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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BEIJING -- Marat Safin won the China Open on Sunday, beating countryman Mikhail Youzhny 7-6 (7-4), 7-5 to claim his first title in two years.
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The Masters champion shot a 13-under-par 59 on Wednesday and won the PGA Grand Slam of Golf, a two-day competition for the year&#39;s four major winners.
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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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errek Lee was on the other side 11 months ago, leading the Florida Marlins to victory in the National League Championship Series en route to a surprising World Series title over the Yankees.
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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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The PGA Tour's "new era in golf" comes to a familiar conclusion, as Tiger Woods wins both his seventh event of the year and the league's first-ever playoff championship.
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SHANGHAI: A tired but determined Guillermo Canas of Argentina held off a strong early charge from Spainâs Guillermo Garcia-Lopez to win his first round Shanghai ATP match 7-6, 6-1 on Monday.
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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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FILDERSTADT, Germany  - American Lindsay Davenport  won the Filderstadt Grand Prix Sunday after world number one  Amelie Mauresmo retired injured after the first set.
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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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Tiger Woods won the Tour Championship, his seventh victory of the year, which also clinched the first FedEx Cup, the PGA Tourâs first playoff system.
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Spain's Antonio Zafra Fernandez from Madrid, 36, right, is congratulated by "Mr. Monopoly" Merwin Goldsmith after he won the World Monopoly Championship in Tokyo, Saturday, Oct.
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MIYAZAKI, Japan  - Tiger Woods picked up his first  strokeplay title of a difficult year when he romped to an  eight-shot victory at the Dunlop Phoenix tournament on Sunday.
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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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Germany, Oct 11 - American Lindsay Davenport won the Filderstadt Grand Prix on Sunday after world number one Amelie Mauresmo retired injured after the first set in the final of the $650,000 event.
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The top-seeded American rallied from one-set down to defeat US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova to capture the inaugural China Open.