http://au.rd.yahoo.com/news/rss/top_stories/*http://au.news.yahoo.com/top/ en-au Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo!Xtra. All rights reserved. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:07:03 +1300 http://l.yimg.com/ao/i/mh/nz/yxtra_sport_1_1.gif 241 36 http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/golf/news/article/-/6784796 Golf has turned to the high-tech world of Formula One in a bid to produce a club which will out-perform its rivals. Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:01:32 +1300 http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/golf/news/article/-/6783425 Wellington's Peter Spearman-Burn will seek to defend his South Island Amateur title at the St Clair Golf club in Dunedin starting tomorrow. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:37:20 +1300 http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/golf/news/article/-/6782705 The jewel has slipped from the crown. For the first time since national rankings began, Royal Melbourne is not rated the country's top golf course. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:31:32 +1300 http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/golf/news/article/-/6782462 PEBBLE BEACH, California, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Any golfer expecting to win the U.S. Open this year at Pebble Beach Golf Links should probably have committed himself to play in this week's Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:20:16 +1300 http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/golf/news/article/-/6782191 The jewel has slipped from the crown. For the first time since national rankings began, Royal Melbourne is not rated the country's top golf course. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:05:14 +1300 http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/golf/news/article/-/6782118 DUBAI (AFP) - The smell of cigar smoke in the No-Smoking press room at the end of the Dubai Desert Classic told its own story -- Miguel Angel Jimenez was back in the winner's circle at the ripe old age of 46. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:46:16 +1300 http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/golf/news/article/-/6780742 Waikato administrator Philip Hassall has been re-elected as chairman of the board of directors for New Zealand Golf (NZG). Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:42:48 +1300 http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/golf/news/article/-/6780559 BEIJING, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The 2010 China Open golf championship will be played in Suzhou in April with an increased prize fund of $2.5 million, organisers said on Tuesday. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:01:34 +1300 http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/golf/news/article/-/6777624 LONDON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Miguel Angel Jimenez and Tom Watson, boasting a combined age of 106, silenced golf's young guns in the final round of the Dubai Desert Classic. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:55:29 +1300 http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/golf/news/article/-/6777371 MADRID, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Racing Santander have been sent a stirring call to arms by one of their most famous fans to help them in Thursday's bid to reverse a four-goal deficit and get past Atletico Madrid into the final of the King's Cup. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:03:04 +1300