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PGA Tour Wraps Up the Season at Disney

The PGA Tour heads to sunny Orlando and Disney for the final stop of the 2010 season, but the Children's Miracle Network Classic won't be about fireworks and theme parks for a number of players in the field. This week will be all about who earns tour eligibility for 2011. With the top 125 players earning an exemption,...

Monday Movers: Lee Westwood Overtakes Tiger for World's No. 1

Each week, Monday Movers will look back on the previous week in the golf world to see whose stock is rising and who will likely be heading back to the range. On the Rise Lee Westwood -- For the first time in 281 weeks, someone other than Tiger Woods sits atop the world rankings. The Englishman becomes the first European...

Johnson, Stricker Share Riviera Lead

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Dustin Johnson made a hole-in-one and Steve Stricker had seven birdies to brighten an otherwise dreary day at rainy Riviera and finish atop the leaderboard Friday at the Northern Trust Open.Johnson's 8-iron from 152 yards landed between the pin and the famous bunker in the middle of the green at No. 6,...

Joy and Heartbreak at PGA Finale

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- A sure sign something outside the norm was in the works Sunday afternoon at the Children's Miracle Network Classic came when Nicholas Thompson rolled in a nine-foot bogey putt on the final hole that would leave him five shots out of a playoff eventually won by Stephen Ames and broke into a...

Players Going Low at Frys.com Open

I've played both courses at the wonderful Greyhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., sitting in the shadows of Pinnacle Peak, a few miles north of the more well known TPC Scottsdale and it's raucous FBR Open. I'll tell you this -- that course isn't as easy as the PGA Tour players are making it look after the first round of...

Stephen Ames News From the Web

05/26/12 Rubenstein: The swing is still the thing Source: Globe and Mail The most effective way to learn how a golfer is doing is to play with him.
05/22/12 Stephen Ames's ode to the Open hits the mark Source: Globe and Mail The third major of the year is usually called the British Open in Canada and the U.S. Its proper name is the Open Championship.
05/21/12 Stephen Ames earns spot in British Open Source: Globe and Mail Stephen Ames of Calgary has qualified for the British Open, giving Canada at least one shot at the Claret Jug. The 48-year-old booked his ticket to Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club on Monday by tying for third place at the Open's final international qualifying tournament.
05/11/12 Ames showed the way to win atâ¦ Source: The London Free Press - London ON - Canada The distinguishing feature of Stephen Ames' win at the 2006 Players Championship was his impressive back nine at TPC Sawgrass for a 67 and a runaway six-shot winning margin.
05/10/12 Rubenstein: Ames absence explained Source: Globe and Mail Some Canadians have wondered why Stephen Ames isn't in this week's Players Championship.