Clarke, McGinley Out of U.S. Open
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TADWORTH, England -- Ryder Cup star Darren Clarke failed to qualify for a major championship for the first time in 10 years when he did not earn one of nine spots available Monday in a European qualifier for the U.S. Open.
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Top seed and world No. 1 Justine Henin-Hardenne beat qualifier Tzipora Obziler in three sets to advance to the third round of the US Open, while the men&#39;s and women&#39;s French Open champions were eliminated.
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World number two Phil Mickelson has withdrawn from this week's St. Jude Championship in Memphis, Tennessee after a specialist in San Diego advised him to get a cortisone shot for a lingering wrist injury.
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Paul McGinley&#39;s BMW International Open second round four-under-par 68 on Friday left him sharing 11th place four strokes away from leader Miguel Angel Jimenez and
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It has been an uninspiring United States Open for the American men, who fell apart with remarkable alacrity in the first week of the tournament. Until this year, when Taylor Dent, Mardy Fish and Vincent Spadea all lost in the second round, the Open had never gone into the third round with only two American men.
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Vaughn Taylor is back at Oakmont, relieved that it's only the U.S. Open. There has been widespread talk of gloom and doom in recent weeks, from defending champion Geoff Ogilvy reportedly losing seven balls in his round of 85 to Vijay Singh and a host of others saying they would not be surprised if the winner finished 10 shots over par.
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Virginie Razzano of France, ranked No. 112 in the world, stunned the eighth-seeded Martina Hingis and the rest of Arthur Ashe Stadium when she tossed Hingis out of the U.S. Open.
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Defending women&#39;s champion and top-seed Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium is out of the US Open tennis tournament in New York.
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Phil Mickelson isn&#039;t the only major champion to blow the U.S. Open. He can only hope he doesn&#039;t end up like the others.
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Russian Nadia Petrova sends defending champion Justine Henin-Hardenne out of the US Open in the fourth round.
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Former champion Martina Hingis loses to France's Virginie Razzano at the US Open.
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The scoreboard at Travelers Championship made the U.S. Open seem like a distant memory. A week after only eight sub-par rounds were carded at the U.S. Open, 62 players broke par on Thursday before play was suspended with 39 golfers still on the course.
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Rain has forced the cancellation of   play in Friday's late session at the U.S. Open.
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ATLANTA, United States : Northern Ireland&#39;s Darren Clarke grabbed a share of the first-round lead in the six million-dollar Tour Championship, while world number one Vijay Singh stayed within range.
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FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y., Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Open slumped into the doldrums after Andre Agassi bowed out in defeat over the weekend. On Tuesday, rain moved in to dampen spirits that were already low.
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Defending champion Justine Henin- Hardenne was eliminated by Nadia Petrova in straight sets at the US Open, while two-time champion Andre Agassi advanced to a quarterfinal showdown with top men&#39;s seed Roger Federer.
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Juan Carlos Ferrero became the first seeded casualty at the U.S. Open after he was beaten 6-3 6-4 6-4 by fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez in the first round on Monday.