Tom Lehman News

What do Oprah Winfrey, professional golfer Tom Lehman, and California Senator Dianne Feinstein have in common? They all completed internships.

Not only will Tiger Woods grace Turning Stone on August 29 along with the PGA Championship in Rochester but we also have the 7th annual Dick's Sporting Good's Open.

Everything's coming together for next week's Encompass Championship - June 21-23 - at North Shore Country Club in Glenview.

Think probably because he is tied up with all my early memories of golf - even trying to play his video games at 4/5 years of age! If we are going by world rankings then Tiger Woods is the obvious choice.

Tom Lehman tees off on the first hole during the pro-am at the Regions Tradition golf tournament at Shoal Creek Golf Course, Wednesday, June 5, 2013, in Birmingham, Ala.

The LPGA features its second of five majors this week, at the Wegman's LPGA Championship at Locust Hill Country Club in Pittsford, N.Y., outside Rochester.

The Champions Tour is this week in Shoal Creek in Alabama for its second major championship of the year, the Regions Traditions.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Champions Tour golfer Tom Lehman visited Children's of Alabama Tuesday before the Regions Tradition golf tournament this week.

"It wasn't that bad today," he said. "It was just one hole that cost me, obviously, a few shots." Woods, stricken with an erratic touch on the greens for most of the week, continued to struggle to find his game early in Sunday's final round of the Memorial Tournament.

It has been 13 years since Duffy Waldorf won a tournament. Waldorf could easily end that streak Sunday with one more proficient round.

Champions Tour players are used to seeing low numbers in the Principal Charity Classic.

It is not uncommon or surprising when a player gets choked up or breaks down in tears after his first pro victory, especially when that victory is in a major championship.

Doug LaBelle II hits the ball out of a bunk on the eighth hole during the first round of the Crown Plaza Invitational at the Colonial in Fort Worth, Thursday, May 23, 2013.

Tom Lehman, the 1995 Colonial champion, decided to play in Fort Worth this week as a birthday present for his daughter, Rachael Lehman, who turns 23 next Thursday.

The Senior PGA Championship will always stand out in 50-and-over golf because it is by far the oldest of the senior majors, having begun in 1937 at Augusta National GC.