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Golf-Swede Karlsson just happy to be back for World Cup defence (Reuters)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:41:28 PST

After an injury-ravaged season, Robert Karlsson is just happy to be playing golf this week as he teams up with fellow Swede Henrik Stenson to defend the World Cup at Mission Hills.

World Golf Glance (AP)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:08:30 PST

Omega Mission Hills World Cup Site: Shenzhen, China. Schedule: Thursday-Sunday. Course: Mission Hills Golf Club, Olazabal Course (7,544 yards, 6,898 meters, par 72). Purse: $5.5 million. Winners' share: $875,000 each. Format: Two-man teams representing 28 countries. First and third rounds, best ball; Second and fourth, alternate shot.

Couples makes senior debut in a Skins game (AP)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:07:32 PST

Having turned 50 last month, Fred Couples will make his Champions Tour debut in the Champions Skins Game in Hawaii in January. The "King of the Skins" will join a Hall of Fame cast including Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Gary Player, Ben Crenshaw and Nick Price from Jan. 16-17. While the original Skins Game this week has been canceled, the 50-and-older version lives on in paradise at Royal...

The Skins Game fades away (AP)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:13:29 PST

Each year brought more recognition to Curtis Strange. He was the first U.S. PGA Tour player to earn $1 million in a season in 1988, then he became the first player in nearly a half-century to win the U.S. Open in consecutive years. Success brought another perk, even if it sounds silly now to mention it with the others.

Thanksgiving weekend, minus the Skins Game (AP)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:50:51 PST

Each year brought more recognition to Curtis Strange. He was the first PGA Tour player to earn $1 million in a season in 1988, then he became the first player in nearly a half-century to win the U.S. Open in consecutive years. Success brought another perk, even if it sounds silly now to mention it with the others.

PREVIEW-Golf-Fisher, Poulter unite in England's World Cup cause (Reuters)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:50:11 PST

Ross Fisher and Ian Poulter are determined to finish November in the same way they started it by firing England to victory at the 55th World Cup of Golf in southern China this week.

Nordqvist wins LPGA Tour Championship (AP)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:06:57 PST

Lorena Ochoa and Jiyai Shin's duel for LPGA player of the year fittingly came down to the final hole of the season. Anna Nordqvist won the LPGA Tour Championship on Monday and Ochoa finished second to earn the top player title for the fourth consecutive year. The 22-year-old Nordqvist shot a final-round 65 to finish 13 under par.