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It Certainly Pays To Make Full Use Of Golf Tips Lessons On The Web Golf is certainly not among the simplest of games that you would want to play and in fact it demands that players practice extensively if they are serious about gaining any appreciable proficiency in the sport. It therefore makes sense to find out more about how you can improve your golfing skills and one option open to you is to take golf tips lessons on the web. Such golf tips lessons on the web are readily available and... Read Full Story

Updated: November 20, 2009, 20:46 PEBBLE BEACH, Calif.(AP) D.A. Points shot a 2-under 70 at Del Monte, and Matt Bettencourt had a 71 in wind and rain at Spyglass Hill to share the second-round lead Friday in the Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational. Points, 66th on the PGA Tour money list this season, had a scrambling round with two eagles, three birdies, two bogeys and a triple bogey. "I've had the most fortunate tee time of the tournament at 8:30 and we got through... Read Full Story

Updated: November 15, 2009, 23:39 GUADALAJARA, Mexico(AP) Michelle Wie raised both arms in the air, then put a hand over her mouth. No need to say a thing - this celebration was a decade in the making. Immediately after tapping in Sunday to win her first LPGA Tour title, Wie pulled the ball from the 18th hole, looked up to the sky, let out a big sigh of relief, bounced up and down and pumped her right fist. After all the near misses, after all the expectations, her long... Read Full Story

KA’ANAPALI, Maui – Fred Couples will make his Champions Tour debut by joining five Hall of Fame members as the 23 rd Wendy’s Champions SKINS GAME returns to the beautiful island of Maui, Hawaii and the Royal Ka’anapali Golf Course Jan. 16-17, 2010. The 50-year-old Couples is part of a dynamic field that includes Hall of Fame members Jack Nicklaus , Tom Watson, Gary Player, Ben Crenshaw and Nick Price . Along with this legendary group, Loren Roberts will compete in his second Wendy’s... Read Full Story

Updated: November 21, 2009, 20:35 RICHMOND, Texas(AP) More rain on already saturated grounds at The Houstonian Country Club washed out play at the LPGA Tour Championship on Saturday, forcing tour officials to cut the season-ending event to 54 holes. More than 1.4 inches of rain fell on the course from Friday morning until the decision was made to call off play Saturday at 1:30 p.m. Play was scheduled to resume at 9 a.m. Sunday, a four later than originally planned. The... Read Full Story

Updated: November 21, 2009, 16:54 RICHMOND, Texas(AP) More rain on already saturated grounds at The Houstonian Country Club washed out play at the LPGA Tour Championship on Saturday, forcing tour officials to cut the season-ending event to 54 holes. More than 1.4 inches of rain fell on the course from Friday morning until the decision was made to call off play Saturday at 1:30 p.m. CST. Play is expected to resume at 8 a.m. Sunday to complete the second round. A cut will... Read Full Story

Updated: November 20, 2009, 14:39 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates(AP) Lee Westwood shot a 3-under 69 Friday to take a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Dubai World Championship, strengthening his chance of winning the European money title. The English golfer could pick up two big prizes on Sunday. If he wins the last tournament of the European Tour season, he will receive $1.25 million in prize money - plus a $1.5 million bonus for winning the Race to Dubai... Read Full Story

GUADALAJARA (AFP) -- Michelle Wie's long wait for her first LPGA Tour title has ended after the onetime golf prodigy celebrated a two-shot triumph in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational. The 20-year-old Korean-American, who turned pro at a precocious 16, fired a three-under par 69 for a two-shot triumph over Paula Creamer. Wie finished with a flourish, blasting out of a greenside bunker to six inches at 18 and tapping in for birdie. Wie, her putter in her hand, raised both arms in triumph, then... Read Full Story

Updated: December 08, 2009, 05:44 COOLUM, Australia(AP) Now that John Daly has his weight problem sorted out, he figures a movie about his up-and-down career - and life - might not be far behind. Just before heading out to the revamped Hyatt Regency resort course for a practice round ahead of the Australian PGA, the slimmed-down Daly, who has lost 115 pounds, entertained an early morning news conference Tuesday with his cinematic plans based on a new book he would write himself. He... Read Full Story

Kristy McPherson completed a five-under 67 as darkness fell Sunday to take the clubhouse lead in the weather-disrupted second round of the LPGA Tour Championship. The American had an eight-under total of 136, while on the course South Korean Jiyai Shin was seven-under for the tournament with two holes remaining when play was halted. Mexico's Lorena Ochoa battling Shin for the Player of the Year title, was six-under with one hole to play. Heavy rain pummelled the Houstonian Country Club... Read Full Story