PGA WESTERN OPEN GOLF
David McKenzie, of Australia lines up a birdie putt on the 9th hole during the first round of the Western Open at Cog Hill Golf Club in Lemont, Ill. on July 6, 2006. McKenzie missed the putt but finished the round with a 5 under par 66, tied for the lead with Lucas Glover, Daniel Chopra and Joe Ogilvie. (UPI Photo/Brian Kersey)
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A 55-year-old writer from Federal Way, Wash., has won this year's Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest for bad opening novel sentences, officials say.
Austria's Markus Brier fired a 5-under-par 67 Thursday to take the first-round lead at the China Open in Beijing.
Eric Axley and D.A. Points are co-leaders at the halfway point of the PGA's Texas Open Golf Tournament in San Antonio.
Justin Rose and Alex Cejka fired 6-under 64 Thursday and are co-leaders after one round of the PGA's Texas Open in San Antonio.
Mike Weir has a one-shot lead over Vijay Singh after shooting a 9-under 63 in the rain-shortened first round of the Buick Championship in Grand Blanc, Mich.
Four players are tied for the lead after one round of the Western Open Golf Tournament at Lemont, Ill.
Bubba Dickerson carded a four-under 68 on Friday to take the lead after round two of the Lake Erie Charity Classic at Peek 'n Peak Resort.
Dan Olsen, who earned his PGA Tour playing card last year and then lost it, took the lead Thursday in the 2005 qualifying tournament.
Brad Ott closed with an eight-under 64 Sunday to get his first professional win at the Price Cutter Charity Championship.
Charles Warren shot a five-under 67 Sunday to win the Canadian PGA Championship by seven strokes.
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