Sergio Garcia watches chip shot during the TPC Players in Florida
Sergio Garcia watches his chip shot fall short of the 16th green during the first round of The Players Championship Thursday May 12, 2011 on the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Garcia went on to double bogeye the hole. UPI Photo/Rick Wilson
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Spanish golfer Sergio Garcia said he was not being racist when suggesting he would serve U.S. golfer Tiger Woods fried chicken if he came over for dinner.
Tiger Woods carded a 2-under-par 70 Sunday, winning the Players Championship for the first time since 2001 after rival Sergio Garcia crumbled down the stretch.
Rookie David Lingmerth used a late eagle to forge into the lead Saturday before the third round of the Players Championship was halted by darkness.
Sergio Garcia grabbed the lead with five straight birdies Friday and finished the round a shot in front of Tiger Woods midway through The Players Championship.
Jason Day emerged from an afternoon of golfing misfortune Friday, including a very bad break suffered by Tiger Woods, to take a one-shot lead at the Masters.
Sergio Garcia, having grown into a sometimes disgruntled veteran still looking for a major title, shared the lead Thursday after one round of the Masters.
Martin Laird's victory at the Texas Open moved him up 61 places to No. 56 in the men's world golf rankings.
Kevin Streelman won the Tampa Bay Championship Sunday, firing a 4-under-par 67 to pull away and wrap up his first PGA Tour win by two strokes over Boo Weekley.
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Rookie Shawn Stefani, who has finished no better than 39th in his brief PGA Tour career, found himself in the lead Thursday at the Tampa Bay Championship.
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