Kite clings to lead at Schwab Cup Championship
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Sonoma, CA (Sports Network) - Tom Kite carded a two-under 70 Friday to remain atop the leaderboard through two rounds of the Champions Tour&#39;s season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship.
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Resurgent Swede Patrik Sjoland has produced a course record eight-under-par 64 to take the lead on 12-under 132 at the halfway mark in the South African Airways Open on an unusually calm day on the Humewood links.
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It is final tuneup time for quite a few horses on the road to the Breedersâ Cup at Monmouth Park on Oct. 27. The Haskell Invitational winner Any Given Saturday tops a field of five in todayâs Brooklyn Handicap, while Grasshopper, the Travers Stakes runner-up, is the favorite in a 10-horse field for the Super Derby at Louisiana Downs. Also, Octave takes on seven rivals in the Fitz Dixon Cotillion at Philadelphia Park as she continues her run to the $2 million Breedersâ Cup Distaff. Overshadowed by her stablemate Rags to Riches (out for the year with an injury), Octave won the Mother Goose and the Coaching Club American Oaks before finishing third in the Alabama in her previous race.
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Four tournaments into his season, Phil Mickelson showed signs of turning the corner yesterday. Mickelson, nowhere near the leaderboard since his collapse at the US Open last summer, eagled his final hole at Poppy Hills for a 7-under-par 65 to share the lead with rookie John Mallinger and Nick Watney in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
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South Africa&#39;s Retief Goosen looks to be heading for his first Nedbank Golf Challenge victory halfway through the final round at the Garry Player Country Club course on Sunday.
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Eight years ago, Ross Fisher was fetching balls for Tiger Woods on the practice range. Now, the Englishman holds a five-shot lead over the defending champion entering the third round of the Dubai Desert Classic in the United Arab Emirates.
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The Rest of the World face an uphill task in their bid to win the UBS Cup for the first time after the United States took the second day fourball session 4-2 to establish a 6 Â½ - 5 Â½ lead going into the final day singles at Kiawah Islandâs Cassique
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PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa  -- Retief Goosen shot an 11 on the 17th hole Thursday, leaving Ernie Els tied for the lead after a 5-under 67 at the South African Open.
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Mark McNulty and Hale Irwin had roughly the same thought as they collected their big trophies and bigger cheques: How did Tom Kite let all this great stuff slip away at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship?
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COLOGNE - Padraig Harrington led the way in the German Masters first round yesterday, as Europe&#39;s Ryder Cup players warmed up for next week&#39;s match against the United States.
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Mallorca, Spain (Sports Network) - Simon Khan stands at five-under par through 13 holes and holds a share of the lead during the first round of the Mallorca Classic.
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PGA Tour rookie Jeff Quinney will carry a three shot lead into the third round of the Phoenix Open after second round play was completed on Saturday.
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Ernie Els kept his two-stroke lead in the WGC American Express Championship in Ireland Saturday with a score of 15-under-par 201. Els shot a 4-under 68 in the third round on a windy Mount Juliet course.
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It is nearly five months since Ernie Els won a tournament, but the South African has a two-shot lead going into the final round of the Amex World Golf Championship.
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Sitting out most of last season while recovering from surgery on his right shoulder taught Denis Watson to appreciate the little things. Even after struggling through the third round Saturday at the Champion Tour's season-ending Charles Schwab Championship, he isn't complaining.
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Eduardo Romero took the second-round lead in the Champions Tour's season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship, shooting a 4-under 68 on Friday for a one-stroke advantage over Denis Watson and Jim Thorpe.
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Allen Doyle shot a 5-under 67 in windy conditions Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over Bobby Wadkins and Champions Tour newcomer Mark O'Meara after the second round of The ACE Group Classic.