Charles Howell III News

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. The final official PGA Tour event of the season seems the perfect place to test drive some new equipment with an eye toward 2010 and an impending rules change regarding grooves.

The e-mail was from a friend and, more importantly, a long-time PGA Tour observer who has come by his insights honestly and it prompted an immediate and utterly repented mea culpa.

Since Tiger Woods became professional golf's next great star in 1996, the sport has been in search of the next Tiger Woods.

VERONA, N.Y. The PGA Tour Fall Series, or Second Season, starts this week with the Turning Stone Resort Championship in Verona, N.Y. And perhaps that's appropriate, as fall-like temperatures are expected in Central New York for much of the weekend.

Tropical storm Danny affects second round of FedEx Cup Playoffs The morning groupings have finished their second round of play today at the 2009 Barclays golf tournament, and rainy weather conditions have made scoring difficult.

Sergio Garcia, Adam Scott, Charles Howell III and Ryan Moore have all committed to play in the Wyndham Championship next week.

Mark Brazil must have felt like he just eagled the final hole. The tournament director of the Wyndham Championship secured more commitments at the deadline as the field was set for next week's PGA Tour stop at Sedgefield Country Club.

By now, Seattle's Ryan Benzel knows what it takes to survive in a PGA Championship.

T iger Woods was only 26 when he played the 2002 PGA Championship at Hazeltine National.

Almost everyone who is a student of the game has heard this piece of golfing advice.

The deadline to commit to the 51st annual Buick Open PGA TOUR event grows closer as players have until Friday, July 24, to sign on to participate.

Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2009 at 10:59 p.m. Loons pound Wisconsin, 9-5, for third straight win The Great Lakes Loons dominated the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers for the second consecutive night, scoring seven times in the first four innings before hanging on to a 9-5 win Thursday night at Dow Diamond.

Players with area ties in the British Open: Bryce Molder : The former Tulsan, who lived here from 1988-92, is playing in his first British Open.

Former Sooner Anthony Kim and ex-Cowboy Hunter Mahan turned heads last weekend as they pushed Tiger Woods at the AT&T National, but it wasn't the first time players with state ties had fared well this season.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 7:31 p.m. Drew Czuchry didn't realize a short par putt on the final hole had won him the Charles Howell III Junior Championship.

Three past champions are among the most recent commitments to play in the Buick Open July 30 to Aug.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 9:18 p.m. Jerry Ruiz began playing golf tournaments in the U.S. for the first time two summers ago.

Blake Soni of Bradenton, Fla., Carl Jonson of Bainbridge Island, Wash., and Zi Ting Wang of Champions Gate, Fla., all share the lead after one round of the Charles Howell III Junior Championship after each carded a 3-under-par 69.

Remember those summer jobs during your teenage years, such as mowing the lawn or delivering the paper? Well, for more than 90 junior golfers in Augusta this week, that's not in their summer schedule.

Heat Index: 90 F Augusta, Bush Field, GA Tuesday June 23, 2009 BRASELTON, Ga. a ' The American Junior Golf Association has finalized the tournament field for the Charles Howell III Junior Championship, which will be held July 6-9 at West Lake Country Club in Augusta, Ga.