CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (AP) _ Justin Rose failed to qualify for thelast three British Opens. Now he's back and hoping to end the Brits'eight-year shutout in majors. Paul Lawrie's victory at Carnoustie in 1999 was the last time anyBritish _ or European ...

Lorena Ochoa still doesn't have a major title, but it might notbe long before she has her own LPGA Tour event. Alejandro Ochoa, her brother and agent, said the tour is gettingcloser to signing off on an official tournament that would be heldin Novem ...

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) _ Lorena Ochoa vanquished the playoffdemons. Now the world's No. 1 player is aiming for her first majortitle. Ochoa erased a three-shot deficit over the last two regulationholes Sunday and then beat South Korean rookie In-Kyung ...

OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) _ Jack Nicklaus figures at least one of hismajor championship records is safe. Tiger Woods left Oakmont having squandered another chance to wina major while playing in the last group, unable to make but onebirdie in the final round ...

REUNION, Fla. (AP) _ Annika Sorenstam withdrew Thursday from the Ginn Open because of a ruptured disk in her back that will keep her from playing on the LPGA Tour for at least a month. ``I've been playing with quite a bit of pain for the past severa ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (CP) _ One of Mike Weir's golf balls is lying at the bottom of Rae's Creek after an exhausting week at the Masters. The Canadian lefty didn't hit it there. Instead, he tossed the Titleist in the water behind the 11th green Sunday after ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) _ A four-iron wasn't the only thing that Tiger Woods broke Sunday at the Masters. Fractured, too, was the myth that the man couldn't be beat once he grabbed the outright lead in the final round of a major. Twice before, Woods had b ...

AUGUSTA, Georgia (AP) _ Tiger Woods lost a golf club but saved a par at the Masters on Sunday. Already enduring a difficult day, Woods snapped one of his middle irons while punching out from behind a tree on the 11th hole. His drive landed to the ri ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) _ Arnold Palmer stepped up to a first teebox that used to be the practice green Thursday and kicked off the Masters with a tee shot that looks nothing like what he used to hit when he ruled the course. Palmer's shot into the left r ...

MIAMI (AP) _ Tiger Woods felt stiffness in his neck from a bad night of sleep on his boat. For the first time in 3{ years, he couldn't break par when he had entered Sunday with the lead. And he played so cautiously on the final hole of the CA Champi ...