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  Rory McIlroy misses cut at BMW; James Morrison leads

  By Steve Douglass - Associated Press
  Rory McIlroy missed the cut at the BMW PGA Championship on Friday after his game disintegrated in spectacular fashion in a second straight errant round at Wentworth, leaving his grip on the No. 1 ranking under serious threat from Luke Donald.

In a groove after Houston, Fred Funk sets sights on new trophy
By Greg Echlin - Special to The Washington Times
"This thing is heavy!" exclaimed Tom Watson when presented the Alfred S. Bourne trophy last year for winning the Senior PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky.

Woods says he's headed in 'right direction' with game
By Tom Schad - The Washington Times
The Tiger Woods narrative seems like a story we've all heard before. Prodigy rises to superstardom. Superstar encounters obstacles. Humbled superstar embarks on path to redemption.

Dufner wins Nelson with 18th-hole birdie
By Stephen Hawkins - Associated Press
Jason Dufner made a 25-foot birdie putt on the final hole Sunday for a one-stroke victory in the Byron Nelson Championship, his second victory in four weeks.

Jason Dufner carries 1-stroke lead into final round of Nelson
By Stephen Hawkins - Associated Press
Nine players had or shared the lead during the third round of the Byron Nelson Championship.

• Pinehurst No. 2 preps for 2 US Opens in 2014

  By JOEDY McCREARY - Associated Press
  Things are starting to take shape before the first doubleheader of U.S. opens.

• Montgomerie, Olazabal head US Open qualifying

  By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
  Colin Montgomerie and Jose Maria Olazabal, Europe's past and present Ryder Cup captains, headline the field contesting the 36-hole U.S. Open qualifier at Walton Heath on Monday.

• McDowell stunned by 'freak' incident at Wentworth

  By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
  Graeme McDowell was left to bemoan the sometimes obscure rules of golf after he was docked two shots on the last hole in a "freak" scenario at the BMW PGA Championship on Thursday.

• McIlroy tosses club, shoots 74 at Wentworth

  By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press
  A frustrated Rory McIlroy tossed his club to the ground in a fit of anger during his bogey-filled opening round at the BMW PGA Championship on Thursday.

• McIlroy: Now I know I'm the best

  By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press
  Winning the U.S. Open last year didn't just earn Rory McIlroy his first major title, it made him believe he was ready to become the best player in the world.

• Lee Westwood feels loss of injured caddie Foster

  By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press
  Lee Westwood says his season has been seriously disrupted by the injury to his caddie and new putting coach Billy Foster.

• Dufner confident in game heading to Colonial

  By STEPHEN HAWKINS - Associated Press
  Jason Dufner has won twice in the last four weeks after never winning before on the PGA Tour, yet has struggled at the Colonial.

• Luke Donald looking for elusive major title

  By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press
  Luke Donald was awarded honorary life membership of the European Tour on Wednesday, the latest of a string of accolades for the Englishman following his stellar 2011 season.

• McIlroy knows he's among the best

  By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press
  Winning the U.S. Open last year earned Rory McIlroy his first major title and made him believe he was ready to become the best player in the world.

• With Watson out, no repeat champion at Senior PGA

  By NOAH TRISTER - Associated Press
  A day before the start of the Senior PGA Championship, Fred Funk offered a modest suggestion for tournament organizers.

• Europe's version of The Players Championship

  By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press
  Two weeks after the best Europeans came over to Florida for the PGA Tour's premier tournament, the favor is not being returned at the European Tour's flagship event. This is nothing new, and while the BMW PGA Championship offers big world ranking points, there's a massive discrepancy in prize money.

• Els, Furyk, Rose, Singh join Memorial field

  By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
  Memorial Tournament winners Ernie Els, Jim Furyk, Justin Rose and Vijay Singh have each committed to play in the 37th tournament, set for next week at Jack Nicklaus' Muirfield Village Golf Club.

• Tiger Woods the only one who can measure progress

  By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press
  The trouble with trying to measure the progress of Tiger Woods is that by his own definition, he never really gets there. Even when he was at his best, Woods always thought he could get better.

  • Kim to miss the rest of regular PGA Tour season

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
    Anthony Kim will miss the rest of the FedEx Cup season to treat chronic tendinitis in his left arm.

  • UCLA trying to defend NCAA title in SEC territory

    By TERESA M. WALKER - Associated Press
    Another NCAA championship is stocked with Southeastern Conference teams looking to add one more title to the league's crowded trophy case.

  • Woods insists he's close to regularly contending

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
    Tiger Woods insists he is close to contending on a weekly basis, even if recent results suggest otherwise.

  • Cabrera-Bello set for 2nd appearance at US Open

    By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press
    Rafael Cabrera-Bello's consolation prize following his semifinal exit at the World Match Play Championship is a spot at next month's U.S. Open.

  • Defending champ Watson out of Senior PGA

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
    Defending champion Tom Watson has withdrawn from next week's Senior PGA Championship.

  • Czech Open canceled due to lack of money

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
    Organizers say the Czech Open scheduled for August has been canceled due to a lack of funding.

  • Day the last player with a penalty stroke

    By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press
    Turns out it was Glen Day _ not Dillard Pruitt _ who was the last PGA Tour player to be penalized a stroke for slow play.

  • Glen Day the last player with a penalty stroke

    By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press
    It turns out that Glen Day _ not Dillard Pruitt _ was the last player penalized a stroke for slow play on the PGA Tour.

  • Winless Pettersen defends Sybase Match Play title

    By TOM CANAVAN - Associated Press
    A year after meeting for the Sybase Match Championship, defending champion Suzann Pettersen and Cristie Kerr are in the same position on the LPGA Tour.

  • Snedeker in midflight drama for 1st trip to Spain

    By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press
    Deprived of his clubs and sleep following an emergency landing en route to Spain, Brandt Snedeker's first appearance in Spain isn't exactly going as planned.

  • Winless Pettersen set to defend Match Play title

    By TOM CANAVAN - Associated Press
    A year after meeting for the Sybase Match Play Championship, defending champion Suzann Pettersen and Cristie Kerr are in the same position on the LPGA Tour.

    • Winning Nelson set Bradley up for major victory

      By STEPHEN HAWKINS - Associated Press
      Keegan Bradley sometimes looks at the PGA Championship trophy sitting on his mantel and starts laughing.

    • Harmon closing in on retiring but still teaches

      By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press
      Butch Harmon turns 69 this summer and he's ready to cut back on how much he works. In his last major effort, he has published what amounts to a lifetime as a swing coach.

    • Ryder Cup's shadow looms over World Match Play

      By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press
      With the Ryder Cup a little more than four months away, Europe's top players couldn't pick a better tournament to impress team captain Jose Maria Olazabal than this week's World Match Play Championship in southern Spain.

    • Slow play shows up at the worst time for PGA Tour

      By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press
      In more peaceful times, when Tiger Woods had gone six months without losing and golf seemed to revolve around him, he ended a monthly newsletter with a rare trip to the soap box to complain about the pace of play on the PGA Tour.

    • Woods will try for 5th Memorial Tournament win

      By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
      Tiger Woods will try for a fifth Memorial Tournament title starting later this month.

    • LPGA Tour to step up social media effort

      By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
      The LPGA will make following players on social media even easier.

    • Tiger Woods to play in Greenbrier Classic

      By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
      Tiger Woods is heading to the hills this summer to play in The Greenbrier Classic.

    • Players Championship course remains a mystery

      By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press
      After combing through some of golf's meaningless statistics, this might be the best explanation for how Matt Kuchar won The Players Championship:

    • Paul Casey withdraws from Volvo Match Play

      By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
      England's Paul Casey withdrew from the Volvo World Match Play Championship on Sunday because of a right shoulder injury, and Sweden Robert Karlsson took his spot in the 24-man field in the European Tour event that begins Thursday at Finca Cortesin.

    • Fowler finishes strong, fails to pressure Kuchar

      By MARK LONG - Associated Press
      Rickie Fowler nearly made things interesting at The Players Championship.

    • Na heckled at Players, slides down leaderboard

      By MARK LONG - Associated Press
      Kevin Na was booed, taunted and heckled on nearly every hole.

    • Kevin Na takes 1-shot lead at Players Championship

      By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press
      Kevin Na is slow to pull the trigger, and quick to make fun of himself.

    • Vegas gets on track in '12, makes move at Players

      By MARK LONG - Associated Press
      Jhonattan Vegas has been relatively quiet in his second season on the PGA Tour.

    • Johnson in three-way tie for lead at Players; McIlroy heads home

      By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press
      After breaking 70 for the first time in seven weeks, Tiger Woods headed to the back of the practice range at the TPC Sawgrass to fine-tune his swing. That was much better than going to the clubhouse to clean out his locker.

      • Rory McIlroy still can't figure out Sawgrass

        By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press
        Rory McIlroy felt his game was just as good as it was last week, with one big difference.

      • McIlroy still can't figure out Sawgrass

        By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press
        Rory McIlroy felt his game was just as good as it was last week, with one small exception. He lost in a playoff last week at Quail Hollow.

      • Johnson in three-way tie for lead at Players; McIlroy heads home

        By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press
        After breaking 70 for the first time in seven weeks, Tiger Woods headed to the back of the practice range at the TPC Sawgrass to fine-tune his swing. That was much better than going to the clubhouse to clean out his locker.

      • Former President Clinton talks with Golf Channel

        By ALLEN REED - Associated Press
        There were no "Billigans" recorded when former President Bill Clinton recently sat down with former golf pro David Feherty to reflect on golf and the nation's highest office.

      • An island that only punishes the pursuers

        By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press
        It is the most famous hole at The Players Championship. It can be argued that of all the par 3s in golf, none is more recognizable than the island-green 17th at the TPC Sawgrass.

      • Poulter, Laird tied, as Woods sits nine back at Players Championship

        By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press
        The TPC Sawgrass would seem to be the last golf course where a player can relax.

      • Harman gets to play, but all by himself

        By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press
        Brian Harman, the first alternate, made his debut in The Players Championship and shot 73. It was a round he won't easily forget, for reasons not the least bit related to his score.

      • Woods in jeopardy of missing another cut

        By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press
        The last two years, Tiger Woods was gone before The Players Championship ended because of injuries.

      • Poulter takes early lead at Players Championship

        By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press
        Ian Poulter has birdied all of the par 5s on the TPC Sawgrass for a 7-under 65 and the early lead Thursday at The Players Championship.

      • Dougherty: Not afraid of failing after losing card

        By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
        Nick Dougherty returns from a six-week absence from competition looking forward to the birth of his first child and playing without a fear of failure.

      • Donald, McIlroy face off in long battle for No. 1

        By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press
        Golf's world ranking has been more like a game of musical chairs with the most turnover at the top in the 26-year history of the ranking. Rory McIlroy and Luke Donald would like the music to stop playing for good sometime this year, the sooner the better. And both want the same outcome.

      • Golf's hottest battle is for No. 1 ranking

        By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press
        Golf's world ranking has been more like a game of musical chairs with the most turnover at the top in the 26-year history of the ranking. Rory McIlroy and Luke Donald would like the music to stop playing for good sometime this year, the sooner the better. And both want the same outcome.

      • Finchem says Masters 'too important' to ignore

        By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press
        PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem said Wednesday the Masters is "too important" for the tour to take it off its official schedule, even though Augusta National has never had a female member in its 80-year history.

      • Too early for a rivalry, but not to gain fans

        By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press
        It didn't take long for Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler to size each other up in a lineup of stars.

      • A lost ball, no penalty, a US Women's Open title

        By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press
        Tiger Woods never found his golf ball and received a free drop when it was pointed out a fan picked up the ball. He went on to miss the cut at Quail Hollow by one shot. The rules official decided the evidence did not merit a penalty.