Thatcher Tops Field at Reno-Tahoe Open
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Roland Thatcher closed with three straight birdies for a 4-under-par 68 Saturday and a one-stroke lead over fellow rookie Vaughn Taylor after three rounds of the Reno-Tahoe Open.
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Dudley Hart, a two-time PGA Tour winner, shoots a 7-under-par 64 for a one-stroke advantage atop a crowded leader board on Thursday at the FBR Open.
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VIRGINIA WATER, England  - Defending champion  Ernie Els recovered from a sluggish start to lead Briton Scott  Drummond by two holes with two to play after a rainswept  opening day of the World Match Play Championship at Wentworth  Thursday.
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PACIFIC PALISADES, California  - Padraig Harrington charged into an early three-shot lead with a sparkling eight-under-par 63 at the Nissan Open on Thursday.
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PACIFIC PALISADES, California  - Padraig Harrington, boosted by a red-hot putter, charged into an early three-shot lead with a sparkling eight-under-par 63 at the Nissan Open on Thursday.
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Phil Mickelson blows away the field Saturday with a 5-under 67 that gives him a seven-shot lead and another tournament record at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
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JACKSONVILLE, Florida  - Phil Mickelson was poised  to win his first PGA Tour title since last year's U.S. Masters  as he maintained a four-stroke lead on South Korea's Kevin Na  with nine holes to play at the Phoenix Open Sunday.
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Kilkenny, Ireland - A revitalised Ernie Els went on a birdie blitz here on Friday to snatch the second round lead in the $7m WGC American Express Championship.
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Cheered on by tens of thousands who consider him their hometown hero, Phil Mickelson forged a four-shot lead over Kevin Na in yesterday's third round of the FBR Open, a giant party in Scottsdale, Ariz., that happens to have a golf tournament going through it.
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THOMASTOWN, Ireland - His post-majors funk behind him, Ernie Els was back in his element Friday. Playing some of his best golf in the worst conditions, Els breezed through a wacky day of weather at the American Express Championship by starting with four straight birdies and finishing with an 8-under 64, giving him a two-shot lead and hope that he still has a lot to play for this year...
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There were four solid rounds on a demanding golf course under intense pressure. There was a final-round 5-under-par 67 when only 10 players in the field of 77 could break 70. And, yes, there was great relief that he had chosen last week's site in California and not the one in Texas for his second-stage challenge at the annual PGA ...
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BADEN, Austria  - Briton Graeme Storm equaled the Fontana course record to lead the first round of the Austrian Open on Thursday, just days after he withdrew from the British U.S. Open qualifier due to poor form.
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The celebrity watch at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am took place everywhere but the top of the leaderboard Thursday.
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OAKMONT, Pa. -- It's as much a part of the US Open as high rough, fast greens, blue blazers, and short tempers.
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Mark Calcavecchia briefly took the lead Friday before a double bogey left him one stroke behind leader Roland Thatcher after the first round of the rain-delayed Reno-Tahoe Open.
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Phil Mickelson&#039;s shirt already was stained with patches of sweat, the sign of someone hard at work. This was more a case of oppressive heat and humidity at Muirfield Village, because the Masters champion had yet to play his pro-am Wednesday.
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The Garden Island. POâIPU - Not even the sunscreen could cool off Phil Mickelson on his way to the 2004 Grand Slam title yesterday.