Forum: Tour Talk

DUBLIN, Ohio - PGA Tour rookie Matt Bettencourt and Mark Wilson have survived a roller-coaster afternoon at the Memorial to share the 54-hole lead, with Tiger Woods and a pack of major champions behind them. More...

VICTORIA, B.C. - Qualifier Chris Griffin shot a second round of 5-under 65 Friday to grab a share of the lead at the Canadian Tour's Times Colonist Open. More...

One last birdie for Jim Furyk put him one more stroke under par, which he found more gratifying than being in a share of the lead with Jonathan Byrd on Friday at the Memorial. More...

Hall of Famer Se Ri Pak maintained a share of the State Farm Classic lead with another bogey-free performance, while Sweden's Helen Alfredsson shot into contention with a spectacular second round Friday. More...

Tiger Woods isn't likely to storm off the 18th green on Sunday if he doesn't win the Memorial Tournament. More...

Bernhard Langer birdied the par-three 18th hole for a seven-under 65 and a one-stroke Friday after the first round of the Triton Financial Classic. More...

The purse for the St. Jude Championship has been lowered US$500,000 because it no longer has a title sponsor. More...

NEWPORT, Wales - Scotland's Richie Ramsay has set the pace Friday to take an early lead at the Wales Open where former U.S. Open champion Corey Pavin is likely to miss the halfway cut. More...

Tiger Woods hardly missed a fairway, a big improvement. Luke Donald hardly missed a putt, and that was far more rewarding Thursday at the Memorial. More...

Hall of Famer Se Ri Pak shot a bogey-free six-under 66 on Thursday for a share of the first-round lead with fellow South Korean Jee Young Lee in the State Farm Classic. More...

Todd Hamilton's caddie at the Memorial Tournament is a kid from back home who's had a better last couple of weeks than Hamilton has. More...

Peter Jacobsen returns to the Champions Tour this week at the Triton Financial Classic, the first time he'll play competitively since knee replacement surgery nearly a year ago. More...

MINNEAPOLIS - Admission to this year's 3M Championship? Priceless. More...

Veteran David Frost, who will start playing Champions Tour golf in the U.S. in September, shot a 5-under 66 Thursday to share the first round lead in the Wales Open with Thomas Bjorn, Nick Dougherty and Canadian resident Alan McLean. More...

NEWPORT, Wales - Christian Cevaer, surprise winner of the European Open on Sunday, withdrew from the Wales Open after 12 holes Thursday because of exhaustion. More...

Beneath a grey sky and dreary rain, thousands of colourful umbrellas framed both sides of every fairway at Muirfield Village. On a miserable day to watch golf, no one was about to miss a single shot. More...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Given the opportunity at hand, Michelle Wie wasn't thinking about the major that lies ahead. More...

DUBLIN, Ohio - If not for a 28-year-old named Isaac, Erik Compton would not be alive. More...

U.S. Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin wants his players to find time to play Celtic Manor before they arrive to defend the trophy in October 2010. More...

CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, Colo. - Arnold Palmer issued a challenge to those competing in the Palmer Cup, the college equivalent of the Ryder Cup. More...

The morning calm at Muirfield Village was shattered by a sound that was sure to be sweet music to players. More...

By almost any standard, Chris Wilson doesn't belong in the Memorial Tournament. More...

Organizers have cancelled this year's Russian Open golf tournament after the event's main sponsor pulled out. More...

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

Rookie or not, Todd Halpen figures he might have the Uplands ... er ... upper hand this week on the Canadian Tour. More...

Phil Mickelson plans a brief return to the PGA Tour in time to play in the U.S. Open. More...

According to the following, it looks like Phil will be playing. http://www.golfdigest.com/golfworld/columnists/2009/06/golf_mickelson_return_rosaforte

Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods will play together in the Memorial Skins Game, only the second time they have competed against each other in the same group. More...

The RBC Canadian Open is still about seven weeks away and Chez Reavie is in town today, not to defend the 2008 title he won at Glen Abbey, but on a goodwill tour for Quagmire Golf, his Toronto-based apparel supplier, that seems such a perfect fit for an upstart such as himself. More...

Brad Fritsch is back at work today. With a little better job yesterday, he could have been off. More...

Steve Stricker has all sorts of top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour this season. Now he has the best one, too. More...

Kevin Johnson birdied the first playoff hole Sunday to defeat Jeff Gallagher and win the Nationwide Tour Rex Hospital Open. More...

Mark McNulty won the Principal Charity Classic on Sunday for his seventh Champions Tour victory, beating Fred Funk with a 30-foot birdie putt on the fourth hole of a playoff. More...

Christian Cevaer of France won the European Open by a stroke Sunday, more than five years after his only previous victory. More...

FORT WORTH, Texas - With US$12.7 million in career earnings on the PGA Tour, Tim Clark has the dubious distinction of winning the most money without winning an event. More...

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa - Nick Price took a one-stroke lead into the final day of the Principal Charity Classic for the second straight year. More...

Texas A&M's Bronson Burgoon hit a gap wedge from the rough to within 3 inches of the 18th hole Saturday to win his match and clinch the first NCAA Division I men's golf title for the Aggies. More...

ASH, England - Christian Cevaer of France holed a 12-foot birdie putt on the last hole Saturday to join Jeev Milkha Singh of India in the lead after the third round of the European Open. More...

Brady Schnell shot a final round 70 on Friday to complete a wire-to-wire victory at the Canadian Tour's spring qualifying school. More...

When the college coaches came up with the new format for the NCAA Division I men's golf championship, this is what they had in mind. More...

Corey Pavin and Justin Rose are among the latest players to commit to this year's Travelers Championship tournament in Connecticut. More...

The kid who grew up in the same neighbourhood as Mike Weir and hung around the same course is the NCAA champion. More...

Ryan Yip figures he's earning his golfing stripes -- and with them his first tournament win in years. More...

Jeev Milkha Singh of India and Michael Lorenzo-Vera of France each shot a 69 Friday to share the halfway lead of the European Open. More...

Tiger Woods is returning to the Memorial, where he is a three-time winner. He has skipped the tournament two of the last three years because of family matters and knee surgery. More...

No one has dominated U.S. college golf like Matt Hill - and the Canadian isn't done yet. More...

From its Ben Hogan trophy room to its status as the longest-running event at its original site, the Colonial Country Club is among the most venerable stops on the PGA Tour. More...

TOLEDO, Ohio - With just eight holes remaining in the race for medallist at the NCAA Division I men's golf championship, North Carolina State's Matt Hill trailed by two strokes. More...

PARKSVILLE, B.C. - Brady Schnell shot a round of 2-under 70 Thursday to take a two-stroke lead over Mike Roters after three rounds of the Canadian Tour's spring qualifying school. More...

NEW YORK - Phil Mickelson had reason for optimism Thursday when he said doctors believe they discovered his wife's breast cancer early. More...