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Kuchar wins Players Championship
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Matt Kuchar has won the Players Championship, holding on for a two-shot win over four others on the Stadium Course...

Scrappy Spencer Levin leads Memorial with Tiger Woods lurking

Spencer Levin gets another crack at his first PGA Tour win, this time with a smaller lead and a lot more star power behind him. (Associated Press, 3:04 a.m.)

Tiger Woods makes a move at Memorial, trails Sabbatini by a stroke

That other Rory - Rory Sabbatini - played his best golf in the worst weather Friday at the Memorial in Dublin, Ohio, and made a surprising appearance atop the leaderboard. One shot behind him was a Tiger Woods that looked all too familiar. (Associated Press, 6/2/12)

Stallings leads Memorial, Compton one back

Erik Compton considers the Memorial a special week no matter how he plays, knowing his second heart transplant came from a donor in Ohio. (Associated Press, 6/1/12)

For golf dreamers, it’s Open season

18-year-old Ryan Harris is one of a number of local golfers who have advanced past the 18-hole local qualifying stage, ready to compete in 36-hole sectional qualifying on Monday for the right to play in the US Open, which starts June 14 at the Olympic Club in San Francisco. (Globe Staff, 5/31/12)

The week in golf

Player of the week, newsmakers, statistics, schedules, tweet of the week (Boston Globe, 5/31/12)

Johnson was lucky, on either side of the coin

Zach Johnson had someone looking out for him at the conclusion of last week’s Crowne Plaza Invitational, a tournament he officially won by one stroke over red-hot Jason Dufner. (Globe Staff, 5/31/12)

Golf tour schedules

PGA: Memorial Tournament, Dublin, Ohio. Purse: $6.2 million (winner’s share $1.116 million). Defending champion: Steve Stricker. Number of top-10 players in field: Eight (Luke Donald, Rory McIlroy, Bubba Watson, Hunter Mahan, Tiger Woods, Steve Stricker, Phil Mickelson, Justin Rose). TV: Thursday/Friday 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel), Saturday 3-6 p.m. (Ch. 4), Sunday 2:30-6 p.m. (Ch. 4). (Boston Globe, 5/31/12)
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