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Johnson slays Thompson to reach finals

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For a moment, it looked like the lore of Alexis Thompson might include a page from the Tiger Woods handbook.
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Hahn tops Barlow to win Western Am

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John Hahn didn’t have much match play experience heading into this week’s 107th Western Amateur Championship at Conway Farms Golf Club.
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Between Paddy and WGC title? Tiger

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How’s this for a PGA Championship preview? Padraig Harrington and Tiger Woods in the final group Sunday at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. Paddy leads by three shots.
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Song, Johnson in Women’s Am final

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Jennifer Song will go for history Sunday at the U.S. Women’s Amateur. Golfweek’s College Player of the Year will face Jennifer Johnson with the chance to win two USGA titles in the same year.
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Rollins increases lead at Reno-Tahoe

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John Rollins doubled his lead in the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, shooting a 5-under 67 on Saturday to move four strokes ahead of Ryan Palmer.
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Notes: Oakmont honors Cabrera

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Masters champion Angel Cabrera made a special detour on his way to the Bridgestone Invitational so he could slip on a green jacket at the club where he won a major.
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Horschel wins 1st event as pro, $50K

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Two months after wrapping up his college career at Florida, Billy Horschel cashed a big check as a newly-minted professional.
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Vegas up by two shots at Wichita Open

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Scores with relation to par from the third round of the Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open, played Aug. 8 at the par-71, 6,886-yard Crestview Country Club in Wichita, Kan.:
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Focused Song powers into Am finals

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It’s easy to draw parallels between Jennifer Song’s decision to watch the hyper-active, hyper-violent action flick “Shooter” Friday night and the fact that she cruised into the finals of the U.S. Women’s Amateur the next day.
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Eight picked for U.S. Walker team

admin — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 04:00:00 +0000

Eight players, including Rickie Fowler (pictured), have been named to the U.S. Walker Cup team. Fowler, the world’s top-ranked amateur, helped the U.S. to victory in 2007. An official announcement is scheduled for 1 p.m. today.
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Greenbrier, Tour sign 6-year deal

admin — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:25:52 +0000

The Greenbrier Resort and the PGA Tour signed a six-year deal Wednesday. The agreement, which was first reported on Golfweek.com, calls for the Greenbrier Classic to be staged next July 29 to Aug. 1, in dates previously held by the Buick Open.
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Nationwide Tour looks ahead to 2010

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Nationwide Tour president Bill Calfee told Golfweek he is “99 percent certain” the Nationwide Tour Players Cup, one of the tour’s original $1 million events, will not return in 2010.
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Say it ain’t so: Song vs. Salas

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USC teammates, friends and college stars Jennifer Song and Lizette Salas (pictured, inset) meet Thursday in the second round of the U.S. Women’s Amateur. As Ray McCarthy writes, it’s a meeting they both would have liked to schedule for Saturday’s finale.
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Walker Cup dreams alive at Western Am

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Nathan Smith and Mike McCoy both know how difficult it is for a mid-amateur to be selected to the Walker Cup team. They are well aware that only one player from the over 25 set was among the 10 players on the 2007 U.S. team and that no mid-ams were on the 2005 squad.
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Lefty in a better place, ready for golf

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Phil Mickelson makes his return to the PGA Tour in what he calls a “much better place” after a summer of watching his wife and mother cope with breast cancer.
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