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Golf (PGA,
LPGA, Champions Tour, European PGA, & Nationwide Tour)
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This Week in Golf -- February 2nd through February 5th
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbooks) - PGA TOUR - WASTE MANAGEMENT PHOENIX OPEN - TPC Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona - The biggest party on the PGA Tour is this week in Arizona. Hundreds of thousands of fans will make their way to the des...
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Is it too early to worry about Tiger or Phil?
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbooks) - Using a 'huge' sample size of three combined events, what can we make of the starts by Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson? Woods teed it up on the European Tour this week instead of playing the Farmers Insura...
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Snedeker stuns Stanley in playoff
La Jolla, CA (Sportsbooks) - Brandt Snedeker stunned Kyle Stanley with a par on the second playoff hole to win the Farmers Insurance Open on Sunday. Snedeker fired a five-under 67 to finish at 16-under-par 272. He seemingly was headed ...
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Stanley 5 clear at Torrey Pines
La Jolla, CA (Sportsbooks) - Kyle Stanley posted a four-under 68 on Saturday and opened a comfortable five-shot lead after the third round of the Farmers Insurance Open. He finished 54 holes at 18-under 198 and matched the t...
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Stanley alone in front at Farmers Insurance Open
La Jolla, CA (Sportsbooks) - Kyle Stanley posted a four-under 68 Friday to take sole possession of the lead after the second round of the Farmers Insurance Open. Stanley, a first-round co-leader, finished 36 holes at 14-under 130...
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Mallon named 2013 U.S. Solheim Cup team captain
Daytona Beach, FL (Sportsbooks) - Meg Mallon was named captain of the 2013 United States Solheim Cup team on Thursday at the PGA Merchandise Show. She will have the task of trying to win back the Cup after the Americans lost a heartbrea...
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LPGA Tour unveils 2012 schedule
Daytona Beach, FL (Sportsbooks) - The LPGA Tour released it 2012 schedule on Tuesday and the 28-event slate features five new events. As had already been announced, the tour opens the season February 9-12 in Australia with its firs...
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LPGA adds Hawaii event
Daytona Beach, FL (Sportsbooks) - The LPGA Tour announced Thursday the creation of a new event heading to Hawaii in April of this year. The LPGA LOTTE Championship Presented by J Golf will be held April 18-21 with a rare Saturday f...
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Few changes in women's rankings
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbooks) - With no action ongoing, there were very few changes in this week's women's world rankings. Yani Tseng begins 2012 still as the No. 1 player, followed by Suzann Pettersen, Na Yeon Choi, Crist...
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Choi up to No. 3 in world rankings
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbooks) - Na Yeon Choi inched up to third in this week's world rankings. Yani Tseng remained comfortably in first, followed by Suzann Pettersen and Choi. Cristie Kerr slipped one to fourth, while Paula C...
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LPGA Tour founder Danoff dies at 88
Daytona Beach, FL (Sportsbooks) - Bettye Danoff, who was one of the 13 founding members of the LPGA Tour in 1950, has died. She was 88. Known by fellow playing pros as "Mighty Mite" for her diminutive stature, Danoff died Thursd...
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Thompson, 16, cruises to win in Dubai
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Sportsbooks) - Sixteen-year-old American Lexi Thompson closed with a five-under 67 Saturday to win the Dubai Ladies Masters by four strokes. Thompson finished at 15-under-par 273 for her second professiona...
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Hedwall captures Hero Women's Indian Open
Gurgaon, New Delhi (Sportsbooks) - Caroline Hedwall shot a three-under 69 on Sunday to win the Hero Women's Indian Open on the Ladies European Tour. Hedwall captured her fourth win of her rookie season with a score of 12-under 204, bea...
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LPGA's Founders Cup adds $1.5 million purse
Daytona Beach, FL (Sportsbooks) - An event that honors the 13 founding members of the LPGA Tour will have a
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2011 LPGA Tour Year In Review
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbooks) - There's really only one way to look at the LPGA Tour in 2011: The Year of Yani. That means Yani Tseng, of course. Tseng began the year as the No. 5 player in the world, nearly a full point off the avera...
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Champions Tour
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Forsman cruises to win at Mitsubishi Championship
Kaupulehu-Kona, HI (My Sportsbook) - Dan Forsman carded a three-under 69 Sunday to earn an easy two-stroke win over Jay Don Blake at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship. Forsman got up and down for birdie on No. 14 to push h...
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Forsman takes Mitsubishi Championship lead
Kaupulehu-Kona, HI (My Sportsbook) - Dan Forsman torched the back nine in 30 strokes Saturday to take the second-round lead of the Mitsubishi Electric Championship. Forsman, who needed only nine putts on the back nine and 21 for t...
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Lehman, Vaughan on top at Hualalai
Kaupulehu-Kona, HI (My Sportsbook) - Tom Lehman and Bruce Vaughan carded matching rounds of seven-under 65 Friday and they share the lead after the opening round of the Mitsubishi Electric Championship. Lehman is coming off a sea...
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Champions Tour eyes more Asia events
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (My Sportsbook) - The Champions Tour is eying two new events in Japan and China while also finalizing the renewal of a tournament played in South Korea the last two years. The tour announced its unfinished 2012 ...
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Senior Players Championship headed to Pittsburgh in 2012
Pittsburgh, PA (My Sportsbook) - The Senior Players Championship will be played in Pittsburgh in 2012, the tournament and Champions Tour announced Wednesday. Fox Chapel Golf Club will host the tournament from June 28-July 1. Th...
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Lehman named Champions Tour Player of the Year
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (My Sportsbook) - Tom Lehman was named the Champions Tour Player of the Year on Wednesday. Lehman became the first player in history to win Player of the Year honors on all three tours affiliated with the PGA To...
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2011 Champions Tour Year In Review
Philadelphia, PA (My Sportsbook) - The 2011 Champions Tour season began in January of 2011. By May, the eventual Player of the Year was already done winning. Luckily, his three victories were enough to win the money title and ...
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Rock wins in Abu Dhabi; Tiger ties for 3rd
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (My Sportsbook) - Robert Rock trumped some of the best players in the world Sunday, including fellow third-round co-leader Tiger Woods, to win the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship. Rock shot a two-under 70 ...
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Kieffer wins maiden Challenge Tour title
Ahmedabad, India (My Sportsbook) - German Max Kieffer parred the first playoff hole Sunday to defeat India's own Rahil Gangjee and win The Gujarat Kensville Challenge 2012. Kieffer earned his first European Challenge Tour title...
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Tiger, Rock share lead in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (My Sportsbook) - Tiger Woods and Robert Rock posted matching rounds of six-under 66 Saturday to move atop the leaderboard after three rounds of the Abu Dhabi Championship. The duo ended 54 holes at 11-und...
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Tiger two behind Olesen in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (My Sportsbook) - Tiger Woods posted a three- under 69 Friday to move within two strokes of the lead after two rounds of the Abu Dhabi Championship. Woods, who is playing this event for the first time, had f...
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McIlroy, Karlsson lead Abu Dhabi; Tiger 3 back
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (My Sportsbook) - Rory McIlroy and Robert Karlsson both fired rounds of five-under 67 on Thursday to share the opening- round lead of the Abu Dhabi Championship. Tiger Woods made his 2012 debut and pl...
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Nationwide Tour's 2012 schedule released
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (My Sportsbook) - The Nationwide Tour unveiled its 2012 schedule on Thursday and it will begin with three events outside the United States. The first two events of the year flip-flop spots on the calendar with ...
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Killeen wins Nationwide Tour Player of the Year
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (My Sportsbook) - J.J. Killeen was named Nationwide Tour Player of the Year in a vote of his peers the tour announced Wednesday. "I'm elated to have been named 2011 Nationwide Tour Player of the Year by my peers,...
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2011 Nationwide Tour Year in Review
Philadelphia, PA (My Sportsbook) - If this year on the PGA Tour showed anything, it's that the Nationwide Tour should be looked at seriously for golfers of the future. After a record number of rookies won on the big tour and ...
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In with the new from the Nationwide Tour
Philadelphia, PA (My Sportsbook) - Every year, the PGA Tour welcomes new members from the Nationwide Tour, and 2011 was evidence enough that several of those players are likely to make an immediate impact. So, who will it be in 2012? Fir...
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Nationwide Tour Championship headed to TPC Craig Ranch
McKinney, TX (My Sportsbook) - The Nationwide Tour announced on Monday that the season-ending Nationwide Tour Championship will move to the TPC Craig Ranch in 2012. The TPC Craig Ranch hosted this event in 2008 when Matt Bettencourt beat Je...
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Duke wins Nationwide Tour Championship; headed to PGA Tour
Charleston, SC (My Sportsbook) - Ken Duke posted a four-under 68 on Sunday to come from behind and win the Nationwide Tour Championship at the Ralston Creek Course at the Daniel Island Club. Duke finished at 10-under 278 and collected his s...
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Kokrak survives for Nationwide Tour Championship lead
Charleston, SC (My Sportsbook) - Jason Kokrak posted a three-over 75 in windy difficult conditions Saturday, but it was enough to stay atop the leaderboard after the third round of the season-ending Nationwide Tour Championship. Kokrak, a...
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Chopra, Kokrak share Nationwide Tour Champ lead
Charleston, SC (My Sportsbook) - Two players that entered the week inside the top 25 on the money list, jumped to the top of the leaderboard Friday at the season-ending Nationwide Tour Championship. Daniel Chopra fired a course-record, 1...
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Anderson leads Nationwide Tour Championship
Charleston, SC (My Sportsbook) - This is it. Sixty players, 25 guaranteed spots on the PGA Tour next year and one tournament to prove yourself. So far, Mark Anderson is making the most of his opportunity. Anderson's five-foo...
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