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When Clovis East High senior Bryson DeChambeau birdied three of the first four holes Thursday at the State CIF Southern California Golf Championship, Timberwolves coach Gary Giononni thought: "We've got a shot at this." And sure enough, DeChambeau delivered with a 6-under 66 and a 1-stroke victory over Righetti-Santa Maria's Reilly McMahon at ... (more)

Erik Compton considers the Memorial a special week no matter how he plays, knowing his second heart transplant came from a donor in Ohio.

After a couple weeks off from competition on the PGA Tour, Tiger Woods is back in action this week against an impressive field at the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio - home of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Muirfield Village Golf Club.

Kevin Shay/The Gazette 'You have to drive the ball well to get into some of these flags, but once you get on the greens, there's a lot of pitch to these greens, a lot of movement,' Tiger Woods said of Bethesda's Congressional Country Club, site of next month's AT&T National.

All Danny Paniccia initially wanted to do Monday for the final round of the 85th annual Fresno City Amateur Golf Championship was play conservatively and maintain his lead - force his opponents to come up to him rather than make mistakes and drop back to the rest of the field after entering with a three-stroke lead.

The 43-year-old, yet to make a halfway cut this year, has been advised to rest a groin problem that first bothered him the week before last month's Masters and then resurfaced at last week's BMW PGA Championship.

Tiger Woods is widely considered the greatest player to ever pick up a set of sticks and golf his ball.

Kevin Shay/The Gazette 'You have to drive the ball well to get into some of these flags, but once you get on the greens, there's a lot of pitch to these greens, a lot of movement,' Tiger Woods said of Bethesda's Congressional Country Club, site of next month's AT&T National.

Zach Johnson shot a bogey-free 6-under 64 on Thursday to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Colonial.

"I think I'm headed in the right direction," Woods said at Congressional Country Club, where he was promoting the AT&T National which takes place June 28 to July 1. "I'm going to try and continue to improve in incremental steps in every facet of my game and try to make every facet of my game more efficient." Woods has one PGA Tour victory this ... (more)

"I think I'm headed in the right direction," Woods said at Congressional Country Club, where he was promoting the AT&T National which takes place June 28 to July 1. "I'm going to try and continue to improve in incremental steps in every facet of my game and try to make every facet of my game more efficient." Woods has one PGA Tour victory this ... (more)

Greatest Generation, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Tweeners and Millennialism. How does golf fit into the flat-billed caps, hip huggers and wild colors of the next generation of golfer? The 50s and 60s country club atmosphere of weekend Calcutta and the Saturday night dinner and dance are completely out of vogue with the skateboarders, rollerbladers ... (more)

Officials at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial will have two of the world’s top 10 golfers in next week’s field, as well as 10 of the top 30.

Ask any PGA golfer and they'll tell you the TPC at Sawgrass is one of the more daunting courses they face all year.

The buildup for the Players Championship suffered a blow last week. It wasn't Tiger Woods hitting the ball hither and yon and missing the cut at Quail Hollow.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. "Trust it Rickie," caddie Joe Skovron whispered in a tone loud enough to be heard across Quail Hollow's 18th-green amphitheater.

Tennis: Kanepi holds nerve to win Estoril title ESTORIL: Kaia Kanepi claimed her second WTA trophy of the season after saving two match points in a 3-6, 7-6 , 6-4 victory over Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro in the final of the Estoril Open on Saturday.

CHARLOTTE: Tiger Woods' 'Holy Grail' of eclipsing the record 18 majors won by fellow American Jack Nicklaus looked more remote on Friday after he missed the cut at the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Local boy Webb Simpson retook the lead heading into the final day of the Wells Fargo Championship as Rory McIlroy roared into contention.

Ryan Moore hits from the first fairway during the third round of the Wells Fargo Championship golf tournament at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, May 5, 2012.