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Thursday, November 6, 2014

Golf

Inbee Park Hangs On to Win L.P.G.A. Taiwan Championship

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Park won in Taiwan for her third victory of the year and 12th career title, holding off Stacy Lewis by two strokes at Miramar in Taipei.

Inbee Park Widens Lead in Taiwan

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Park shot a three-under-par 69 in the L.P.G.A. Taiwan Championship to increase her lead to four strokes over Stacy Lewis and Shanshan Feng.

Inbee Park Matches a 36-Hole Record

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

South Korea’s Inbee Park shot a 10-under-par 62 to take a three-stroke lead in the L.P.G.A. Taiwan Championship, her first event since regaining the No. 1 spot in the world on Monday.

Swede Takes Two-Shot Lead in Malaysia

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rikard Karlberg of Sweden birdied his last two holes for a seven-under-par 65 to take a two-shot lead after the opening round of the CIMB Classic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Phil Mickelson, left, and his caddie, Jim Mackay, after Mickelson birdied the final hole and won last year’s British Open. Mackay was overcome with emotion after seeing Mickelson’s victory.
‘No One Is Rooting for Him Harder Out There’
By KAREN CROUSE

Phil Mickelson and his longtime caddie, Jim Mackay, work together seamlessly and share a deep emotional bond exemplified by Mackay’s emotional reaction to Mickelson’s victory at the 2013 British Open.

Harry Vardon, teeing off in an exhibition in 1926, popularized knickers as a fashion statement.
Sports of The Times
Caddie Who Mastered the Game
By DAVE ANDERSON

The British golfer Harry Vardon, the folk hero of professional golf’s formative era, inspired most of the game’s culture as it exists today, notably with his unmatched six British Open titles.

Louise Richardson said club policies hindered her university's fund-raising and muddled its message.
In St. Andrews, a Heavy Knock on a Neighbor’s Door
By KAREN CROUSE

For Louise Richardson, the principal of the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, the exclusion of female members by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club transcends gender politics. It has become a workplace hurdle.

The rivalry between Michelle Wie and Stacy Lewis, embracing after Wie won the United States Open on Sunday, has boosted women's golf.
On Golf
Wie’s Win Advances Surge by American Women
By KAREN CROUSE

Coupled with the recent success of No. 1-ranked Stacy Lewis, Michelle Wie reaching her long-awaited potential at the United States Women’s Open further heightened the profile of American women in the sport.

Kaymer, Leading All the Way, Wins by 8 for His First U.S. Open Title
By BILL PENNINGTON

Martin Kaymer, who opened the tournament with a course-record 65, closed with a 69 at Pinehurst No. 2 for a 72-hole total of nine-under-par 271. He finished eight strokes ahead of Erik Compton and Rickie Fowler.

Boundaries between bunkers, fairways and rough are blurred on the restored course.
Ready for Spotlight, a Course Is Restored to Its Shaggy Self
By BILL PENNINGTON

The Pinehurst No. 2 course, recently returned to its original appearance with irregular sand and native vegetation, will host the United States Open and the United States Women’s Open in the coming weeks.

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