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  • Inaugural tournament cut to 54 holes

    May 22, 2013

    PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) - The LPGA Tour's first trip to Paradise Island is being cut short by rain.Storms that dumped about a foot of rain on the Ocean Club wiped out the pro-am Wednesday and left the course under so much water that the first round Thursday also was canceled. The tournament now will start Friday and be played over 54 holes.

  • Timeline of Garcia and Woods quotes

    May 22, 2013

    UNDATED (AP) - A timeline of quotes in the verbal sparring between Sergio Garcia and Tiger Woods. It dates to May 11 at The Players Championship, when Garcia was preparing to hit his second shot on the par-5 second hole and was disrupted by cheers from the gallery surrounding Woods in the trees because he took 5-wood from the bag:

  • Clark future uncertain if tour follows anchor ban

    May 22, 2013

    FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Tim Clark considers his future in golf uncertain now that the game's two governing bodies have outlawed the anchored putting stroke.``Man, this is getting really serious now,'' Clark said Wednesday from the Colonial. ``You kind of deal with it and suddenly it's made, and you're like `Wow.' It's tough.''

  • Rory McIlroy: Still friends with Graeme McDowell

    May 22, 2013

    VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) - Rory McIlroy has dispelled any split in his relationship with longtime friend Graeme McDowell.McDowell confirmed that McIlroy will be leaving Dublin-based Horizon Sports Management after only 18 months, though neither McIlroy nor Conor Ridge at Horizon have commented on the split.

  • Ernie Els: Can 'play ball' without long putter

    May 22, 2013

    VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) - Ernie Els is ready to ``play ball'' even without a long putter.The four-time major champion, who won last year's British Open with a belly putter, said Wednesday that the PGA Tour should accept the decision by golf's ruling bodies to ban anchoring and long-handled putters in 2016.

  • Woods: Garcia comment hurtful, time to move on

    May 22, 2013

    Sergio Garcia apologized to Tiger Woods for saying he would serve fried chicken if they were to have dinner at the U.S. Open, an ugly addition to nearly two weeks of verbal sparring.What had been a celebration of European golf at an awards dinner south of London shifted suddenly to a racially sensitive moment involving Woods, the No. 1 golfer in the world and the only player of African-American heritage on the PGA Tour.