Golf News

SILVIS, Ill. - Steve Stricker remembers the strong start to his career in the 1990s and the deep bunker he hit after that, so he can't quite pinpoint where his standing in the game is.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - South Korea's Eun Hee Ji made the U.S. Women's Open memorable for more than a lingering LPGA Tour hierarchy dispute.

CLARKSBURG, Ontario - Roger Tambellini shot a 2-under 69 Sunday to win the Nationwide Tour's Wayne Gretzky Classic by four shots over Blake Adams.

BLAINE, Minn. - Bernhard Langer chipped in for eagle on the 18th hole Sunday to win the 3M Championship, his second straight win on the Champions Tour.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The dispute between a faction of LPGA players and the commissioner could be resolved this week, and the tour's Board of Directors will look for an interim replacement while searching for a new commissioner, tour veteran and board member Juli Inkster said Sunday.

LUSS, Scotland - Martin Kaymer has won the Scottish Open, closing with a 2-under 69 in the rain and sunshine at Loch Lomond for his second straight European Tour victory.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Not that long ago, Jean Reynolds grew tired of golf. Now, she's looking forward to the pressure of the back nine in the final round of the U.S. Women's Open.

LUSS, Scotland - Phil Mickelson will skip the British Open so he can be with his wife as she starts her recovery from breast cancer, ending the longest active streak of majors played at 61.

OAKVILLE, Ont. - John Daly has accepted a sponsor's exemption to the Canadian Open, his second start on the PGA Tour since returning from a six-month suspension.

LUSS, Scotland - Trevor Immelman has withdrawn from the British Open next week at Turnberry because of a wrist injury that has been slow to heal.

TOKYO - Japanese teenager Ryo Ishikawa has acknowledged that being a title contender in the upcoming British Open, or any other major, is beyond him at this early stage of his career.

SAN DIEGO - Six weeks after Phil Mickelson announced his wife had breast cancer, his mother was diagnosed with the disease and is to have surgery later this week.

BETHESDA, Md. - Tiger Woods watched good friend Roger Federer in the championship match at Wimbledon for as long as he could before heading out to prepare for the final round of the AT&T National.

NEW YORK - Tiger Woods' win at the AT&T National drew an overnight rating more than three times higher than last year, when he was injured.

VERONA, N.Y. - Tiger Woods is coming to Turning Stone Casino and Resort to compete in a skins game to benefit Native American children.

BETHESDA, Md. - Kenny Perry has decided to play in the British Open next week after meeting with doctors for his mother, who is dying of blood cancer.

BETHESDA, Md. - Tiger Woods is helping out longtime friend Notah Begay III, agreeing to play in his charity Skins Game at Turning Stone Resort next month to support Native American youth.

HONOLULU - Michelle Wie's home state, which promotes itself as a golfer's paradise with year-round sunny weather, has bid aloha to the LPGA Tour — for now.