http://sportscade.com/pga PGA Tour SportsCade. en-us http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/golf/SIG=12hg17qbh/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/pga/news?slug=reu-european_pix&prov=reuters&type=lgns Thailand's Udorn Duangdecha stole the thunder from a quality field to lead the Hong Kong Open after a dazzling eight-under-par first round 62 on Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/golf/SIG=12mbjs4pu/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/pga/news?slug=reu-australiafans_pix&prov=reuters&type=lgns While Tiger Woods offered spectators a master class in shot-making at the Australian Masters on Thursday, some fans risked life and limb just to catch a glimpse of the world number one on his first visit Down Under in 11 years. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/golf/SIG=12a2c3e2e/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/pga/news?slug=ap-royaltrophy&prov=ap&type=lgns Colin Montgomerie will captain Europe's team at next year's Royal Trophy match play tournament against Asia after Seve Ballesteros ruled himself out over lingering health concerns. "Seve has invited me to captain Europe at the Royal Trophy and I am delighted to accept," Montgomerie said in a statement Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/golf/SIG=12gpgj0ko/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/pga/news?slug=ap-australianmasters&prov=ap&type=lgns Tiger Woods putted for birdie on every hole but the last one. He birdied all the par 5s. And the one time he took on one of the short par 4s at Kingston Heath, he came within inches of reaching the green. It was just the kind of performance a massive crowd at the Australian Masters expected to see. Despite a bogey on his final hole when he drove into a tea tree, Woods put together a stress-free round... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/golf/SIG=12pmbavv9/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/pga/news?slug=reu-asiaroyalmontgomerie&prov=reuters&type=lgns Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie will also lead a European team against Asia in the 2010 Royal Trophy, organisers said on Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/golf/SIG=12itih77v/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/pga/news?slug=reu-australia_pix&prov=reuters&type=lgns * Woods joint leader after shooting 66 http://www.pga.com/2009/news/europeantour/11/11/jbwere.ap/index.html Read full story for latest details. http://www.pga.com/2009/news/europeantour/11/12/ubs/index.html HONG KONG -- Robert-Jan Derksen posted the clubhouse lead midway through the first round at the UBS Hong Kong Open Thursday as the two-time European Tour winner carded a 7-under-par 63. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/golf/SIG=12ebgd3rk/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/pga/news?slug=ap-taiheiyomasters&prov=ap&type=lgns Japanese teen star Ryo Ishikawa shot a 4-under 68 to finish a stroke behind the leaders after the first round of the Taiheiyo Masters. The 18-year-old Ishikawa, a four-time winner this year on the Japanese tour, bogeyed the final hole to drop a stroke behind Kenichi Kuboya, Tomohiro Kondo and Shigeru Nonaka on the Taiheiyo Club's Gotemba Course. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/foxsports/rss/golf/~3/tPNXpuU5qFc/Kim-wins-Kiwi-Challenge-in-playoff Anthony Kim has won the Kiwi Challenge golf tournament despite making a bogey in a playoff, beating fellow American Sean O'Hair to win the $1 million check at Cape Kidnappers. Kim shot a 5-under 66 on Thursday and was leading over the back nine until O'Hair made a birdie on the 18th hole for a 3-under 69 to force a playoff in the 36-hole exhibition for players under 30. http://www.pga.com/2009/news/other/11/12/kiwi.ap/index.html Read full story for latest details. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/golf/SIG=12nmbsn4h/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/pga/news?slug=reu-australiawoods_pix&prov=reuters&type=lgns Tiger Woods emerged from a traffic jam of his own making to thrill thousands of fans with a six-under 66 at the A$1.5 million ($1.4 million) Australian Masters on Thursday. http://www.pga.com/2009/news/industry/11/11/ballesteros/index.html ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- Three-time British Open champion Seve Ballesteros has accepted honorary membership of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club at St. Andrews almost a year after undergoing multiple operations to remove a malignant brain tumor. http://www.pga.com/2009/news/lpgatour/11/11/ochoa.inv.ap/index.html Read full story for latest details. http://www.pga.com/2009/news/lpgatour/11/11/shin.ap/index.html Read full story for latest details. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/foxsports/rss/golf/~3/LbCnK1esV7I/Tiger-opens-with-a-66-in-Australia Tiger Woods has opened the Australian Masters with a 6-under 66, putting him atop the leaderboard in his first appearance Down Under in 11 years. Woods surged into the lead by nearly driving the 294-yard sixth green, the start of three straight birdies. He had a birdie putt on every hole until hitting into the bushes on his final hole, pitching out and making his lone bogey. http://feeds.cbssports.com/click.phdo?i=9fea00c4a60b9573aca563663c01ed5c Tiger Woods has opened the Australian Masters with a 6-under 66, putting him atop the leaderboard in his first appearance Down Under in 11 years.


http://www.pga.com/2009/news/pga/11/11/bayou/index.html NEW ORLEANS -- The PGA of America presented a $10,000 donation Wednesday to the Bayou District Foundation Junior Golf Program, with funds targeted to support the curriculum, equipment and instructors that are committed to supporting and expanding youth golf access in New Orleans. http://www.pga.com/2009/news/pga/11/11/gradstudents/index.html PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. -- Nigel Hoover of Duluth, Ga., Larry Benson Jr. of Memphis, Tenn., and Roderick Jackson of Atlanta, Ga., received scholarships from Troon Golf, TaylorMade Golf and Callaway Golf to attend The PGA Professional Golf Management (PGM) Accelerated Program at PGA Education Center in Port St. Lucie, Fla. http://feeds.cbssports.com/click.phdo?i=8f349dcc94b8cada288e1ea13f8fb3c0 The thinking: The top 125 on the PGA Tour money list after this weekend are in for 2010; 126 and below are out. But Steve Elling says the truth is veterans will find a way to play, and that's not always a good thing.