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Column: Love worries about too many exemptions for his son
HONOLULU (AP) — Davis Love III is headed off to play in the Singapore Open, and so is his son. This will be the 14th time they have played in the same tournament since Davis…
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NBC to use Toptracer on all 18 holes of PGA Tour telecasts
The NBC Sports Group and Topgolf Entertainment are unveiling a new technology partnership which they are hoping will bring golfers and casual fans closer to the sport. The multiyear agreement includes the expansion of Toptracer…
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Garnett goes from small Missouri college to PGA Tour winner
KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — Missouri Western State is not exactly a pipeline to the PGA Tour. Neither is Gallatin, Missouri, a farming community of 1,800 where Brice Garnett honed his game on a nine-hole course.…
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John and Little John Daly lead
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — John and Little John Daly birdied the final six-holes for a 13-under 59 and a one-stroke lead Saturday in the PNC Father-Son Challenge. The Dalys played the back nine in 8-under…
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Bob Hope’s example for Nicklaus: Never a cross word
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jack Nicklaus pulled into circle drive at The Breakers and couldn’t make it 25 feet to the door without being stopped for a handshake, a greeting, a photo. It…
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Mastering the rain: Belgium, South Korea tied at World Cup
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Thomas Detry thought the rainy, windy and generally awful conditions were so bad at Metropolitan Golf Club on Friday that they wouldn’t be able to finish the round. When they did,…
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Va. junior golf team headed to national championships
The 13-and-under golf team from 1757 Golf Club in Loudoun County will be one of just 12 teams from a pool of 5,000 nationwide vying for the national championship in Arizona this weekend.
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LPGA announces changes to points race, purse for 2019 finale
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — The Race to the CME Globe will be more frantic starting next year, and the winner of the LPGA Tour’s season-ending tournament is going to get considerably richer. Tour and event…
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Kuchar ends long drought, Singh, Langer winners in Phoenix
PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico (AP) — Matt Kuchar ended more than four years without a PGA Tour victory Sunday by closing with a 2-under 69 and holding up through a few nervous moments down the…
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Gaby Lopez hangs on in China to win first LPGA title
HAINAN ISLAND, China (AP) — Gaby Lopez won her first LPGA Tour event with a 1-over 73 to finish one shot ahead of Ariya Jutanugarn in the Blue Bay tournament in China. Lopez had bogeys…
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Lopez earns an ace and lead in Blue Bay LPGA on birthday
HAINAN ISLAND, China (AP) — How’s this for a birthday present? Gaby Lopez turned 25 on Friday and celebrated with a hole-in-one that helped her to a 6-under-66 and a one-stroke lead over Ariya Jutanugarn…
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So Yeon Ryu shoots 65 for 1-shot lead in Toto Japan Classic
SHIGA, Japan (AP) — So Yeon Ryu shot a 7-under 65 to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the Toto Japan Classic. Nasa Hataoka of Japan and South Koreans Jiyai Shin and…
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European Tour schedule provides for big finish
The PGA Championship moving to May might have provided a strong finishing kick to the European Tour season. The European Tour released a schedule for next year that still involves 31 countries on five continents…
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Koepka makes debut at No. 1 and hopes to keep rolling
SHANGHAI (AP) — Brooks Koepka is having the kind of year he only imagined in his dreams, and he’s not ready for it to end. In June, he became the first player in 29 years…
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Leishman wins CIMB Classic by 5 strokes
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Marc Leishman shot a seven-under 65 in the final round to win the CIMB Classic Sunday by five strokes and equal the tournament course record. The Australian was in fine…
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