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Jim Furyk, who is seeking his first win since the 2007 Canadian Open, made consecutive birdies on the back nine to build a three-shot lead Saturday at the PGA Transitions Championship. Furyk shot a bogey-free four-under 67 to pull away from the pack and take his first 54-hole lead in nearly three years at 11-under 202. "I was real happy with the back nine. I felt like I played solid on the front," said American Furyk. "I was happy with the way I controlled the golf ball. I knocked in some... Read Full Story

Updated: March 20, 2010, 20:11 PALM HARBOR, Fla.(AP) Jim Furyk has gone 58 tournaments over 32 months without winning on the PGA Tour. That doesn't make the final round of the Transitions Championship any more important than it would have been in good times. "It's not really, 'I want to show you' or anything like that,'' Furyk said after shooting a 4-under 67 to open a three-shot lead. "It's more that I just want to win a golf tournament.'' Furyk has heard one question - "What has... Read Full Story

Filed under: PGA PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Geoff Ogilvy could have said something along the lines of “to hell with it.” He didn’t. Instead the former U.S. Open champ from Australia posted a 6-under par 65 Saturday in third-round play at the Transitions Championship to put himself back in the tournament. Ogilvy may be a long shot going into Sunday’s final round at Innisbrook Resort seven shots behind leader Jim Furyk ’s 11 under, but for that he deserves a lot of credit. Not to mention a... Read Full Story

Updated: March 20, 2010, 15:40 RABAT, Morocco(AP) Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa shot a 9-under 64 Saturday to take a two-stroke lead over Rhys Davies of Wales after the third round of the Trophee Hassan II. Oosthuizen had five birdies on the front nine and five more on the back to go with a single bogey on No. 17. Overnight leader Davies had seven birdies in his round of 68. "I felt like I hit the ball well. I hit it farther with most of my clubs and my putting was good again... Read Full Story

Ireland's Padraig Harrington, who has not won a sanctioned event since the 2008 PGA Championship, fired a six-under 65 to seize a one-shot lead at the Transitions Championship. Harrington moved to eight-under 134 after two rounds of the 5.4 million dollar PGA event at the Innisbrook golf club. He used a pair of late birdies to fire his lowest score of the year to go with the 69 he shot Thursday. "I'm capable of winning in the form I'm in," said Harrington on Friday. "Am I in my best form? No... Read Full Story

Posted by Yahoo! News: Sports News on 18 Mar 2010 under Sports AP - Garrett Willis is making good on a sponsor exemption in the Transitions Championship, where he opened with a 6-under 65 to take a two-shot lead among the early starters at Innisbrook. Sphere: Related Content See also . . . Els takes the lead at Doral (AP) " AP - Ernie Els ran off three straight birdies early and avoided some mistakes when the weather did an about-face at Doral for a 6-under 66 that... Read Full Story

Transitions Championship Mar 15-21, 2010 Palm Harbor, Florida Transitions Championship Week gets underway tomorrow at 4 p.m. with the Live Your Vision Family Walk benefiting Prevent Blindness of Florida on the cart path of the famed Copperhead course - the very same course that the PGA TOUR pros will play later that week. Music, games and entertainment will be provided by Radio Disney. On Monday, the first of two Youth Wellness Days will bring more than 2,000 Tampa Bay area elementary school... Read Full Story

Transitions Championship Mar 15-21, 2010 Palm Harbor, Florida Transitions Championship Week gets underway tomorrow at 4 p.m. with the Live Your Vision Family Walk benefiting Prevent Blindness of Florida on the cart path of the famed Copperhead course - the very same course that the PGA TOUR pros will play later that week. Music, games and entertainment will be provided by Radio Disney. On Monday, the first of two Youth Wellness Days will bring more than 2,000 Tampa Bay area elementary school... Read Full Story

Transitions Championship Mar 15-21, 2010 Palm Harbor, Florida Transitions Championship Week gets underway tomorrow at 4 p.m. with the Live Your Vision Family Walk benefiting Prevent Blindness of Florida on the cart path of the famed Copperhead course - the very same course that the PGA TOUR pros will play later that week. Music, games and entertainment will be provided by Radio Disney. On Monday, the first of two Youth Wellness Days will bring more than 2,000 Tampa Bay area elementary school... Read Full Story

Transitions Championship Mar 15-21, 2010 Palm Harbor, Florida Transitions Championship Week gets underway tomorrow at 4 p.m. with the Live Your Vision Family Walk benefiting Prevent Blindness of Florida on the cart path of the famed Copperhead course - the very same course that the PGA TOUR pros will play later that week. Music, games and entertainment will be provided by Radio Disney. On Monday, the first of two Youth Wellness Days will bring more than 2,000 Tampa Bay area elementary school... Read Full Story