John Mallinger News

Shortly after Tim Finchem announced that the PGA Tour was standing by its decision to implement the USGA's condition of competition on grooves starting Jan.

By DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press BETHESDA, Md. - " Tiger Woods first tried the shot in competition during the third round at the Memorial, choking up on the grip of his driver about 2 inches, and he pulled it off to perfection.

KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer will host the third Pacific University Legends Golf Classic on August 2-3, 2009 at the Reserve Vineyards & Golf Club in Aloha, Oregon.

Even when he was just learning to play golf, Tiger Woods never had any trouble breaking par.

Paul Azinger , who captained the United States Ryder Cup team to victory last year and is a two-time winner of the Travelers Championship, could be playing in one of his last PGA Tour events.

Charlene Alfonso keeps an eye on golfer Mike Miles as he conducts a golf lesson at Virginia Country Club in Long Beach.

Bethpage Black was about as perfect as it could get given this week's somewhat extreme Long Island conditions.

As the rain began early on Thursday, the fairways at Bethpage State Park's Black Course turned into rivers, the green's turned into ponds and rain continued to pound Long Island.

" By the end of this week's U.S. Open, the U.S. Golf Association may be wishing it were back at Torrey Pines in San Diego's weather.

Then, when he finally secured his spot alongside the big boys, he expected to make more than three cuts in his first 14 starts.

Mike Miles is sitting quietly at a table at the Virginia County Club, and one member after another comes up offering congratulatory handshakes.

Overheard at last week's HP Byron Nelson Classic: Jesus effin' Christ, didja see those? Patrick Michels It's not the golf, it's the partying that makes the Byron Nelson Classic the highest-grossing fund-raiser for charity on the PGA tour.

IRVING - Fort Worth resident J.J. Henry said Sunday he will withdraw from today's British Open qualifier in Plano to rest an injured left wrist that surfaced in the final round of the HP Byron Nelson Championship.Henry said he wants to give the wrist as much time as possible to heal before Thursday's opening round at the Crowne Plaza Invitational ...

Rory Sabbatini arrived at the course Sunday morning with a pin in his hat, a title in his future and a heaviness in his heart.

Karine Icher isn't used to this. She would be happy to make it a habit. The 30-year-old native of France shot a 6-under 66 on Friday to gain a 2-shot lead over Hee-Won Han of South Korea after two rounds at the LPGA Corning Classic.

Quietly consistent is how John Mallinger is typically described, but on Friday he was just fine with a day that could be called spectacularly inconsistent.

By DREW DAVISON IRVING - With the French Open getting under way, Mark Knowles should be on a plane heading to Paris.Instead, Knowles, a native of the Bahamas who lives in Southlake, is at the HP Byron Nelson Championship at TPC Four Seasons, cheering on his friend John Mallinger, who is the co-leader along with Fort Worth resident Rory Sabbatini ...

The buzz will swirl around Sunday's final group at the HP Byron Nelson Championship, with Rory Sabbatini's "rowdies" marching shoulder-to-shoulder with a vocal corps of John Mallinger fans that includes Mark Knowles, a professional tennis player from Southlake.

Marc Leishman, 25, grew up halfway around the world in a southern coastal town in Australia.

Rory Sabbatini and John Mallinger are set to play another round together as leaders at the Byron Nelson Championship.