Forum: Tour Talk

Rafa Echenique of Argentina leads the French Open by two strokes after shooting a 4-under 67 in the second round. More...

Paula Creamer plans to play in the U.S. Women's Open next week despite a sore thumb. Creamer is resting her injured left thumb after getting two anti-inflammatory shots ahead of the U.S. Open at Saucon Valley in Bethlehem, Pa. More...

Robert Gates set himself some pretty modest goals for the Telus Open. Simple things like, you know, staying awake. More...

Brady Stockton and Robert Gates each shot 7-under 65 Thursday for a share of the first-round lead at the Canadian Tour's $150,000 TELUS Edmonton Open More...

EDMONTON - Brady Stockton and Robert Gates each shot 7-under 65 Thursday for a share of the first-round lead at the Canadian Tour's $150,000 TELUS Edmonton Open More...

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. More...

SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France - Leading scores Thursday after the first round of the US$5.6-million French Open, played at the par-71 Golf National: More...

SYLVANIA, Ohio - Morgan Pressel, Song-Hee Kim and Laura Diaz made the most of the defending champion's absence at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic. More...

Anthony Kim has set the course record at Congressional with an 8-under 62, giving the defending champion a two-shot lead in the AT&T National. More...

Defending champion Paula Creamer has withdrawn from the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic because of an injured left thumb. More...

It's not often that a player is bold enough to challenge Tiger Woods on the golf course. Rarer still is when it happens during a pro-am round from one of his amateur partners. More...

The namesake of the LPGA's Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic says there's a "50-50" chance that the tournament would be back for a 26th time next year. More...

Mike Small won the PGA Professional National Championship for the second time in five years, closing with a 3-under 68 on Wednesday for a one-stroke victory over Mark Sheftic and Steve Schneiter. More...

LONDON - The prize money at next month's British Open will be exactly the same as last year, organizers said Wednesday. More...

Organizers of the Kapalua LPGA Classic in Hawaii have pulled out of their contract to host the annual LPGA event through 2012. More...

Mark Sheftic shot a 70 on Tuesday to keep the lead after the three rounds of the PGA Professional National Championship. More...

Anthony Kim pressed a cellphone against his ear as he listened to Tiger Woods, the tournament host of the AT&T National, congratulate him on another impressive victory that seemed to mark the arrival of America's next great golfer. More...

Even when he was just learning to play golf, Tiger Woods never had any trouble breaking par. He owes that to his father making sure the bar was never set too high. More...

PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem has decided not to delay a new rule next year that will change the grooves in irons and wedges. More...

It can be a long drive from Calgary to Edmonton -- a lot of time to think and a lot of bridges a guy might be tempted to drive off after blowing up in the final round of a golf tournament. More...

Steve Moe isn't about to put a price on the success of the Canadian Tour stop at his golf facility. More...

A look at this week's tournaments around the world: More...

Kenny Perry shot 63 Sunday to finish with a tournament-record 258 and win the Travelers Championship by three strokes over Paul Goydos and David Toms. More...

Aaron Stewart walked onto the 18th green at Pinehurst's No. 2 course on Monday and allowed himself a peek at the imposing figure standing near the clubhouse. More...

Whether it was Rider Pride that kicked in -- or just home-grown Saskatchewan talent -- Graham DeLaet used his prairie past to full advantage to win the 2009 ATB Financial Classic. More...

On Wednesday, I will take a couple of hours and go down to Main Street in Newmarket to take in the Canada Day celebrations. The street will be shut down and filled with vendors, barbeques, kids with painted faces and there will be a beer garden in the park down by the lake. More...

The Telus Edmonton Open just got a little harder to win. Nationwide Tour regular and PGA Tour visitor Jim Rutledge is scheduled to make his first appearance at a Canadian Tour event in Edmonton this week when the tournament begins Thursday at Glendale. More...

Former president Dwight D. Eisenhower has been selected for the World Golf Hall of Fame, the first U.S. president to be inducted. More...

ENDICOTT, N.Y. - Lonnie Nielsen was as amazed as anybody. More...

Greg Norman will play the Australian Open for the next three years, including this year's event at New South Wales Golf Club in Sydney from Dec. 3-6, tournament officials announced Monday. More...

Defending champion Scott Hebert got off to the start he needed Sunday with a 5-under 66 on the easier Santa Ana Golf Club course for a one-shot lead in the PGA Professional National Championship. More...

Tom Gillis shot a 70 in the final round of the Nationwide Tour Players Cup to win by three strokes Sunday. More...

Graham DeLaet of Weyburn, Sask., fired a bogey-free 64 to win the ATB Financial Classic by four strokes on Sunday over Byron Smith, who closed with a 68. More...

England's Nick Dougherty won the BMW International Open on Sunday after shooting a final-round 64. More...

With the way he was golfing, Garrett Frank could've been a shoe-in to lead through three rounds of the 2009 ATB Financial Classic. More...

Stuart Anderson shot a bogey-free 6-under 66 Saturday to hold a one-stroke lead over Graham DeLaet and Byron Smith after three rounds of the Canadian Tour's $150,000 ATB Financial Classic. More...

Retief Goosen of South Africa shot a 5-under 67 Saturday to lead by two strokes after the third round of the BMW International Open. More...

http://www.boston.com/sports/golf/articles/2009/06/26/azinger_feels_sting_of_disqualification/ What a class act. A guy fighting for his place on the tour calls a penalty on himself for playing a non conforming ball. Who would have known. He did, and DQ'd self. Azinger is one classy guy, and...

David Toms finished up a second-round 65 to move within a stroke of leader Kenny Perry as play resumed Saturday at the Travelers Championship. More...

Tiger Woods' niece has missed the cut in her professional golf debut, shooting a 2-over 74 in the second round of the storm-disrupted Wegmans LPGA. More...

Fred Funk has held on to the first-round lead at the Dick's Sporting Goods Open. More...

Tiger Woods touched down in Nova Scotia on Friday for a charity golf game at an exclusive resort. More...

Garrett Frank fired a round of 6-under 66 Friday to hold a one stroke lead over Mauricio Molina at the halfway point of the Canadian Tour's $150,000 ATB Financial Classic. More...

South Korean star Jiyai Shin shot a 4-under 68 and for a three-stroke lead at the storm-plagued Wegmans LPGA. More...

Kenny Perry followed up his opening 61 with a 68 Friday and held on to a two-stroke lead when thunderstorms halted the second round of the Travelers Championship. More...

Fred Funk is the leader in the clubhouse at the rain-delayed Dick's Sporting Goods Open. More...

Retief Goosen of South Africa shot a 4-under 68 in the second round Friday to retain the lead at the BMW International Open. More...

Four PGA Tour veterans are among the latest to commit to play in the U.S. Bank Championship in July. More...

One day, Stuart Anderson expects to be on the PGA Tour -- or, at least, the Nationwide Tour. More...

Joey Sindelar has accomplished a lot in his brief tenure on the Champions Tour: 11 top-10 finishes in 30 starts and more than US$1.4 million in earnings since turning 50 just over a year ago. More...