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Friday, December 5, 2014

Golf

Tiger Woods Is Pained Only by His Short Game in Return

By KAREN CROUSE
Tiger Woods had a five-over-par 77 in the Hero World Challenge’s first round, but he said he felt healthy.
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Tiger Woods had a five-over-par 77 in the Hero World Challenge’s first round, but he said he felt healthy.

Woods’s body held up in his competitive return to golf at his event, the Hero World Challenge, but he expressed disappointment in his chipping and putting.

Luke Donald Shoots 63, Takes Lead in Sun City

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A charging baboon nearly ran into Luke Donald on Friday at the Nedbank Golf Challenge.

Ross Fisher Leads in South Africa

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ross Fisher opened the 2015 European Tour season with a six-under-par 66 to lead the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City, South Africa.

A new fire hydrant was placed in front of Tiger Woods’s home in Florida following his auto accident in 2009.

5 Years After Crash, Tiger Woods Is Still Recovering

By KAREN CROUSE

Since Woods won the 2008 United States Open, he has had two operations, become a father for the second time, been divorced and reached the cusp of middle age.

Spieth Wins in Australia

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Jordan Spieth played the best round of an already impressive career with an eight-under-par 63 to win the Australian Open by six strokes in his first trip to Australia.

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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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