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Kakko wins Challenge Tour event in Oman

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Muscat, Oman (SportsNetwork.com) – Roope Kakko closed with a 3-under 69 on Sunday to win the National Bank of Oman Golf Classic by two strokes. Kakko, who won for the second time on the European Challenge Tour, ended at 14-under-par […]

Pace wins Sanya Ladies Open in playoff

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Hainan, China (Sports Network) – Lee-Anne Pace birdied the first playoff hole on Sunday to defeat Yu Yang Zhang and win the Sanya Ladies Open. Pace, who also won this event in 2010, carded a 70 in the final round […]

Tee to Green: Lydia Ko is a Kiwi hipster, and a potential star

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Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – Picture, if you will, a female golfing phenom: an engaging teenager, of Korean descent, who has displayed prodigious talent and marketable charisma. You’d think Michelle Wie, right? But this isn’t the mid-2000s. Nowadays, Lydia Ko holds […]

Guan to join Woods, McIlroy at Mission Hills

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(SportsNetwork.com) – Tianlang Guan, who made a big first impression at the Masters last April, will join Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy at Mission Hills next week for a skills session. Woods will travel to China to face McIlroy in […]

This Week in Golf — Oct. 24-27

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Watney will headline the field at Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club a year after the event was contested at The Mines Resort and Golf Club. The win was Watney’s second of the 2012 season following his title at The […]

Golf Tidbits: New season helps in different ways

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Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – In case you missed it, and many of you have, the PGA Tour’s 2013-14 season is two weeks old. The first two winners of what had been known as Fall Series events are two Americans who […]

Yang jumps into top 20 in women’s world rankings

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Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – Amy Yang topped Hee Kyung Seo with a birdie in the first playoff hole at the LPGA KEB – HanaBank Championship on Sunday and that moved her inside the top 20 of this week’s women’s world […]

Simpson moves to 17th in world rankings

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Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – Webb Simpson rolled to a 6-stroke victory at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open on Sunday and that moved him up to 17th in this week’s world golf rankings. The 2012 U.S. Open champion’s fourth career […]

Van den Berg wins by 5 in South Africa

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Lethabong, South Africa (SportsNetwork.com) – Ulrich van den Berg carded a 5- under 67 on Sunday to claim a 5-stroke victory at the BMG Classic. Van den Berg, who earned his seventh career win on the Sunshine Tour, finished the […]

Elvira claims maiden win at Foshan Open

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Foshan City, China (SportsNetwork.com) – Nacho Elvira carded an even-par 72 on Sunday to hang on for a 1-stroke win at the Foshan Open. Elvira claimed his first career win on the European Challenge Tour at 14- under-par 274. The […]