Golf

South Africa to host Bahrain’s Champions event

GEORGE, South Africa — South Africa will host the European Tours Volvo Golf Champions event next year after it was moved out of Bahrain because of security concerns. The European Tour announced in August the $2.8-million tournament would not return to Bahrain in 2012 because of recent instability in the Gulf state. Instead, the Fancourt [...]

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Pond Scrum: Enjoying Donald’s finale charge, Sergio’s surge

ORLANDO, Fla. — As with Luke Donald in his U.S. season finale, they aim to make every shot count, mindful of the calendar on the wall. After a dizzying 10-month run of nonstop manic Mondays, the weekly mix of trash and panache we call Pond Scrum is shutting down for the next few weeks, until [...]

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LPGA’s Kia Classic plans to return to San Diego in ’12

CARLSBAD, Calif. — The LPGA Kia Classic will return to La Costa Resort and Spa near San Diego in 2012, where the inaugural event was held in 2010. The tour announced Monday the 144-player event will be held March 19-25. Last years Kia Classic was moved to the Los Angeles suburb of Industry because of [...]

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Donald wins Disney to capture money title

In what Luke Donald considers his biggest win of the year, Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck presented him the trophy. Disney featured the weakest field of any event Donald has played this year. Its the final tournament of the PGA Tour season, filled with dozens players well down the money list who were desperate to [...]

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Flash to the past: star golfers return Down Under

Not since the heady days of regular appearances by Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Arnold Palmer have so many top players decided to travel Down Under to play in three Australasian PGA tour events spread over six weeks. Credit the Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne in mid-November for having a large part to do with [...]

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Flash to the past: star golfers return Down Under

Not since the heady days of regular appearances by Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Arnold Palmer have so many top golfers decided to travel Down Under to play in three Australasian PGA tour events spread over six weeks. Credit the Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne in mid-November for having a large part to do with [...]

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