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PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem met the media on Wednesday at Congressional Country Club, site of this week's AT&T National, and discussed many subjects.

The Irish have endured a poor start in the first round of the French Open today.

The LPGA was forced to make an unsettling announcement June 30: Paradise, officially, is lost.

Photo: Mike Small of Champaign, Ill., reads the line on the 18th green during the final round of the 42nd PGA Professional National Championship on Wednesday at Twin Warriors Golf Club.

By TRUNG LATIEULE Associated Press SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France - " Martin Kaymer tied a course record with a 9-under 62 on Thursday to take a three-stroke lead after the first round of the French Open.

Tiger Woods is having a party this week and 30,000 troops are invited. As he has done every year since he began hosting the AT&T National golf tournament in 2007, Woods distributed thousands of free tickets for the event to service members in Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and further afield.

Course record for Kim Anthony Kim, centre, and Jim Furyk follow Kim's tee shot at the 11th hole on Thursday at the AT&T National.

Wed Jul 1, 2009 3:56pm EDT - Lucas Glover of the U.S. holds up the trophy after he won the U.S. Open on the Black Course at Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, New York, June 22, 2009.

By RUSTY MILLER Associated Press SYLVANIA, Ohio - " The Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic may be the next LPGA tournament to miss the cut.

Jul. 1 - While preparing for this week's AT&T National tournament, world number one Tiger Woods said he looks forward to going for a fourth British Open victory in two weeks.

Padraig Harrington knows he is in a race against time to have his game in good enough shape to win a third successive Open title.

Site: Bethesda, Maryland. Schedule: Thursday-Sunday. Course: Congressional Country Club, Blue Course .

Gillette has launched a new global advertising campaign that underscores Procter & Gamble Co.

Mark Sheftic shot a 70 on Tuesday to keep the lead after the three rounds of the PGA Professional National Championship.

When he smiled, the eight still photographers on the edges of a packed room focused directly on the enamel of Tiger Woods's teeth, interrupting his words with the clamor of click-click-click-click, and the 16 television cameras honed in further. The smiles, each one of them, were wedged into a Tuesday at the AT&T National, and Tuesday at the AT&T National -- the tournament that bears Woods's name, the PGA Tour event for which he serves as host -- follows a night of board meetings and dinners, a morning filled by a golf clinic and a practice round, two hours of meetings with various media, all with a trip to visit veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center still to follow.

" Anthony Kim pressed a cell phone against his ear as he listened to Tiger Woods, the tournament host of the AT&T National, congratulate him on another impressive victory that seemed to mark the arrival of America's next great golfer.

PROFESSIONAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP THERE WERE ABOUT HALF A DOZEN WITH NEW MEXICO TIES.. TWO OF THEM MADE THE CUT.. FORMER AGGIE VINCE JEWELL AND ALBUQUERQUE PRO BILL HARVEY.. HARVEY WORKS OUT OF ARROYO DEL OSO.. THIS IS THE FIFTH TIME HE'S PLAYED IN THE EVENT.. AND ONLY THE SECOND TIME HE'S MADE THE CUT .. HE FIRED A 71 AT SANTA ANA ON ...

A number of players have commited to the RBC Canadian Open. Sean O'Hair, Retief Goosen, Hunter Mahan, Ricky Barnes and defending champion Chez Reavie are among a batch of entrants that have been released by the Royal Canadian Golf Association.

Jack Nicklaus, the man who won 18 majors, is putting the final touches on his latest 18 - the Golf Club at Harbor Shores.

There was no Masters-style meltdown Sunday for Kenny Perry. Perry shot 63 to finish with a tournament-record 258 and win the Travelers Championship by three strokes over Paul Goydos and David Toms, two other golfers in their 40s.