Nicholas Thompson News

Tour card a matter of degree Nicholas Thompson knows all about the pressure of securing his PGA Tour card for the next season by finishing in the top 125 on the money list.

Jeff Quinney will be exempt on tour in 2010 after his tie for 36th on Sunday. The PGA Tour season came to an end Sunday with the Children's Miracle Network Classic, and two golfers from Oregon ended with very different results.

The 2009 PGA Tour season is over after Stephen Ames' playoff victory at the Children's Miracle Network Classic .

Spectators soaked up the sun in the bleachers surrounding the 18th green, oblivious to the angst and elation occurring just a few yards away.

Stephen Ames ended the PGA Tour season in style on Sunday, taking the Children's Miracle Network Classic in a three-man playoff in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

Daniel Chopra fired a six-under 65 Friday to move atop the leaderboard with the second round of the Singapore Open suspended due to darkness.

The PGA TOUR and Fry's Electronics announced today that the Frys.com Open, an official event on the PGA TOUR, is moving to CordeValle in San Martin, Calif., which is south of San Jose and north of the Monterey Peninsula.

Daniel Chopra fired a six-under 65 Friday to move atop the leaderboard with the second round of the Singapore Open suspended due to darkness.

Rain? Pain. Try Again Today. Last night's first swing at Game 6 of the American League Championship Series was scuttled as rain swamped Yankee Stadium .

Troy Matteson had never shot a 61 until this week. Now he's done it twice in a row to set a PGA Tour record.

Nicholas Thompson gained five shots in quick fashion with a double eagle and a hole in one to storm into contention at the Frys.com Open.

Ted Purdy, a Valley resident and former UA standout golfer, made a hole-in-one Saturday on the par 3 16th hole at the Frys.com Open.

The Penn State Behrend women's tennis team won its eighth AMCC championship under coach Jeff Barger at the Oxford Club on Sunday.

Alexis Thompson, 14, tees off on the second hole Saturday at the Navistar LPGA Classic.

Matt Kuchar and Vaughn Taylor matched pars on the first two playoff holes Sunday, then agreed to finish the extra session on Monday at the Turning Stone Resort Championship.

Scott Piercy shot a 6-under 66 on Saturday for a share of the lead with Matt Kuchar after the third round of the Turning Stone Resort Championship.

Ninth-grader Alexis Thompson is trying to avoid getting to far ahead of herself in the Navistar LPGA Classic.

Vaughn Taylor has shot his second straight 67 to gain a one-shot lead after two rounds of the Turning Stone Resort Championship.

Scotland's Janice Moodie shot a bogey-free 8-under 64 on Thursday to take a one-stroke lead over 14-year-old Alexis Thompson in the Navistar LPGA Classic.

One of Hebert's top events, the annual Memorial Scramble is in its ninth year as a remembrance of the Sept.