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Anna Nordqvist, of Sweden, reacts after missing an eagle putt on the 16th green during third round play in the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic golf tournament at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Magnolia Grove in Mobile, Ala. Saturday, May 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

Chella Choi takes lead at Mobile Bay LPGA Classic

Anna Nordqvist was putting like a rookie again — and that's a good thing. The Swede said she had perhaps her first "really good putting day" since her rookie year in 2009 with a course-record 61 on Saturday in the third round of the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic. South Korea's ...

Tom Gillis hits from the first fairway during the third round of the Byron Nelson Championship golf tournament Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Irving, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Bradley keeps lead after 3 rounds at Nelson

Keegan Bradley still hasn't gotten things right on the 18th hole at the Byron Nelson Championship, even when finally going left. The bogeys on the closing hole at TPC Four Seasons haven't cost him the lead yet. Bradley overcame consecutive bogeys early and bogeyed No. 18 for the third round ...

Report: Michael Phelps planning comeback

Is Michael Phelps planning a comeback? A report Friday night from WBBH, an NBC television affiliate in Fort Myers, Fla., said Phelps will return to swimming with an eye toward competing at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The three-paragraph story on the station's Web site was posted by news anchor Peter ...

McDowell beats Colsaerts at World Match Play

Graeme McDowell reached the semifinals of the World Match Play Championship after knocking out defending champion Nicolas Colsaerts, whose day include the bizarre moment of taking a penalty drop inside a restroom. McDowell rallied from an early deficit to win 2 and 1 over his European Ryder Cup teammate on ...

FILE - In this June 19, 2011, file photo, 2011 U.S. Open golf tournament champion Rory McIlroy holds his trophy with former winner Ken Venturi in Bethesda, Md. Venturi, who overcame dehydration to win the 1964 U.S. Open and spent 35 years in the booth for CBS Sports, died Friday afternoon, May 17, 2013. He was 82. His son, Matt Venturi, said he died in a hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Larry French, File)

Venturi had precious friendship with Byron Nelson

Ken Venturi was a 14-year-old with a camera trying to get a picture of Byron Nelson when he first met the golfer who would become a mentor and dear friend. "He was, like, getting under the ropes a little bit, " Nelson's widow, Peggy, recalled Saturday of that moment during ...

File-This June 20, 1964 file photo shows Ken Venturi making the final putt on the 18th green during the U.S. Open Golf Championship at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md. The former U.S. Open champion has died just 12 days after he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. He was 82. His son, Matt Venturi, says he died Friday May 17, 2013 in a hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Venturi had been hospitalized the last two months for a spinal infection, pneumonia and an intestinal infection.  (AP Photo/File)

Venturi, US Open champion and CBS analyst, dies

Ken Venturi, who overcame dehydration to win the 1964 U.S. Open and spent 35 years in the booth for CBS Sports, died Friday afternoon. He was 82. His son, Matt Venturi, said he died in a hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Venturi had been hospitalized the last two months for ...

Jessica Korda watches her drive from the 16th tee during the second round in the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic golf tournament at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Magnolia Grove in Mobile, Ala., Friday, May 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

Jessica Korda leads Mobile Bay LPGA Classic

Jessica Korda shot a 7-under 65 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead over Hall of Famer Karrie Webb after the second round of the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic. Korda had seven birdies in her second straight bogey-free round to reach 13 under on The Crossings course at the Robert ...

Jason Dufner reacts to missing a putt for birdie on the fifth green during the first round of the Byron Nelson Championship golf tournament Thursday, May 16, 2013, in Irving, Texas. Dufner, who shot even-par on the first day, is the tournament's defending champion. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Bradley has 3-stroke lead after 2 rounds at Nelson

Keegan Bradley again bogeyed Nos. 1 and 18 in the second round of the Byron Nelson Championship. Unlike the first round, Bradley didn't set a course record. But he still finished with a three-stroke lead. Bradley started and ended his round Friday with those bogeys, part of a 1-under 69 ...

Woodson says he's look for fit in Raiders visit

Charles Woodson pushed back a visit to Oakland to pursue a reunion with the Raiders because extending his career in the NFL isn't his only mission. The 2009 NFL Defensive Player of the Year would've traveled to the Bay Area from Denver after meeting with the Broncos on Wednesday, but ...

Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, hits from the fifth tee during the third round of The Players championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass, Saturday, May 11, 2013, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

AP source: McIlroy to set up own management group

Two-time major champion Rory McIlroy is leaving Dublin-based Horizon Sports Management to set up his own management group. A person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press that McIlroy will create his own team run by his father, Gerry, along with close friends and associates. The person spoke ...

Kentucky Derby winner Orb will start at the No. 1 post in Saturdya's Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.

Eight things to know in sports this weekend

Eight things to know in Sports this weekend A brief look at some of the key sports events and names that are sure to be part of the conversation with someone you know this weekend: 1. HONEY, WE’RE HOME The Braves are back home and will open a three-game series ...

Keegan Bradley bounces his ball off his club as he waits his turn to putt on the second green during the first round of the Byron Nelson Championship golf tournament Thursday, May 16, 2013, in Irving, Texas. Bradley set the TPC Four Seasons course record with a 10-under par 60 in the opening round. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Keegan Bradley shoots course-record 60 at Nelson

Keegan Bradley had no thoughts about a course record, or the possibility of a 59, after consecutive bogeys in the middle of his opening round at the Byron Nelson Championship. Until his 136-yard wedge shot on his final hole Thursday. "It was going right at it. (A 59) crossed my ...

Keegan Bradley watches his birdie putt on the second green during the first round of the Byron Nelson Championship golf tournament Thursday, May 16, 2013, in Irving, Texas. Bradley finished the day with course record 10-under par 60. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Keegan Bradley opens with 60 at Nelson

Keegan Bradley broke the TPC Four Seasons course record with a 10-under 60 in the opening round of the Byron Nelson Championship. Bradley had consecutive bogeys midway through his round Thursday. After his second bogey, at No. 1 to start his second nine, he was 7 under his last eight ...

Atlanta sports TV listings

TV SATURDAY Auto racing  11 a.m.         NBC SN         Indianapolis 500 pole day 5:30 p.m.  ESPN2 NHRA: qualifying 7 p.m.        Speed  NASCAR: Sprint Cup Showdown/All-Star race Baseball 11 a.m.         FSSO  Central Florida at East Carolina 1 p.m.        CSS       Georgia Tech at Miami 1 p.m.        SPSO    Texas A&M at Tennessee 2 p.m.        ...

Marshals dispute account of Woods-Garcia issue

Two marshals say Tiger Woods never said anything to them about whether Sergio Garcia had played his shot. Two other marshals disputed that account, one of them saying he told Woods that Garcia had already hit on the second hole at the TPC Sawgrass. In the days since Woods won ...

Golf insider: Love rejoicing after neck surgery

Sea Island’s Davis Love III looked pretty good last week in his first start since having neck surgery. Love wound up finishing tied for 48th at The Players Championship in his first tournament since February. Love had fusion surgery similar to NFL star Peyton Manning’s procedure. Love said he’s been ...

Smoltz, a future Hall of Famer who won 210 games with the Braves and saved 154, also tried to qualify for the national golf open in 2010 and 2011.

Smoltz feeling more senior than senior tour-like

Between the $140 million he made in his baseball career, two broadcasting jobs, the frequent speaking engagements and the three geezer basketball leagues he plays in, there is little reason to feel sorry for John Smoltz if this professional golf thing doesn’t quite work out.“It’s pie in the sky,” the ...

Silvers finds no big break at U.S. Open qualifier

Mark Silvers made his way around Monday’s U.S. Open qualifying tournament at Marietta Country Club with just two interested people tracking him: his playing partner and one curious spectator. It was slightly different than five months ago, when more than 300,000 TV viewers watched him win “Big Break Greenbrier,” the ...

Tiger Woods gestures as he misses a birdie putt on the eighth hole during the final round of The Players championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass, Sunday, May 12, 2013, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.  (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Woods keeps it dry and wins Players Championship

A weekend filled with sharp words between Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia came down to one last showdown Sunday in The Players Championship, this one staged across the water in a tiny, terrifying section of the TPC Sawgrass. Tied for the lead with two holes to play, Woods kept his ...

Henrik Stenson, of Sweden, walks to the 17th green during the third round of The Players championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass, Sunday, May 12, 2013, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Play was suspended Saturday due to darkness. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Woods tied with Garcia, Lingmerth at Players

Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia are part of a three-way tie for the lead at The Players Championship, both going after golf's richest prize without the pleasure of being in the same group for the final round at the TPC Sawgrass. "It's probably good for both of us," Garcia said, ...

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