Jet-Lagged Clarke Tied for Lead in Japan
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GOTEMBA, Japan  - Britain's Darren Clarke shook  off the effects of jet-lag and a hectic schedule to fire a  six-under-par 66 for a share of the first-round lead at the  Taiheiyo Masters Thursday.
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Hajime Meshiai, an 11-time winner on the Japanese PGA Tour, shot 69 Sunday to retain a share of the lead after five rounds of the Champions Tour national qualifying tournament.
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South Korean Charlie Wi and Australian Robert Allenby overcame shaky starts to share the second-round lead at the Honda Classic at Palm Beach Gardens on Friday.
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Meteorologically and professionally, the past few weeks have not been the best for Michael Schumacher. Tokyo was hit by a minor earthquake on Wednesday, disturbing Schumacher as he lay in his hotel bed.
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Mark Philippoussis lost 6-3 6-4 to Czech player Tomas Zib as the rain-hit Japan Open finally got under way. Zib humbled the big-hitting Australian at Tokyo&#39;s Ariake Colleseum on a day when many matches were postponed.
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ATLANTA, Georgia  - Britain's Darren Clarke shared  the lead with Jay Haas and Jerry Kelly after Thursday's wet  first round of the $6 million season-ending Tour Championship.
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Grace Park, coming off her win last week on home soil, was battling for another big finish at the Mizuno Classic in Japan, but basically lost touch with run-away leader Annika Sorenstam of
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Kaneohe native Dean Wilson missed out yesterday on his final chance to secure his PGA Tour card. Wilson, who entered the final round of the Chrysler Championship tied for 18th and needing a top-20 finish to
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Japan's world record-holder Hiroyasu Shimizu finished in a dead heat with fierce rival Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada in the opening men's 500m at the World Cup speed skating competition.
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Yoko Shibui continued Japan&#39;s supremacy in the Berlin women&#39;s marathon and Felix Limo extended Kenya&#39;s dominance of the men&#39;s race Sunday.
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Japan is racing against the clock to secure the release of a young Japanese man kidnapped by Islamic militants in Iraq, with less than 24 hours to go before a deadline for his execution.
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DARREN CLARKE was one of three trailblazers at the top of the leaderboard on day one of the $6m Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club.
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By SALVATORE ZANCA Associated Press Writer SUZUKA, Japan . Michael Schumacher led the wet Friday practice for the Japanese Grand Prix, as teams cast a wary eye to the skies with a typhoon approaching.
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PALM DESERT, California  - Japan's Shigeki Maruyama birdied his last six holes to rocket into a five-way tie for the lead in the Bob Hope Classic first round on Wednesday.
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OTSU - World No. 1 Annika Sorenstam kick-started her bid for a fourth straight Mizuno Classic title by tying the course record with a 9-under-par 63 to move into the lead after the first round of the $1 million event in Shiga Prefecture.
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Australia&#39;s Rachel Teske is three shots behind the leaders after the opening round of the LPGA tournament in Otsu, Japan. Teske shot a 6-under-par round of 66 to trail co-leaders Chihiro Nakajima of Japan and Sweden&#39;s Annika Sorenstam, who are 9-under.
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Northern Ireland&#39;s Darren Clarke fired a 4-under 68 Sunday to win the Japan Golf Tour&#39;s Taiheiyo Masters. The European Ryder Cup star started the day with a four-stroke lead and widened it six after carding