Golf

Woodland tied for Memorial lead

DUBLIN, OHIO ? Former Kansas University golfer Gary Woodland is tied for the lead entering the final round of the Memorial.Matt Kuchar finished the third round in a share of the lead, just how he started Saturday.But it was a wet and wild ride for Kuchar and everyone else at Muirfield ...

Chris Thompson sets mark at LCC, but leaves upset he didn’t break into 50s

Chris Thompson shot the greatest round in the 102-year history of Lawrence Country Club on Friday and left the course in a miserable mood.Such is golf.A professional golfer and former All-American at Kansas University, Thompson broke his own course record by firing a 60 from the back tees, but ...

Woodland one back at Farmers Insurance

San Diego ? K.J. Choi one-putted his last six holes Saturday to salvage an even-par 72 and a share of the lead with Scott Brown going into a final round at the Farmers Insurance Open that seems to have everyone nervous.Former Kansas University golfer Gary Woodland, tied with Choi going into the ...

Woodland, Choi tied for Farmers lead

San Diego ? Phil Mickelson had to leave the golf course to play one of his shots at Torrey Pines, an early sign of the mass exodus Friday in the Farmers Insurance Open.By closing with three straight bogeys on the easier North Course, Mickelson missed the cut.At least he was in good ...

Ex-Kansas golfer Thompson heats it up

McKinney, Texas ? Lawrence resident and former Kansas University All-American golfer Chris Thompson blew away the competition this week in a four-day Web.com Q school tournament at TPC Craig Ranch.Thompson’s four-round total of 24-under par made him the low medalist by nine strokes and ...

Column: A British Open cheat sheet

Barring a rain or wind delay, former Kansas University golfer Gary Woodland will have finished his final round at the British Open at the Old Course at St. Andrews, known as the “home of golf,” by the time you arrive at the office Monday morning.Woodland finished Sunday tied for 57th, at ...

Column: U.S. Open course was no beauty

Call me shallow, simple, unsophisticated if you must, but I won’t apologize for preferring Norman Rockwell’s paintings to extremely abstract art. Rockwell’s art tells stories to which we all can relate. Wildly abstract art is not nearly as inclusive.Similarly, I much prefer to watch golf ...

Ailing Woodland hospitalized

University Place, Wash. ? Gary Woodland has been admitted to a local hospital and diagnosed with a virus after playing in the first round of the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay.Woodland’s agent, Mark Steinberg, said in a statement Thursday afternoon that Woodland had been admitted to Tacoma General ...