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Thursday, November 13, 2014

Golf

Lydia Ko, 17, Wins LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Lydia Ko has become the youngest player to win the LPGA Tour's rookie of the year award.

Lydia Ko Sets L.P.G.A. Record

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Lydia Ko became the youngest player to win the L.P.G.A. Tour’s rookie of the year award.

Bubba Watson Wins HSBC Champions

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Watson won his first World Golf Championship event, beating Tim Clark at the HSBC Champions in Shanghai.

Graeme McDowell Holds Narrow Lead in Shanghai

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

McDowell shot a one-under-par 71 as his lead in the HSBC Champions in Shanghai dwindled to a shot over Hiroshi Iwata, a gate-crasher on a leader board top-heavy with major champions.

Graeme McDowell Builds Lead

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

McDowell had a bogey-free round of five-under-par 67 to build a three-shot lead at the HSBC Championship in Shanghai.

Cappelen Grabs a Two-Stroke Lead

Cappelen had five birdies on the front nine on the way to a seven-under-par 65 that gave him a two-shot lead at the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Miss.

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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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