From ReutersBy Norman DabellSOUTHPORT (Reuters) - Chris Wood emulated the 1998 feat of compatriot Justin Rose by chipping in at the last to take a firm hold of the race for leading amateur at the British Open on Friday.While Rose''s spectacular finish came from the left rough, Wood chipped over the greenside bunker to send his ball diving into the cup.His birdie three at the 18th gave him a level-par 70 in the second round

From USAPL.orgBy Stuart HallAurora, Colo. — Rickie Fowler certainly didn’t think a 1-under round against a player the caliber of Cody Paladino would win his U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship second-round match Thursday morning.Oh, the vagaries of match play, though.Fowler, admittedly, did not play his best golf, but ultimately made birdie on the 603-yard, par-5 15th to close out Paladino 4 at Murphy Creek Golf Course, 4 and 3."No, I really didn’t think it would

From ESPN.comAURORA, Colo. -- Aaron Goldberg shot 6-under 65 and took the first round lead in the two-round stroke play qualifying of the 83rd U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship on Monday."I hit a lot of fairways and greens and made putts," said Goldberg, who recently completed his eligibility at San Diego State University. "I think I only had 28 putts."The San Diego native held a one shot lead over Zachary Zaremba of Pueblo and Travis

From GolfweekBy RON BALICKISenior WriterPINEHURST, N.C. – Matt Savage knew it wouldn’t be difficult to keep his focus Sunday in the 36-hole final match of the 108th North & South Amateur Championship at Pinehurst’s famed No. 2 course.“I was focused on every shot which wasn’t hard when you have Jamie Lovemark standing right there playing against you,” Savage said. “With a player of his caliber, you’d better stay focused or you’re going to get drilled.”The

From GolfweekBy RON BALICKISenior WriterJamie Lovemark has not played the 18th hole at Pinehurst’s No. 2 course since his second round of stroke-play qualifying on Tuesday.Lovemark, however, is certain to see the 445-yard, par-4 finishing hole at least once Sunday as he takes on Florida State senior Matt Savage in the 36-hole final of the 108th North & South Amateur Championship.Lovemark, a junior at USC and a two-time first-team All-American, advanced to the championship match

From The Washington PostBy Andrew AstlefordWashington Post Staff WriterSaturday, July 5, 2008; Page E10 Drew Weaver considers the struggle part of his growth. The frustration he feels when he misses a cut in a professional event serves as motivation to achieve more. He tells himself that, someday, his drives will consistently find the fairway. Someday, his iron shots will stick on the green and his putts will fall without fail."It''s definitely different for me than

From ESPN.comERIN, Wis. -- UCLA star Tiffany Joh won the U.S. Women''s Amateur Public Links for the second time in three years, rallying to win four of the last six holes Saturday for a 2-and-1 victory over Southern California recruit Jennifer Song.Joh, from San Diego, the 2006 winner at Walking Stick in Pueblo, Colo., is the fifth two-time winner in the 32-year history of the USGA event."I think I just kind of stumbled into it,"

From ESPN.comERIN, Wis. -- Qualifying medalists Lizette Salas and Katie Kempter lost their first-round matches Wednesday in the U. S. Women''s Amateur Public Links Championship.Ellen Mueller of Bartlesville, Okla., beat Salas, from Azusa, Calif., 2 and 1, and Taiwan''s Tzu Chi Lin edged Kempter, from Albuquerque, N.M., in 20 holes.Mueller and Lin were among seven players who tied for the final spots in stroke-play qualifying at 14-over 160 -- 16 strokes behind Salas and Kempter

From ESPN.comERIN, Wis. -- Not bad for someone going into fifth grade.Ten-year-old Allisen Corpuz of Kapolei, Hawaii, shot a 15-over-par 88 in the second round of the U.S. Women''s Amateur Public Links Championship on Tuesday.Her two-day total of 169 was nine strokes over the 160 cut for the 64 golfers advancing to match play, but it was sensational for a girl who stands a mere 5-feet tall and weighs in at 111 pounds."It was nice,"

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From GolfweekRickie Fowler shot 1-under 69 Sunday at Sunnehanna Country Club to successfully defend his title at the prestigious Sunnehanna Amateur.Fowler finished at 8-under 272, five shots ahead of the University of Wisconsin’s Daniel Woltman (71). Nathan Smith (68), the 2003 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion, finished third at 2 under par. They were the only players to finish the tournament under par.Fowler started the day 7 under and with a one-shot lead, but was tied with

From ESPN.comST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- The Americans won the Curtis Cup for the sixth straight time Sunday with the perfect ending -- the clinching point was won by Stacy Lewis and the final point came from Alison Walshe.Both were simply perfect at the home of golf.Lewis, the former NCAA champion from Arkansas, became the first player in the 76-year history of the matches to go 5-0. Her final victory came against Elizabeth Bennett, 3 and

From ESPN.comST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- Amanda Blumenherst and Stacy Lewis each won two matches Friday to help the Americans take a 4-2 lead against Great Britain & Ireland at the Curtis Cup.The United States has not lost these amateur matches since 1996, and they got off to a good start in miserable weather on the Old Course at St. Andrews, needing a few putts to go their way at the end.Blumenherst and Tiffany Joh looked

From PGATour.comBy John Maginnes, PGATOUR.COM ContributorI was a fill-in at the last minute on a friend''s softball team a couple of years ago in New York. When I think of league softball, I think of fat guys in t-shirts with the name of a bar on the front and a high school nickname on the back. I think of pulled hamstrings, gray temples and cold beer on warm summer nights. Boy, was I wrong. In

From GolfweekGolfweek has learned the eight players who will be named to the U.S. Palmer Cup team.Georgia’s Adam Mitchell, Louisville’s Derek Fathauer, San Diego State’s Aaron Goldberg, Florida’s Billy Horschel, Alabama’s Michael Thompson, Oklahoma State’s Rickie Fowler, Georgia Tech’s Chesson Hadley and UCLA’s Kevin Chappell will take on a team of European collegians June 26-27 at Glasgow Golf Club’s Gailes Links in Scotland.The European team will be announced Wednesday.

From USGA.orgFor Billy Horschel, there was no one defining moment, no “hello world” proclamation. Rather, his emergence onto the national amateur scene has been a series of confident steps dating back to the summer of 2005.“I wasn’t anything special as a junior golfer,” said Horschel. “I had the ability, I had the game. I just needed to get over the hump and prove to myself that I belonged at the same level as these other

From USGA.orgWhen Meghan Bolger sets her mind to doing something, she has a way of making a defining mark. Consider the following: She not only won one Philadelphia Amateur title, she won seven – in a row. In 2001, she was promoted to head women’s golf coach at the University of Mississippi, at the time making her the youngest Division I head coach in any sport at age 23.And when it came to the U.S.

From Masters.orgThursday, March 6, 2008Before Woody Austin earned the nickname “Aquaman” for plunging head first into the chilly Canadian waters at last year’s President’s Cup, before he laughed at himself for his nationally televised watery dip, he had achieved another, more important goal.Austin reserved a spot for himself at the 2008 Masters Tournament, ending a 12-year wait between Masters appearances, something more important to him than all the now funny nicknames and endlessly played video

From USGA.orgNot to be confused with Spiderman creator Stan Lee, this Stan Lee enjoys spinning balls instead of webs. Thirty-eight years passed between the time Lee played in his first U.S. Junior Amateur Championship and won his first USGA title - that being the Senior Amateur last September at Flint Hills National Golf Club in Andover, Kan.Lee, who became the youngest winner of the championship — 55 years and 5 days — competed on the

From The Honolulu AdvertiserKAPOLEI — You won''t find a more contrasting tale of players with sponsor''s exemptions than in the LPGA''s Fields Open in Hawai''i.In one corner there''s Michelle Wie, a professional with $12.5 million in endorsements.Then there''s amateur Ayaka Kaneko, a high school senior who is looking forward to playing collegiate golf at Pepperdine.Both are products of Hawai''i''s fine junior golf program. Both are 18 years old. And both are tied at 2-under 142

From GOLF.comThe Official World Golf Ranking has flaws, but it is widely accepted. The pros play their way into major championships and big events, like this week''s WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, based on their ranking.Keep reading....

From The ScotsmanBy MARTIN DEMPSTERLOTHIANS teenager Neil Henderson will tee off the new golfing season later this month with the deserved tag of "Scotland''s most improved amateur".Two years ago, the North Berwick youngster was playing off a handicap of four and was well off the radar as far as the international scene was concerned. Now, following a spectacular 24 months, he''s down to plus 2.4 and has a full Scotland cap as a possible target

From GolfweekMeghan Bolger can be soothed by the fact that she will travel to St. Andrews as part of the U.S. Curtis Cup contingent, but a frustrating string of close calls in recent amateur events continued for Bolger at the Ione D. Jones/Doherty Championship.Sixteen-year-old Isabelle Lendl defeated Bolger, 1 up, in the finals of the Doherty on Saturday. Lendl, ranked 39th in the Golfweek/Titleist Junior Rankings, defeated her older sister, Marika, in the semifinals. Marika

From The Honolulu AdvertiserFormer Big Island resident Kimberly Kim, 16, has been named to the prestigious eight-women amateur Curtis Cup team.Kim, who became the youngest U.S. Women''s Amateur champion when she won the 2006 championship at 14, will be one of four United States Golf Association champions who will represent the USA against golfers from Great Britain and Ireland.Keep reading....

From ESPN.comBENTON HARBOR, Mich. -- The Point O''Woods Golf & Country Club will no longer be the sole host of the Western Amateur golf tournament after 2008.Tiger Woods (1994) and Phil Mickelson (1991) are among the big names who have won Western Amateur titles at Point O''Woods, which first hosted the tournament in 1963. It returned in 1965 and has been held at the club since 1971.The Western Golf Association''s five-year contract with the Benton