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New Rolex Rankings No. 1: According to unofficial LPGA projections, Ai Miyazato will be the new Rolex Rankings No. 1 come Monday morning, thanks to her win at the ShopRite LPGA Classic Sunday. She outran the field with a final-round, bogey-free, 7-under 64 punctuated by a clutch birdie on the 72nd hole that clinched the title, and No. 1.
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M.J. Hur made a tap-in birdie on the 18th hole Saturday to snatch the second-round lead at 11-under par at the ShopRite LPGA Classic at the Bay Course at Seaview—A Dolce Resort in Galloway, N.J. Hur's round of 7-under 64 vaulted her to a one-shot lead over Paula Creamer (65) and a two-shot lead over Katherine Hull, who fired a tournament-best 63 Saturday, and Rolex ...
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Rickie Fowler carded an opening round birdie on Kodak Challenge hole #14 at The Memorial Tournament presented by Morgan Stanley to take a two-shot lead in the $1 million Kodak Challenge competition. read more
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Jimmy Walker joined Rickie Fowler in the lead of the 2010 Kodak Challenge thanks to a third round birdie on Kodak Challenge hole #17 at the Valero Texas Open. Walker and Fowler are tied at 8-under-par. read more
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Before most people had woken up Thursday, first-round leader and rookie Azahara Muñoz had holed out from the right bunker on 11 (her second) for birdie. She then made six more to shoot a bogey-free, 7-under 65 and lead the Bell Micro LPGA Classic at the Robert Trent Jones Trail at Magnolia Grove in Mobile, Ala. by one shot over Katherine Hull and Jee Young ...
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"I stayed focused today and played against par, not my opponents," said Martino. "I hit my drive a little right on No. 15 and ended up under a tree. I hit it out and was able to make birdie." read more
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The Kodak Challenge moment of the day belonged to Joe Olgivie, who sank a 65-footer for birdie on the difficult par 4 #18. Justin Rose delivered the easiest Kodak Challenge birdie on Sunday. read more
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Asian sensation Yani Tseng has set herself an unusual target for the 2010 LPGA season. The 2008 Rookie of the Year and Major winner and fastest player ever to reach US$2 million in prize money wants to stop trying.
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Japan's Ai Miyazato shot 9-under-par 63 on Sunday to win the season-opening Honda PTT LPGA Thailand by one shot over 2007 champ Suzann Pettersen. Miyazato, who was 10-under-par in her final 16 holes, chipped-in for birdie at 18 to clinch her second-career LPGA victory. 
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Weather dominated the 25th staging of the AT&T National Pro-am, but not the sort of weather for which the event has become famous - or infamous. This year, Mother Nature saw fit to treat participants and spectators alike to four days of made-for-TV blue skies, light winds and roaring turquoise surf. The event climaxed with repeat champ Dustin Johnson's go-for-broke birdie on the 72nd ...
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