Tour Championship
HOP2001110209 - 2 NOVEMBER 2001- HOUSTON, TEXAS, USA: Ernie Els watches his tee shot on the third hole during 2nd round action at the Tour Championship being played in Houston, Texas. Els was 3 shots under par for the day and 5 under par for the tournament, 5 back of leader Scott Verplank..mk/jm/Joe Mitchell UPI
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SINGAPORE, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Ian Poulter overcame a first-hole bogey Thursday and finished at 5-under-par 66 for the first-round lead at the Singapore Open stop for the European PGA Tour.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Tiger Woods routed Y.E. Yang 6-and-5 Sunday, giving the United States the decisive points in a third straight Presidents Cup victory over an International team.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker scored a second easy victory and the United States kept its one-point lead Friday after two rounds of the Presidents Cup.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Phil Mickelson and Anthony Kim ignited an American rally Thursday that gave the United States a one-point lead after one day of the Presidents Cup.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Phil Mickelson and Anthony Kim will be the first American team on the course Thursday for the opening matches of the eighth Presidents Cup.
ATLANTA, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Tiger Woods, closing in on his second FedEx Cup title in three years, seized a one-shot lead Friday midway through the Tour Championship.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Lucas Glover, Hunter Mahan, Ryo Ishikawa and Adam Scott were captains' choices Tuesday to fill out the United States and International Presidents Cup teams.
VIRGINIA WATER, England, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Heath Slocum's clutch par-saving putt on the final hole of The Barclays Classic shoved him up 138 spots Monday in the men's world golf rankings.
JERSEY CITY, N.J., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Heath Slocum rolled in a 21-foot par putt on the final hole Sunday and won The Barclays tournament in New Jersey by a stroke over Tiger Woods and three others.
