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Notebook: Crunch Time for 'Bubble Boys'

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Once more with feeling. Forty-four weeks and 47 tournaments since the year's first competitive shot was hit the first week of January in Hawaii, the PGA Tour season is heading to the finish line. Although golf has a tendency to just keep on playing, this week's Children's Miracle Network Classic...

Jay Haas Overtakes Tom Watson

TIMONIUM, Md. (AP) -- Jay Haas charged past Tom Watson to win the Senior Players Championship by a stroke, birdieing the 18th hole Sunday to match the course record with a 6-under 64 in the final Champions Tour major of the season.The 60-year-old Watson was tying to become the oldest major winner on the 50-and-over tour....

Tom Watson Leads Senior Players

TIMONIUM, Md. (AP) -- Tom Watson is feeling good and likes his golf game these days.The 60-year-old Watson celebrated his one-year anniversary from successful left hip surgery by shooting a 6-under 64 and building a four-stroke lead Saturday at the Senior Players Championship.Watson, bidding to become the oldest major...

Dustin Johnson 'Wins' AT&T Pro-Am After Final Round Rainout

The PGA suffered a similarly embarrassing fate to NASCAR today, when the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am was canceled to due to inclement weather conditions.As a result, Dustin Johnson, the leader through 54 holes, was handed a big, shiny trophy, a hefty paycheck, and a free ticket to the 2009 Masters....

Friends Say Tiger Looks Better Than Ever

Tiger Woods is coming. The when and where are still to be determined, but the propaganda machine is, with each passing day, gearing up in anticipation of the inevitable. Usually, when athletes return from an eight-month layoff brought on by serious injury, the expectations are dampened. In Tiger's case, it's just the...

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El Paso Mayor John Cook, Recall Target, Takes Stand Against Anti-Gay 'Bigotry'

John Cook only has 13 months left as mayor of El Paso. But as of last Wednesday, when papers were filed for a recall petition, Cook will be fending off no fewer than two attempts to remove him from office over his support for unmarried domestic partners' health benefits.

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05/28/12 Senior PGA Notebook: Early bogeys costly for Cook Source: The Herald-Palladium - St Joseph MI Second-place finisher John Cook was only two shots behind winner Roger Chapman at the end of the Senior PGA Championship.
05/27/12 Five-stroke lead for Chapman Source: Sky Sports News Englishman Roger Chapman will take a five-stroke lead in to the final round of the Senior PGA Championship in Michigan.
05/27/12 Ban for drink-drive pensioner Source: Chesterfield Derbyshire Times - Derbyshire - UK A GREEN-fingered pensioner who drank on his allotment and then at a friend's home has been banned from driving by Chesterfield magistrates.
05/25/12 GOLF ROUNDUP: Chapman, Cook lead Senior PGA; Albany's... Source: The Albany Herald - Albany GA Hale Irwin shot his age â and was so frustrated afterward he might switch putters before playing again.
05/23/12 Miyagishima may seek help from LA mayor to pay... Source: Las Cruces Sun-News - Las Cruces NM Mayor Ken Miyagishima and El Paso Mayor John Cook could argue there is a price to pay as a public servant.