Champions Tour News

Fred Funk got off to a fast start in his third career Champions Tour start, shooting a 6-under 65 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the AT&T Championship. The 50-year-old Funk, a seven-time winner on the PGA Tour who has made 24 of 28 cuts on the regular tour this year, had six birdies in his bogey-free round on the Oak Hills Country Club course. The 2005 Players Championship winner ...

Jay Haas wasn't sure how to react after winning the rain-shortened Administaff Small Business Classic on Sunday. Haas learned he won his sixth career Champions Tour title while sitting in the players' locker room when tournament officials announced that the Augusta Pines course was unplayable. He took a five-stroke lead into the final round after shooting a 9-under 63 in the second round Saturday. Haas started the final round with ...

Jay Haas birdied the final four holes for a 9-under 63 _ matching his best round on the Champions Tour _ and a five-shot lead Saturday after two rounds in the Administaff Small Business Classic. Haas, who started the round tied for the lead with Tom Purtzer and Dick Mast, pulled ahead for good with a birdie on No. 10 and finished the day at 16-under 128. Bruce Lietzke eagled the final hole for a 66 to ...

Arnold Palmer tearfully said it was time to stop playing competitive golf after withdrawing from a Champions Tour event early in the first round. The 77-year-old Palmer hit two balls into the water on the fourth hole Friday, then said he was withdrawing because of a sore lower back. He continued playing with his threesome of Lee Trevino and John Mahaffey but did not keep score the rest of the ...

Arnold Palmer hit two balls in the water on the fourth hole of a Champions Tour event Friday and then withdrew, complaining of a sore lower back. The 77-year-old golf great was making only his second appearance on the tour this season and was playing in a threesome with Lee Trevino and John Mahaffey at the Administaff Small Business Classic. He remained with the group after withdrawing to entertain the ...

The AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am consists of six hour rounds that often take their toll on other golfers, but not Phil Mickelson.  He actually enjoys the tournaments while admitting that patience is the key to success.  It seems that golf news usually surrounds Mickelson and every turn he makes, but that’s all a part of being one of the top professional golfers in the PGA and in the world.  ...

The Champions Tour will play 29 official events next season, with the total purse growing to US$54 million for a record average of $1.86 million per tournament, the 50-and-over tour said Monday. All 29 events will be broadcast on national television, with 22 tournaments airing on The Golf Channel. Five events will air Saturday and Sunday on NBC, with ABC and CBS each televising one tournament. The five majors will ...