The Tiger Woods Foundation will host the PGA Tour’s new event in Washington, D.C., to be held July 5-8. Woods and PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem are expected to announce more information about the tournament’s title sponsor and location at a press conference in early March … Ernie Els has reportedly left Titleist and signed a new equipment deal with Callaway Golf. GolfDigest.com reported that Callaway officials have said it still isn’t a done deal, though Els’ profile is no longer on the Titleist Web site … San Francisco’s Harding Park Golf Course will get the honor of hosting several upcoming ...

Swede Henrik Stenson defeated Geoff Ogilvy in the final of the Accenture Match Play Championship Sunday. The 2-and-1 win will push Stenson, the PGA European Tour Order of Merit winner, to No. 5 on the world rankings, the highest a Swede has ever risen on the list … The LPGA Tour’s Sybase Classic will give a sponsor’s exemption to the winner of the UCF Challenge, which the University of Central Florida will host March 5-6. The move marks the first time an LPGA Tour event will offer a spot to the winner of a college golf tournament … In this ...

Fred Funk won the Mayakoba Golf Classic on the second hole of a playoff with Jose Coceres. The 50-year-old Funk becomes the second man to win a PGA Tour event after winning on the Champions Tour, after Craig Stadler. Funk led the tournament – the PGA Tour’s first in Mexico – since setting the course record with an 8-under 62 Thursday. Funk earned $630,000 for his eighth career PGA Tour victory. … Bobby Wadkins made a 13-foot birdie putt on the final hole to hold off Allen Doyle and win The ACE Group Classic on the Champions Tour. … American Nicholas Thompson ...

Henrik Stenson will battle defending champion Geoff Ogilvy in the final match of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. Both cruised into the title match, with Ogilvy topping Chad Campbell 3-and-2 and Stenson also winning 3-and-2, over Trevor Immelman. … Stacy Prammanasudh held off Jee Young Lee at Ko Olina Golf Club in Kapolei, Hawaii to win the LPGA’s Fields Open. It is the second career victory for the former Tulsa All-American. Morgan Pressel, Ai Miyazato and Angela Park finished in a tie for third. … Fighting through back pain, Fred Funk continued his strong play in Mexico, shooting a 6-under 64 to ...

Australian Nick O’Hern took a four-hole lead then held off a late rush to beat Tiger Woods over 20 holes at the Accenture Match Play Championship. Woods loss officially ends his impressive streak of PGA Tour wins at seven. Chad Campbell, Stephen Ames and Geoff Ogilvy also advanced. … Stacy Prammanasudh has the lead at the Fields Open in Kapolei, Hawaii, but is followed by just one shot by Angela Park, who at 18 is looking to become the youngest winner on the LPGA Tour. Morgan Pressel, also looking to become the youngest winner, is just two shots off the pace. ...

Tiger Woods cruised passed Tim Clark, while other top seeds struggled at the WCG Accenture Match Play Championship second round. Woods went on a birdie tear and stomped Clark 5-and-4, while Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh, Jim Furyk, Luke Donald and Retief Goosen all suffered loses. Woods will next play Australia’s Nick O’Hern in the round of 16. … Fred Funk birdied five of his first seven holes and went into the clubhouse with the lead after the first round of the Mayakoba Classic in Playa del Carmen. Funk shot a sizzling 62 to hold a two-shot lead over a group of ...

Tiger Woods got off to a solid start at the WCG Accenture Match Play Championship, as he beat first-round opponent JJ Henry 3 & 2. Phil Mickelson, defending champion Geoff Ogilvy and Jim Furyk were among others who advanced, while Adam Scott and Ernie Els were high seeds that fell. Woods will play South African Tim Clark in the second round, while Mickelson will play Justin Rose, who easily dispatched Michael Campbell. … Phil Mickelson avoided comment, but was seen working on his game with Tiger Woods’ former swing coach, Butch Harmon. … Tim McDonald takes a look at the top golf ...

The Accenture Match Play Championship has moved to The Gallery at Dove Mountain near Tucson, Ariz., and the fans are enthusiastic, says Davis Love III. Still, all eyes are on Tiger Woods, who played a practice round with Shaun Micheel, who thumped Tiger at the 2006 World Match Play Championship. … The Michigan Golf Hall of Fame welcomed its Class of 2007, as five new inductees were announced. Players John Lindholm and Steve Maddalena, former Michigan State coach Bruce Fossum, rules official Mark Wilson and superintendent Ted Woehrle, will be inducted May 20 at Eagle Eye Golf Club in Bath, Mich. ...

Finland’s Mikko Ilonen won the Indonesia Open after his one-under- par 70 in the final round was enough to hold off a group chasing him. Ilonen overcame Shiv Kapur, Andrew Tampion and Frankie Minoza, as well as rainy and windy weather to with the European Tour event. … JJ Henry earned a spot in next week’s WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson, Ariz., after South Africa’s Charl Schwartzel withdrew. Henry will face Tiger Woods in the first round. … On the latest Sweet Spots podcast, host Brandon Tucker talks to Tim McDonald about Mobile, Ala., where Hurricane Katrina is becoming a ...

Paula Creamer returned to the winner’s circle, holding off Julieta Granada and Karrie Webb to win the SBS Open. Lorena Ochoa and Morgan Pressel finished tied for fourth in the windy Hawaiian tournament that saw just 13 of 83 players finish below par. … Phil Mickelson bogeyed three of the final nine holes but still finished with a 69 to hold a one stroke lead heading to the final round of the Nissan Open. Mickelson, looking for his second consecutive victory, is one shot up on Padraig Harrington, with Rich Been just two off the pace after carding a day’s-best round ...

Phil Mickelson and Padraig Harrington sit on top of the leaderboard at the Nissan Open. Both are at 11-under, three shots ahead of their nearest challenger, Charles Howell III. Sergio Garcia leads a group four shots back. … Youth has prevailed thus far at the SBS Open, where Paula Creamer and Morgan Pressel have the lead following two rounds, along with Sherri Steinhauer. Lorena Ochoa and Karrie Webb are three shots back heading into weekend play at Turtle Bay. … At a stormy Indonesian Open in Jakarta, Australia’s Andrew Tampion is on top after shooting 5-under 66. Suk Jong-yul carded a 68 ...

Padraig Harrington shot a blistering 63 to take a three-shot lead after the first round of the Nissan Open. Harrington, the reigning European player of the year, is on top of a star-studded leaderboard in Los Angeles, as Phil Mickelson, Briny Baird and Pat Perez are tied for second after carding 66s, and Jim Furyk, Sergio Garcia and David Howell were another shot back at four-under. Vijay Singh, Ernie Els and Retief Goosen all kept themselves in contention … Paula Creamer was in a three-way tie for the first-round lead along Women’s British Open champion Sherri Steinhauer and rookie Paige Mackenzie ...

The LPGA Tour season officially starts today at the SBS Open at Turtle Bay in Hawaii. Looking to repeat as Player of the Year, Lorena Ochoa is an undisputed champion in her native Mexico. … Former tennis star Scott Draper is looking to become the next big name in Australian golf, as the former Davis Cup player recently won the NSW PGA Championship in Sydney and is now casting his gaze to the U.S. tours. … The A-Ga-Ming Golf Club has a new course, the Sundance, to add to its other course, The Torch, in Kewadin, Mich. At MichiganGolf.com, Brandon Tucker takes ...

The China Golf Association and TaylorMade-Adidas Golf announced a three-year deal that will have the equipment manufacturer supply China’s national golf teams. “We hope that through the partnership with the CGA and China’s national team we will soon see a new generation of Chinese golfing talent,” said Dennis Allen, of TaylorMade-Adidas Golf. … Peter Hedblom ended his 11-year drought on the European Tour by winning the Malaysian Open. It’s Hedblom’s first victory on the tour since he won the 1996 Moroccan Open. … In Massachusetts, a judge struck down a rule that girls that should not be allowed to participate in boys’ ...

Phil Mickelson showed that he’s not letting last year’s U.S. Open collapse hinder his future, by showing his form of old in winning the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in impressive fashion, putting up a final-round 66 to win by five strokes over Kevin Sutherland. The win was the 30th of Lefty’s career. … Bouncing back from a slow start, Karrie Webb used a third-round 62 to get back into contention, then shot a final-round 68 to win her sixth ANZ Australian Ladies Masters. … Tadd Fujikawa showed his Sony Open finish was no fluke, as the 16-year-old high school freshman won the ...

Using an eagle on the final hole, Phil Mickelson went into the clubhouse with a share of the lead at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Mickelson finished with a seven-under 65 to share the lead with Nick Watney and rookie John Mallinger. Jim Furyk is two shots off the pace after carding a 67. … Sun Ju Ahn holds a one-shot lead after two rounds of the ANZ Ladies Masters. Michelle Ellis and Lotta Wahlin are a shot back. Following her victory at the Australian Open, Karrie Webb is seven shots back heading to the weekend. … Callaway Golf Co. reported a ...

Bad weather hasn’t chastened spirits at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Stars such as Ray Romano and Bill Murray drew huge media attention yesterday on the practice green. In addition to some of Hollywood’s biggest names, the event has drawn some of golf’s heaviest hitters, including Jim Furyk, Vijay Singh and Phil Mickelson … The PGA Tour is expected to officially announce today the cancellation of The International, the more than 20-year-old event held at the Castle Pines Golf Club near Denver. According to several media reports, The International is losing its spot in the tour’s schedule because it doesn’t ...

It appears that Tiger Woods‘ streak of PGA Tour victories will remain at seven for the time being, as the World’s No. golfer will be skipping the Nissan Open next week. … The LPGA has introduced a new rule where non-LPGA members can play in the season-ending ADT Championship should they win an LPGA major. Golf writer Geoff Shackleford wonders aloud if this rule was made for Michelle Wie. … Several news sources have reported that The International will soon be calling it quits, and that tournament organizers have scheduled a news conference to make the announcement that the 2007 tourney ...

Phil Mickelson is looking to get his putting game back on track as he heads to the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am this week. Mickelson failed to make the cut at last week’s FBR Open and has not cracked the top 40 in his first three events this year … “It’s not the start that I want to the year,” Mickelson said last week at the TPC Scottsdale. “I need to get the putter working.” In a recent column, USA Today’s Larry Olmsted called Myrtle Beach, S.C., the best value golf destination hands down. Olmsted said it’s hard to go wrong with Myrtle ...

Henrik Stenson won the Dubai Desert Classic Sunday, shooting a final-round 4-under-par 68. Ernie Els finished second, followed by Tiger Woods. Stenson hit five birdies yesterday to overcome an initial two shot deficit against Els at the start of the day … Aaron Baddeley shot a final round 7-under-par 64 yesterday to win the FBR Open by one stroke, giving the Aussie his second PGA Tour victory. He defeated tour rookie Jeff Quinney, who had held the lead since the second round but whose game collapsed on the final holes … Gillette is partnering with sporting giants Tiger Woods, Roger Federer and ...

Ernie Els took a two-shot lead into the final round of the Dubai Desert Classic, with early leader Ross Fisher leading a group of three in second place. Tiger Woods remains well situated for a final-round run, just three shots off the lead at 14-under. … Karrie Webb started off her season in excellent form, as she ran away with the Australian Open, topping Yun-Jye Wei by six shots in winning the event for the third time in her illustrious career. … Jeff Quinney put himself one round away from his first PGA Tour victory, as the rookie holds a two-shot lead ...

Ross Fisher continued his strong play, shooting his second consecutive round of 65 to take a four-shot lead at the Dubai Desert Classic. Tiger Woods kept himself in contention after shooting a 67, to trail by five. … Jeff Quinney shot an 8-under 63 to open a three-shot lead before darkness suspended play in the second round o the FBR Open. Billy Mayfair and Bart Bryant were three shots back at 10-under. … Karrie Webb shot a third-round 68 to increase her lead at the Women’s Australian Open to four shots heading to the final round. Yun-Jye Wei sits in second place. ...

Dudley Hart shot a 7-under-par 64 to take a one-stroke lead at the FBR Open yesterday. Twelve other players are close on his heels, within two shots of the lead at the TPC Scottsdale course. Paul Azinger, for instance, is one of six players who shot a 65 … Ross Fisher and Graeme McDowell share the lead after the first round of the Dubai Desert Classic. Both shot a 65. Tiger Woods struggled with his putter yesterday, ending up with a 68. Ernie Els finished with a 66 … George Burger, a former political consultant who became one of the leaders behind ...

The Dubai Desert Classic begins today with a field that includes Tiger Woods, Ernie Els and Retief Goosen. Though Woods said he’s committed to winning in Dubai, it doesn’t count toward his streak of seven straight because it is a PGA European Tour event … Retief Goosen’s birdie-eagle finish to win the Qatar Masters last month has earned him the European Tour’s golfer of the month award. Goosen edged out Argentine Ariel Canete, winner of the Joburg Open … Australian Sarah Kemp went into the clubhouse with a one-shot lead at the Women’s Australian Open today, shooting an opening round 6-under-par 66. ...