Updated: November 08, 2009, 21:02 SHIMA, Japan(AP) South Korea's Bo Bae Song won the Mizuno Classic on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title, closing with a 4-under 68 for a three-stroke victory over top-ranked Lorena Ochoa, Brittany Lang and Hee Young Park."Honestly I couldn't sleep last night because I was so nervous,'' said Song, the Japan Women's Open winner last month at Abiko. "I went to bed at 11 last night, but woke up around 3. Usually that doesn't happen.''The 23-year-... Read Full Story

Updated: November 08, 2009, 19:16 MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) Tiger Woods arrived in Australia on his private plane Monday, days ahead of his first appearance in an Australian tournament in 11 years.Woods will receive $3 million in appearance fees to play in the Australian Masters, which starts Thursday at Melbourne's Kingston Heath.The most recent of Woods' three previous tournament appearances in Australia was as a 21-year-old member of the U.S. team that lost the 1998 Presidents C... Read Full Story

Updated: November 08, 2009, 13:14 SHANGHAI(AP) Thousands of fans caused a bottleneck at the entrance to the HSBC Champions, all of them eager to see the Sunday showdown at Sheshan International between Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods.The Shanghai surprise? Woods turned out to be merely a spectator, too.Mickelson built a six-shot lead over the world's No. 1 player on the front nine, then rallied to beat another familiar foe, Ernie Els, with two clutch putts for a one-shot victory... Read Full Story

Updated: November 08, 2009, 06:46 SHIMA, Japan(AP) South Korea's Bo Bae Song won the Mizuno Classic on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title, closing with a 4-under 68 for a three-stroke victory over top-ranked Lorena Ochoa, Brittany Lang and Hee Young Park."Honestly I couldn't sleep last night because I was so nervous,'' said Song, the Japan Women's Open winner last month at Abiko. "I went to bed at 11 last night, but woke up around 3. Usually that doesn't happen.''The 23-year-... Read Full Story

Mickelson made an 18-footer to save par on the 16th after whiffing on a flop shot, then holed a 10-foot birdie putt on the 17th to close with a 3-under 69 and overcome a late charge by Ernie Els, who was in the lead until hitting into the water and making bogey on the final hole. Read Full Story

Mickelson made an 18-footer to save par on the 16th after whiffing on a flop shot, then holed a 10-foot birdie putt on the 17th to close with a 3-under 69 and overcome a late charge by Ernie Els, who was in the lead until hitting into the water and making bogey on the final hole. Read Full Story

Updated: November 08, 2009, 00:42 SHIMA, Japan(AP) South Korea's Bo Bae Song won the Mizuno Classic for her first LPGA Tour title, closing with a 4-under 68 on Sunday for a three-stroke victory over Lorena Ochoa, Brittany Lang and Hee Young Park.Song finished with a 15-under 201 total at Kintetsu Kashikojima and earned $210,000 in the event co-sanctioned by the Japan LPGA.The top-ranked Ochoa shot a 64, and Lang and Park had 68s.Jiyai Shin, the 2008 winner who is trying to hold... Read Full Story

Updated: November 08, 2009, 00:20 SHANGHAI(AP) Paul Casey of England has withdrawn from the final round of the HSBC Champions after feeling pain in his ribs that had kept him away for golf for nearly three months.Casey withdrew Sunday after a triple bogey on the par-5 second hole.He is No. 5 in the Race to Dubai, and this all but assures he will not be able to compete for the $7.5 million bonus. His agent, Guy Kinnings, said Casey was headed back to his home in Arizona and woul... Read Full Story

Updated: November 08, 2009, 00:26 SHANGHAI(AP) Phil Mickelson is clinging to a one-shot lead at the turn of the HSBC Champions, but not over Tiger Woods.In a shocking meltdown Sunday, Woods fell as many as six shots behind his chief rival and did not make a birdie until the ninth hole, giving him a 39 on the front nine of Sheshan International.Mickelson had a one-shot lead over Ernie Els, who started the final round seven shots out of the lead, and Ryan Moore. Nick Watney was a... Read Full Story

Updated: November 07, 2009, 15:04 SHANGHAI(AP) Phil Mickelson was unwinding from a day of high energy and quick turnarounds, one that took him from a two-shot deficit against Tiger Woods to a two-shot lead over the final eight holes Saturday in the HSBC Champions.In the quiet of the clubhouse dining room, he marveled at how much the crowds have grown in the three years he has been coming to Sheshan International. And he could only imagine what it would be like Sunday, when he p... Read Full Story