Heritage and Texas Open Get New Dates For 2011

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According to pgatour.com the Heritage tournament at Harbour Town Golf Links in South Carolina will be played April 21-24 in 2011. The Heritage is usually scheduled for the week following the Masters but this is a one-time move and the Heritage should return to its normal date in 2012.

As a result of the date change, the Texas Open will be temporarily pushed into the Heritage’s usual spot.  There will be an extra week between the Masters and The Players next year and the Heritage will be held the same week as the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, which is the Champions Tour team event.

The Heritage’s future on the PGA Tour was in question after losing longtime sponsor Verizon following last April’s tournament.

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Finch Flying at Johnnie Walker Championship

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Richard Finch of England takes an early lead in the first-round after he carded a 66 at the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.

Five other players are crammed together at five-under in a massive tie for second-place including four other Englishman, David Lynn, Robert Rock, Richard Bland and Gary Boyd and also Stephen Gallacher of Scotland.

Italian Francesco Molinari who is currently seventh on the European selection table has been guaranteed a place in the nine automatic spots on the Ryder Cup team after Ross McGowan of England withdrew from competition Thursday due to a shoulder injury.

McGowan was 12th on the table and needed to finish first or second at the Johnnie Walker Championship for any hope of making the Ryder Cup team.

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Tiger Comes Alive at The Barclays

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Tiger Woods grabbed the world’s attention for a good cause Thursday as he stormed into the first round and carded a 65 to share an early lead at The Barclays at Ridgewood CC.

This was the world’s No.1 lowest score in 46 rounds going all the way back into 2009 where he carded a 62 in the BMW Championship.

Tied with Woods is American Vaughn Taylor who has five top 10 finishes in 2010.

Canadians Stephen Ames of Calgary and Graham DeLaet of Weyburn, Sask. struggled in their respective opening rounds. Ames finished two-over-par 73 and DeLaet was one off of Ames’ pace at 74.

Each will have to shoot magic Friday to stay inside The Barclays cut-line and fall into the top 100 in the FedEx Cup points list and continue next week at the Deutsche Bank Championship.

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Top 10 List For World No. 2

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Nine might be the lucky number for Phil Mickelson this week as it will be his ninth attempt at taking over the No. 1 spot in the Official World Golf Ranking from Tiger Woods.

Pgatour.com has compiled a top 10 must-do mathematical scenario list for Phil Mickelson to accomplish. The list excludes the two most obvious scenarios — Lefty winning The Barclays or Lefty coming in second to any player but Woods.

The reigning Masters champion revealed earlier this season that he has been suffering from psoriatic arthritis and has been taking medication to control it. He also said he has switched to a vegetarian diet.

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Coroner Rules Blasberg Committed Suicide

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According to the Associated Press the Clark County Coroner’s Office ruled Tuesday that Erica Blasberg’s death was a suicide.

The coroner’s office said Blasberg died of suicide due to asphyxia and that examiners found toxic levels of medication in her body including prescription headache, cough, pain and anti-anxiety medications.

The 25-year-old LPGA golfer was found dead May 9 at her home in Henderson, Nev., with a plastic bag wrapped over her head.

The Henderson Police Department said it concluded an extensive investigation Tuesday and determined there was no foul play but a misdemeanor obstruction of justice arrest warrant was issued for Dr. Thomas Hess for allegedly removing a suicide note and prescription medications from the death scene before police arrived at the home.

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Lonely Number For World No. 1

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The Associated Press reports that Tiger Woods feels more sadness than relief only two days after his divorce, quoting Woods as saying, “you don’t ever go into a marriage looking to get divorced.”

The world’s No. 1 golfer and his now ex-wife, Elin Nordegren, officially divorced Monday just nine months after their lives were flipped upside-down after the exposure of Woods’ numerous extramarital affairs.

Woods returned to golf Wednesday at The Barclays but said his golf is secondary and he is trying to get his two children accustomed to life after their parents’ divorce.

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Lehman Looking For Second Champions Tour Major

Tom Lehman’s two-stroke lead after three rounds at the JELD-WEN Tradition gives him a perfect opportunity to claim his second Champions Tour major victory in 2010.

On Saturday, Lehman carded a 69 which included four birdies and a single double bogey, putting him in first place ahead of a crowded pack.

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Tied for second place are J.L. Lewis, Fred Funk and Bernhard Langer and nine others are within four strokes of Lehman.

Lehman won the Senior PGA Championship in May after a three-way play-off against runners-up Fred Couples and David Frost.

Langer has finished first on the Champions Tour four times in 2010 and is No.1 in Charles Schwab Cup points on the Champions Tour. Langer is being considered as a wildcard for the European Ryder Cup team by captain Colin Montgomerie.

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Miyazato ahead by four in Oregon

Ai Miyazato remained on top of a crowded leaderboard Saturday at the LPGA's Safeway Classic, leading the field by three shots.

Miyazato of Japan is mixed in a five-player fight for the world's top ranking between Cristie Kerr, Jiyai Shin, Suzann Pettersen and Yani Tseng.

Miyazato has four victories on the LPGA Tour this year and is in strong contention for a fifth after shooting five-under-par 67at the Ghost Creek GC.

Na Yeon Choi of South Korea is in a tie for second place with fellow native Song-Hee Kim both of whom finished at eight-under-par 136.

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Solid Start for Weir at Wyndham

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Canadian Mike Weir made a statement Thursday that he belongs in the 2010 FedEx Cup Playoffs.

The Bright’s Grove, Ont., native shot a three-under-par 70 in the opening round at Sedgefield CC in Greensboro, N.C.

The lefthander is one spot out of the top 125 cut line and must finish within the top 10 at the Wyndham Championship to get into the playoffs.

Weir has not finished inside the top 10 since he placed sixth at the Bob Hope Classic in January.

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Odds Are Woods Will Win 2011 Masters

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Las Vegas oddsmakers have Tiger Woods as a 5-1 favourite to win the Masters next April according to golfcanada.ca

For the second consecutive year the current world’s No. 1 failed to win a major championship.

Woods has 14 career majors to his name, four shy of Nicklaus’s record of 18.

Phil Mickelson the second favourite to win the 2011 Masters at 7-1 odds, while Rory McIlroy is a 12-1 pick and the No.3-ranked Lee Westwood is a 20-1 pick.

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Canadian Amateur Quartet Heading to CN Canadian Women’s Open

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Four of Canada’s top female amateur players were given exemptions into next week’s CN Canadian Women’s Open.

Team Canada’s Jennifer Kirby of Paris, Ont., and Sara-Maude Juneau of Fossambault, Que., as well as development squad members, Christine Wong of Richmond, B.C., and Rebecca Lee-Bentham of Richmond Hill, Ont. will all tee it up at St. Charles CC.

The Canadian amateur quartet will also join recently turned professionals Stephanie Sherlock of Barrie, Ont., and Sue Kim of Langley, B.C., who were also recently given exemptions.

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Caddie Confident He Will Remain With Woods

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The Associated Press reports that Tiger Woods’ caddie, Steve Williams believes that his job is still safe.

Williams has caddied for the world’s No. 1 for 11 years and despite all of the media hype over Woods’ struggling game, Williams reportedly told New Zealand radio Wednesday that he and Woods remain close friends and there is no possibility their working relationship is about to end.

Woods finished 28th at the PGA Championship last week, and was 18-over par at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational; the worst 72-hole total of his career.

The AP story said Williams also expressed confidence in the ability of Woods’ possible new swing coach Sean Foley to revive his game.

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