Steve Bissett admitted his shortage of sleep the night before the first round of the 51st Bob Hope Classic.

Jerry West has put the pizazz back in the Northern Trust Open. West, the event's executive director, spent some quality time with former president George W. Bush and Phil Mickelson on the course Tuesday.

Williams, a Dallas native, is averaging 19 points per game, 9.5 assists and 3.9 rebounds.

Sean M. Haffey / Union-Tribune Michael Allen celebrated his 51st birthday with a 7-under 65, the best round of the final day of the Farmers Insurance Open.

Youngman column: Tidland, former Valencia High star, excited to be back on PGA Tour.

Scott Piercy had the best score Thursday at Torrey Pines because he made nine birdies.

One sheet of paper posted in the locker room had the tee times for the 50 players in the pro-am at the Sony Open.

Nerves, nerves and more nerves can sum up last week's PGA Tour stop in Las Vegas, the Justin Timberlake Shriner's Hospitals for Children Open.

Brandishing a hot putter on a warm afternoon, Australian Nick O'Hern cruised to a career-low 63 and the first-round lead in the Frys.com Open on Thursday.

Marquette University named Mike Van Sickle, who attended Pine-Richland High School, is the latest recipient of the McCahill Award, presented annually to a Marquette senior athlete from the previous year who "has demonstrated the highest performance in scholarship, leadership and athletics." Van Sickle is the second golfer to be selected.

Scott Piercy of Las Vegas celebrates a birdie putt during the 2009 Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open on Oct.

Martin Laird birdied the third playoff hole Sunday to defeat George McNeill and Chad Campbell to win the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.

Chad Campbell birdied the final hole to claim a share of the lead alongside Scott Piercy on Saturday after three rounds of the PGA Tour s Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.

Chad Campbell birdied the final hole Saturday to join Scott Piercy atop the leaderboard after the third round of the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.

Champions Tour winner Tom Pernice Jr. shot a bogey-free 9-under 62 on Thursday for a share of the first-round lead with Troy Matteson and Spencer Levin in the PGA Tour's Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.

Manuel Quiros fired a 10-under 62 on Thursday to take a two-shot lead over fellow Spaniard Sergio Garcia at the Madrid Masters.

Prattville, Ala. -- Defending champion Lorena Ochoa shot a 6-under 66 on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead in the Navistar LPGA Classic, leaving 14-year-old Alexis Thompson eight strokes behind.

An insurance man called "as regular a guy as you'll ever meet" was ordered back to California on Saturday to face charges that he stalked ESPN reporter Erin Andrews and video taped her nude by aiming a cell phone camera through an altered peephole in her hotel room door.

Matt Kuchar smiles after a bunker shot on the 18th hole to force a playoff with Vaughn Taylor.

It's a cavalry charge, and Matt Kuchar and Scott Piercy are at the head of it. Kuchar, a former U.S. Amateur champion and Georgia Tech star, shot a third-round 67 Saturday, and Piercy, a PGA Tour rookie from Las Vegas, shot a 6-under-par 66, to tie at 14-under par and the third-round lead in the third annual Turning Stone Resort Championship.