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May 21 (Reuters) - Anthony Kim, who burst onto the PGA Tourin 2007 with five top-10 finishes, will miss the next four tofive months as he undergoes treatment for tendinitis and elbowpain, the American said on Monday. Kim, who has made only two cuts this year and has withdrawnfrom his past three tournaments, is hoping the time off willhelp get his career back on track. "That will be my focus for the next four or five months soI'm in a position to return healthy towards the end of the yearand be fully ready for 2013," Kim, 26, said in a statement. ...
 Cheyenne Woods, the 21-year-old niece of 14-time major winner Tiger Woods, has signed with her uncle's agent, Mark Steinberg, and is set to start playing in LPGA Tour events this year.
May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. Ryder Cup points standings onMonday: 1. Bubba Watson 4798.395 points 2. Phil Mickelson 4069.922 3. Jason Dufner 4044.372 4. Matt Kuchar 3684.180 5. Hunter Mahan 3347.102 6. Keegan Bradley 3212.277 7. Rickie Fowler 2865.459 8. Steve Stricker 2291.245 9. Tiger Woods 2210.717 10. Bill Haas 2172.618 11. Brandt Snedeker 2145.857 12. Ben Curtis 2125.605 13. Zach Johnson 2083.626 14. Johnson Wagner 2074.236 15. Kyle Stanley 2037.457 (Top eight on the list qualify. ...
May 21 (Reuters) - European Ryder Cup points standings on Monday: European points list: 1. Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) 2584843.51 points 2. Peter Hanson (Sweden) 1665798.93 3. Martin Kaymer (Germany) 1620482.41 4. Paul Lawrie (Scotland) 1542548.60 5. Justin Rose (England) 1531119.23 6. Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium) 1382544.03 7. Graeme McDowell (Northern Ireland) 1325200.84 8. Sergio Garcia (Spain) 1310847.68 9. Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spain) 1268297.96 10. Alvaro Quiros (Spain) 1246992.13 World points list: 1. McIlroy 340.83 points 2. Luke Donald (England) 252.10 3. ...
May 21 (Reuters) - Leading money winners on the 2012 European Tour Race to Dubai on Monday: 1. Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) 1,348,517 euros 2. Justin Rose (England) 1,304,837 3. Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa) 1,293,705 4. Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium) 1,130,111 5. Branden Grace (South Africa) 1,086,644 6. Peter Hanson (Sweden) 1,019,265 7. Lee Westwood (England) 928,787 8. Paul Lawrie (Scotland) 794,843 9. Francesco Molinari (Italy) 708,209 10. Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spain) 696,197 11. Graeme McDowell (Northern Ireland) 646,020 12. Robert Rock (England) 634,207 13. ...
May 21 (Reuters) - Leading money winners on the 2012 PGATour on Monday (U.S. unless stated): 1. Bubba Watson $3,204,778 2. Hunter Mahan $3,109,088 3. Jason Dufner $3,108,972 4. Matt Kuchar $3,035,049 5. Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) $2,996,000 6. Phil Mickelson $2,838,778 7. Rickie Fowler $2,461,254 8. Carl Pettersson (Sweden) $2,411,753 9. Justin Rose (England) $2,357,702 10. Luke Donald (England) $2,156,906 11. Ben Curtis $2,154,480 12. Johnson Wagner $2,068,483 13. Kyle Stanley $2,008,919 14. Mark Wilson $1,927,685 15. Zach Johnson $1,881,525 16. Bill Haas $1,873,206 17. ...
Anthony Kim will miss the rest of the FedEx Cup season to treat chronic tendinitis in his left arm.
May 21 (Reuters) - PGA Tour 2012 FedExCup points table onMonday (U.S. unless stated): 1. Jason Dufner 1,435 points 2. Hunter Mahan 1,395 3. Bubba Watson 1,372 4. Phil Mickelson 1,307 5. Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) 1,290 6. Matt Kuchar 1,257 7. Carl Pettersson (Sweden) 1,215 8. Johnson Wagner 1,094 9. Rickie Fowler 1,058 10. Justin Rose (England) 1,036 11. Luke Donald (England) 1,005 12. Kyle Stanley 964 13. Mark Wilson 932 14. Bill Haas 906 15. Tiger Woods 904 16. Brandt Snedeker 888 17. Ben Curtis 886 18. Zach Johnson 886 19. Keegan Bradley 874 20. John Huh 839 Editing by Tom Pilcher tom. ...
May 21 (Reuters) - World rankings on Monday (U.S. unless stated, last week's positions in brackets): 1. (1) Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) 9.53 average points 2. (2) Luke Donald (England) 9.36 3. (3) Lee Westwood (England) 8.13 4. (4) Bubba Watson 6.45 5. (5) Matt Kuchar 6.08 6. (6) Hunter Mahan 5.53 7. (7) Tiger Woods 5.22 8. (8) Steve Stricker 5.17 9. (10) Phil Mickelson 5.11 10. (12) Justin Rose (England) 5.09 11. (9) Martin Kaymer (Germany) 5.06 12. (11) Webb Simpson 5.03 13. (13) Adam Scott (Australia) 4.89 14. (21) Jason Dufner 4.85 15. (14) Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa) 4.81 16. ...
(Reuters) - American Jason Dufner holed a 25-foot birdie putt at the last hole to win his second PGA Tour title in three weeks with a dramatic one-shot victory at the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas on Sunday. Dufner, who made his breakthrough on the circuit at last month's New Orleans Classic, pumped his right fist in celebration as his ball dropped into the cup for a three-under-par 67. ...
May 20 (Reuters) - Former PGA Tour winners Ryan Palmer, SeanO'Hair, Stuart Appleby and Jhonattan Vegas will line up inPlano, Texas on Monday in a strong field of 78 at the U.S. legof international qualifying for the British Open. The quartet will compete over 36 holes at Gleneagles CountryClub for eight spots on offer at the year's third major, to beheld from July 19-22 at Lytham St Annes in England. ...
 Spain's Azahara Munoz defeated Taiwan's Candie Kung 2 and 1 in Sunday's final to capture the $1.5 million LPGA Sybase Match-Play Championship and claim her first LPGA title.
* Two birdies in last three holes earn Dufner victory * Sinks 25-footer on 18 to avoid going into a playoff (Adds quotes, detail) May 20 (Reuters) - American Jason Dufner holed a 25-footbirdie putt at the last hole to win his second PGA Tour title inthree weeks with a dramatic one-shot victory at the Byron NelsonChampionship in Irving, Texas on Sunday. Dufner, who made his breakthrough on the circuit at lastmonth's New Orleans Classic, pumped his right fist incelebration as his ball dropped into the cup for athree-under-par 67. ...
May 20 (Reuters) - Winners of the Byron Nelson Championshipsince 1980, following the one-shot victory by American JasonDufner at the TPC at Las Colinas in Irving, Texas, on Sunday(U.S. ...
 Jason Dufner sank a 25-foot birdie putt on the last hole to win the PGA Byron Nelson Championship on Sunday, taking his second title of the year only three weeks after ending a 163-event win drought.
May 20 (Reuters) - American Jason Dufner holed a 25-footbirdie putt at the last hole to win his second PGA Tour title inthree weeks with a dramatic one-shot victory at the Byron NelsonChampionship in Irving, Texas on Sunday. Dufner, who made his breakthrough on the circuit at lastmonth's New Orleans Classic, pumped his right fist incelebration as his ball dropped into the cup for athree-under-par 67. ...
 Belgium's Nicolas Colsaerts beat former US Open champion Graeme McDowell on the final green to win the Volvo World Match Play Championship on Sunday.
May 20 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores World Match PlayChampionship final in Casares, Spain on Sunday. Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium)beat Graeme McDowell (Britain) by 1 hole
May 20 (Reuters) - Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts edged outGraeme McDowell to win the World Match Play Championship on thefinal hole in Casares, Spain on Sunday. In tricky, windy conditions Colsaerts never trailed in atightly-contested match and won the 16th hole on the FincaCortesin to move two up with two to play. Northern Ireland's McDowell, the 2010 U.S. Open champion, was ready to shake hands on the par-three 17th but Colsaertsmissed a routine four-foot par putt to extend the contest downthe par-five 18th. ...
 American Jason Dufner fired a one-under par 69 to keep a one-stroke lead after the third round of the PGA Byron Nelson Championship but Vijay Singh and Jason Day are among those hot on his heels.
* Late birdie helps Dufner stay a stroke in front * Day three-putts final green to trail by one (Adds quotes, detail) May 19 (Reuters) - American Jason Dufner kept his composureafter a slow start to move one stroke clear of a congestedleaderboard in Saturday's wind-buffeted third round of the ByronNelson Championship in Irving, Texas. Overnight leader Dufner, who clinched his maiden PGA Tourvictory at the New Orleans Classic three weeks ago, carded aone-under-par 69 at the TPC Four Seasons Resort Las Colinas foran eight-under total of 202. ...
 Reigning US Women's Open champion So Yeon Ryu of South Korea was ousted 2-up by American Vicky Hurst on Saturday in a quarter-final at the LPGA Sybase Match-Play Championship.
May 19 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from the third round of the Byron Nelson Championship on Saturday in Irving, Texas 202 Jason Dufner (U.S.) 67 66 69 203 J.J. Henry (U.S.) 68 68 67 Jason Day (Australia) 68 68 67 Dicky Pride (U.S.) 66 68 69 204 Vijay Singh (Fiji) 68 70 66 205 Jonas Blixt (Sweden) 68 70 67 Marc Leishman (Australia) 65 69 71 206 Rich Beem (U.S.) 68 70 68 Bob Estes (U.S.) 73 68 65 Joe Durant (U.S.) 70 71 65 Scott Piercy (U.S.) 66 70 70 Keegan Bradley (U.S.) 67 68 71 Matt Kuchar (U.S.) 66 68 72 Pat Perez (U.S.) 67 67 72 Ryan Palmer (U.S.) 64 70 72 207 Jason Bohn (U.S. ...
MADRID, May 19 (Reuters) - Northern Ireland's GraemeMcDowell triumphed in a playoff against local favourite SergioGarcia to reach the World Match Play Championships semi-finalsin Casares, southern Spain on Saturday. McDowell missed a five-foot putt for the match on the 18th,but came through when the pair returned to the same hole tostart the playoff in which Garcia missed from similar range. "It wasn't exactly 'El Clasico' and I feel like I dodged abullet there," the man who holed the winning putt for Europe atthe 2010 Ryder Cup told the European Tour website. ...
 Former US Open champion Graeme McDowell defeated Spanish star Sergio Garcia in a thrilling extra-hole duel to reach the Volvo World Match Play Championship semi-finals on Saturday.
May 19 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from World Match PlayChampionship quarter-finals in Casares, Spain on Saturday. Graeme McDowell (Britain) beat Sergio Garcia (Spain) 19th Paul Lawrie (Britain) beat Retief Goosen (South Africa) 6&5 Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium) beat Brandt Snedeker (U.S.) 4&3 Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spain) beat Alvaro Quiros (Spain) 3&1
May 19 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from the Last 16 matchesat the E uropean PGA Tour World Match Play Championship inCasares, Spain, on Saturday. Sergio Garcia (Spain) beat Tom Lewis (Britain) 4&3 Graeme McDowell (Britain) beat Richard Finch (Britain) 3&2 Paul Lawrie (Britain) beat Thomas Bjorn (Denmark) 5&4 Retief Goosen (South Africa) beat Robert Rock (Britain) 3&2 Brandt Snedeker (U.S. ...
(Reuters) - American Jason Dufner birdied four of his last five holes to go a stroke clear of a congested leaderboard in Friday's second round of the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas. Three weeks after clinching his maiden PGA Tour victory at the New Orleans Classic, Dufner fired a four-under-par 66 in the toughest conditions of the day to post a seven-under total of 133. ...
 American Jason Dufner rolled in four birdies on his final five holes for a four-under 66 and a one-shot lead after the second round of the PGA Tour's Byron Nelson Championship.
* Dufner takes control with strong finish * Leads by one shot going into third round (Updates at end of round) May 18 (Reuters) - American Jason Dufner birdied four of hislast five holes to go a stroke clear of a congested leaderboardin Friday's second round of the Byron Nelson Championship inIrving, Texas. Three weeks after clinching his maiden PGA Tour victory atthe New Orleans Classic, Dufner fired a four-under-par 66 in thetoughest conditions of the day to post a seven-under total of133. ...
 Cristie Kerr crashed out of the LPGA's Sybase Match Play Championship on Friday, losing to Vicky Hurst 1-up on a day when four of the top-10 seeds moved to the third round.
May 18 (Reuters) - In-form Matt Kuchar recovered from anerratic front nine to surge into a five-way tie for the earlylead in Friday's second round of the Byron Nelson Championshipin Irving, Texas. The American world number five, the highest-ranked player inthe field, covered his back nine in four-under-par 31 tocomplete a two-under 68 at the TPC Four Seasons Resort LasColinas as the wind began to pick up for the late starters. That left Kuchar at six-under 134 and level with compatriotsChad Campbell (66), overnight leader Ryan Palmer (70), Pat Perez(67) and Dicky Pride (68). ...
(Reuters) - Top seed Martin Kaymer lost to England's Richard Finch to become one of three major champions who exited the World Match Play Championship on Friday.
May 18 (Reuters) - Top seed Martin Kaymer lost to England'sRichard Finch to become one of three major champions who exitedthe World Match Play Championship on Friday. The world number nine missed a simple putt at the last tolose by one hole, his second defeat in two days after he losthis first round-robin match to Rafael Cabrera-Bello on Thursday. Last year's British Open winner Darren Clarke and 2011Masters champion Charl Schwartzel also finished bottom of theirgroups to beat a swift exit from the competition. ...
May 18 (Infostrada Sports) - Standings after the round robinstage of the World Match Play Championship in Casares, Spain onFriday. ...
 England's Richard Finch delivered the first big upset at the Volvo World Match-Play Championship on Friday as he knocked out former PGA Champion Martin Kaymer of Germany.
May 18 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from the World MatchPlay Championship group stage on Friday in Casares, Spain. ...
 (Reuters) - Twelve months after losing a playoff for the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas, Ryan Palmer had redemption on his mind after taking control of the tournament in Thursday's opening round. The 35-year-old American made the most of ideal scoring conditions at the TPC Four Seasons Resort Las Colinas, firing a flawless six-under-par 64 to grab a one-shot lead. Australian Marc Leishman recorded a pair of eagles on his back nine to card a 65, ending a surprisingly calm day level with Germany's Alex Cejka who posted a bogey-free round. ...
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