Daniel Chopra won his first PGA Tour title at the Ginn sur Mer Classic yesterday. He finished at 19 under to beat Fredrik Jacobsen and Shigeki Mauryama by one shot … “It’s amazing,” Chopra told reporters. “It’s something that I’ve dreamed about for a long time.” A persisting wrist injury will keep Michelle Wie out of next month’s Casio World Open, one of the most lucrative men’s tournaments on the Japanese tour. Wie has struggled with the injury all season … In the TravelGolf.com This Week podcast, host Dave Berner talks to National Golf Editor Tim McDonald about pulling yourself out of a ...

The Ginn sur Mer Classic will be decided this morning at Tesoro Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Daniel Chopra, Shigeki Maruyama and Fredrik Jacobson were tied for the lead at 18 under yesterday when play was suspended due to darkness … Suzann Pettersen eagled the final hole on Pattaya’s Old Course to win the Honda LPGA Thailand yesterday. She defeated Laura Davies by a stroke after seeing her seven-shot lead evaporate through the day Sunday … Meanwhile, Gregory Bourdy earned his first European Tour title with a win at the Mallorca Classic Sunday. The French golfer finished with a 3-under-par 67 ...

Bob Estes and Tommy Armour III share the lead after the first round of the Ginn sur Mer Classic after both shooting 9-under-par 64s yesterday. Both players are going for their first PGA Tour win of 2007 … Andrew McLardy and Gary Murphy shot 4-under 66s yesterday to go ahead of the field at the Mallorca Classic. Sergio Garcia opened with a 68 … “I felt rusty on the front nine and struggled with a couple of tee shots, getting too narrow with my back swing,” he said. “It’s the kind of course I like. Nobody shoots 18 under to win and ...

Gary Player caused controversy at the British Open when he said he knew of players using steroids, but the hall of famer says he won’t be naming any names. At Golf.com, Dottie Pepper has some harsh words for those handling the career of Michelle Wie. “What will it take for Team Wie to realize that things simply aren’t working?” writes Pepper. … The Ginn sur Mer Classic has teed off in Port St. Lucie, Fla., and Frank Lickliter II and Steve Flesch are on top of the leaderboard as their first rounds near completion. … Nick Faldo will make a rare appearance on the ...

Phil Mickelson and his family have left their home in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., because of the wildfires that have forced 500,000 people from Malibu to San Diego to evacuate their residences. Mickelson flew home after a corporate golf outing to be with his family at their beach house in San Diego … “We’re safe, the family is together,” Mickelson told the media Tuesday. A hand injury has forced Arron Oberholser to drop out of the World Cup. He will need surgery. The PGA Tour is looking for someone to take Oberholser’s spot in the Omega Mission Hills World Cup, to be ...

Steve Webster won the Portugal Masters Sunday with a final round 8-under-par 64. He defeated Robert Karlsson by two strokes for his second career title … John Cook carded a 6-under 65 Sunday to win the AT&T Championship, his first title on the Champions Tour. The 50-year-old Cook defeated Mark O’Meara by two strokes … Meanwhile, Suzann Pettersen took home her fourth LPGA Tour victory of 2007 Sunday after the final round of the Hana Bank KOLON Championship was cancelled due to bad weather … “I guess it has to kind of sink in that I actually won this tournament,” Pettersen told reporters. ...

Michael Allen carded a 7-under-par 63 on his way to the lead in the first round of the PGA Tour’s Fry’s Electronics Open yesterday. Phil Mickelson is eight shots off the pace after a 71 at Scottsdale’s Grayhawk Golf Club … Meanwhile, Martin Kaymer is ahead at the Portugal Masters after shooting an 11-under 61 yesterday to tie the lowest round on the European Tour this season. The 22-year-old German finished with five straight birdies … “I’ve been waiting for this day for a couple weeks,” Kaymer told the media. “My putting has been so-so, but today every putt went in.” In golf ...

U.S. Open champion Angel Cabrera shot a 2-under-par 68 yesterday to force a playoff at the PGA Grand Slam of Golf with Padraig Harrington, winner of this year’s British Open. Cabrera then beat Harrington with a birdie on the third extra hole for the title … Meanwhile, the LPGA Tour heads to South Korea tomorrow for the Hana Bank-KOLON Championship. Jin Joo Hong will try to defend her title at Mauna Ocean Golf & Resort … Annika Sorenstam is in negotiations to design a new high-end golf course in the West Kootenays region of British Columbia, Senior Staff Writer Chris Baldwin reports ...

British Open champion Padraig Harrington shot a 3-under-par 67 yesterday for a one-shot lead at the PGA Grand Slam of Golf at the Mid-Ocean Club in Bermuda. Angel Cabrera, the surprise winner of this year’s U.S. Open, finished with a 69 for second … Gatorade and Tiger Woods have entered into an agreement to give the world’s No. 1 golfer his own sports drink. Gatorade said yesterday that it will introduce “Gatorade Tiger” in March, and more products will follow. This is Woods’ first U.S. beverage deal … At BadGolfer.com, Brandon Tucker profiles “kid poker” Daniel Negreanu, the professional poker player who ...

The Wales Open will be held at 2010 Ryder Cup host course Twenty Ten on the European Tour this year, according to a schedule released yesterday. Two new countries are also on the schedule, with the Indian Masters being played at the Delhi Golf Club in February and the Korean Championship to be held at Pinx Golf Club in April … Bernhard Langer won the Champions Tour’s Administaff Small Business Classic last weekend. Playing in his fourth Champions Tour event since turning 50 in August, Langer closed with an 8-under-par 64 … Great weather and golf courses such as Torrey Pines make ...

Following Michelle Wie’s 19th-place finish at the Samsung World Championship, her agent has resigned from the William Morris Agency and will no longer represent the 18 year old. Wie’s previous manager, Ross Berlin, a former PGA Tour executive, resigned from the Wie camp in 2006. According to the Associated Press: Greg Nared, a former Nike business manager whom the William Morris Agency hired a year ago to manage Wie, resigned as vice president of golf. His announcement came one day after Wie finished 19th in a 20-player field at the Samsung World Championship. “After careful consideration for my future, I have resigned ...

Lorena Ochoa earned her second consecutive LPGA Tour player of the year award with her victory at the Samsung World Championship this weekend. Ochoa finished with a 6-under-par 66 to defend her title and get her seventh win of the season. Mi Hyun Kim was four shots back in second place … George McNeill got his first career PGA Tour victory at the Frys.com Open Sunday. The 32-year-old rookie shot a 5-under 67 for a four-stroke victory over D.J. Trahan. Tiger Woods also earned his first tour title at the Frys.com Open, in 1996 … Meanwhile, Ernie Els defeated Angel Cabrera 6 ...

Ernie Els beat U.S. Open champion, Angel Cabrera, 6 & 4 in the final of the HSBC World Matchplay championship at Wentworth. It was Els’ seventh World Matchplay title, a record. He said it could get his career back on track.

Bob May holds the first round lead at the Frys.com Open after shooting an opening round 9-under-par 63 at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas yesterday. Jason Gore carded an 8-under 63 at TPC Canyons to trail May by a stroke. May has been struggling with injuries for years and is returning to form after finally getting healthy … Paula Creamer and Angela Park share the lead at the Samsung World Championship after both shooting 5-under 67s yesterday. Michelle Wie is last in the 20-player field after carding a 79 … Meanwhile, Daniel Vancsik has a one-stroke lead at the Madrid Open after ...

The PGA Tour’s Frys.com Open kicks off today in Las Vegas at the TPC Summerlin and TPC Canyons golf courses. Mark Calcavecchia will be starting a four-tournament push at the event after a three-week break from professional competition. Scott Verplank and Mike Weir are also competing … ESPN will replace the USA Network as the cable broadcaster for The Masters as of April. USA has broadcasted the esteemed golf event’s early rounds since 1982 … At BadGolfer.com, Chris Baldwin writes about how Michelle Wie’s team will market the golfer now that she’s turned 18.

Michelle Wie has said she regrets not taking the year off to recover from a wrist injury that contributed to her abysmal LPGA Tour season … “The only thing I would do differently [is] I wouldn’t have played this year. It’s as simple as that,” Wie told reporters at the Samsung World Championship. “The only thing I did wrong this year is that I did not take my injuries as seriously as I should have.” At TravelGolf.com, Tim McDonald writes about Gatlinburg Municipal Golf Course in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., a terrific public golf course that wows with views and tantalizes with a ...

Donald Trump says the controversial $1 billion golf resort he plans to create in Aberdeenshire, Scotland will lose money for him and says he will abandon the project if he does not get approval to build houses on the site. Nonetheless, there are plenty who oppose “The Donald’s” golf venture. … Vijay Singh earned another victory, winning the Asian Tour’s Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open with a two-stroke victory. Singh finished the tournament at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club at 6-under, and earned $320,855 for the win. … Nick Dougherty won the Dunhill Links Championship at the Old Course at St. Andrews for ...

Justin Leonard beat Jesper Parnevik with a 10-foot birdie putt on the third playoff hole to win the Valero Texas Open. The victory was the third time Leonard has won the Texas Open and 11th PGA Tour victory overall, but his first win since 2005. Leonard and Parnevik went into the playoff after being tied at 19-under … Loren Roberts cruised to victory at the the Senior Players Championship, shooting a final-round 67 to beat runner-up Tom Watson by six strokes. The victory was the third Champions Tour major for Roberts … Suzann Pettersen held off Lorena Ochoa in a playoff to ...

Jesper Parnevik overcame an opening bogey to birdie eight of the next 11 holes on his way to a scorching opening-round of 61 at the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio. Parnevik holds a four-shot lead over a logjam of players at 5-under, including Justin Leonard and Robert Gamez. Last week’s winner, Chad Campbell is five shots off the pace. … Pat Hurst eagled the final hole to give herself a tie for the first-round lead at the Longs Drugs Challenge. Hurst (67) is tied with Inbee Park, with World No. 1 Lorena Ochoa sitting two shots back at the Danville, ...

The Valero Texas Open tees off in San Antonio, with recent winners Steve Flesch and Chad Campbell looking to continue their hot play and other PGA Tour players battling tp work their way up the money list to keep their cards for 2008. … The LPGA has released its new logo. “This new logo underscores the changes in women’s sports and the LPGA in recent years, and communicates the LPGA’s bright future,” said LPGA Commissioner Carolyn F. Bivens. … Augusta National will have a slightly different look for the 2008 Masters, with four holes receiving subtle changes and more area being set ...

After David Duval and Dudley Hart were forced to miss a large part of the 2007 PGA Tour campaign due to helping their wives overcome medical situations, the PGA has announced that it has approved a new regulation that will offer medical extensions to players who deal with a family crisis, meaning they will have an exemption to play the 2008 season. Duval’s wife was put on bed rest due to complications with her pregnancy, while Hart’s wife had a serious illness. Duval’s wife and new child are now healthy, as is Hart’s wife. … Colt Knost, who recently helped the ...

Jack Nicklaus has made hints that he will not be the U.S. Presidents Cup captain in 2009, but World No. 1 Tiger Woods is pushing for the Golden bear to return. … While the U.S. team is still basking in the glory of a dominant Presidents Cup victory at Royal Montreal Golf Club, many have now moved their thoughts to the “other” international competition - the Ryder Cup, and how the U.S. can improve its performance in 2008. … The Champions Tour is getting set to tee off its final major of the season in Baltimore with the Constellation Energy Senior Players ...

The U.S. cruised at the Presidents Cup at Royal Montreal Golf Club, with a 19.5-14.5 victory over the International side. And while the U.S. side never had many worries after storming to a first-day five-point lead, the Canadian crowd were thrilled to see countryman Mike Weir beat Tiger Woods 1-up in their Sunday match. … Chad Campbell used two birdies over the final three holes to secure the victory at the PGA Tour’s Viking Classic in Madison, Miss. The victory was the first top-50 finish for Campbell since June. … At the Navistar LPGA Classic, Maria Hjorth earned her first victory since ...