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PALM DESERT: Tiger Woods and Annika Sorenstam came back from two holes down with three to play to force a play-off and win the Battle at Bighorn exhibition event at the 19th hole yesterday.

2. Woosnam’s caddy gets quick ‘tee off’

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LONDON: Veteran Welsh golfer Ian Woosnam has sacked caddy Miles Byrne after he failed to turn up on time for the final round of the Scandinavian Masters on Sunday.

3. McGinley braves tough conditions

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NEWPORT: Paul McGinley revived his Ryder Cup campaign yesterday, firing a five-under-par 67 to share the early first-round lead by one shot in the weather-disrupted Wales Open.

4. Japanese cowboy has ride of his life

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DULUTH: Japan’s Shingo Katayama, wearing his trademark cowboy hat, was at his sharpshooting best on Friday as he fired a six-under-par 64 to lead the PGA Championship along with US Ryder Cup hopeful David Toms.

5. Toms makes it look so easy for two-stroke PGA lead

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DULUTH: David Toms led the PGA Championship after Saturday’s third round by two strokes over Phil Mickelson on a day of extraordinary shotmaking at Atlanta Athletic Club.

6. Double delight for Toms with PGA triumph

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DULUTH: A Wanamaker Trophy, a Ryder Cup berth and a $936,000 cheque were the fruits of David Toms’ labours as he won the 83rd PGA Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club on Sunday.

7. US Ryder Cup team captain makes inspiring selections

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DULUTH: United States Ryder Cup captain Curtis Strange made a pair of inspired choices for his wild-card selections yesterday when he named Paul Azinger and Scott Verplank to complete his 12-man team.

8. Leonard hasn’t forgotten lessons picked up in Texas

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SAN ANTONIO, Texas: Defending champion Justin Leonard shot a 68 yesterday to take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the $3m Texas Open.

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9. Els goes three-stroke clear in Sun City

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SUN CITY: A run of six straight birdies from the fifth hole yesterday helped South Africa’s Ernie Els to a 66 for a 17-under-par 54-hole aggegrate of 199 after the third round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge.

10. Garcia wins Sun City Challenge

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SUN CITY, South Africa: Spaniard Sergio Garcia denied South Africa’s Ernie ‘The Big Easy’ Els a third successive win in the Sun City Golf Challenge when he beat him on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff yesterday.

11. Olazabal finds consistency after struggling all year

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LONDON: Spain’s Jose Maria Olazabal has transformed his game in just three weeks from “very negative” to the best since 1994 when he won his first major title.

12. Exhausted Goosen decides to play in Players’ Championship

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CAPE TOWN: Reigning US Open champion Retief Goosen admits he is exhausted after a hectic golfing year but has decided to play in this week’s Players’ Championship at Royal Cape Golf Club before taking a well-earned rest.

13. Woods wants to end year with one more title

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NEW YORK: Tiger Woods says he has achieved the goals he set himself for 2001 but still hopes to secure one more tournament win before the end of the year.

14. More money up for grabs in Asia

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HONG KONG: Asia’s best golfers will be competing for an extra million dollars in prize money over the first half of next year.

15. Woods still No. 1 at end of season

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LONDON: Tiger Woods ended a slightly disappointing season by his own extraordinary standards with a huge lead at the top of the world golf rankings.

16. Garcia sets sights on catching Tiger by the tail

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LONDON: World No.6 Sergio Garcia of Spain has set his sights on becoming the top player on next year’s US Tour by overcoming the threat of Tiger Woods.

17. Toms~ Perry share lead

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KAPULUA, Hawaii: David Toms and Kenny Perry swept into a share of the halfway lead at a wind-swept Mercedes Championships yesterday as first-round leader Mike Weir and world No.1 Tiger Woods both fell off the pace.

18. Verplank and Perry share lead

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KAPALUA, Hawaii: Scott Verplank and Kenny Perry forged a share of the third-round lead in the $4m Mercedes Championships on a wicked windy day in which both men admitted they’d have stayed inside if not for competing in the season-opening event on...

19. Qatar Masters prize money hiked to $1.5m

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DOHA: The 2002 Qatar Masters golf tournament will be the richest in the five-year history of the event.

20. Young gun Garcia gets off to winning start on US PGA Tour

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KAPALUA, Hawaii: Spain’s Sergio Garcia said he wanted to win the money title on both the US PGA Tour and the European PGA Tour in 2002. He’s off to a good start.

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