Maruyama Clings to Sony Lead with Hole-In-One
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Shigeki Maruyama recorded a  hole-in-one to cling on to the lead with 11 holes of the third  round to play at the Sony Open Saturday.
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HONOLULU -- It took 72 holes in whipping winds over four days, but the Sony Open came into focus yesterday with a picture that represents the current state of the golf world -- everyone looking up at Vijay Singh.
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Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka picked the right spot to showcase his talent. He pitched a complete game Thursday in leading the Japanese All-Stars past the touring major league stars 5-1 in Game 6 of an eight-game exhibition series. The major leaguers lead the series 4-2.
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Tiger Woods dispatches Ryder Cup teammate J.J. Henry, 3 and 2, in the opening round of the Match Play Championship on Wednesday. Phil Mickelson struggles but also advances.ÃÂ
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Tiger Woods had an easy time advancing yesterday in the Accenture Match Play Championship in Marana, Ariz. And with Jim Furyk, Phil Mickelson, and the other top seeds no longer around, his road to an eighth straight PGA Tour victory is looking easier, too.
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Tiger Woods was three shots clear and five under par today after the first round of the Japan Golf Tour&#39;s Dunlop Phoenix Tournament.
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World&#39;s No.1 player must beat Australian to become first man since 1988 to win three majors in a year. By KEITH NIEBUHR, Times Staff Writer.
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Japan's Shigeki Maruyama spectacularly eagled the 16th to tie Swedes Daniel Chopra and Fredrik Jacobson for the lead in the unfinished fourth round of the Ginn sur Mer Classic at Port St. Lucie, Florida on Sunday.
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TIGER WOODS maintained his three-shot lead after the second round of the Dunlop Phoenix in Miyazaki, Japan, this morning. Woods fired a three-under 67 for a halfway total of eight-under 132.
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Justin Rose had his first-ever professional hole-in-one at the tough par-three 17th at Forest Oaks and then confessed that it was his only decent shot of the day.
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Australia&#39;s Rachel Teske is three shots behind the leaders after the opening round of the LPGA tournament in Otsu, Japan. Teske shot a 6-under-par round of 66 to trail co-leaders Chihiro Nakajima of Japan and Sweden&#39;s Annika Sorenstam, who are 9-under.
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South Korea's K.J. Choi closed in on his seventh PGA Tour victory by stretching his lead to four shots in Saturday's third round at the Sony Open.
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Jimmy Walker would love to have a fairy-tale finish at the Sony Open. Given the bad memories from this place, he was thrilled Thursday with the first chapter.
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BETHESDA, Maryland  - K.J. Choi and Stuart Appleby fired three-under-par 67s to charge three shots clear at the midway point of the Tiger Woods-hosted tournament at Congressional Country Club on Friday.
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Tiger Woods fired a 3-under 67 on Friday to maintain his three-stroke lead after the second round of the Dunlop Phoenix. Woods was 8 under through 36 holes at the $1.89 million tournament, the richest on the Japanese tour.
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The playoffs arrived on the PGA Tour and delivered an ideal first-round leader in Rory Sabbatini, a brash South African who loves the idea of going head-to-head and is not afraid to speak highly of his chances no matter who's in his way. Too bad Tiger Woods wasn't around Thursday at The Barclays.
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Maybe he read the wrong scouting report, and mixed up his Japanese pitchers. Maybe Barry Bonds was looking for the gyroball instead of the fastball that the Giants' slugger took from Hideki Okajima for a third strike in the eighth inning yesterday afternoon, with a game there to be won for the visitors.