Golf

Adam Scott leads, Gary Woodland 21st at Tour Championship

Atlanta ? Adam Scott is playing well enough to win the Tour Championship. With a little help, he could win a lot more.Scott figured he was too far back in the FedEx Cup at No. 19 to have a realistic chance at the $10 million bonus. His main concern was heading home to Australia after this week ...

Gary Woodland falls, Webb Simpson wins Deutsche Bank

Norton, Mass. ? Webb Simpson finished off an amazing comeback with three clutch birdies, the final one on the second extra playoff hole Monday in the Deutsche Bank Championship for his second win in three weeks.On a day filled with big crowds and big moments appropriate to the FedEx Cup ...

Gary Woodland two shots back at Deutsche Bank

Norton, Mass. ? For all that went wrong for Bubba Watson on the back nine Sunday, at least he still had the lead at the Deutsche Bank Championship.Right when he was starting to pull away in the third round at the TPC Boston, Watson lost control off the tee and made three bogeys in a five-hole ...

Gary Woodland 5-back at Barclays

EDISON, N.J. ? Harrison Frazar has opened The Barclays with a 7-under 64. All anyone wanted to talk about was Irene.The PGA Tour playoffs for the FedEx Cup got off a soggy start Thursday at Plainfield. Not only was there a rain delay of nearly three hours, the focus quickly shifted to how ...

Ex-KU golfer Chris Thompson makes it

After so many years and so many tournaments, professional golfers develop a feel for what it takes to reach the magic number.They know the course, conditions and field well enough to predict with alarming accuracy what they need to shoot to get where they need to get. Sometimes that number ...

Ex-Jayhawk Chris Thompson falls to tie for 25th

Former Kansas University golfer Chris Thompson of Lawrence shot a 1-under par 70 Saturday in the third round of the Midwest Classic to tumble from tied for fourth to tied for 25th. Thompson is scheduled to tee off at 10:56 a.m. in today’s final round. After not carding worse than a par on any ...

Ex-KU golfer Chris Thompson shines in Alvamar qualifier

Ryan Vermeer, on his way to the first tee box Monday on the private side of Alvamar, explained his decision to play that course instead of the public one in the qualifier for this week’s Midwest Classic, a Nationwide tournament at LionsGate in Overland Park. And then there was Chris Thompson, ...

Alvamar to host qualifier

Picturesque, power golf swings and sweet putting strokes will stock both Alvamar courses Monday, when competitors will try to go low enough to qualify for the Midwest Classic, a Nationwide event scheduled to tee off Thursday at Nicklaus Golf Course at Lions Gate in Overland Park.Former Kansas ...