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Cristie Kerr maintained a two-stroke lead after Round 3 of the U.S. Women's Open. Golfweek recaps all the action from Saucon Valley.

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The International team was scrambling to stay in contention at the Presidents Cup as Saturday's afternoon four-ball matches got underway. After sweeping all five of the alternate-shot matches in the morning, the Internationals were leading in two matches, the U.S. side led in one while the remaining two matches were all square. Mike Weir of Bright's Grove, Ont. and partner Ernie Els jumped to a 1-up lead against Charles Howell and Lucas Glover after five holes. Vijay Singh and ...

MONTREAL (AP) _ Tiger Woods said Monday anyone who tests positive under golf's new drug policy should pay a steep price. ``Given our reputation in our sport, how honourable our sport is and always has been and will continue to be, I think that the penalty has got to be somewhat significant,'' Woods said in a conference call to announce the field for his Target World Challenge. The World Golf Foundation, comprised of major golf organizations around the ...

Every two years, the United States fields a team of 12 players who produce some of their best golf. In one of the most nervous moments of his career, Tiger Woods showed why he is the best clutch putter of his generation. Chris DiMarco, after an unlikely escape from an awkward stance in the bunker, holed a 15-foot putt that set off a celebration of raw emotion. Jim Furyk has never lost in singles. Young or old, ...

A hole-by-hole look at Royal Montreal's Blue Course, where the Presidents Cup will be played from Thursday to Sunday: 1st Hole, 444 yards, Par 4 A tough but indicative welcome to the Blue Course. The landing area on this uphill dogleg left is protected by bunkers on the left. The green narrows at the front and is also protected by sand, while a devilish slope at the back offers a range of difficult pin positions. 2nd Hole, 385 ...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) _ Tiger Woods kicked his putter, dropped his putter, even flipped it in the air and caught it after it made a 360-degree spin. What he didn't do is make many tough putts with that putter, which is one reason he left Southern Hills on Thursday with a score that didn't represent the way he felt he played in the first round of the PGA Championship. ``I felt like I hit the ball better ...

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) _ Annika Sorenstam will have some help from Tiger Woods when she plays the Women's British Open at St. Andrews. His Old Course yardage book will be tucked into her pocket. Sorenstam, the former No. 1 who is coming back from injury, has the book Woods used when he won the British Open here in 2005. He handed it to her recently in Orlando, Fla., where they both live. ``He said, `I have ...

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (AP) _ Sergio Garcia made his first bogey in 29 holes, and others quickly followed Sunday as he struggled to keep his lead in the final round of the British Open. Garcia made the turn at Carnoustie in 2-over 38, putting him at 7 under for the tournament. As he walked to the 10th tee, Padraig Harrington holed a 3-foot birdie on the 11th to tie him for the lead, and so many others ...

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (AP) _ Having already improved 24 strokes on his last British Open at Carnoustie, Sergio Garcia went out Friday to protect a lead. Tiger Woods was lurking, however. Garcia returned to ``Car-Nicely'' for the second round, looking to build on an opening 6-under-par 65 that once again raised expectations he might finally win his first career major. The emotional Spaniard slipped a bit with a three-putt bogey at No. 4, but he remained even for the ...

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (AP) _ These are lean times for Lefty in the majors. Phil Mickelson came to the 18th hole at the British Open figuring he needed par to avoid missing his second straight cut in a major. He set his feet, had one last look down the fairway, took a mighty swing with the driver and watched the ball sail into the iron grey skies. Only to splash into the Barry Burn. Mickelson ended another frustrating round ...

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (AP) _ The chip-in at the 2005 Masters that somehow went in. The four-iron holed out from the fairway at Hoylake a year ago. And now, Tiger Woods has another improbable shot for his majors collection. Woods sank a 90-foot birdie putt Thursday at damp, chilly Carnoustie on his way to a 2-under-par 69, putting himself solidly in contention for his third straight British Open championship. Paul McGinley of Ireland was the early leader with ...

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (AP) _ Justin Rose failed to qualify for the last three British Opens. Now he's back and hoping to end the Brits' eight-year shutout in majors. Paul Lawrie's victory at Carnoustie in 1999 was the last time any British _ or European _ golfer won a major, and that stat has become almost as embarrassing to the locals as Colin Montgomerie's failure ever to win one. The return to Carnoustie has fuelled hopes of a ...

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (AP) _ Seve Ballesteros officially retired from competition Monday, ending a charismatic career filled with five major championships, a record 50 victories on the European Tour and a fighting spirit that rejuvenated Europe in the Ryder Cup. Ballesteros, who turned 50 in April, has not been a force in golf for the last 10 years as he has coped with back injuries. He was torn between trying to keep playing and stepping away, and decided ...

Lorena Ochoa still doesn't have a major title, but it might not be long before she has her own LPGA Tour event. Alejandro Ochoa, her brother and agent, said the tour is getting closer to signing off on an official tournament that would be held in November 2008 at Guadalajara Country Club, the home course of the 25-year-old Mexican star. Doug Brecht, the vice-president of rules and officials on the LPGA Tour, did a scouting report on ...

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) _ Lorena Ochoa vanquished the playoff demons. Now the world's No. 1 player is aiming for her first major title. Ochoa erased a three-shot deficit over the last two regulation holes Sunday and then beat South Korean rookie In-Kyung Kim in a playoff to capture the Wegmans LPGA for the second time in three years. The 25-year-old Mexican star closed with a 1-over-par 73 for an 8-under 280 total on the Locust Hill course and ...

OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) _ Jack Nicklaus figures at least one of his major championship records is safe. Tiger Woods left Oakmont having squandered another chance to win a major while playing in the last group, unable to make but one birdie in the final round of the U.S. Open despite having a short iron for his approach to the green on a half-dozen occasions. The next opportunity _ maybe _ will be at Carnoustie for the British ...

OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) _ Tiger Woods and Geoff Ogilvy will play together the first two rounds next week at Oakmont, continuing a recent trend of the U.S. Open and British Open champions in the same group. Joining them will be U.S. Amateur champion Richie Ramsay of Scotland when the U.S. Open begins Thursday. While the USGA claims that the rest of the draw is random, there were some curious groupings, and some with plenty of star power. Phil ...

CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) _ Lorena Ochoa only set her sights higher after validating her status as the No. 1 player in women's golf by winning for the first time since supplanting Annika Sorenstam. The 25-year-old Mexican superstar now wants to win a major or two, and soon. Ochoa got back to the winner's circle and defended a title Sunday, shooting a bogey-free 4-under 68 for a three-shot win over front-running Sarah Lee in the $1.4 million Sybase ...

REUNION, Fla. (AP) _ Annika Sorenstam withdrew Thursday from the Ginn Open because of a ruptured disk in her back that will keep her from playing on the LPGA Tour for at least a month. ``I've been playing with quite a bit of pain for the past several weeks,'' Sorenstam said in a statement. ``I couldn't take it much more and decided it was time to see someone after the ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (CP) _ One of Mike Weir's golf balls is lying at the bottom of Rae's Creek after an exhausting week at the Masters. The Canadian lefty didn't hit it there. Instead, he tossed the Titleist in the water behind the 11th green Sunday after holing a bunker shot for par on one of the toughest holes at Augusta National. ``That was just a lucky shot I guess,'' Weir ...

AUGUSTA, Georgia (AP) _ Tiger Woods lost a golf club but saved a par at the Masters on Sunday. Already enduring a difficult day, Woods snapped one of his middle irons while punching out from behind a tree on the 11th hole. His drive landed to the right and slightly behind one of the pines that was planted in recent years specifically to make the layout at Augusta National more ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) _ A four-iron wasn't the only thing that Tiger Woods broke Sunday at the Masters. Fractured, too, was the myth that the man couldn't be beat once he grabbed the outright lead in the final round of a major. Twice before, Woods had been caught and passed. But both times _ in the 2000 PGA Championship at Valhalla and here a year later _ Woods came out ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) _ Arnold Palmer stepped up to a first teebox that used to be the practice green Thursday and kicked off the Masters with a tee shot that looks nothing like what he used to hit when he ruled the course. Palmer's shot into the left rough, about 100 yards short of the bunker that's in play for the big hitters, marked the ceremonial start to the year's ...

MIAMI (AP) _ Tiger Woods felt stiffness in his neck from a bad night of sleep on his boat. For the first time in 3{ years, he couldn't break par when he had entered Sunday with the lead. And he played so cautiously on the final hole of the CA Championship that the outcome was in doubt for as long as it took a 50-foot par putt to settle a ...

MIAMI (AP) _ Tom Lehman hasn't played Doral in 15 years. What he wouldn't give for one of the 74 tee times this week on the Blue Monster. Instead, the former Ryder Cup captain will be out of work two of the next three weeks, including a spot on his couch during the Masters. Part of that is his own fault for not playing better. Part of that is a ...

Karrie Webb took a big step toward her third Women's Australian Open title, moving four shots clear of the field with a 4-under-par 68 on Saturday at Royal Sydney. Second-place Wei Yun-jye of Taiwan, who trailed the Australian by one shot after the second round and played with Webb in the final group Saturday, had a 1-under 71 and was one of only seven golfers to break par in tough ...

Ernie Els had a 4-under-68 for a two-shot lead after the third round of the Dubai Desert Classic on Saturday, and Tiger Woods had another difficult day on the greens. Els finished at 17-under 199, despite bogeying the first and eighth holes. Previous leader Ross Fisher (71), Henrik Stenson (69) and Jyoti Randhawa (67) shared second. Woods shot a 67 to trail Els by three strokes, missing putts from as ...

Michelle Wie didn't hit a fairway off the tee, didn't hit a green in regulation. And through the first nine holes Thursday, it was becoming increasing clear that she didn't have a chance to make the cut in the Sony Open. Wie was 8 over par, and easily could have been worse without making four putts outside six feet. The 17-year-old from Honolulu was in last place, four shots worse ...