Sports Briefing | Golf: U.S. Leads at Solheim Cup
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Laura Davies made two shots that will go down in Solheim Cup history to win the 16th hole, save her match and turn a rough opening day for the Europeans into something much better.The United States led by 4 Â½-3 Â½ after a windy, wet and frigid day â a good sign for a team that had not been ahead after the first day since 1998.Playing in the final fourball match of the day, Davies hit a tee shot on the par-3 16th that ended up in the bushes and bramble behind a creek. Once there, she blasted the ball to the fringe and chipped in her next shot from 50 feet to win the hole and draw her and Trish Johnson even against the Americans Morgan Pressel and Paula Creamer. The match ended in a draw.
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All it took was one glance at the scoreboard to realize the Ryder Cup was over. Tiger Woods was in the lead. It required two of his best shots to get there Thursday in the American Express Championship, a drive he hammered on the 567-yard 18th hole at The Grove, followed by a 3-wood into a slight breeze that landed 20 feet away for an eagle that gave Woods an 8-under 63, and a one-shot lead over Padraig Harrington and Ian Poulter.
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The United States seemed to be heading for victory in the Walker Cup on Sunday after winning all four of the foursomes matches to take a 10-6 lead over Britain & Ireland at Royal County Down in Northern Ireland.
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The United States took a 2-1 lead over Sweden in the Davis Cup semifinals yesterday, with Bob and Mike Bryan defeating Simon Aspelin and Jonas Bjorkman in doubles, 7-6 (13-11), 6-2, 6-3.
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The biennial Solheim Cup will return to Sweden in 2007 organizers said Friday, where the event will be played in Halmstad. The coastal city is 309 miles southwest of the capital, Stockholm.
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ST. PAUL -- The United States went into last night favored over Finland to advance to the championship game of the World Cup of Hockey. The Americans were rested, having beaten the Russians here in the quarterfinals Tuesday, while the Finns had to travel from Helsinki after knocking off Germany Monday.
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The biennial Solheim Cup will return to Sweden in 2007 organizers said Friday, where the event will be played in Halmstad.
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Swede Fredrik Jacobson charged into a share of the lead as he tried to grab a Ryder Cup place in Munich today. Joint fifth overnight, Jacobson birdied three of the first five holes to join Thomas Levet and
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HALMSTAD, Sweden  -- All that talk about choke jobs and lost opportunities turned out to be overblown. The Americans have always owned singles, and after yet another Sunday success, they own the Solheim Cup again, too.
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BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan  - Heavyweight United  States duo Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson lost twice on the  opening day of the 35th Ryder Cup Friday as Europe opened up a  record-equalling lead of 6-1/2 points to 1-1/2.
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HALMSTAD, Sweden  - Europe fought back after weather delays on the second day of the Solheim Cup, moving ahead of the United States in three of the four unfinished fourballs matches.
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Two-time US Open champion Retief Goosen grabbed the first-round lead in the BMW Open at 6-under-par 66, and Colin Montgomerie boosted his Ryder Cup chances by finishing a stroke back on Thursday.
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Annika Sorenstam has moved into the outright lead on day two of Japan&#39;s Mizuno Classic after carding a six-under par 66. Sorenstam, bidding for a fourth consecutive win in the tournament, is now four strokes clear of nearest rival Chihiro Nakajima.
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Jeff Brehaut followed his third-round 11-under 61 with an even-par 72 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead after the fourth round of the PGA Tour&#39;s 90-hole qualifying tournament.
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Sweden's Henrik Stenson, who will make his Ryder Cup debut this month, eagled the first playoff hole Sunday to win the BMW International. He shot a 4-under-par 68 to force a playoff with two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen (67) and Padraig Harrington (69) at 15-under 273.
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PORTO CERVO, Sardinia -- Norway&#39;s Petter Solberg made a storming start to the Rally of Italy as he built up a lead of more than half a minute after three stages.
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SEVILLE, Spain (AP-CP) - Irish golfers Padraig Harrington and Paul McGinley shared the lead with the little-known Austrian duo of Martin Wiegele and Markus Brier after Thursday&#39;s first round of the World Cup of golf.