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Points, Bettencourt lead at Pebble Beach (SI.com | Nov 21/09)
Points, 66th on the PGA Tour money list this season, had a scrambling round with two eagles, three birdies, two bogeys and a triple bogey. 'I've had the most fortunate tee time of the...

Points, Bettencourt share lead at stormy Pebble (ESPN.com | Nov 21/09)
a 71 in wind and rain at Spyglass Hill to share the second-round lead Friday in the Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational. Points, 66th on the PGA Tour money list this season, had a scrambling round with two eagles, three birdies, two bogeys and a...

Rain cuts short round 2 at LPGA Tour Championship (SI.com | Nov 21/09)
Rains swamped the Houstonian Golf and Country Club before dawn Friday and the start of the second round was pushed back six hours. The tournament resumed at 1 p.m., but light rain started falling...

Play halted as Gustafson threatens Ochoa's lead (ESPN.com | Nov 21/09)
-5) T-3. Leon (-4) T-3. Gustafson (-4) 5. Eight tied at (-3) " Leaderboard Rains swamped the Houstonian Golf and Country Club before dawn Friday and the start of the second round was pushed back six hours. The tournament resumed at 1 p.m., but light...

Course of Style: Riding Out The Storms (SI.com | Nov 20/09)
NY (with a warehouse in California), is playing it smart while trying to find a foothold in the golf world during very challenging times. In its second season, the company makes an 11-piece golf collection, including shirts, shorts, turtlenecks, ves...

Ochoa takes first-round lead at Tour Championship (SI.com | Nov 20/09)
wouldn't be able to continue to play through it.' Wie drew the largest galleries at the Houstonian Golf and Country Club and she was 3 under through 12 holes. Her ankle gave way on the 13th tee, and she stumbled backward, sliced her tee shot into th...

Cook, Browne share Pebble Beach lead (SI.com | Nov 20/09)
considering I haven't played at all since the Charles Schwab Cup,' said Cook, who won his first PGA Tour event at the Bing Crosby Pro-Am on the Monterey Peninsula in 1981. 'I mean I've hit a few balls. But I didn't have any expectations, so I...

Cook, Browne lead Pebble Beach Invitational (ESPN.com | Nov 20/09)
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- Champions Tour players John Cook and Olin Browne shot 6-under 66s at Del Monte Golf Course on Thursday to share the first-round lead in the Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational. Cook, coming off a victory Nov. 1 in the...

Wie withdraws; Ochoa leads Tour Championship (ESPN.com | Nov 20/09)
to play through it.' Ochoa teed off in the morning, before the wind picked up across the Houstonian Golf and Country Club. She was four shots ahead of Shin (70) on the leaderboard, but the 21-year-old South Korean leads Ochoa by eight points (156-14...

With a lawsuit still pending, Doug Barron's battle with the PGA Tour continues (SI.com | Nov 20/09)
suspension Nov. 2 for taking the performance-enhancing drugs Propranolol (a beta-blocker) and testosterone. He filed suit against the PGA Tour on Nov. 12 in hopes of getting a temporary restraining order that would have allowed him to play the secon...

Allenby's 65 good for first-round Dubai lead (ESPN.com | Nov 19/09)
lead after the first round of the Dubai World Championship. The 38-year-old Australian, who plays mainly on the PGA Tour, had eight birdies and only one bogey on the Earth Course, which is hosting the $7.5 million final event of the European Tour se...

PGA golfer Henry is one of TCU's biggest fans (ESPN.com | Nov 19/09)
There are many folks churning out bowl projections these days and TCU can be found nearly anywhere (except the Rose Bowl). But assuming the Frogs win out, here are some of the scenarios and locations where they could end up. First, a brief look at h...

Tim Hasselbeck sounds off on Dockett (ESPN.com | Nov 19/09)
on the Cardinals in 2007. I'm guessing they won't be paired at the next Cardinals alumni golf outing. Seriously, though, the "bad guy" label is a serious charge. I'm eagerly awaiting Dockett's reply to this one. Follow his Twitter account here. By t...

Shin, Ochoa trying to wrap up LPGA Player of Year (SI.com | Nov 18/09)
Wahn said. 'I asked somebody what they were bidding on and they said, 'They're bidding to play golf with Michelle Wie.' 'Now, that's star power right there,' he said of the winning bid of $25,000. 'It's going to be a very exciting week and it...

McIlroy trying to become youngest European Tour money winner (SI.com | Nov 18/09)
cope with the pressure? I just try to treat it like any other tournament and play the best golf I can. If I play as well as I can then everything else will fall into place. My goal this year was to try to break into the world's...

PGA Tour considering China for 2019 Presidents Cup (SI.com | Nov 18/09)
is intrigued by the idea that the Presidents Cup head to South America in 2015, one year before golf returns to the Olympic program in Brazil. Golf is only guaranteed the 2016 and 2020 Olympics before another vote of confirmation. It is important th...

Norman expects golf purses will keep shrinking (ESPN.com | Nov 18/09)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Two-time British Open champion Greg Norman predicts that the prize money in golf will continue to decrease because of the recession. The 54-year-old Australian spoke Wednesday before the start of the Dubai World...

Norman: Prize money will keep decreasing (SI.com | Nov 18/09)
prize fund, but it was reduced to $7.5 million in September because of the global economic downturn. 'Golf is not going to be like it used to be. It's tough out there - tough in business,' Norman said. '... I have gone through the cycle of things be...

LPGA's 2010 schedule to carry just 23 events (ESPN.com | Nov 18/09)
first tournament played in the United States is not until the last week of March when the J Golf Classic, which was in Phoenix this year, is played at La Costa, Calif. Missing from the schedule are the Sybase Classic and the longtime stop in Phoenix...

Sources: LPGA schedule to carry just 23 events (ESPN.com | Nov 18/09)
first tournament played in the United States is not until the last week of March when the J Golf Classic, which was in Phoenix this year, is played at La Costa, Calif. Missing from the schedule are the Sybase Classic and the longtime stop in Phoenix...

Ron Sirak » (ESPN.com | Nov 18/09)
first tournament played in the United States is not until the last week of March when the J Golf Classic, which was in Phoenix this year, is played at La Costa, Calif. Missing from the schedule are the Sybase Classic and the longtime stop in Phoenix...

No. 1 Ochoa looking to marriage, family, golf (SI.com | Nov 17/09)
than the last three),' Ochoa said at her tournament. 'If you are talking about the results on the golf course, for sure it's not the best year for me. But what's important is I am happy.' In Mexico, she's the country's highest profile athlete -...

For Annika Sorenstam, it's all about life after golf (ESPN.com | Nov 17/09)
joined ESPN.com's Jason Sobel to discuss the focus of the LPGA Tour, her rivals on the golf course and more. On The Tee podcast Such a story serves only to symbolize how the game has changed for the 10-time major champion. In the past year, Sorensta...

Check out past Hot Seat interviews » (ESPN.com | Nov 17/09)
The following people have appeared on ESPN.com's Hot Seat, discussing golf over the past few years...

Tour to examine China as Presidents Cup host (ESPN.com | Nov 17/09)
PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem said the tour has agreed to look into the possibility of staging the Presidents Cup in China in 2019, which he said might be enough time...

Fred Funk has knee replacement surgery (ESPN.com | Nov 17/09)
S. Senior Open, had knee replacement surgery on Monday in Jacksonville, Fla., and hopes to return to competitive golf in January. Funk, 53, has had issues with his right knee for more than a year and had a total knee replacement performed at St....

As golf gets squeezed by the economy, goingbrown could save some green (SI.com | Nov 17/09)
Anderson is the super at Huntingdon Valley Country Club...

ShopRite Classic returning after 3-year absence (SI.com | Nov 17/09)
but we should be finished before they even tee off.' The 54-hole event will be televised by the Golf Channel. Originally known as the Atlantic City Classic when it debuted in 1986, the tournament was played at several courses in the casino resort ar...

Funk undergoes knee replacement surgery (ESPN.com | Nov 17/09)
S. Senior Open, had knee replacement surgery on Monday in Jacksonville, Fla., and hopes to return to competitive golf in January. Funk, 53, has had issues with his right knee for more than a year and had a total knee replacement performed at St....

Sobel: R&A not looking so ancient with rule change (ESPN.com | Nov 16/09)
For an organization founded in 1754 that hosts a golf tournament with 150 years of history, the rules are so set in stone they might as well carve 'em into the walls of one of those ancient castles that dot...