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Vijay Singh: 'Angry I have put myself in this position'
Vijay Singh, implicated in a Sports Illustrated story this week about using a product that contains a substance banned by the PGA Tour, has issued a statement on Wednesday admitting that he's used the deer antler spray in question. He said that he was not aware it contained a substance that falls on the tour's banned list.

  • PGA Tour accepts anchor ban on putting

    Barring something dramatic, such as a legal challenge or a change of heart from golf's governing bodies, anybody who plays golf the sport starting in 2016, from beginners to PGA Tour professionals, won't be permitted to use an anchored stroke. That was guaranteed on Monday, when the PGA Tour's policy board voted to accept the anchor ban approved in May by the US Golf Association and the R&A. Royal and Ancient Golf Club. The PGA of America followed suit on Monday, announcing that they also will abide by the new rule, which is scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, 2016.(   07/02/2013 12:00 AM )

  • I.K. Kim laments not applying more pressure

    Trailing Inbee Park by four shots with 18 holes to play, I.K. Kim knew the situation she faced. Even though she tried not to think about it. "It's difficult because you know what you have to do, but you can't really avoid how many shots I'm behind and things like that. So it's difficult," Kim said. "If I putted a little better this week, I think I could have pushed her a little bit more." Kim matched Park's final-round 74, but since she started four back, she finished four back. Still, it was enough to give her a solo second-place finish, her best finish at the US Women's Open and the fifth time she's had a top 10 at this tournament.(   07/01/2013 12:26 AM )

  • Bill Haas pulls away to win at Congressional

    Bill Haas won the AT&T National on Sunday and joined some distinguished company. Haas pulled away from a crowd of contenders with three straight birdies, two key pars, and one good hop out of the rough. It led to a 5-under 66 on a muggy day at Congressional in Bethesda, Md., and a three-shot win over Roberto Castro. Haas led by at least two shots the entire back nine, though he never allowed himself to think about winning until he stood over a 3-foot par putt on the 18th hole and realized he had three putts to win. Haas has won at least one PGA Tour event in each of the last four years, joining Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, and Justin Rose.(   07/01/2013 12:00 AM )

  • Inbee Park wins US Women's Open

    Inbee Park, the world's top-ranked player, continued her dominance and secured her place in golf history on Sunday by taking the 68th US Women's Open, shooting a 2-over-par 74 to finish 72 holes at 8 under and win by four shots, over I.K. Kim (74). The victory, added to wins at the Kraft Nabisco and LPGA Championship, makes Park 3 for 3 in 2013 majors, only the second player ever to do that. It's her sixth win this season, fourth major of her career, and second US Women's Open victory, when Park won that by four shots, too. "I just hope this is not a dream," Park said. "I wouldn't want to wake up tomorrow and have to play the final round again."(   07/01/2013 12:00 AM )

  • Inbee Park doubles US Women's Open lead to 4

    For almost an hour on Saturday, it looked like Inbee Park was losing the dominant grip she'd had on the 68th US Women's Open since it started. Then, just as methodically, Park restored order, and returned to the path that appears to have just one destination. She's one round away from joining Babe Zaharias as the only players to win the first three major championships in an LPGA Tour season. Zaharias did it 63 years ago. What's more, Park is attempting to go wire-to-wire at Sebonack Golf Club, and has doubled her lead over I.K. Kim every day. She led by one stroke after opening with 67, led by two following a second-round 68, and now finds herself four shots in front.(   06/30/2013 12:00 AM )

  • Brookline's James Driscoll in four-way tie at AT&T National

    Bill Haas had a triple bogey, and Andres Romero and Roberto Castro carded doubles, but they all still wound up in a four-way tie for the lead Saturday in the AT&T National in Bethesda, Md., with James Driscoll, whose third round was pleasantly dull by comparison. Castro put the perfect finishing touch on this most wild day at Congressional when he hit his approach into the water left of the 18th green, and then chipped in for par from 80 feet to salvage an even-par 71 and keep a share of the lead at 7-under-par 206.(   06/30/2013 12:00 AM )

  • Frank Stranahan, amateur golf great, dies at 90

    Frank Stranahan, the premier amateur of his era who contended for majors and was the first notable player to make fitness a regimen in golf, has died. He was 90. Mr. Stranahan, who died Sunday in Hospice of Palm Beach County, was regarded as the best amateur since Bobby Jones. The son of a wealthy industrialist family in Ohio -- his father was the founder of Champion Spark Plug -- Mr. Stranahan combined a life of privilege with his devotion to golf to win more than 50 amateur titles, including multiples wins in the British Amateur, Western Amateur, and North and South Amateur. The one title that eluded him was the US Amateur. He lost in the championship match to Arnold Palmer in 1954 and then turned pro.(   06/30/2013 12:00 AM )