Lee Westwood achieved a European Tour double on Sunday by winning the season-ending Dubai World Championship and the overall money-list title. LEE WESTWOOD  Picture © Getty Images An imperious eight-under-par 64 earned a final 23-under total of 265 and a runaway six-stroke win over fellow Briton Ross McGowan (68). Westwood’s rival for the Race to Dubai money-list, Rory McIlroy of Britain, was third on 273 after a 67. Englishman Westwood picked up 1.77 million euros ($2.37 million) for hi... Read Full Story

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. WATER LOGGED.. Picture © Getty Images More than 1.4 inches (three centimeters) of rain fell on the course from Friday morning until the decision was made to call off play on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. local time. Play is expected to resume at 9 a.m. on Sunday to complete the second round. A cut will be ma... Read Full Story

Rickie Fowler shot a 5-under 67 at Del Monte, and former PGA champion Mark Brooks had a 69 at Spyglass Hill on Saturday to share the third-round lead in the Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational. The 48-year-old Brooks, the tournament winner in 1992 and 2002, and Fowler, the 20-year-old former Oklahoma State star who had two top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour last month, had 7-under 209 totals. “I just played pretty solid,” said Brooks, who had four birdies and one bogey. “I wasn’t really in a... Read Full Story

Lee Westwood took advantage of a couple of putting errors by money-list rival Rory McIlroy to grab a two-shot lead after the second round of the season-ending Dubai World Championship on Friday. LEE WESTWOOD  Picture © Getty Images Westwood birdied the 18th, a tough par-five, to shoot a three-under 69 for a nine-under tally of 135. Fellow Briton McIlroy (69) shared second spot on 137 with overnight leader Robert Allenby of Australia (72), Colombian Camilo Villegas (71), South Africa’s Lo... Read Full Story

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 in the Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational on Friday. Points, 66th on the U.S. 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 before it got too bad,” Points said. “I had some tough shots, but I playe... Read Full Story

Michelle Wie is gone, putting all the attention on Lorena Ochoa’s player of the year fight with Jiyai Shin at the LPGA Tour Championship. LORENA OCHOA  Picture © Getty Images Wie withdrew from the season-ending event Thursday because of a sprained left ankle, hours after Ochoa shot a 6-under 66 to take a one-shot lead over Reilley Rankin. The 20-year-old Wie, fresh off her first LPGA Tour victory last week at Ochoa’s tournament in Mexico, shot a 72 in the afternoon. She limped through he... Read Full Story

Lee Westwood’s six-under-par 66 at the season-ending Dubai World Championship gave him a first-round advantage over money-list rival Rory McIlroy on Thursday. LEE WESTWOOD  Picture © Getty Images Former European number one Westwood shared second place with Colombian Camilo Villegas and Briton Chris Wood, one stroke behind tournament leader Robert Allenby of Australia. McIlroy was three off the pace on 68. There was plenty of cut and thrust as Westwood, second in the Race to Dubai, opened... Read Full Story

Champions Tour players John Cook and Olin Browne shot 6-under 66s at Del Monte Golf Course to share the first-round lead in the Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational on Thursday. JOHN COOK  Picture © Getty Images Cook, coming off a victory on Nov. 1 in the Champions Tour’s season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship, had six birdies in his bogey-free round. “I’m pretty satisfied, considering I haven’t played at all since the Charles Schwab Cup,” said Cook, who won his first U.S. PGA ... Read Full Story

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I made a phone call to PGA headquarters in Florida yesterday to check on media credentials for one of the second round of Q-School tournaments being held at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas just a couple of zip codes north of my front door. Normally, I would check on credentials much earlier, but for some reason I didn’t until photographer David Stubblefield asked me if I had secured his credentials as I had promised. The conversation with the PGA went something like this, “Hello, this is S... Read Full Story