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SOME golfers get one chance at making the grade in the big time. They work hard, wait patiently for an opportunity and, when it comes along, hope to get the odd break here and there.

Paul Lawrie is hoping a family trip down memory lane can be the inspiration as he looks to retrace his steps of former glories in the north-east this week.

Click here for latest golf betting Click here for live desktop leaderboard! Click here for latest golf news Click here for latest golf scores Click here for 2009 European Tour calendar Click here for 2009 US Tour calendar Thomas Bjorn had his work cut out at Carnoustie today to hold onto his Dunhill Links Championship lead - especially after he ...

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland Many moons ago, stone markers were placed at various points around the Old Course at St.

Serena Williams revisted her early years of growing up in the 'hood of Compton with her behaviour at the US Open on Saturday.

Thai veteran Thaworn Wiratchant turned the Macau Open into a no-contest as he chalked up his 11th Asian Tour title with a storming six-shot victory yesterday, the biggest margin in the 12-year history of the tournament.

Paul Lawrie shot a second successive bogey-free round Friday, a 3-under 69, for a two-stroke halfway lead in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.

Michael Sim wont be defending the Christmas in October Classic championship he won Sunday afternoon.

We chose 18 moments from memorable major finishes. How many can you remember? Last update: August 11, 2009 - 9:17 PM Tiger Woods 2008 U.S. Open He sank the birdie, fist-pumped and then beat Rocco in a playoff.

SI convened a meeting of its golf experts - senior writers Michael Bamberger, Damon Hack, Alan Shipnuck and Gary Van Sickle, plus contributing writer John Garrity - and a PGA Tour pro to address those and other issues.

Who's going to the penthouse in local sports - and who's getting the shaft: GOING UP On , Brave Old Army Team: Nobody expected the Mountain West to put together a TV deal as attractive as Notre Dame's. But playing second fiddle to Army? Working together with broadcast partners CBS College Sports and ESPN, Army has announced a five-year deal that ...

Tom Watson's second-place finish at the British Open was the stuff of legend, even better than Stewart Cink's championship, says Staten Island Advance columnist Jay Price.

If Tom Watson didn't know how inspiring he was - even though he didn't win the British Open Sunday - he got a good idea later that evening.

While it's never good to lose a golf tournament after bogeying the last hole in regulation -- before falling apart in the playoff -- it's a bit tough to place the "choker" label on Tom Watson because just contending in a major championship at age 59 is an amazing accomplishment.

With one hole remaining in the British Open playoff, Cink split the middle of the 18th fairway and had a four-shot lead.

In some cases, I don't fit the Tahoe mold. For example, on Sunday morning I turned down a hike and a float on the Truckee to instead sit on the couch, where I proceeded to watch one of the most impressive major golf tournaments I've ever seen.

For true golf aficionados, it doesna TMt get any better than this. The British Open is this week, and, for this golf fan, therea TMs never been a better show in golf.

Yesterday was the day after Major League Baseball's All-Star Game. If you're reading this column, congratulations.

From Aliss's colourful commentary to players getting in the zone, follow our complete A-Z guide to the Open Championship.

There might be nothing more unpredictable in the game of golf than a British Open - unless it is John Daly's next pair of pants.