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Vaught's Views: PGA's Players Championship tourney has familiar area face in Jessica Cornelius
larry@amnews.comWhen the Players Championship starts Thursday at Stadium Course at Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra, Fla., there will once again be a face familiar to area golf fans. No, it’s not Tiger Woods, who will be playing in his first tournament since...Tags: Tiger Woods, U.S. Open (golf), PGA Tour, The Players Championship, Sports
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Danville Advocate-Messenger sports editor Larry Vaught named Tom Hammond Sports Media Award winner by Bluegrass Sports Commission
gmoyers@schurz.comLong-time Advocate-Messenger sports editor Larry Vaught has been named the 2013 Tom Hammond Kentucky Sports Media Award winner by the Bluegrass Sports Commission. Vaught, sports editor at The Advocate since 1996 after working under his father, the...Tags: NBA All-Star Game, Kenneth Faried, Football, Entertainment Events, NBC (tv network)
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Golf: Danville's Williams shoots 65, leads at Junior PGA Championship
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — J.B. Williams of Danville and Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand both tied Sycamore Hills Golf Club competitive course records and grabbed opening-round leads Tuesday at the 37th Junior PGA Championship. Williams had a two-stroke lead...
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Golf: Danville golfer Williams falls from lead at Junior PGA Championship
J.B. Williams of Danville fell off the lead Wednesday after shooting 80 in the second round of the Junior PGA Championship at Fort Wayne, Ind. Williams, the first-round leader after matching the course record with a 65 on Tuesday, was in a three-way tie...
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Golf: Danville's Williams ties for 26th place at Junior PGA Championship
J.B. Williams of Danville finished in a tie for 26th place Friday in the Junior PGA¿Championship at Fort Wayne, Ind. Williams, a senior-to-be, shot 77 in the final round of the 72-hole tournament at Sycamore Hills to finished at 310 after opening with a...
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Prep Golf: Danville's J.B. Williams focusing all his energy on golf now
marsee@amnews.comJ.B. Williams has gone all in. From giving up other sports to overhauling his golf swing to playing tournaments at a time when most players’ clubs are in the closet, Williams has made a commitment to golf by making a series of moves over the last...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Sports, Jack Nicklaus, Labor Legislation
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Vaught's Views: 'Minor' brain surgery set for ex-Kentucky golfer Holmes
larry@amnews.comJ.B. Holmes started this year’s PGA Tour superbly, but in recent months his play dropped off for reasons that were very obvious to those around him. “It’s hard to put the ball in the hole when you are seeing three of them (holes),&...Tags: Phoenix Open (golf), Steve Stricker, Camilo Villegas, Wells Fargo Championship, Accenture Ltd.
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Field set for Kentucky Open
LOUISVILLE — The field is set for the PowerBilt Kentucky Open.
The prestigious event will be held Aug. 2-4, at Persimmon Ridge Golf Club. The three-day event features 150 golfers, including seven past champions.
Past champions Andy Roberts (2010),...Tags: PGA Tour, Clubs and Associations, Multi-Sport Events, Lifestyle and Leisure, Education
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Grant's Golf Blog: To ban or not to ban
KWCH 12 Eyewitness SportsI can hear the non-golf people snickering about this next sentence but, there is a showdown coming on the golf course. On Tuesday, the USGA will announce their decision on the use of anchored putters in the game of golf. This could be a watershed moment...Tags: Webb Simpson, PGA Tour, Tim Clark, Keegan Bradley, Phil Mickelson
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ESPN to take over U.S. Open tennis rights from CBS in 2015
After holding serve for 45 years, CBS has lost the rights to the nation's premier tennis tournament. ESPN on Thursday said it has clinched an 11-year deal with the United States Tennis Assn. for the exclusive TV rights, beginning in 2015, for the annual...Tags: PGA Tour, The Walt Disney Co., Satellite and Cable Service, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Media Industry
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Sergio Garcia leads Tiger Woods by one at Players
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Sergio Garcia was only 19 when he first challenged Tiger Woods during the final round of the 1999 PGA Championship. Woods nipped the fist-pumping Spaniard — then affectionately known as El Nino — by a shot for a...
Tags: Tiger Woods, Henrik Stenson, U.S. Open (golf), Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood
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Garcia goes 1 up on Tiger at Players Championship
AP Golf WriterPONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — 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...Tags: Henrik Stenson, Tiger Woods, U.S. Open (golf), PGA Tour, The Players Championship
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