Steve Stricker says he will only play 10 tournaments in 2013

There is a very divided line between PGA Tour golfers 传奇私服 that are fighting each year to retain their tour card and those that are so successful they can pick and choose which events to play in. It's one of the benefits of being a top player, and each year guys like Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson can pick whatever events they want to play on the schedule and leave off even more.

Steve Stricker is taking that theory to a whole other 合击传奇私服网 level. Talking with Golfweek, Stricker said he plays to play just 10 PGA Tour events in 2013, a serious drop in play for the 45-year-old who has played in 19 events in each of his last three season (Tiger played in 19 events this past season as well).

Golf roundup | Park leads LPGA’s Taiwan Championship

The group of four tied for third on 68 included Nicole Castrale and Danielle Kang of the United States, Park Hee-young of South Korea and Pornanong Phatlum of Thailand.

Park finished in the top three for six straight tour events, including two wins, until her streak was broken in South Korea last week with a tie for 15th. She leads the tour money list.

She credited improved hitting skills and calm on the normally windy Sunrise course for her performance.

Golf: Tiger Woods closes on hot streak, trails by three shots

It was hot and humid and his putts were lipping out. Tiger Woods felt like he'd been run over halfway through his first round of the CIMB Classic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Only one way to fix that: Woods rolled ugg boots sale clearance in five birdies on the back nine and finished with a 5-under 66 to trail leader Troy Matteson by three shots Thursday.

Matteson had eight birdies ugg boots sand in his 63 to take a one-shot lead over fellow Americans Jeff Overton, Brian Harman and Robert Garrigus.

Local Golf Notebook, Oct. 25: Pros hold off Amateurs to win Honors Cup

The annual Honors Cup, which started in 1984 and pits a team of area golf professionals against a team of amateurs, was held Monday at Chechessee Creek Golf Club. And the buzz from the latest matches might carry over until next year.

The professionals won the Cup for a second consecutive year, sneaking out of Chechessee Creek with a 10-8 victory to establish a foothold after the amateurs had won three consecutive years.

Ed Brill earned two points to help lead the professionals. Rob Simmons and Jordan Carpenter each picked up two points for the amateurs.

Golf-Harrington wins Grand Slam event by one shot

Triple major winner Padraig Harrington held off a last-day charge by U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson to win the end-of-season PGA Grand Slam of Golf in Bermuda by one shot on ugg boots sale clearance Wednesday.

Irishman Harrington, a late addition to the elite four-man field, fired a four-under-par 67 at Port Royal Golf Course in Southampton for a nine-under total of 133 in the 36-hole event.

Two strokes ahead of Masters champion Bubba ugg boots sand Watson overnight, Harrington mixed five birdies with a lone bogey at the par-four last to fend off American Simpson, who closed with a best-of-the-week 65.

Bluegolds fifth at golf tourney

The No. 6 UW-Eau Claire women's golf team finished in fifth place out of 10 teams at the two-day O'Brien National Invitational at Warren Golf Course.

The tournament featured 10 teams ranked 15th or higher in the preseason Golf World/WGCA Top 25 Poll.

The Blugolds' Catherine Wagner tied for third place with a 154 (+10).

This Week in Golf -- Sept. 20 through Sept. 23

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He won louis vuitton neverfull the last two Playoff events and increased his points lead over Tiger Woods to more than 3,000. However, all 30 players that made the Tour Championship had their points reset so that all 30 have a mathematical chance to win the FedExCup title with a win this week.


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Whitaker salvages share of fourth

Australian Alison Whitaker salvaged a share of fourth at the UNIQA Ladies Golf Open as Caroline Hedwall completed a dream return from injury to defend her title on Sunday.

Swede Hedwall finished on 13 under, four shots clear of the chasing pack after carding a two-under 70 in the third and final round at Golfclub Fohrenwald in Austria.

Dominant McIlroy takes game to new level with BMW win

For the second jerseys for cheap time in seven days, and third in four starts, the mop-haired Northern Irishman stole the show, his victory on Sunday at the BMW Championship Soccer Jerseys coming on the heels of his Deutsche Bank Championship triumph last Monday.

Teeing Off: Breaking down Davis Love III’s Ryder Cup team and picks

Busbee: So the Ryder Cup field is set. Twelve on twelve. We'll wait for a bit to make our overall picks, so for now let's just focus on the makeup of the American team. What are your thoughts so far? See any potential issues with the makeup of the squad?

Wall: First off, congratulations to Davis Love III for making the right picks yesterday. It seems like every couple of years there's at least one or two picks that are debatable, but this time around you didn't hear a peep from the golf world.

BMW Championship experts' picks

Each week of the season, our 传奇世界私服 experts will share their insights into which players fit the criteria for our four categories: Horse for the Course (a golfer who knows the track inside and out), Birdie Buster (a guy who could take it low this week), Super Sleeper (a player who could unexpectedly contend) and Winner.

This week's tournament: BMW Championship at nike air max shoes Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Ind.

A long, winding road to Jamie Farr Classic

It has been a long five weeks off. But it seemed to go by fairly fast. I kept busy, travelling (and golfing) in Florida, Edmonton, Phoenix and Iowa before arriving in Ohio for this week's Jamie Farr Toledo Classic at Highland Meadows. I was both happy and a little frustrated heading into the five-week break: "Happy" because I made the cut in the NW Arkansas Championship and did it by shooting a sizzling 30 on my back nine on the Saturday, which was cut day; "Frustrated" because a week later I was sitting on my couch watching the U.S. Women's Open instead of playing in it.

Golf-U.S. Open champion Simpson prepares for 'belly' ban

U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson, one of three players cheap nike air max shoes to win a major with the controversial long putter in the past year, has begun practising with a short putter in anticipation of a possible rule change. Keegan Bradley's victory at last year's PGA Championship heralded the cheap nike air max 2011 start of a wave of players switching to long putters - of the 'broomstick' or 'belly' variety - with Simpson and then Ernie Els, at last month's British Open, also enjoying major success with the same approach.

Top 3 Players to Watch at the Reno-Tahoe Open: A Fan’s Take

With only a few select players performing at the WGC Bridgestone Invitational, the PGA Tour has another event set up this week in the Reno-Tahoe Open, where a new champion will look to be crowned as Scott Piercy is playing in the former event. What follows are the top three players to watch at the Reno-Tahoe open this week.