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Katie Burnett of Brunswick, Ga., shot a six-under-par 66 to take a five-shot lead in the first round of the Michigan PGA Women's Open on Monday at Crystal Mountain Resort in Thompsonville. Burnett had one eagle, five birdies and one bogey on the Mountain Ridge course and tied the course record for women, set in this event by Elaine Crosby in 2004 and matched by Lisa Fernandes in 2007.
First-round leaders (par 72; a-amateur) Katie Burnett66 Justina Yu71 Jennifer Hong73 Inhong Lim73 Laura Bavaird74 Melissa Beurmann(a)74 Sue Ertl74 Kelly Hartigan(a)74 Minami Levonowich(a)74 Rachael Schmidt 74 Kristin Walla74 Olivia Jordan-Higgins75 Amy Meier(a)75 Elizabeth Nagel(a)75 Ashley Tait75
Marc Leishman shot an early eight-under 62 and won the Travelers Championship for his first PGA Tour title Sunday, after Charley Hoffman blew a two-stroke lead.
Community service Pistons guard Brandon Knight took time away from his summer conditioning program Saturday morning to help volunteers build a playground at the Commonwealth Community Development Academy in Detroit.
Englishman Brian Davis shot a six-under 64, and Roland Thatcher had a 65 on Saturday to share the third-round lead in the Travelers Championship at 12-under 198 Both are looking for their first win on the PGA Tour.
Defending champion Fredrik Jacobson shot a four-under 66 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead in the suspended second round of the Travelers Championship. The Swede had a nine-under 131 total. He's trying to join Phil Mickelson, the 2001 and 2002 winner, as the only players to successfully defend a title at River Highlands.
For at least one semifinal match at the 101st Michigan Amateur, personal bragging rights will be on the line this morning.
Drew Preston rallied from an early deficit Friday and beat perennial contender Tom Werkmeister of Kentwood, 2-up, in the final at Oakland Hills’ North Course.
Five members of Oakland Hills Country Club, the host site for this week's 101st Michigan Amateur championship, made it through the first round of match play Wednesday on the par-70, 6,635-yard North Course -- and four won second-round matches to reach the final 16.
The calendar says the 101st Michigan Amateur started Monday at Oakland Hills Country Club -- but ask the players and many will say it begins today. Following two rounds of stroke play featuring 168 competitors, the field was cut Tuesday to the top 64 for match play.
IZOD IndyCar Series officials, looking for a change of venue for the canceled Aug. 19 race in China, called Michigan International Speedway over the weekend.
He shot a four-under 66 on Monday in the opening round at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township.
Webb Simpson won the U.S. Open and put two more names into the graveyard of champions. Overlooked for so much of the week, Simpson emerged on a fog-filled Sunday at the Olympic Club with four birdies around the turn and a tough chip out of a hole to the right of the 18th green that he converted into par for a two-under 68.
Tiger Woods tried his best to put a positive spin on things, even when there was nothing positive about his weekend. Another opportunity lost. Another chance to win a major gone.
Simpson saved par on the hilly 18th hole with a chip from the rough to about 4 feet, closing with a 2-under 68 to hold off Graeme McDowell and Michael Thompson in a foggy final round at The Olympic Club on Sunday.
Lee Westwood has nine top-fives in major championships. So, yes, you could say he's due. "Every time you get yourself in contention, you learn something new," he said. "But the main thing is to believe I'm good enough. I must be if I keep getting myself in contention often enough."
The annual Wish for Kids scramble, benefitting Make-A-Wish Michigan, will be held Saturday at Links at Lake Erie Golf Course, Monroe. Check-in is 8 a.m. with shotgun start at 9. Tickets are $95 per player and include 18 holes of golf and dinner. For more information, call Links at Lake Erie at 734-384-1177.
And what is there for your Father's Day viewing pleasure? Lots, including the Tigers (1 p.m., FSD), the NASCAR race at MIS (1, TNT), the U.S. Open (4, NBC) and the NBA Finals (8, ABC). Now the questions are how much of it you can watch and which champ ends up with the cutest Dad Holding Kid and Trophy photo.
Tiger Woods, David Toms and Jim Furyk are tied for the lead halfway through the U.S. Open. But today is moving day.
Luke Donald doesn't regret not coming to the Olympic Club ahead of the U.S. Open to learn the golf course. He's not sure how he could have applied any lesson.
Just when this U.S. Open was starting to look like child’s play, Tiger Woods led a trio of tested champions who took it back today.
One of Garrett Kelpin's biggest cheerleaders was his competitor -- eventual Michigan Open runner-up Jeff Cuzzort.
Phil Mickelson lost a ball in the trees on his first swing Thursday, hit a spectator drive on another and spent more time in the rough than the fairway.
The lead at the U.S. Open belonged to Michael Thompson. The buzz came from Tiger Woods.
Barrett Kelpin saw no reason to take his foot off the gas. The Kalamazoo rookie professional shot a third-round six-under-par 66 at The Orchards Golf Club on Wednesday and threatened to race away in the 95th Michigan Open.
The Olympic Club has hosted four previous U.S. Opens. Each has been decided by a single stroke or in a playoff. They all have been historic, mostly for who didn't win.
Barrett Kelpin picked a good time to make a first impression. The Kalamazoo product posted a sizzling 63 Tuesday morning -- his competition career-low round coming in his first professional tournament -- to snatch the second-round lead of the 95th Michigan Open at the Orchards Golf Club in Washington Township.
Tiger Woods couldn't stop talking Tuesday about how the U.S. Open presents the toughest test of the year. If that's the case, then how he fares at The Olympic Club could go a long way in helping him figure out how close he is to returning to the top of golf.
Adding a tournament before the U.S. Open turned out to be a great move for Rory McIlroy.
Pay enough attention to Jason Dufner on the golf course and one can't help but notice that expression. Or, more specifically, that lack of expression.
For a man who couldn't swing a golf club for six weeks, Dustin Johnson sure knows how to return to winning form quickly. Johnson won the St. Jude Classic on Sunday in his second event after a back injury cost him nearly three months away from the PGA Tour, shooting a four-under 66 that held off John Merrick (68) by a stroke.
Editor's note: Story originally published on June 10, 1997.
No Triple Crown again this year, so how about this: Novak Djokovic is seeking his fourth straight Grand Slam title, something no male tennis player has done since Rod Laver 43 years ago. And if he beats Rafael Nadal in the French Open final, it also would keep alive his hopes for a real Grand Slam. 9 a.m., NBC.
What: 112th U.S. Open, second of golf's annual four major tournaments. Where: Lake Course at The Olympic Club, San Francisco; par 70, 7,170 yards. Defending champ: Rory McIlroy.
Eun-Hee Ji shot a three-under 69 on Saturday to take a one-shot lead over Karrie Webb after the third round of the LPGA Championship. Ji was four under at Locust Hill. Webb shot a 68, matching Ji for the best round of the tournament.
Se Ri Pak, playing for the first time since suffering an injured left shoulder in early April, shot a one-under 71 on Friday to take a one-shot lead after the second round of the LPGA Championship.
Detroit Mercy's Ray McCallum is among 19 players who will take part in Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul's CP3 Elite Guard Camp today through Monday in Winston-Salem, N.C.
From the gridiron to the golf course, Lions offensive coordinator Scott Linehan can't help himself from helping Matthew Stafford.
Jimmy Powers’ first shot was the best shot at the Lions’ annual charity golf invitational Wednesday at the TPC Michigan in Dearborn.
The league's management council and the players' union determined that Seattle violated the collective bargaining agreement's off-season workout rules by having live contact during an organized team activity.
Beacon Hill: Kirk Czarnecki, 48, White Lake, June 2, 15th hole, 140 yards, 8-iron, shot 77 for 18, first ace in 30 years. Brookwood: Joe Priest, May 29, 3rd hole, 136 yards, 8-iron; David DiLaura, May 30, 3rd hole, 126 yards, 9-iron; Raul Lopez, May 30, 3rd hole, 126 yards, 9-iron.
Did you see where Phil Mickelson withdrew after shooting a 79 in the first round of the Memorial?
On Sunday, Tiger Woods tied Jack Nicklaus for second in career PGA Tour victories. The top five: Sam Snead, 82 Slammin' Sammy, who died in '02, was a seven-time major champion and a four-time Vardon Trophy winner. Tiger Woods, 73
Tiger Woods picked the right place to match Jack Nicklaus for career PGA Tour wins, and with a shot that left even Nicklaus amazed. Two shots behind with three holes to play, his ball in an impossible spot behind the 16th green, Woods holed a flop shot from 50 feet that turned bogey into birdie and sent him on his way to a stunning victory Sunday in the Memorial.
Spencer Levin gets another crack at his first PGA Tour win, this time with a smaller lead and a lot more star power behind him.
A field of 144 players from 31 states and six other countries will take part in the Women's Western Golf Association's National Amateur Championship at Monroe Golf & Country Club on June 18-23.
That other Rory -- Rory Sabbatini -- played his best golf in the worst weather and was leading the Memorial.
Scott Stallings made one of only four birdies on the 18th hole at Muirfield Village for a six-under 66 and a one-stroke lead in the Memorial in Dublin, Ohio. Plus more on boxing, college football, NFL and tennis.
Before he took a few swings at Indianwood Golf and Country Club, Lions coach Jim Schwartz couldn't resist taking a shot at defending U.S. Senior Open defending champion Olin Browne.
Indianwood Golf and Country Club got a little local star power to help kick off final preparations for the upcoming U.S. Senior Open.
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