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Tom LaMarre

Boilermakers Win Battle of Rancho Bernardo

March 31, 2011

Purdue’s women’s golf team came, saw pretty much the best the West has to offer, and conquered.
The seventh-ranked Boilermakers claimed their fourth victory of the season and second in a row by beating USC by seven strokes in the Battle of Rancho Bernardo in cold and rainy conditions at Rancho Bernardo Golf Club.
“I think the [...]

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Gal Wins Kia Classic at Industry Hills

March 28, 2011

Sandra Gal is the second best-known golfer from Dusseldorf, Germany, and for one day she took the spotlight off Martin Kaymer, the No. 1-ranked men’s player in the world.
Gal hit her approach shot from 83 yards to within two feet for a birdie on the final hole to claim her first professional victory by one [...]

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Watney Wins WGC Cadillac Championship

March 13, 2011

Miami, FL –
This time, Nick Watney looked the TPC Blue Monster in the eye and stared it down.
Watney, the 29-year-old from Davis and Fresno State, put his previous misfortunes on the 18th hole at Doral Resort out of his mind and hit three perfect shots, including a 12-foot birdie putt that gave him a two-stroke [...]

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SDSU Wins USC Collegiate

March 5, 2011

Patrick Cantlay had already gone to the head of the freshman class. Now he’s being mentioned in the same breath as Peter Uihlein of Oklahoma State and Bank Vongvanij of Florida as a candidate for national player of the year.
Cantlay, from Los Alamitos, finished no worse than second in a span of four consecutive tournaments [...]

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Donald Wins Accenture Match Play

February 28, 2011

Marana, Ariz. (Feb 28, 2011) — Martin Kaymer of Germany climbed to No. 1 in the World Golf Rankings, but Luke Donald spoiled the coronation in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
One day after Kaymer assured his ascension to the top spot by winning in the semifinals, Donald surprised the German in the final, 3 and [...]

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Yani Wins in Thailand

February 21, 2011

As several players traded the No. 1 spot in the Women’s World Golf Rankings last year, the debate raged as to whether that was better for the game than Annika Sorenstam or Lorena Ochoa dominating the way they had in recent years before both retired.
For now, the discussion is over.
Yani Tseng of Taiwan took a [...]

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Badds Has The Goods

February 21, 2011

Fred Couples turned back the clock and it was 1992 again at Riviera Country Club.
The 51-year-old who mostly plays the Champions Tour these days, birdied the first three holes of the final round to take the lead in the Northern Trust Open before the clock struck midnight.
Couples, who won four times last season in the [...]

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Tseng Wins Down Under at ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open

February 9, 2011

Yani Tseng has come a long way since making Oak Valley Golf Club in Beaumont her home base when she arrived in the United States from Taiwan several years ago.
Tseng rose to No. 2 in the World Golf Rankings when she blew away the field by seven strokes to successfully defend her title in the [...]

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Vegas Cashes In at the Bob Hope Desert Classic

January 23, 2011

The Bob Hope Classic was a fitting place for a start to be born.
Jhonattan Vegas did it with a little Hollywood flair, hitting his tee shot into the water on the second playoff hole before sinking a 13-foot putt for par to turn back Gary Woodland
on the Palmer Private Course at PGA West in La [...]

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California Girls Perform at LPGA Qualifying

December 14, 2010

By Tom LaMarre
As usual, there were tears of joy and sadness on the final day of the LPGA Tour Qualifying Tournament.
For Belen Mozo of USC, it was a delayed reaction after she became one of 20 players who earned full playing privileges for the 2011 season on the Champions Course at LPGA International Golf Club [...]

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