear life for a 6-under 66 that gave him a share of the lead with Jason Dufner in the Cadillac Championship.“When you’re in the fairway on a day like today, you get a chance to hit it somewhere near the hole, give yourself an opportunity,” Scott said. “If you’re in the rough, it’s very hard to even just hit the green, let alone give yourself a chance. I took

DORAL, Florida (AP) ― Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods are at Doral to build momentum in different ways.McIlroy is the new No. 1 in golf after winning the Honda Classic. He is not concerned with how long he can stay there as much as he is winning the Cadillac Championship in his last tournament before Augusta National.“This is a World Golf Championship, and it’s my last event before the Masters,” McIlroy said. “I’d love to give myself a chance to win here again this week, and go into that three-week

MARANA, Arizona (AP) ― Hunter Mahan figured out the fuss over Rory McIlroy without any help.Mahan listened, but was not surprised, when fans called out McIlroy’s name along the fairways of Dove Mountain. There is a certain appeal about Boy Wonder that makes it hard for people not to stare when he walks past them.Mahan agrees with all the talk about McIlroy’s bid to become No. 1. He just wanted to make sure it didn’t happen at his expense Sunday in the Match Play Championship. Mahan, as much as a

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico (AP) ― John Huh parred the eighth hole of a playoff to beat Robert Allenby and win the Mayakoba Golf Classic on Sunday.The 21-year-old Huh parred all eight holes in the playoff that matched the second-longest in PGA Tour history.“It’s amazing,” Huh said. “It’s my rookie year, especially, and playing in my fifth event on the PGA Tour. I just couldn’t put it in words. It’s really hard to explain this. It’s major. I mean, it was my dream.”Huh closed with an 8-under 65 to ma

John Huh parred the eighth hole of a playoff to beat Australia’s Robert Allenby and win the Mayakoba Golf Classic on Sunday. John Huh, 21, holds up the trophy after winning the PGA Mayakoba Golf Classic tournament near Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Saturday. (AP-Yonhap News)The 21-year-old Huh parred al

MARANA, Arizona (AP) ― A dull day in the desert ended with high anticipation Saturday when Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood won their matches, setting up a semifinal showdown in the Match Play Championship.At stake for the winner ― a chance to go to No. 1 in the world.McIlroy had another surge on the back nine to put away Bae Sang-moon of South Korea, 3 and 2. Moments later, Westwood finished off Martin Laird of Scotland for a 3-and-2 victory to advance to the semifinals.Either of them can replace

MARANA, Arizona (AP) ― Tiger Woods had a 5-foot birdie putt to extend the match, and Nick Watney already was thinking about how to play the next hole. He had his yardage book out, trying to decide whether 3-wood was the right club to hit off the first tee.“The old adage is to expect your opponent to make it,” Watney said. “And when it’s Tiger Woods, you really expect him to make it.”Just not this Tiger Woods.In what is becoming a troubling trend for Woods, he missed the birdie putt so badly that