AMID all the debate on the Australian Grand Prix, there's a more sedate and less expensive event with a national moniker that's worth preserving for Melbourne.
THE grand slam is golf's impossible dream, but Tiger Woods is in such rare form that miracles seem within reach.
ONLY the greats find another gear when the going gets tough, and Karrie Webb cranked into overdrive to claim her fourth Australian Open crown yesterday.
VICTORIAN Marc Leishman seized the Victorian PGA Championship yesterday as Kurt Barnes' game fell apart on the difficult finishing stretch at Sanctuary Lakes.
AMERICAN JB Holmes had back-to-back birdies on the same hole just 30 minutes apart to edge Phil Mickelson in a playoff and capture his second Phoenix Open title in three years.
FURIOUS English golfer Samantha Head will sue Qantas for losing her clubs on the way to Australia last week.
FOR a golfer who prefers to go about her business quietly, Lindsey Wright is in unfamiliar surroundings at Kingston Heath today.
KRISTIE Smith had her photograph taken on Kingston Heath's practice green in a putting competition with younger brother Ryan seven years ago.
YOUNG West Australian amateur golfer Kristie Smith laid down the challenge to the professionals by grabbing the lead in the Women's Australian Open at Kingston Heath today.
LEE Hunt spent a tough couple of weeks worrying about his younger brother, who was evacuated from his home when rising floodwaters swept into the central Queensland mining town of Clermont.
WEST Australian Rick Kulacz will be seeking to land a blow for the young guns in an impressive field assembled for the Victorian PGA championship.
FOUR-time major winner Laura Davies immediately fell in love with the sandbelt layout at Kingston after a morning round in the pro-am yesterday.
SHE will tell you making millions drives her, but that is only one side of Nikki Garrett.
AS THE Australian golf scene continues to wither on the global vine, the sport here needs to celebrate every small gain.
TIGER Woods shrugged off three consecutive bogeys on the back nine on his way to an eight-shot victory at the Buick Invitational today.
JASON Day is looking forward to thanking Tiger Woods for helping to turn his life around.
TIGER Woods says Golf Channel anchor Kelly Tilghman meant no harm when she used the word "lynch" when speaking about him.
GERMAN rookie Martin Kaymer closed in on the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship title yesterday after firing a four-under-par 68 in the third round to move to 17 under and maintain his six-shot lead at 199.
AUSTRALIA'S Mat Goggin is in a five-way tie for the lead after the first round of the Bob Hope celebrity Classic today.
SOUTH Korea's K. J. Choi closed in on his seventh PGA Tour victory yesterday, stretching his lead to four shots after the third round of the Sony Open in Hawaii.
GOLF commentator Kelly Tilghman has been taken off air for suggesting Tiger Woods's opponents might have to "lynch him in a back alley".
SWEDE Daniel Chopra took four playoff holes to overcome American Steve Stricker at the PGA Tour's season-opening Mercedes-Benz Championship in Hawaii yesterday.
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Tiger Woods poses with the trophy after winning the Dubai Desert Classic today, his seventh victory in eight events. Picture: AP
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TIGER Woods gave another remarkable display to win the Dubai Desert Classic title today, his seventh victory in eight tournament appearances.
BIG weekend galleries at Kingston Heath during the weekend has mounted a solid case to keep the Australian Open there, according to executive chairman Paul McNamee.
FOR a golfer who prefers to go about her business quietly, Lindsey Wright is in unfamiliar surroundings at Kingston Heath today.
A 12-year-old Melbourne schoolgirl has won Australia's biggest women's amateur golf event - beating a field of 28,000 from 615 clubs around Australia.
TWO teenagers will be in the last pairing for the Women's Australian Open third round at Kingston Heath today.
WET club grips and rain dripping down the back of her neck doesn't faze Australian golfer Katherine Hull.
SEX sells . . . and women's golf had better get used to it. That warning comes from an expert in the field, Australia's former poster girl Jan Stephenson.
EVEN with enough prizemoney to be financially secure for life, Karrie Webb is just as excited as any first-time home buyer.
GOLF siblings Nikki and Chris Campbell don't want to bump into each other this week unless it's at the dinner table.
SARAH Kemp has two dreams: to win the Women's Australian Open and to be famous. She knows her priority must be to achieve the former. That done, the latter will follow.
GOLFER Adam Scott rises three places to No. 5 in the world rankings after his stunning final-round 61 to win the Qatar Masters yesterday.
AUSTRALIA'S Adam Scott fired a final round of 61 to storm to a three-shot victory at the Qatar Masters today.
DON'T be afraid to roar approval when Sarah Kemp hits a good shot at the Australian Open at Kingston Heath next week - she thrives on it.
STEVE Elkington opened his 22nd season on the US PGA Tour in style as D.J. Trahan charged to victory in the Bob Hope Classic at the Classic Club, California, yesterday.
STEVE Elkington birdied two of his last three holes to stay in the hunt for today's final round of the Bob Hope Classic.
A US golf magazine which used a noose on the cover to illustrate its story on the Tiger Woods row is now under fire itself.
THEIR livelihood is performing under crushing pressure, but this week brings tension with which neither Lindsey Wright nor Nikki Garrett is familiar.
THE future of the Australian Masters is safe, even though title sponsor MasterCard severed ties with the event yesterday.
A CARPET python that found international fame after gulping down four golf balls could help raise a bundle for its rescuers.
CANADIAN Mike Weir, bidding for his ninth PGA Tour title, retained his one-shot lead in yesterday's third round of the season-opening Mercedes-Benz Championship in Hawaii
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