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July 15, 2010
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland   Rory McIlroy, the 21-year-old from Northern Ireland tied the major championship record Thursday by shooting a 9-under-par 63 in the opening round of the British Open.
McIlroy became the eighth player to go so low at the British Open, equaling a mark from 17 years ago by Payne Stewart at Royal St. George. Overall, just 22 players have shot 63 in one of the four major tournaments, including Greg Norman and Vijay Singh, who each did it twice.
The last to do it: Tiger Woods at the 2007 PGA Championship. The world’s No. 1 player wasn’t as sharp at this major, but a 67 put him in the thick of things.
Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa took a run at McIlroy until he failed to get up-and-down at 17, taking his only bogey on the way to a 65. John Daly matched the best score of his Open career with a 66, a number equaled by four others.

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June 18, 2010
Pebble Beach, Calif    Graeme McDowell has shot 3-under-par 68 in the second round of the U.S. Open to take a two-shot lead over Ernie Els, Dustin Johnson and 18-year-old Ryo Ishikawa entering the weekend.
McDowell’s 3 under Friday at cloudy Pebble Beach left him at 3-under 139 for the tournament.
Tiger Woods struggled, shooting 1-over 72 to finish at 4 over, seven shots behind McDowell.
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June 17, 2010
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – Brendon de Jonge of Zimbabwe became the first player to reach 4 under, but gave three shots back to fall into a group at 1 under.
Paul Casey and Shaun Micheel — first-round co-leaders with de Jonge — were at even and 1 over, respective, during their rounds.

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March 2, 2010
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand – England’s Laura Davies, 46, won the New Zealand Women’s Open for her 73rd worldwide title, shooting a 4-under 69 yesterday for a 2-stroke victory over three players.

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March 2, 2010
SINGAPORE – Ai Miyazato won the HSBC Champions tournament to become the first LPGA Tour player in 44 years to sweep the first two events of a season, closing with 3-under 69 for a 2-stroke victory over Cristie Kerr.

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March 1, 2010
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Hunter Mahan came from 4 strokes behind to beat Rickie Fowler by a shot in a 1-2 finish by former Oklahoma State players at the Phoenix Open yesterday.
The 27-year-old Mahan had an eagle and a pair of birdies in a late four-hole span to finish at 16-under 268 for his second PGA Tour victory. Mahan closed with consecutive 6-under 65s to finish at 16 under at the TPC Scottsdale.
Fowler, just 21 and a tour rookie, had a final-round 68 for the second runner-up finish of his young career.

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February 25, 2010
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. Colombian Camilo Villegas holds a one-stroke lead after Thursday’s opening round of the Phoenix Open . The 28-year-old, who reached the semifinals of the WGC-Accenture Match Play last week, tied the tournament first-round record with a 9-under-par 62 to take a one-shot lead over former Florida teammate Matt Every. A group of five players; Justin Rose, Mark Wilson, Ryuji Imada, Rickie Fowler and Pat Perez are tied for third place three shots off the pace.

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February 21, 2010 PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico (AP) Cameron Beckman won the Mayakoba Golf Classic for his third PGA Tour title, closing with a 3-under 67 on Sunday for a two-stroke victory over third-round leader Joe Durant and Brian Stuard.

The 40-year-old Beckman, three strokes behind Durant at the start of play Sunday, finished at 15-under 269 on the Mayakoba Resort’s El Camaleon course. Beckman also won the 2001 Southern Farm Bureau Classic and 2008 Frys.com Open.

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LAS VEGAS, October 19, 2009
Scotland’s Martin Laird won the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open at Las Vegas for his first PGA Tour title, beating George McNeill with a birdie on the third hole of a playoff.

Laird closed with a three-under-par 68 to match McNeill (67) and former Nevada Las Vegas player Chad Campbell (69) at 19-under 265. Campbell was eliminated on the second extra hole.

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September 28, 2009
ATLANTA, GEORGIA — Phil Mickelson surged to victory in the Tour Championship Sunday as Tiger Woods collected the $10-million bonus as the FedEx Cup play-off series winner. Mickelson carded a five-under par 65 Sunday for a nine-under winning total of 271. Woods closed with a 70 that put him second behind Mickelson on 274, and his runner-up finish was enough to deliver the FedEx Cup title after he came into the tournament atop the points standings.
Mickelson, who regained the world number two ranking with the victory, earned a $3-million FedEx Cup bonus — in addition to his $1.35-million tournament winner’s prize — as the second-placed finisher in the points.

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