Sorenstam to start 2008 LPGA season at SBS Open; Azinger changes Ryder Cup format

Annika Sorenstam will make her 2008 LPGA Tour season debut at the SBS Open in Hawaii. Sorenstam, who played a limited schedule last year with injuries, has said she plans to enter as many as 20 tournaments this year. Paula Creamer is the defending SBS Open champion …

U.S. Ryder Cup Captain Paul Azinger has changed the format of the competition, reversing the order of the team matches on the first two days of competition. The four best ball matches will now follow four foursome matches …

The Arthur Hills course at Palmetto Dunes in Hilton Head, S.C., is a thinking golfer’s course, National Golf Editor Tim McDonald writes at TravelGolf.com.