Golf

Keegan Bradley found his clubs spread out on the floor and an open umbrella near his empty golf bag in the champions' locker room before teeing off at the Byron Nelson Championship.

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It's been awhile since the big-screen TV was turned onto a golf tournament on a Sunday afternoon – and at the same time the Warriors and Spurs headed into overtime in Game 4 of their Western Conference semifinal.

As the Players Championship wound down Sunday, there were as many compelling stories on the leaderboard as there were golf balls in the water surrounding the tournament's signature hole, the par-3 17th.

Sergio Garcia had one of those stretches where it felt like every putt was going to drop. He needed every one of them Friday for a 7-under 65 to match his best score on the TPC Sawgrass and take a one-shot lead over Tiger Woods among early starters at The Players Championship.

Roberto Castro made a debut he won't soon forget in The Players Championship, opening with a 9-under 63 Thursday to tie the course record at the TPC Sawgrass and build a three-shot lead over Rory McIlroy and other early starters.

The Players Championship should consider changing the name of its course to the TPC Mystery.

Derek Ernst's playoff victory Sunday in the Wells Fargo Championship was relatively easy. With David Lynn scattershooting his ball all over the 18th hole, all the PGA Tour rookie needed was a par for his first victory.

When Bryce Johnson was driven to the 12th hole Monday at Wildhorse - when he was supposed to start his round on the opposite side of the course at No. 18 - he was unfazed.

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Phil Mickelson's ball was just above the edge of the cart path, slightly below his feet, when he decided to hit a hard fade around the trees toward the green. The shot went out of bounds and cost him the outright lead Saturday in the Wells Fargo Championship, and Mickelson was angry about his decision.

How can Spencer Levin's thumb injury benefit me?

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Billy Horschel sensed the time had come for him to win his first PGA Tour event. That could explain the composure he displayed in the face of two final-round weather delays and a 27-foot birdie putt he made on the final hole to avoid a playoff.

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UC Davis swept the top four individual places Tuesday in cruising to its fourth straight Big West Conference women's golf championship.

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For all the big moments in Graeme McDowell's career, his résumé was short on PGA Tour victories.