California Psychologist Yang Wins World Series of Poker
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California psychologist Jerry Yang and a huge mountain of cash were all that was left after plowing through a field of 6,358 players that began to play in stages July 6.
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Germany&#39;s Rainer Schuettler defeated Australian Paul Baccanello and Finland&#39;s Jarkko Nieminen downed Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the first round of the $500,000 US China Open on Monday.
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Tiger Woods wins his first strokeplay title of the year at the Dunlop Phoenix tournament.
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Shanghai, China (Sports Network) - Third-seeded Guillermo Canas of Argentina crushed Germany&#39;s Lars Burgsmuller, 6-1, 6-0, in Sunday&#39;s final of the $380,000 Heineken Open Shanghai.
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Trevor Immelman stared at the hole and savored the moment. Then, he seized the opportunity. Immelman birdied the 18th hole and held off Tiger Woods and Matthew Goggin to win the Western Open on Sunday for his first PGA Tour victory.
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Argentina&#39;s Guillermo Canas had an easy time winning the final of the Heineken Open in Shanghai. Canas, the No. 3 seed, rolled to his third ATP tournament win this season with a 6-1 6-0 straight-sets victory over Lars Burgsmuller of Germany.
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Argentina&#39;s Guillermo Canas won his third title of the year Sunday with a 6-1, 6-0 rout of Germany&#39;s Lars Burgsmuller at the Shanghai Open.
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Davenport extends streak: Top-seeded Lindsay Davenport won her fourth consecutive WTA Tour tournament yesterday, defeating second-seeded Vera Zvonareva of Russia 6-3, 6-2 in the Western and Southern Women&#39;s Open final in Mason, Ohio.
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Vijay Singh wins the Deutsche Bank Championship to take the number one ranking from Tiger Woods.
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SHANGHAI  - Argentine Guillermo Canas crushedGermany's Lars Burgsmuller 6-1 6-0 to win the Shanghai Open onSunday.
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Top-seeded Lindsay Davenport won her fourth consecutive WTA championship yesterday, defeating second-seeded Vera Zvonareva 6-3, 6-2 in the Western and Southern Women&#39;s Open finals in Mason, Ohio.
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The three finalists in each of the Eclipse Awards categories were announced last week, and Ghostzapper, an impressive winner of the $4 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Lone Star Park Oct. 30, has a chance to win three awards when the winners are announced at a dinner in Palm Springs, Calif., Jan. 24.
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K.J. Choi has won tournaments hosted by Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods over the last nine months during a steady climb into the top 10 in the world. Further proof of his staying power came yesterday on a cool, windy morning at Riviera in Los Angeles.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Indiaâs Jyoti Randhawa won the Masters of Asia title Sunday after beating Australian Terry Pilkadaris in a play-off, while Thai star Thongchai Jaideeâs fifth-placed finish secured him the Asian Tour Order of Merit crown.
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Grace Park won the CJ Nine Bridges Classic yesterday at Jeju, South Korea, shooting a 7-under-par 65 for a five-stroke victory and giving her game a big boost after a collapse in the final round two weeks ago.
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American Lindsay Davenport captured her fourth consecutive title, beating second seed Vera Zvonareva 6-3, 6-2 in the final of the $US170,000 WTA Cincinnati Open on Sunday.
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Former US Open champion Corey Pavin finished third Sunday in the inaugural Vietnam Masters, which was won by Angelo Que of the Philippines.