European Tour:
Howell and Westwood Confirmed for The Quinn Direct British Masters
Casey and Cejka confirmed for the BMW Asian Open
Tiger Woods confirmed for the HSBC World Match Play Championship
Johan Edfors Wins TCL Classic to move up to World Number 174
Edfors of Sweden claims the TCL Classic as Howell collapses in the wind
Howell maintains his TCL Classic edge, and ties the European Tour 54-hole mark
European Seniors Tour:
Watson, Zoeller and Kite confirmed for The Senior British Open Championship
European Challenge Tour:
With This Win.... Johan Edfors - TCL Classic
Ladies European Tour:
Ochoa to play Scandinavian TPC
Champions Tour:
Bryant takes the Toshiba Classic by a shot for his first Champions Tour triumph
Purtzer, Eastwood and Marsh are all knotted up at the senior Toshiba Classic
LPGA Tour:
Inkster nails down her first win in three years at the LPGA Safeway International
LPGA Tour Notebook: Top women unlikely to try to qualify for the British Open
PGA Tour:
Some tournaments are always remembered for who lost them, says Ferguson
PGA Tour Notebook: Hamate surgery knocks rookie Moore out for six weeks
Booz Allen drops its sponsorship after the PGA Tour moves its event to the fall
Canadian Tour:
STOCKTON, Calif.--Players will be California Dreamin’ this week as the Canadian Tour sets up shop on the west coast for the Northern California Classic presented by the City of Stockton. FULL STORY
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--In the end, Mark Johnson came within a foot of having a real chance to successfully defend his Toshiba Classic title Sunday. FULL STORY
Asian Tour:
ESS AND ASIAN TOUR EXTEND BROADCAST AGREEMENT
Golfnytt fra Norge:
Turneringshelgen
Henrik Bjørnstad og Suzann Pettersen fortsetter og hevde seg i USA. Denne helgen endte Henrik på en 34. plass, mens Tutta endte på en 24. plass. Cecilie Lundgreen ble beste norske kvinne da Nedbank Womens Golf Tour i Sør-Afrika avsluttet fredag. Etter fire turneringer endte Lundgreen på en sammenlagt 3. plass og om lag 65 000 innspilte kroner. Paul Nilbrink misset cutten med god margin i Kina.
Sluttresultater - PGA Tour m/Henrik Bjørnstad
Sluttresultater - European Tour m/Paul Nilbrink
Sluttresultater - LPGA m/Suzann Pettersen
Sluttresultater - Nedbank Women's Golf Tour m/Lundgreen, Skarpnord og Sæther
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Golfnytt fra Sverige:
Johan Edfors vinnare i Kina
Johan Edfors, 30-åring från Kungsbacka, blev Sveriges 24:e vinnare på Europatouren när han vann TCL Classic.
- Vilken pärs! Jag är nog gladast i hela Kina just nu, säger Johan till Svensk Golf. Läs mer...
Annika ryckte upp sig i Arizona
Med två veckor kvar till årets första major lyckades Annika Sörenstam vända en bedrövlig tävling. Hon klättrade från 53:e till 19:e plats i Safeway International. Vinnaren heter dock Juli Inkster. Läs mer
Golfnytt fra Danmark:
Søren Clemmensen blev udpeget som ny formand, da Dansk Golf Union holdt repræsentantskabsmøde på Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel | Læs mere...
Futures Tour:
Ashley Prange Wins First Professional Title on Duramed FUTURES Tour
RIVERVIEW, Fla., March 19, 2006 -- Tour veteran and two-time winner Stephanie George remembers the slight look of fear in the eyes of her fellow contestant last December when they played two rounds together at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.
But today was a different story for Ashley Prange, who earned her first professional title at the $70,000 Greater Tampa Duramed FUTURES Classic. Prange carded a final-round score of 66 to tie the women's course record at Summerfield Crossings Golf Club [set by the LPGA's Beth Bauer] to win by two shots at 10-under-par 203.
Full Story under Daily Wrap-Ups>>
Becky Lucidi: Flip Side of A Wisecrack
 For the entire week of the season-opening event in Lakeland, Fla., Becky Lucidi had a deep sense of dread. She had already greeted perfect strangers cheerily in airports and at a Florida Turnpike toll booth where she was stopped, thanks to her new fame as a player on The Golf Channel's Big Break V: Hawaii show. She had gone through the motions of being the happy-go-lucky, practical joker "Becky From the Big Break."
But she knew the outcome of the show and she knew that the following week, she would participate in a "viewing party" in Tampa at a local restaurant in which a room full of Tour peers and local supporters would watch her become eliminated from the show. As a fierce competitor, the thought of going through it all over again had her insides churning for more than a week. She missed the 36-hole cut in Lakeland and headed to Tampa with an even bigger knot in her gut.
"That day back in October when they filmed my elimination was a tough day and it hurt to watch it again," said Lucidi, 25, of Poway, Calif. "Going to that viewing party was the last place I wanted to be."
Full Story in This Week's Release>>
Southern Africa Tour:
| Pampling conquers Bay Hill as Owen falters |
| 20 March 2006 - Australian Rod Pampling won the Bay Hill Invitational by a one-stroke margin after a dramatic finish when Englishman Greg Owen failed to secure a victory in the final stages of the championship. |
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| Basson romps to victory at Stanbic Zambia Open |
| 19 March 2006 - With a textbook start to his 2006 Sunshine Tour season, Steve Basson underlined his growing stature on the Sunshine Tour with an emphatic three-stroke victory in the R750,000 Stanbic Zambia Open on Sunday. |
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| Top-10 honours for Abery at TLC Classic |
| 19 March 2006 - South Africa’s Warren Abery set off for Asia two weeks ago, carrying his brand-new European Tour card. On Sunday the tenacious young gun claimed his first top-10 position on the 2006 European Tour at Yalong. |
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| Marugi new man in charge at Zambia Open |
| 18 March 2006 - Pilgrim Rest boy marvel, Eugen Marugi, produced vintage golf on Saturday morning to grab the clubhouse lead midway through the second round of the R750,000 Stanbic Zambia Open with a sizzling four-under-par 68. |
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Australasia Tour:
Pamps' second US Tour win
Australian Rod Pampling has clinched his second PGA Tour title after Englishman Greg Owen collapsed with a double bogey on the penultimate hole of the Bay Hill Invitational in Florida.
Tour de las Americas:
Gonzalez Wins in Argentina, Cabrera 15th at Bay Hill
Week in Review
March 20, 2006 – Ricardo Gonzalez took advantage of a break on his European Tour schedule to win Argentina's Abierto de Mesopotamia Copa Personal on Sunday. The 36-year old from Rosario, ranked 29th in Europe this season, carded a final round 68 to collect a solid victory at the Club Estudiantes de Parana. His four-round total of 19-under par 273, allowed him to defeat TLA's Julio Zapata and Miguel Fernandez by three and four strokes respectively.
Hooters Tour:
Piercy Takes Classic Title
Earns First Tour Title
The Michelob Ultra Classic
Black Bear Golf Club
March 16, 2006
Eustis, Florida (March 19, 2006)…Scott Piercy (Las Vegas, NV) fired a three-under par 69 in the final round of the Michelob Ultra Classic over the 7002 yard, par 72 Black Bear Golf Club to win his first ever Hooters Tour tournament.
“It feels great to finally get this monkey off my back,” said the 27-year old Piercy. “I have been playing out here for five years now and I have always been one round short of winning an event.”
The former San Diego State golfer fired rounds of 70-70-65-69 for a four day total of fourteen-under par 274 and a one stroke lead over Jered Gusso (Savage, MN), Jeff Corr (Longwood, FL) and Chris Devlin (Birmingham, AL), including three straight birdies down the stretch to pull out the win.
“On 16 we all made birdie and then on 17 he made (Gusso) birdie from 30 feet and I had to make my 20 footer to tie,” said Piercy. “Coming into 18 he missed his putt and I had ten to twelve feet for the win and when it was halfway there I knew I had the victory.
“My confidence is up now since I finished tied for 15th in Phoenix (PGA Tour event) earlier this year, I didn’t change much in my game during the off season, I just changed the way I approach things and they are working out pretty well so far.”
Piercy earns $21,483 for his first win, while Corr, Gusso, and Devlin earn $7,827.33 for finishing in second place.
Carterville, Georgia resident Travis Nance and current Nationwide Tour member Travis Perkins (Worthington, OH) finshed tied for fifth at eleven-under par for the tournament, three behind Piercy.
The Hooters Tour heads to Perdido Bay Golf Club in Pensacola, Florida next week for the PGM Classic.
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