Funk wins season-opening MasterCard
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Fred Funk won the Champions Tour's season-opening MasterCard Championship on Sunday, birdieing the final two holes for a 7-under 65 and a two-stroke victory over Allen Doyle.
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Fred Funk can relax. He doesn&#39;t have to carry six years&#39; worth of frustration anymore. The 48-year-old US Ryder Cup player won his sixth PGA Tour title Sunday, closing with a birdie for a one-stroke victory in the Southern Farm Bureau Classic.
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CROMWELL, Connecticut  - Fred Funk shot a  one-under-par 69 Saturday to take a one-shot lead after the  third round of the Buick Championship.
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It had already been a historic season for Weston. It had won the program's first Dual County League championship, putting up a 17-1 record, and had also won the sectional championship.
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SOELDEN, Austria Sweden&#39;s Anja Paerson (AHN&#39;-yuh PEER&#39;-sun) has won the season-opening World Cup giant slalom. The US got an encouraging showing when Kristina Koznick finished fourth, matching her best result of last season.
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Fred Funk needed a late rally yesterday on a sticky, steamy day to take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Buick Championship.
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Gift cards are hot items this holiday season -- both at stores and in the courts.
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Madison, MS (Sports Network) - Fred Funk fired a six-under 66 Sunday to win the Southern Farm Bureau Classic by one stroke over Ryan Palmer.
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It was 10 years ago that another Red Sox rookie, who had been hitting in the ninth spot all spring, was promoted by manager Jimy Williams to the leadoff spot on Opening Day. That move worked out pretty well, both for Nomar Garciaparra , who was elected the American League's Rookie of the Year, and the Sox.
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Joe Kennedy has been Oakland's tough-luck pitcher the first two months. So perhaps it was fitting that a lucky bounce helped give Kennedy his first win in nearly a month.
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Not a bad start. That goes for  both the holiday selling season and the return to duty by a  certain recording artist.
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European Tour Member Richard Green finally enjoyed the taste of victory in 2004 when he has sunk a four foot birdie putt on the first play-off hole to capture the $225,000 first prize in a dramatic conclusion to the 2004 MasterCard Masters at Huntingdale
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FORT WORTH, Texas  - Rory Sabbatini won the Colonial Invitational on Sunday after rolling in a 15-foot birdie putt at the first playoff hole to beat Bernhard Langer and Jim Furyk.
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As previously reported, the funk legend, 71, had an operation yesterday (December 15) in an attempt to beat prostate cancer. Doctors who treated Brown have said that heâs now &quot;resting&quot; after the operation.
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The St. Louis Cardinals became the first major league team to clinch a playoff spot this season, winning the Central for the third time in five seasons.
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The St. Louis Cardinals became the first major league team to clinch a playoff spot this season, beating the Diamonbacks, 7-0, Saturday.
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The Browns started the season on a good note for the first time since 1994, and the win buoys the teamâs hopes for the near future.