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Michael Putnam carded an 8-under 64 on Thursday and snared a 2-stroke lead at the Mexico Championship before play was suspended due to darkness.

Jay Haas tees off on the second hole during the first round of the 74th Senior PGA Championship golf tournament at Bellerive Country Club Thursday, May 23, 2013, in St.

Ryan Palmer was standing in the fairway on his last hole Thursday when his longtime caddie and fellow Colonial member issued a challenge.

In this photo taken Wednesday, May 22, 2013, a cell phone zone located near a digital hub, left, and concession stand are shown at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio.

1 ranked amateur golfer in the world, it came in the same way he's learned about many of the other accolades in his career.

Finland's Mikko Ilonen survived everything the British summer could throw at him, including a brief spell of hail, to set the clubhouse target in the first round of the BMW PGA Championship.

Big happenings in Fort Worth this weekend as the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial Country Club is ready to tee off.

Sergio Garcia apologized to Tiger Woods for saying he would serve fried chicken if they were to have dinner at the U.S. Open, an ugly addition to nearly two weeks of verbal sparring.

Sergio Garcia apologized to Tiger Woods on Wednesday for saying he would have ''fried chicken'' at dinner with his rival, a comment that Woods described as hurtful and inappropriate.

The history books show Annika Sorenstam made headlines and drew record crowds to the 2003 Colonial tournament because she became the first female golfer in 58 years to compete against male peers in a PGA Tour event.

Storms that dumped about a foot of rain on the Ocean Club wiped out the pro-am Wednesday and left the course under so much water that the first round Thursday also was canceled.

Roger Chapman is in the spotlight at the Senior PGA Championship, a year after his breakthrough victory in the major championship.

Johnson has won at Hogan's Alley twice in the last three years. He is the first player in more than three decades with four consecutive top-10 finishes in the event.

This July 19, 2012 file photo shows Ernie Els of South Africa reacting to a putt on the 11th green at Royal Lytham & St Annes golf club during the first round of the British Open Golf Championship in Lytham St Annes, England.

In this June 19, 2011 file photo, Rory McIlroy celebrates with his father, Gerry, after winning the U.S. Open Championship golf tournament in Bethesda, Md.

Between the end of this past weekend's Byron Nelson and the start this week of the Colonial in Fort Worth, the professional golf world had a bit of time to kill in Dallas.

Tournaments won using anchored strokes will not be tarnished despite the ban which will come into effect from 2016, R&A officials have insisted.

PHOTO: USGA ARCHIVE; COMPOSITE: SPORTS ILLUSTRATED IMAGING; MEMBERS, L TO R: JASON GROW ; MIKE CASEY ; JASON GROW Foreground: Lowery and Ouimet on their way to an upset victory at the 1913 U.S. Open at The Country Club.

Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia don't like each other, and they're making no effort to disguise their feelings.

Gardner-Webb sophomore right-handed pitcher Matt Fraudin was named first-team All-Big South Conference on Monday, one day after he was named the league's pitcher of the week.