Golf http://au.rd.yahoo.com/news/rss/top_stories/*http://au.news.yahoo.com/top/ en-au Copyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! New Zealand. All rights reserved. Sat, 18 May 2013 23:41:41 +1200 Yahoo! New Zealand Sport http://l.yimg.com/ao/i/hp/nz2/test/ynz.gif 144 36 McIlroy splits with management to go it alone (AFP) http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/golf/news/article/-/17232036 KAVARNA, Bulgaria (AFP) - Former US Open champion Rory McIlroy is set to split with his Irish-based management company and organise his own business affairs, his close friend Graeme McDowell has confirmed. Sun, 19 May 2013 07:21:36 +1200 Young gun Korda leads Webb in LPGA (AAP) http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/golf/news/article/-/17230473 Australian seven-time major winner is one stroke behind leader Jessica Korda after the second round of the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic. Sun, 19 May 2013 02:22:15 +1200 Korda seizes lead at Mobile Bay LPGA (AFP) http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/golf/news/article/-/17229673 MOBILE, Alabama (AFP) - Jessica Korda had seven birdies in her seven-under par 65 to seize a one-shot second-round lead over surging Hall of Famer Karrie Webb in the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic. Sun, 19 May 2013 01:15:17 +1200 Bradley maintains PGA Byron Nelson lead (AFP) http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/golf/news/article/-/17229598 IRVING, Texas (AFP) - Keegan Bradley followed up his stellar 10-under par first round with a one-under 69 to maintain a three-stroke lead in the US PGA Tour Byron Nelson Championship. Sun, 19 May 2013 00:59:14 +1200 Bradley stays in charge, Guan exits (Reuters) http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/golf/news/article/-/17228591 (Reuters) - Former champion Keegan Bradley maintained a three-shot lead in Friday's second round of the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas after grinding his way to a one-under-par 69 in incre... Sat, 18 May 2013 23:15:36 +1200 Hall of Famer Venturi dies aged 82 (Reuters) http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/golf/news/article/-/17228524 (Reuters) - Former U.S. Open champion and television broadcaster Ken Venturi, a 14-times winner on the PGA Tour, died on Friday at the age of 82 following various health complications.
... Sat, 18 May 2013 22:52:22 +1200 China's Guan stumbles to 77 at Byron Nelson (AFP) http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/golf/news/article/-/17226194 IRVING, Texas (AFP) - Chinese schoolboy Guan Tianlang, who last month became the youngest golfer in Masters history, stumbled Friday to a second-round 77 at the $6.7 million US PGA Byron Nelson Championship. Sat, 18 May 2013 19:32:07 +1200 Gillis sizzles at the Byron Nelson, China's Guan fades (Reuters) http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/golf/news/article/-/17227111 (Reuters) - American journeyman Tom Gillis rocketed into the early clubhouse lead in Friday's second round of the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas, where China's 14-year-old Guan Tianlang wa... Sat, 18 May 2013 19:31:48 +1200 Decision on anchored putting expected next week (Reuters) http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/golf/news/article/-/17226676 By Mark Lamport-Stokes
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Golf's governing bodies are widely expected to announce whether they will go ahead with a controversial proposed ban on players anchoring ... Sat, 18 May 2013 18:02:02 +1200 Poulter 'disgusted' at World Match-Play exit (AFP) http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/golf/news/article/-/17225766 KAVARNA, Bulgaria (AFP) - Ryder Cup winning hero Ian Poulter was livid with himself after being knocked out of the Volvo World Match-Play Championship in Bulgaria on Friday. Sat, 18 May 2013 15:43:13 +1200