Mahan shoots 62, takes Travelers lead
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Hunter Mahan likes Hartford. Mahan, who finished second here last year, shot an 8-under-par 62 yesterday to take the first-round lead at the Travelers Championship before play was suspended with 39 golfers still on the course.
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England&#39;s Brian Davis shot a 4-under 68 Sunday and moved out to a six-shot lead after the fifth round of the PGA Tour&#39;s 90-hole qualifying tournament.
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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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NORD EICHENRIED, GERMANY -- Two-time US Open champion Retief Goosen shot six-under-par 66 yesterday for the first-round lead at the BMW Open, and Colin Montgomerie was one stroke behind to bolster his chances of making the European Ryder Cup team.
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Jay Williamson would like to get back to playing PGA Tour events full-time. He's one day away. Playing on a sponsor exemption in the Travelers Championship, Williamson shot a third-round 67 Saturday for a one-stroke lead over Hunter Mahan after the third round. If he can hang on, he'll get back his Tour card and be the first player to win on the PGA and Nationwide Tours in the same year since Jason Gore in 2005.
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Madrid, Spain (Sports Network) - Julien Clement of Switzerland shot a seven- under-par 64 on Thursday to take a two-shot lead after the opening round of the Open de Madrid.
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ATLANTA, United States : Northern Ireland&#39;s Darren Clarke grabbed a share of the first-round lead in the six million-dollar Tour Championship, while world number one Vijay Singh stayed within range.
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Americans Jay Williamson and Hunter Mahan finished tied at 15 under par on Sunday and were in a sudden-death playoff in the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut.
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Phil Mickelson fired a 1-under 70 on Saturday to take the lead heading into the final round of the Northern Trust at Riviera, but hot on his heels is Jeff Quinney -- who scored an ace on the par-3 sixth hole.
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Tom Watson made four straight birdies on his way to shooting a 6-under-par 66 in the second round of the U.S. Senior Open on Friday, moving to 8 under for the tournament and taking a three-shot lead over five players.
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The scoreboard at Travelers Championship made the U.S. Open seem like a distant memory. A week after only eight sub-par rounds were carded at the U.S. Open, 62 players broke par on Thursday before play was suspended with 39 golfers still on the course.
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Hunter Mahan watched Jay Williamson hit two great approach shots from the 18th fairway on Sunday. Mahan stepped up both times and hit his just a little better. Mahan earned his first PGA Tour victory Sunday by winning the Travelers Championship over Williamson with a birdie on the first playoff hole.
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Atlanta, GA (Sports Network) - Jerry Kelly posted a three-under-par 67 Thursday to grab a share of the lead after the first round of the season- ending Tour Championship.
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KAPALUA, Hawaii  - American Nick Watney benefited from a late stumble by compatriot Brandt Snedeker to snatch a one-shot lead in the Mercedes-Benz Championship first round on Thursday.
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Bloomfield Hills, MI (Sports Network) - Powered by Colin Montgomerie and Padraig Harrington on Friday, the European squad rolled to a 6 1/2 - 1 1/2 lead at the 35th Ryder Cup Matches.
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Colin Montgomerie and Tiger Woods both shot 66s to hold a two-stroke lead over the rest of an elite field at the Target World Challenge in California.
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Scotland&#39;s Colin Montgomerie fired a 4-under-par 67 to grab a two-stroke lead after the third round of the $US7 million World Challenge golf tournament at Thousand Oaks in California.