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Chris Williams reigns supreme at Sahalee Players Championship Sahalee Players Championship Share    
Chris Williams of Moscow, Idaho held off the hard charging field to win the 18th Sahalee Players Championship at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Wash. Williams, a 2011 U.S. Open qualifier, took the lead yesterday afternoon and finished off posting a 72-hole total of 1-under par 287 to capture his first Sahalee Players victory. More Corbin Mills wins the Players Amateur The Players Amateur Share
After struggling on the front nine, Corbin Mills came from behind to shoot 4 birdies on the back nine for a final round 72. His 12-under four day total was enough to win the 12th annual Players Amateur. He inched out LSU's Curtis Thompson and Patrick Rodgers from Avon, Indiana who both scored 11-under. More Arizona State names Tim Mickelson head golf coach Arizona State University Share
Tim Mickelson, who had led the University of San Diego to the school's first three NCAA appearances in program history, has been named the head coach of the Arizona State University men's golf program. Mickelson, who has earned West Coast Conference Coach of the Year honors four times, becomes the 13th coach in the history of the program. More
Scott Lieberwirth tabbed as UTEP men's golf coach University of Texas at El Paso Share
Scott Lieberwirth, who led New Mexico State to six conference championships and six NCAA Regional appearances, has been named men's golf coach at UTEP. Lieberwirth spent eight years as head coach of the Aggies, engineering league titles in 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. He is a five-time conference coach of the year. More Coaching future leaders, not tour pros USGA Share
Moments after being closed out by No. 2 seed Jonathan Randolph, 5 and 4, in the second round of the 2011 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship, Alex Williams walked to the back of the 14th green at Old Macdonald and sat down. His head was buried, the disappointment clearly visible. Williams remained in the position for at least five minutes, trying to cool down. More Collegiate Players Tour results: Bear Trace at Harrison Bay The Collegiate Players Tour Share
The Collegiate Players tour played this week at The Bear Trace at Harrison Bay, Harrison, Tenn. The women's yardage was 5972 with a par 72, Patricia Holt of Bowling Green State University won the women's division. The men's yardage was 7111 with a par 72, Taylor Hall of Georgetown University shot 5 under to win the men's division.
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PGA Junior Series: Penn State University PGA Junior Series Share
The final round of the PGA Junior Series event at Penn State University's Blue Course in State
College, Pa., had a great finish by all players in the field. With intermittent rain in the morning and moderate winds in the afternoon, this created a challenge for the golfers on the course. Ryan Celano of Naples, Fla., finished the tournament at the top of the leaderboard shooting a 75 in the final round for a 54-hole total of 217 to win in the Boys 16-18 division.
MoreDarland defeats Lapa in playoff to capture Boys Division title at AJGA Lubbock Junior AJGA Share
Tad Darland of Henderson, Nev., and Kolton Lapa of Mesa, Ariz.,
needed 19 holes to determine a winner in the Boys Division of the AJGA Lubbock Junior. After 54 holes, Darland and Lapa were knotted at 12-under-par 204. One sudden-death hole later, Darland tapped in for par to win in his final AJGA event. Coming from four strokes back, Allie Johnston of Castle Rock, Colo., carded a 4-under-par 68 to win the Girls Division with a tournament total of 213.
MoreGhim solidifies win in the final round at Coca-Cola Junior Championship at Boyne Highlands AJGA Share
Doug Ghim of Arlington Heights, Ill., finished at 11-under par
205 to take the win at the Coca-Cola Junior Championship at Boyne Highlands. In the Girls Division, Ashley Armstrong of Flossmoor, Ill., carded an 8-under-par 208 tournament total to take her first AJGA win in her last AJGA event. The Coca-Cola Junior Championship at Boyne Highlands was a 54-hole stroke play event conducted by the American Junior Golf Association at Boyne Highlands Resort — Moor Course in Harbor Springs, Mich.
MoreAussie takes TJGT Allen Samuels Cowyboys Junior Championship title TJGT Share
The TJGT Allen Samuels Cowboys Jr. Championship was played at the Cowboys Golf Club in Grapevine, Texas on July 11-12. The Boys 16-18 played 6,731 yards; the Boys 12-15 played 6,386 yards; and all Girls 12-18 played 5,528 yards in this 36-hole, Golfweek-ranked event.
Close to 100 players teed it up in temperatures that exceeded
100 degrees both days. The event had an international flavor with players from Texas, Australia, and Mexico and the coach from the University of Texas at Dallas was in attendance scouting the competition.
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The Rory McIlroy/Graeme McDowell effect could take
the Open Championship back to Royal Portrush, R&A chief executive Peter Dawson said. The Northern Ireland course staged the game's oldest major in 1951, when flamboyant Max Faulkner won on the only occasion the championship has been held off the British mainland. There have been noises about taking the championship back to Portrush ever since.
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