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A New Era – golf.com

Poulter hangs on – golf.com
Ian Poulter held off a spirited challenge from Italian youngster Matteo Manassero to win the Hong Kong Open by one stroke Sunday.

Mallinger wins at Pebble Beach – golf.com
John Mallinger won the Pebble Beach Invitational on Sunday, birdieing four of the last six holes for a 4-under 68 and a two-stroke victory over Jason Gore.

Course spy – golf.com
Attentive without being overbearing. A well-attended bag drop, friendly pro shop personnel and conversant outside service staff instill the right vibe. A shout-out to Amber, the voice of Trilogy’s radio ads, who dishes out a tasty B-B-Q sandwich with a healthy dose of charm at the turn.

Club test – golf.com

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Latest PGA Tour News

Million dollar shot – golf.com
Merritt, a rookie, had two tournaments going on at Disney World. First, he was battling to stay in the top 125 on the money list and keep his Tour card for 2011. Entering the week 121st in earnings,

Tiger goes without a victory – golf.com
The trophy case for Tiger Woods is collecting dust. He finally gave the big crowds at Victoria Golf Club something to cheer in the final hour of the Australian Masters by making two eagles in a four-hole stretch and closing with a 6-under 65 to get his name on the leaderboard for the first time all weekend.

PHile almost DQ’d – golf.com
Jim Furyk sleeping through his pro-am tee time at the Barclays remains golf’s knucklehead move of 2010, but Furyk got some late-season competition from Phil Mickelson, who left the Singapore Open in the middle of a weather delay Sunday and didn’t make it back in time for the re-start. Bernie McGuire of The Scottish Daily Record has the details:

In Kyung Kim donates winnings to charity – golf.com
South Korea’s In-Kyung Kim won the Lorena Ochoa Invitational on Sunday for her third LPGA Tour title, closing with an 8-under 64 for a three-stroke stroke victory over Suzann Pettersen.

Appleby wins Aussie – golf.com
Stuart Appleby received hardly any fanfare at the Australian Masters until he slipped on the gold jacket that a year ago belonged to Tiger Woods.

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Latest Golf News

Fairy tale ending – golf.com
Chris Stroud is doing his best to make sure Rickie Fowler’s memorable rookie season doesn’t have a fairy-tale ending at Disney World.

Tiger plays Australia – golf.com
Tiger Woods is in action this week at the Australian Masters, where he is the defending champion. It was the last title Woods won before news of his extramarital affairs became public.

Kerr leads Ochoa Invitational – golf.com
Cristie Kerr shot a tournament-record 8-under 64 on Thursday to take a three-stroke lead over Stacy Lewis in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational, while Ochoa opened with a 74 on her home course in her first LPGA Tour start since retiring in April.

Phil spurns Hope Classic – golf.com
Phil Mickelson hasn’t played the Bob Hope Classic in Palm Springs, Calif, since 2007, but like a spurned lover the tournament keeps waiting for him to call. For tournament organizers, the announcement that Mickelson would skip the Hope again in 2011 to play a Euro Tour event in Abu Dhabi in January was like seeing your ex-girlfriend drive by in a convertible with the cast of the Jersey Shore. Larry Bohannan of The Desert Sun newspaper has the details.

Sisters score aces in same round – golf.com
Two sisters on the Central Oklahoma golf team are celebrating holes-in-one recorded in the same round.

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Pushed to the limit -golf.com
The No. 1 ranking belongs to Lee Westwood for at least another week, which is the least of his concerns.

Woods won’t win – golf.com
Tiger Woods rolled in a 15-foot birdie putt on his opening hole, the first step toward cutting into a five-shot deficit in the HSBC Champions as he tried to make a move and at least give himself a shot at winning.

Shin takes two shot lead over Lewis – golf.com
South Korea’s Jiyai Shin shot a 6-under 66 to take a two-stroke lead over American Stacy Lewis after the second round of the Mizuno Classic on Saturday.

Allen fires 61 at Schwab Cup – golf.com
Michael Allen shot a course-record 10-under 61 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over defending champion John Cook in the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

All for one – golf.com
As Thad Daber stood on his 17th tee of the day, a 400-yard par-4 at Lochmere Golf Club in Cary, N.C., he faced an unusual dilemma for a golfer, let alone a 1-handicap. To get home in two, he needed back-to-back flier lies. It was October,

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Round 3 in China – golf.com

Agent tried to stop Tiger book – golf.com
If Tiger Woods’s agent had had his way, the new book about Tiger’s relationship with his father Earl, His Father’s Son, would have vanished into the ether.

Superfreak upset – golf.com

Cook keeps lead – golf.com
Defending champion John Cook shot a 2-under 69 on Friday at Harding Park to take a one-stroke lead over Tom Kite and Tom Lehman in the Champions Tour’s season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

LPGA to return to Arkansas – golf.com
The LPGA Tour’s Northwest Arkansas Championship will return next season.

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Latest Golf News

Round 1 in Shanghai – golf.com

HSBC is a true world golf championship – golf.com
The players and the props showed just how much the landscape of golf has changed at the HSBC Champions.

Phil feels terrific – golf.com
Phil Mickelson isn’t making any excuses about all the chances he had to reach No. 1 for the first time in his career, nor does he begrudge Lee Westwood for being the player to finally topple Tiger Woods in the world ranking.

Tiger has one last shot – golf.com
No longer No. 1 in the world, Tiger Woods said Wednesday that hasn’t changed how he sees himself or what he’s trying to do at the HSBC Champions.

Can Westwood hold top spot – golf.com
It took Lee Westwood more than 16 years to reach the top of the world ranking, yet he has no great expectations of hanging onto the No. 1 spot for the rest of this year.

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Latest Golf News

Field of winners – golf.com
Say what you will about this week’s WGC-HSBC Champions at Sheshan International Golf Club in Shanghai, China, but one thing is for certain: Whoever wins this thing will have earned it.

Phil, Westwood paired together – golf.com
In his first tournament as the world’s No. 1 player, Lee Westwood will be paired at the HSBC Champions with the player who missed out on a dozen chances to top the world rankings.

Lunde a surprise – golf.com
Not long after Bill Lunde captured his first PGA Tour title at Turning Stone, his agent asked him if he had any interest in going to China the first week in November.

Westwood a worthy #1? – golf.com
Happy Halloween to the only people I know who would appreciate my Ben Crane costume (bucket hat, move very slowly).

Who’s hot? – golf.com
Yes, it’s a flawed metric, and yes, he’s been a non-factor for months, but No. 1 is No. 1 and Westwood has had long run of good play to earn the top spot in the World Ranking. Now let’s see how long he can hold on to it.

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Latest Golf News

No surprise here – golf.com
Tiger Woods says it was no surprise to lose golf’s No. 1 ranking to England’s Lee Westwood after struggling through a disappointing year.

Aussies lose interest in Tiger – golf.com
What a difference a year makes. In November 2009, pre-scandal Tiger Woods got the rock-star treatment at the Australian Masters in Melbourne with sellout crowds eager for a glimpse of Woods in his first Down Under public appearance in 11 years.

Stiffed wedge clinches card – golf.com
Affrunti, a 29 year-old Nationwide tour rookie from Chicago, entered the tournament 34th on the money list, so he needed a great week to jump into the top 25 and earn a PGA Tour card for 2011.

Player turns 75 – golf.com
Gary Player doesn’t mince words. The nine-time major winner shies away from a question as often as he once shied away from a battle on the course

#1 Golfer of the year – golf.com
It’s 5:30 a.m. on a Saturday morning at Wal-Mart in northern San Diego. Six days ago, Phil Mickelson shot 67 in the final round of the PGA Championship

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Latest Golf News

Westwood passes Tiger- golf.com
England’s Lee Westwood will become the new No. 1-ranked player in golf Monday morning, the inevitable coda to a 2010 that Tiger Woods would just as soon forget.

Finishing kick – golf.com
Once he became eligible to play a few Asian tournaments, Ben Crane wasn’t immediately sure he wanted to go halfway around the world for golf. It’s already paying off in a big way.

MacDowell wins in Spain – golf.com
Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland shot a 74 Sunday to win the Andalucia Masters at Valderrama.

Choi prevails by two in S. Korea – golf.com
South Korea’s Na Yeon Choi successfully defended her title in the LPGA Hana Bank Championship, shooting a 3-under 69 on Sunday for a two-stroke victory over Vicky Hurst.

Spittle tops Sluman – golf.com
Monday qualifier Rod Spittle won the AT&T Championship on Sunday for his first Champions Tour victory, beating Jeff Sluman with a par on the first hole of a playoff.