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Golf's governing bodies are widely expected to announce whether they will go ahead with a controversial proposed ban on players anchoring putters to their body when they hold simultaneous news conferences next week.

Tom Watson wanted it that way. As the United States captain for the 2014 matches at the Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire, Scotland, Watson wanted an additional player to qualify on merit.

BARRINGTON _ The CVS Caremark Charity Classic has added a strong international flavor for next month's event at Rhode Island Country Club.

Chinese youngster Guan Tianlang is building quite a resume on the US PGA Tour, and the 14-year-old will try to embellish it further at the Byron Nelson Championship this week.

Call me a worrywart, but I'm beginning to feel like the guy who goes to Vegas and rolls snake eyes all week.

How about the stones it took to hit a draw into that pin position in 18? Not to mention the tee shot... That was a Chamblee special.

Woods hadn't conquered the Stadium Course since his heyday. Since 2000-2001, his record has been checkered at best.

Saturday is called moving day on the PGA Tour and if early indications bear out, a shootout could be in store as Sergio Garcia and Tiger Woods set out for the third round at the Players Championship.

PGA Golf 2013 Players Championship Thursday, May 9-Sunday, May 12, 2013 TV: Golf Channel, NBC TPC Sawgrass - Ponta Vedra Beach, Florida Par 72 - 7,215 yards Defending Champion: Matt Kuchar All Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Long considered the fifth major of the year, the Players Championship at Sawgrass always attracts a strong field.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - About the only thing Fred Couples and Colin Montgomerie had in common was a golf swing they could trust for a lifetime.

The PGA Tour would love nothing better than for you to refer to this week's Players Championship-just casually, to a pal, without even thinking about it-as a major.

The Fresno resident started a professional career in 1988 that lasted until May 2007.

Last week's column touched upon the world of the youth movement in golf. Young people reaching the game's highest highs have been a very real part of the game for close to 150 years.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina: Three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson fired a five-under par 67 on Friday to seize a two-stroke lead after the second round of the $6.7 million US PGA Wells Fargo Championship.

Guan Tianlang, now 14, qualified for the 2013 Masters when -- as the youngest player in the field, then rated 490th in the world amateur rankings -- he beat a host of senior golfers to win the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Thailand.

China's 14-year-old schoolboy Guan Tianlang, two weeks after an historic Masters debut as the youngest player at Augusta National, tees off again on Thursday at a US PGA Tour event.

Royal & Ancient chief executive Peter Dawson is looking into regulations that could keep Rory McIlroy from choosing which team he represents in the 2016 Olympics.

Now that Adam Scott has broken through, who is the best remaining golfer without a major championship? Our formula * finds out.

TOURNAMENT organisers are holding their breath over the scheduling plans of Adam Scott because the new Masters hero is likely to skip one of Australia's "triple crown" events this summer.

Golf's governing bodies are expected to announce shortly whether they will go ahead with a proposed ban on players anchoring putters to their body, a rule change which makes no sense at all to Bernhard Langer.