Golf

Keating four shots clear in French Open

Stacey Keating began her quest for back-to-back Ladies European Tour titles by firing an eight-under 62 on the opening day of the Ladies French Open.

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Australian Keating wins second consecutive title

Australian golf is celebrating a new international star after Stacey Keating claimed a second consecutive win on the Ladies European Tour.

Suzann doesn't need Yani more drive

Melissa Reid thinks Suzann Pettersen has the game to be No.1 female golfer in the world.

Annika Sorenstam marries Mike McGee

Annika Sorenstam and Mike McGee were married on Saturday, four weeks after the Swedish golf star ended her Hall of Fame career.

Harrington voted GWAA player of the year

Padraig Harrington has been voted player of the year by the Golf Writers Association of America, receiving 75 per cent of the vote to end Tiger Woods' reign.

Golfer Shin caps year with top prize

South Korea's Shin Ji-Yai won the $US1 million ($A1.64 million) top prize at the LPGA's season-ending ADT Championship.

Webb survives but Hull is ousted

Tim Reynolds Australia's Karrie Webb has survived a tense three-way playoff to progress to the final round shootout for $US1 million in the ADT Championship.

Sorenstam's US LPGA career ends

Tim Reynolds Annika Sorenstam's storied US LPGA Tour career ended on Friday when she missed the cut at the ADT Championship.

Aussie Hull grabs LPGA lead

Australian Katherine Hull fired a four-under par 68 to grab a one-stroke lead after the first round of the LPGA ADT Championship.

Hull eyes Webb's top Aussie LPGA ranking

Robert Grant Karrie Webb's 12-year reign as Australia's queen of the international golf tour is coming under a new threat.

Hull two shots from lead in Mexico

Carlos Rodriguez Australia's Katherine Hull is in third place two strokes behind leader Angela Stanford going into Sunday's final round of the LPGA event in Mexico.

Woods in video for Olympic inclusion

Woods has featured in a video watched by the International Olympic Committee as the International Golf Federation made their case for inclusion in the Olympics.

Stanford vaults past Sorenstam in Mexico

Angela Stanford shot a six-under 66 to vault past first-round co-leader Anika Sorenstam after the second round of the Lorena Ochoa Invitational.

World No.1 hosts Ochoa Invitational

World No.1 Lorena Ochoa is host of the Lorena Ochoa Invitational this week, but that won't stop her from trying to win an eighth title of LPGA Tour 2008.

Pettersen has share of lead at Hawaii

Norway's Suzann Pettersen posted an even-par 72 to retain a share of the lead after the second round of the $US1.5 million LPGA Kapalua Classic.

SKorea's Kim claims first LPGA triumph

South Korean In-Kyung Kim birdied the last two holes in the final round to win the LPGA Longs Drugs Challenge by three strokes over American Angela Stanford.

In-Kyung Kim leads LPGA

South Korea's In-Kyung Kim remains in position for her first LPGA Tour victory with a one-stroke lead over Angela Stanford in the Longs Drugs Challenge.

Creamer leads Samsung World Championship

Janie McCauley Paula Creamer's third-round 68 in the Samsung World Championship gave her a one-stroke advantage on Saturday with Australian Katherine Hull in third place.

Shin takes lead with five-under 67

South Korea's women's British Open champion Ji-Yai Shin fired a five-under 67 to take the first-round lead in the LPGA Samsung World Championship.