Golf: Purdy shoots 61 to lead Texas Open
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SAN ANTONIO, United States : Ted Purdy, seeking his first career PGA tour victory, scorched the LaCantera Golf Club course with a 61 here to take a three-stroke first round lead in the 3.5 million-dollar Texas Open.
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There were four solid rounds on a demanding golf course under intense pressure. There was a final-round 5-under-par 67 when only 10 players in the field of 77 could break 70. And, yes, there was great relief that he had chosen last week's site in California and not the one in Texas for his second-stage challenge at the annual PGA ...
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Nina Norman scored 17 points, including eight in a key two-minute stretch late in the second half, to lead No. 15 Texas to a 69-55 win over No. 4 Baylor on Saturday.
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What a story. Bart Bryant who had played more 185 USPGA Tour events over a fifteen year period and recorded a best placed finish of 7th in all of those starts, played the last round of the Valero Texas Open
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Some tough playing conditions cooled off Ted Purdy yesterday at San Antonio. A day after matching the course record with a 61, Purdy struggled through stifling, 97-degree heat to a 69 that left him at 10-under-par 130, one stroke behind leader Dean Wilson midway through the Texas Open.
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Annika Sorenstam took a three-stroke lead into the final round of the John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic, shooting a 3-under 68 on Saturday on the demanding Cedar Ridge Country Club course.
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Woody Austin birdied the first hole of a sudden-death playoff against Tim Herron to win the Buick Championship on Sunday. Both Austin and Herron completed 72 holes
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Phil Mickelson shot a 6-under-par 65 yesterday to share the lead after the first round of the Scottish Open.
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Kevin Durant scores 37 points and grabs a career-high 23 rebounds to lead No. 22 Texas over Texas Tech, 76-64, on Wednesday night.
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Nick Dougherty&#39;s two-under-par 68 was good enough for the first-round lead at the 107th US Open golf championship Thursday, but certainly not enough to discourage Tiger Woods.
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Second seed Rafael Nadal made an   impressive start to his U.S. Open title bid on Wednesday when   he beat former runner-up Mark Philippoussis 6-4 6-4 6-4 in the   first round on Wednesday.
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Brent Geiberger took advantage of ideal morning conditions to earn a share of the clubhouse lead with a 6-under-par 66 during the first
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Sylvia Fowles had 18 points and 11 rebounds to lead No. 1 LSU to a 78-38 rout of Texas State on Thursday night. The Tigers (12-0) opened with a 25-2 run in the first 9:30 and held Texas State (3-8) to just 26-percent shooting.
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San Antonio, TX (Sports Network) - Dean Wilson shot a five-under 65 on Friday to move into the lead at the halfway point of the Texas Open.
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Tiger Woods joined the King, and left everyone else at the Buick Invitational feeling like paupers. In his most dominant start to a season, Woods built an 11-shot lead Sunday until his game and the fickle weather turned cold on the back nine. A birdie on the last hole gave him a 1-under 71 and an eight-shot victory, giving him 62 for his career to tie Arnold Palmer on the PGA Tour list.
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ANCASTER, Ontario  - Young Colombian Camilo   Villegas fired a 64 to share the second-round lead at the   Canadian Open on Friday and move into contention for his first   PGA Tour win.
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Dean Wilson shot a 5-under 65 on Friday and led first-round leader Ted Purdy by a stroke halfway through the Texas Open.