Sports Briefing | Golf: Herron Ahead by a Stroke
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Tim Herron birdied three of his last four holes to take a one-stroke lead at the U.S. Bank Championship yesterday in Milwaukee.Herron shot a 65 and was at 12-under-par 198 for the tournament. Tim Clark, who matched Herron shot for shot until the last hole, carded a 66. He was tied for second, with Joe Ogilvie, the leader after the second round, who shot a 69. Kenny Perry (67) was at nine-under. Jeff Brehaut (65) and Charlie Wi (66) were four strokes behind.
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VALDERRAMA, Spain (Ticker) - Local favorite Sergio Garcia escaped a possible penalty to take the halfway lead at the Volvo Masters on Friday.
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At roughly 3.30pm yesterday Darren Clarke was five under par for his round, three under for the tournament and jointly leading the Volvo Masters here.
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1 Mickelson&#39;s tee shot - All square with Darren Clarke and Lee Westwood on the 18th tee in the Friday foursomes, Mickelson sliced his tee-shot way off target and up against a fence, forcing partner Tiger Woods to take a penalty drop before he could play
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Mike Weir has a one-stroke lead over Vijay Singh heading into Saturday&#39;s third round of the $4.4 million Bell Canadian Open. Weir carded a bogey-free 6-under-par 65 Friday to move to 9-under 133 overall.
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Amateurs Triumphs in Tarlow Frank Vana Jr. of Shrewsbury shot 3-under-par 137 to win the annual Tarlow Invitational at Thorny Lea GC in Brockton, edging John Hadges of the host club by one. Andy Drohen shot 143 to finish third. In the women's division, Karen Richardson of Haverhill CC shot 151 to roll to a seven-stroke triumph over Cheryl Krueger ...
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With world number one Vijay Singh missing because of Hurricane Jeanne and Masters champion Phil Mickelson another no-show, there was even more attention than usual on Tiger Woods at Mount Juliet in County Kilkenny this afternoon.
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Palmer and Woods. How's that for a leaderboard? Too bad it's tour rookie Ryan Palmer &#151; not Arnold &#151; sharing the lead with Tiger Woods after one round in the Deutsche Bank Championship. The two shot 6-under 65s Friday on the TPC of Boston to take a one-stroke lead over Mark O'Meara and two others.
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Jeff Brehaut followed his third-round 11-under 61 with an even-par 72 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead after the fourth round of the PGA Tour's 90-hole qualifying tournament.
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Tiger Woods already lost out on the majors. Next up could be his No. 1 ranking.
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Tim Herron birdied three of his last four holes to take the lead at the U.S. Bank Championship on Saturday and Tim Clark matched him shot for shot until the 18th hole.
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There's more to the PGA Tour than the Big Three. Vijay Singh, Tiger Woods and Ernie Els all appear to be on top of their game, which put some spice into the start of the new season. All had ample opportunity to win the Mercedes Championships against a winners-only field at Kapalua.
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Australia's Paul Gow took the third-round lead in the six-round PGA Tour final qualifying tournament, shooting a 7-under 65 on Friday to move two strokes ahead of Rich Barcelo and Cameron Beckman.
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South African Ernie Els shoots a 3-under-par 69 Friday and trails leader Terry Pilkadaris of Australia by a stroke after two rounds of the Korean Open.
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Tiger Woods is a gracious tournament host, at least until the tournament gets started. Woods continued to show midseason form at the end of the year with a 10-under 62 on Friday, setting the course record at Sherwood Country Club and building a four-shot lead over Jim Furyk in the Target World Challenge.
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Edward Loar of the United States shot a 1-under-par 71 Sunday for a three-stroke victory in the Korean Open. Ernie Els finished four strokes behind the leader in the Asian Tour event.
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On the 72nd hole of the BMW International yesterday Fredrik Jacobson had a 12-foot putt which, if holed, could earn him the last automatic place on Europe&#39;s Ryder Cup team.