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  1. Sergio Garcia apologizes for ‘stupid’ comment about Tiger Woods, fried chicken

    Sergio Garcia apologized to Tiger Woods on Wednesday for saying he would have "fried chicken" at dinner with his rival, a comment that Woods described as hurtful and inappropriate.

    • May. 21, 2013
    • SPORTS
    • Golf

    Golf’s rule makers ban anchored putting stroke starting in 2016

    Golf’s governing bodies approved a rule Tuesday that outlaws the putting stroke used by four of the last six major champions, a move opposed by two major golf organizations that contend long putters are not hurting the game.

    • May. 20, 2013
    • SPORTS
    • Golf

    Tiger Woods won’t mend fences with foe Sergio Garcia

    Tiger Woods spoke for some 20 minutes about the state of his game, belly putters, the U.S. Open and the AT&T National. As he was wrapping up, he needed just one word to cover the topic of Sergio Garcia.

    • May. 20, 2013
    • SPORTS
    • Golf

    14-year-old phenom Guan Tianlang will play in Nicklaus’ Memorial

    Guan, who last month became the youngest player to make the cut in a major championship when he finished 58th at the Masters, has accepted an exemption to play at the Memorial Tournament next week.

    • May. 19, 2013
    • SPORTS
    • Golf

    Sunday's golf roundup: Sang-Moon Bae rallies to earn first PGA Tour win

    When the ball landed on the front edge of the green fronted by water, Bae bent his knees and leaned backward obviously relieved. He was only a few shots away from his first PGA Tour victory.

    • May. 18, 2013
    • SPORTS
    • Golf

    Saturday’s golf roundup: Lake Orion’s Tom Gillis two back entering final round at Byron Nelson

    Gillis was the last player in the field with a bogey Saturday, when he three-putted from 20 feet at the 203-yard 17th. He got that stroke right back when he blasted out of a greenside bunker for an unexpected birdie at No. 18.

    • May. 17, 2013
    • SPORTS
    • Golf

    Friday's golf roundup: Lake Orion’s Tom Gillis shoots 63, tied for second at Byron Nelson

    Unlike the first round, Keegan Bradley didn’t set a course record. But he still finished with a three-stroke lead. Lake Orion’s Tom Gillis, who shot 63 in the first group of the day off the No. 10 tee, and Sang-Moon Bae (66) were tied for second.

    • May. 17, 2013
    • SPORTS
    • Golf

    Ken Venturi, U.S. Open champion and CBS analyst, dies

    Ken Venturi, who won the 1964 U.S. Open and spent 35 years in the booth for CBS Sports, died Friday afternoon. He was 82. Venturi had been hospitalized the last two months for a spinal infection, pneumonia, and then an intestinal infection that he could no longer fight.

    • May. 17, 2013
    • SPORTS
    • Golf

    Thursday’s golf roundup: Keegan Bradley shoots 60 to lead Byron Nelson

    Keegan Bradley had no thoughts about a course record, or the possibility of a 59, after consecutive bogeys in the middle of his opening round at the Byron Nelson Championship. Until his 136-yard wedge shot on his final hole Thursday.

    • May. 15, 2013
    • SPORTS
    • Golf

    Tiger Woods’ drop at TPC called into question

    Woods won The Players Championship last weekend for his fourth victory this year. Making it even more memorable, Woods ended his public spat with Sergio Garcia by posing with the crystal trophy.

    • May. 14, 2013
    • SPORTS
    • Golf

    Divine Child's Joe Juszczyk has sights set on U.S. Open, PGA Tour

    It was cold, and there was an hour delay because of frost. None of it mattered for Joe Juszczyk, who was just happy to play a golf course he’d only seen on television. And play he did, to the tune of a 3-under 69 in the U.S. Open local qualifying round at Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club.

    • May. 13, 2013
    • SPORTS
    • Golf

    Tiger Woods still master of avoiding major tournament blunders

    Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus have never had a conversation longer than a couple of minutes, and rarely about golf. Maybe it’s because they already think along the same lines when it comes to winning tournaments.

    • May. 13, 2013
    • SPORTS
    • Golf

    Tiger Woods wins as Sergio Garcia collapses

    Woods ended a weekend of verbal sparring with Garcia by doing what he does best — closing out tournaments, even if he let this one turn into a tense duel over the final hour at the TPC Sawgrass.

    • May. 11, 2013
    • SPORTS
    • Golf

    Tiger Woods, Sergio Garcia have war of words at The Players; David Lingmerth leads

    A storm was brewing Saturday at Sawgrass even before the real storms rolled in and caused a two-hour delay, keeping eight players from finishing their round. And Lingmerth quietly went about his business and wound up atop the leaderboard.

    • May. 11, 2013
    • SPORTS
    • Golf

    Friday's golf roundup: Sergio Garcia fires 65; Tiger Woods one back

    Garcia didn’t miss a fairway and putted for birdie on every hole on the back nine and wasn’t gaining any ground. That changed on the front nine when he made ...

    • May. 9, 2013
    • SPORTS
    • Golf

    Little-known Roberto Castro torches Sawgrass, has early lead at The Players

    Tiger Woods was nine shots out of the lead, not the best position at The Players Championship, especially since he had not even started his round. Perhaps the ...

    • May. 9, 2013
    • SPORTS
    • Golf

    Singh sues Tour for doping accusations

    Vijay Singh sued the PGA Tour on Wednesday for exposing him to “public humiliation and ridicule” during a 12-week investigation into his use of deer antler ...

    • May. 7, 2013
    • SPORTS
    • Golf

    Fred Couples, Colin Montgomerie get Hall of Fame honors

    Couples became the first American to reach No. 1 in the world and won the Masters by a blade of grass that kept his ball from trickling into Rae’s Creek. ...

    • May. 6, 2013
    • SPORTS
    • Golf

    Sunday's golf roundup: Fourth alternate Derek Ernst wins at Quail Hollow

    One phone call changed his plans. One shot changed a whole lot more for Derek Ernst. Ernst choked up on a 6-iron and hit a draw that landed 4 feet from the ...

    • May. 4, 2013
    • SPORTS
    • Golf

    Saturday’s golf roundup: Despite bad finish, Phil Mickelson, Nick Watney lead at Quail Hollow

    Mickelson and Watney wound up tied for the lead Saturday in the Wells Fargo Championship, minus the separation from the rest of the field.

    • May. 4, 2013
    • SPORTS
    • Golf

    Friday's golf roundup: Phil Mickelson charges into two-shot lead at Quail Hollow

    Mickelson opened with a pair of 15-foot birdie putts, dropped in a 40-foot putt at the turn and made back-to-back birdies late in his round Friday. He finished ...

    • May. 3, 2013
    • SPORTS
    • Golf

    Thursday’s golf roundup: Rory McIlroy starts strong, shares lead in Charlotte

    McIlroy kept the ball in play at Quail Hollow and gave himself plenty of birdie chances on a cloudy, soft afternoon. He ran off six birdies in a seven-hole ...

    • May. 2, 2013
    • SPORTS
    • Golf

    Ye Wocheng, 12, shoots 79 in European Tour’s China Open

    Ye became the youngest player to compete on the European Tour, shooting a 7-over 79 in the first round with a 40-yard chip-in for bogey on his 15th hole.

    • May. 1, 2013
    • SPORTS
    • Golf

    Deaths of coach, student golfer shatter small community

    On Tuesday morning, the rain and gray skies returned. More notably, the mood at this tight-knit club in a small town of a little more than 1,800 changed as ...

    • May. 1, 2013
    • SPORTS
    • Golf

    Meet the man who first spotted Tiger Woods’ illegal drop at Masters

    David Eger said he was watching the Masters in Florida when he replayed the 15th hole to see how Woods had made bogey. Woods hit the pin with his third shot ...

    • May. 1, 2013
    • SPORTS
    • Golf

    Ye Wocheng, 12, set to be youngest competitor in European Tour event

    When he tees off at the China Open, he’ll be the youngest in a European Tour event, at 12 years, 242 days. He’s following in the footsteps of Guan Tianlang, ...

    • Apr. 30, 2013
    • SPORTS
    • Golf

    Players-bound Joe Daley, 52, still going strong on his ‘cool journey’

    Daley could not have imagined it would take him more than 17 years to get back to Sawgrass, and certainly not under these circumstances. He finally returns ...

    • Apr. 29, 2013
    • SPORTS
    • Golf

    Sunday’s golf roundup: Billy Horschel secures first PGA Tour win

    Points put pressure on Horschel by hitting out of a bunker to set up a 5-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th. Then Horschel rolled in his long victory-sealing ...

    • Apr. 28, 2013
    • SPORTS
    • Golf

    Saturday’s golf roundup: Lucas Glover holds slim lead at Zurich Classic

    Glover survived blustery conditions and birdied the 18th hole to increase his lead to two strokes to remain in position for his first victory in two years, ...

    • Apr. 27, 2013
    • SPORTS
    • Golf

    Friday’s golf roundup: Lucas Glover leads Zurich Classic

    Lucas Glover smoothly rolled in an 18-foot birdie putt on his final hole Friday, giving him the outright lead in the Zurich Classic — and showing he has ...

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