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Arkansas tied for 3rd at Puerto Rico golf classic

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:16:05 -0600

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas sophomore Emily Tubert's second round two-under 70 is good enough for fourth place and the Razorbacks are tied for third in the second day of the 10th Annual Lady Puerto Rico Classic.

Tubert opened her round on hole 1B with a double but rallied with birdies on four and six to turn even on Monday.

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Oklahoma scene: OSU's top-ranked Jordan Oliver is Big 12 Wrestler of the Week

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:05:11 -0600

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Oliver is 18-1 this season. He has accounted for 71 points for the Cowboys, who are 14-0 in duals.

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Oklahoma sports milestones: Stillwater graduate Nicole Tilley has started second year as assistant PGA professional

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:03:12 -0600

BY SCOTT MUNN, Assistant Sports Editor, smunn@opubco.com

Penn State graduate is in her second year at the Saadiyat Beach Golf Club in Abu Dhabi.

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Correction: Tournament of Hope golf story

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:31:39 -0600

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — In a Feb. 12 story about a new golf event, the $8.5 million Tournament of Hope, The Associated Press erroneously reported that this was a World Golf Championship event.

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Tiger Woods goes from inevitable to unpredictable

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:46:56 -0600

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Phil Mickelson has beaten Tiger Woods the last five times they have played together in the final round.

But never like this.

This was a pounding at Pebble Beach.

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Pebble Beach shows Tiger has a long way to go

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:31:58 -0600

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Tiger Woods keeps saying his game is close.

Standing on the 18th green at Pebble Beach, he never looked so far away.

With the red sleeves from his shirt sticking out from a black vest, Woods could only watch Sunday as Phil Mickelson made one more birdie putt for an 8-under 64, the final touch of a six-shot comeback to win the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

The white scoreboard behind the 18th green was telling.

The first stunner was seeing Mickelson go from a six-shot deficit to a two-shot lead in just six holes.

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Final round at Pebble highest rated in 15 years

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:16:39 -0600

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods together in the final round has produced the highest rating for CBS Sports at Pebble Beach in 15 years.

The network said Monday the overnight rating from final round was 5.1 with a 10 share, which was up 96 percent from last year.

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Cabrera-Bello wins Dubai Desert Classic

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:46:02 -0600

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Lee Westwood came into this year saying his improved putting could help him get his first major victory.

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Arkansas 4th at Puerto Rico Classic

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:02:02 -0600

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas' Emily Tubert is tied for second in the 10th Annual Lady Puerto Rico Classic.

Tubert fired a first round 71 on Sunday and paced the Razorbacks to fourth place with a first round of 272.

Emma Lavy and Emily Podzielinski both carded 75s and are tied for 19th overall.

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Golf Capsules

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:46:15 -0600

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Phil Mickelson delivered the Sunday charge at Pebble Beach and made Tiger Woods' road back look a lot longer.

Six shots out of the lead going into the final round, Mickelson made putts from all over the place in closing with an 8-under 64 to win the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am and become only the ninth player with 40 career PGA Tour wins.

Playing alongside Woods, his old nemesis, Mickelson beat him by 11 shots.

Woods couldn't make a birdie in the easy opening stretch, ran off three straight bogeys at the turn and three-putted for par on the 18th hole for a 75 to tie for 15th.

Charlie Wi, who began with a three-shot lead, four-putted for double bogey on the opening hole and never recovered.

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LPGA TOUR

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — American teenager Jessica Korda won the Women's Australian Open for her first LPGA Tour title, holing a 25-foot birdie putt on the second hole of a six-player playoff.

The 18-year-old Korda completed a two-sport, father-daughter Australian double with the breakthrough victory.

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Mickelson crushes Tiger and wins Pebble Beach

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:18:26 -0600

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Phil Mickelson rallied from six shots behind to win for the fourth time at Pebble Beach, a final round made even more memorable by the guy in a red shirt who was among the first to congratulate him Sunday on the 18th green.

Turns out that Tiger Woods was just along for the ride.

Mickelson closed with an 8-under 64, beating Woods by 11 shots in a one-sided showdown at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

"I just feel very inspired when I play with him," said Mickelson, who has posted the better score the past five times he has played alongside Woods in the final round.

"I love playing with him, and he brings out some of my best golf.

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Column: What happened to Tiger on Sunday?

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:17:59 -0600

The pretenders were as obedient as ever and folded early, just like they always seemed to when Tiger Woods was in his prime.

Still mostly ahead of him was a course he knew well, one where he once rewrote the record books.

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Pavin wins Allianz Championship on Champions Tour

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:45:52 -0600

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Corey Pavin can't remember a better par save.

Pavin rolled in a 12-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole Sunday to defeat Peter Senior and win the Allianz Championship at Broken Sound Golf Club.

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Els squeezes into Match Play

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:45:51 -0600

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Ernie Els can plan on a trip to Arizona for the Match Play Championship — just barely.

Sunday was the final week to qualify for the first World Golf Championship of the year, and the Match Play takes the top 64 players off the world ranking.

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South Africa to stage new WGC event in 2013

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:02:13 -0600

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa will stage a new World Golf Championships tournament beginning in 2013.

The $8.5 million Tournament of Hope, the fifth WGC event, will be held Nov.

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Korda wins Women's Australian Open

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:32:00 -0600

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Jessica Korda broke out her father's trademark scissor-kick celebration Sunday when she won the Women's Australian Open at Royal Melbourne for her first LPGA Tour title.

She decided against the cart wheels that her father, Petr, did when he won the 1998 Australian Open tennis title.

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Wi maintains the lead as Tiger charges

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:45:53 -0600

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Coming off an early bogey that put him eight shots behind, Tiger Woods was in a bunker to the left of the 13th fairway at Pebble Beach when he cut a 9-iron too much, sending it right of the green toward deep rough.

The ball caromed off a mound and onto the green and started rolling.

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Oklahoma scene: Brian Bixler accepts assignment with RedHawks

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:14:09 -0600

From Staff Reports

Bixler ticketed for Oklahoma City

Astros utility man Brian Bixler has cleared waivers and accepted an assignment with the RedHawks.

Bixler had been designated for assignment to clear space on Houston's 40-man roster after a trade that brought in Jed Lowrie and Kyle Weiland.

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U.S. Amateur champion Peter Uihlein turning pro, leaving Oklahoma State

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:56:15 -0600

FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Former U.S. Amateur champion Peter Uihlein is turning pro and will not finish his senior season at Oklahoma State.

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Prominent people helped shape Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:03:03 -0600

By John Rohde, Staff Writer, jrohde@opubco.com

Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club began to take form 100 years ago, and some awfully prominent folk have helped shape the club's impressive golf history.

Ardmore's Perry Maxwell: He designed the Nichols Hills course and is one of golf's greatest architects.

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Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club celebrates 100 years

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:13:23 -0600

BY HELEN FORD WALLACE hwallace@opubco.com

Balls, weddings and 100 years of events helped form the close-knit community that makes up the Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club.

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