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Putting woes haunt Daly at Aussie PGA

COOLUM, Australia (AP) -- Six years after throwing his putter into a pond at the Australian PGA, John Daly is having trouble on the greens again.

K.J. Choi wins at Skins Game, takes home $415,000

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) -- K.J. Choi holed an 11-foot birdie putt worth $270,000 on the 18th hole Sunday to win the 26th Skins Game with $415,000.

International team wins Lexus Cup

SINGAPORE (AP) -- Annika Sorenstam celebrated two big victories in her second-to-last event before retiring.

Swedes shoot 63 to win World Cup

SHENZHEN, China(AP) Robert Karlsson and Henrik Stenson gave Sweden its second World Cup title, shooting a 9-under 63 on Sunday in alternate-shot play to beat Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez and Pablo Larrazabal by three strokes.

Pampling wins Australian Masters in playoff

MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) Rod Pampling won the Australian Masters on Sunday, beating Australian countryman Marcus Fraser with a par on the third playoff hole.

The Skins Game is just an off-season fantasy

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. -- You lucky Northeast Corridor readers -- you know who you are: does rainy and 42 degrees sound familiar? -- may want to skip this whole thing. The LG Skins game just completed, midday on Sunday, and K.J. Choi was your big winner. As Warren Buffett once wrote in one of his annual reports, after announcing a big investment in a cement-making company, "try to contain your excitement." Still, to be here is a good thing, for the four golfers who played (Choi, Stephen Ames, Rocco Mediate and Phil Mickelson) and for the mellow crowds that watched them live.

Detroit Jimmy goes behind the scenes of the Tiger-Buick split

The era of Tiger and the Buick tri-shield is officially over. Like most divorces, it wasn't only about the money. I remember back in '99 when we had the initial discussions with Mark Steinberg at the NEC in Akron, we wondered even then if the relationship would sell a single car. Would anyone believe a young, wealthy, famous black athlete would be caught dead in a Park Avenue unless he actually was dead and the Park Avenue was a hearse?

Choi has first-day lead at Skins Game

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) -- K.J. Choi overcame the nerves of playing in his first LG Skins Game by using a precise short game and key putts to take the first-day lead in the 26th annual event on Saturday.