Jaye Marie Green wins LPGA Tour Q-school

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Jaye Marie Green completed a runaway victory in the LPGA Tour qualifying tournament Sunday, finishing with a record 29-under 331 total for a 10-stroke margin. The 19-year-old Green, from Boca Raton, closed with a 4-under 68 on LPGA International's Jones Course. She broke the event 90-hole mark of 18-under 342 set by Stacy Lewis in 2008. ''This is going to be a week that I'll always remember,'' Green said. ''I was...

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Dane Bjorn wins Nedbank Golf Challenge

SUN CITY, South Africa - Denmark's Thomas Bjorn pulled away from his challengers to win the $1.25-million first prize at the Nedbank Golf Challenge on Sunday with a 20-under-par total of 268. Bjorn sunk eagles at the 10th and 14th holes to set up a two stroke victory and shrug off a spirited challenge from Spaniard Sergio Garcia and overnight leader Jamie Donaldson of Wales. Donaldson and Garcia were joint second with 18-under-par totals of 270. Both Bjorn and Garcia went seven under for the day in storming fourth round displays at the...

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Zach Johnson tops Tiger Woods in dramatic World Challenge playoff

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Zach Johnson put together the storybook finish at Sherwood on Sunday that for the longest time belonged to Tiger Woods. Johnson rallied from four shots behind with eight holes to play, holed out from a drop area for par on the last hole to force a playoff, and beat the No. 1 player in golf at the World Challenge when Woods missed a 5-foot par putt on the first extra hole. ''Pretty impressive what he did,'' Woods said. ''He got me.'' It was an extraordinary sendoff at Sherwood, which hosted the World Challenge for the...

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Bjorn rallies with 2 eagles for 65, wins Sun City

SUN CITY, South Africa -- Thomas Bjorn had two eagles in his last nine holes, one brilliant and one a bit lucky, to finish with a 7-under 65 and win the Nedbank Golf Challenge on Sunday. Overnight leader Jamie Donaldson of Wales lost his three-shot advantage in a final-round 70 and tied for second with Sergio Garcia (65). Bjorn's victory was hailed by fans in the galleries on No. 18, waving streams of South African flags in late afternoon...

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The Shots of the Week from the World Challenge were as impressive as the finish

On Sunday at Sherwood Country Club, golf fans who have been hibernating from the game the last six weeks were entertained by some incredible golf by some of the biggest names in the world. Tiger Woods, the host of the event, looked like he would cruise to another victory, but it was Zach Johnson who caught him thanks to a hole-out on the 72nd hole and then a short miss by Tiger in the playoff. The wedge from Johnson was obviously...

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Johnson steals Tiger's thunder with Sherwood win

THOUSAND OAKS, California - Tournament host Tiger Woods was denied a sixth win of the year in sensational fashion when he lost the Northwestern Mutual World Challenge in a playoff with Zach Johnson at Sherwood Country Club on Sunday. Johnson, who had twice finished second to fellow American Woods at this elite limited-field event, sealed victory with a rock-solid par at the 18th, the first extra hole, where Woods lipped out with a five-footer...

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World Challenge winners

Winners of the Northwestern Mutual World Challenge since it was first held in 1999. Zach Johnson won this year's tournament in a playoff with fellow American Tiger Woods at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks California on Sunday (U.S. unless stated): 2013 Zach Johnson 2012 Graeme McDowell (Northern Ireland) 2011 Tiger Woods 2010 McDowell 2009 Jim Furyk 2008 Vijay Singh (Fiji) 2007 Woods 2006 Woods 2005 Luke Donald (England) 2004 Woods 2003 Davis Love III ...

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Tiger Woods blows four-shot lead with eight holes to go to Zach Johnson at his own tournament

It was an ending like no other on Sunday at Sherwood Country Club, with Zach Johnson taking down Tiger Woods at the Northwestern Mutual World Challenge in the most unusual of outcomes. Tiger Woods missing a short putt to lose a tournament? It happened. Zach Johnson hitting an 8-iron from the middle of the fairway to a very accessible pin location only to shank it in the hazard on the final hole of regulation? Yep, that also was part of the...

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PGA Tour rookie gets stuck in traffic, decides to practice on the side of the freeway

You might remember John Peterson from Olympic Club back in 2012, when the unknown LSU fan with the great golf swing and putter cover in his back pocket nearly won that U.S. Open before Webb Simpson took home the trophy. Peterson finished T-4 that week, and after a solid season this past year on the Web.com Tour, it's on to the PGA Tour for the 24-year-old Texan. And apparently, Peterson really, really loves the game. So much that when...

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Lydia Ko wins first title as professional

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Lydia Ko rallied to win her first title as a professional. The 16-year-old from New Zealand won the Swinging Skirts World Ladies Masters on Sunday, closing with a 4-under 68 for a three-stroke victory over South Korea's So Yeon Ryu. Ko had an 11-under 205 total at Linkou Miramar and earned $150,000 in the event sanctioned by the Taiwan and Korean tours. Ryu finished with a 73. Top-ranked Inbee Park was third at 7 under after a 70. Ko tied for 21st last month in the LPGA Titleholders in her only other start as a professional....

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The disappearing act of Rory McIlroy

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Rory's McIlroy's year began with a coronation. He was the star attraction at what felt like a rock concert, with music blaring and lasers flashing in a room at Abu Dhabi to celebrate the No. 1 player in golf joining Nike's stable. It ended Sunday with a bogey on the ninth hole at Sherwood with hardly anyone watching. An offseason never looked more appealing to him. ''It's been a long season, a long stretch,''...

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