Augusta (Georgia)

Luke Donald said Tuesday that losing golf's number one ranking had a silver lining, by allowing him to prepare for the coming Masters championship free from the glare of the top-rank spotlight.

Argentina's Fabian Gomez, seeking his first US PGA Tour title, fired a seven-under par 65 on Saturday to match American Scott Brown for a share of the lead at the Puerto Rico Open.

It was the wonder shot that propelled him to his first major, but Bubba Watson said he'd try and avoid a repeat at this year's Masters of the astonishing lob that helped him win at Augusta.

Augusta National Golf Club, the famed home of the Masters tournament, announced that it had finally ended its all-male policy and would admit the first women members in its 80-year history.

Augusta National, home of the Masters golf tournament, said Monday the exclusive club has admitted the first women members in its 80-year history.

Spanish golfer Jose Maria Olazabal, heading from Augusta after the Masters to his next tournament in South Carolina, was clocked speeding and fined $621, authorities said.

Louis Oosthuizen holed a fairway shot for only the fourth albatross in Masters history to seize the final-round lead as Augusta National offered up early electrifying thrills on Sunday.

Pre-tournament favorites Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy struggled in the middle of the pack in Sunday's final round of the Masters while leaders Peter Hanson and Phil Mickelson prepared to tee off.

Tiger Woods teed off on Sunday at the Masters needing to break par in the final round in order to avoid his worst professional result at Augusta National, well out of impending back-nine drama.

The final round of the 76th Masters began on Sunday at Augusta National under perfect conditions with the promise of a back-nine shootout for the champion's green jacket at the end of the day.

The 76th Masters got underway at Augusta National on Thursday with Tiger Woods the tournament favorite and Rory McIlroy leading a strong European challenge.

World No. 3 Lee Westwood, searching for his first major golf title at age 38 after a host of near misses, remains patient entering Thursday's start of the 76th Masters despite the frustration.

The male-only membership of Augusta National Golf Club is a topic of conversation once again as the 76th Masters prepares to tee off on Thursday at the famed course.

South Africa's Ernie Els insists his Houston Open campaign is all about this week's US PGA Tour event, and he can't afford to chase a victory for the sake of booking a Masters berth.

Tiger Woods, the injured golf star coming off record sales for his video game last year with help from the Masters, has enlisted ex-NBA star Shaquille O'Neal's help in selling the newest version.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who use sunless tanning lotions and gels tend to cut back on outdoor sunbathing and trips to tanning beds, according to a new study from Georgia.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - E-Z-GO, a unit of Textron Inc, is recalling 21,900 TXT golf cars, Cushman shuttle vehicles and Bad Boy off-road utility vehicles because of concerns a displacing ball joint can cause crashes, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said.

Congressman's claims about Yucca Mountain nothing but rubbish. Rep. Joe Wilson, the South Carolina Republican who came to prominence by yelling "You lie!" at the president, recently chided his party's presidential candidates for backing away from the federal plans to store nuclear waste in Nevada during their Las Vegas debate.In a piece published Saturday in the Chronicle in Augusta, Ga., a town near his South Carolina district, Wilson urged voters in his state, which holds a presidential primary early next year, to press the candidates on the issue and made a number of specious claims to try to rally support for the failed project.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The ranks of the poor rose in almost all U.S. states and cities in 2010, despite the end of the longest and deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression the year before, U.S. Census data released on Thursday showed.

JOHNS CREEK, Georgia (Reuters) - Players competing in this week's PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club will have to contend with a closing four-hole stretch that Tiger Woods rates as among the most punishing he has ever seen.