Torakichi Nakamura, 92, Golf Pioneer, Is Dead
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Mr. Nakamura helped fuel a post-World War II golf boom in Japan by winning the 1957 Canada Cup.
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Superstitious or not, Japanese golfer Mitsuhiro Tateyama is likely to shudder whenever he comes across the number 19 in future after an horrific round at this week's Acom International.
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Northern Ireland&#39;s Darren Clarke smashed the course record as he sealed victory in the Taiheiyo Masters. Clarke was 22 under for the tournament after a final round of 68 which left him six shots ahead of Britain&#39;s Lee Westwood and Japan&#39;s Nozomi Kawahara.
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Bobby Fischer, former chess world champion, has died at the age of 64. A chronology of his life and career:
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The sun was setting when Vijay Singh, Fijian golfer of Indian origin, birdied the 18th here, and it seemed like a sign that Tiger Woodsâ days as the worldâs number one player may be fading.
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Ivan Ivanovich Sergeyev, known as the   father of Russian golf, remembers a time when he was unable to   even talk about his sport.
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Gay Brewer, the 1967 Masters champion who won 11 times on the PGA Tour, died Friday at his home after a fight with lung cancer. He was 75.
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Artie Shaw, the legendary jazz band leader who enthralled audiences with his clarinet during the swing era, has died at the age of 94, the BBC reported.
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The list begins with Byron Nelson and ends with Sam Snead. Ben Hogan is right down the middle, just like when he played. No Arnold Palmer.
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Golf entered a new era yesterday at 5:44 p.m., the moment Fiji-born Vijay Singh rolled in his short putt on the 18th hole and officially logged his three-stroke victory in the Deutsche Bank Championship. For the first time in more than five years -- a total of 264 weeks -- someone other than Tiger Woods walked off a ...
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Payne Stewart&#39;s presence is still with the US Ryder Cup team, nearly five years after his death. Stewart died in a plane crash in 1999, but his memory lives on in the American team room at Oakland Hills.
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TIGER Woods will be looking for his first victory in Japan when he tees off today in the Dunlop Phoenix tournament in Miyazaki. &quot;Iâve never won in Japan,&quot; Woods, the world No 2, said yesterday.
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Golf ultimately is defined by winning and losing. The year will be remembered in the record books for Tiger Woods missing the cut in a major for the first time in his career, then rebounding to win the next two and finishing the year with six straight victories on the PGA Tour. Phil Mickelson slipped his arms into a green jacket at the Masters, then buried his head in his hands at Winged Foot after a colossal collapse at the U.S. Open.
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TURLOCK, Calif. -- Linda Collins Maurer, a pro golfer who became the first person to wear a &quot;Medic Alert&quot; bracelet after her parents created the chains, has died.
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Former Japanese Prime Minister and veteran lawmaker Kiichi Miyazawa dies at the age of 87.
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Where Byron Nelson ranks all-time in professional golf:
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Bobby Fischer, the chess genius who careened during his life from Cold War hero to eccentric international exile, died Thursday in Iceland, where he has lived since 2005. He was 64.