http://au.rd.yahoo.com/news/rss/top_stories/*http://au.news.yahoo.com/top/ en-au Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo!Xtra. All rights reserved. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:01:22 +1300 http://l.yimg.com/au.yimg.com/i/mh/nz/yxtra_sport_1_1.gif 241 36 http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/golf/news/article/-/6508038 Jiyai Shin and Lorena Ochoa took their battle for LPGA Player of the Year honours down to the wire on Monday in the rain-disrupted LPGA Championship. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:42:51 +1300 http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/golf/news/article/-/6507970 HOUSTON, Texas (AFP) - Jiyai Shin and Lorena Ochoa took their battle for LPGA Player of the Year honors down to the wire on Monday in the rain-disrupted LPGA Championship. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:26:35 +1300 http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/golf/news/article/-/6507575 DUBAI, Nov 23 (Reuters) - New European number one Lee Westwood said he almost quit golf during a demoralising slump in form earlier in the decade. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:00:03 +1300 http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/golf/news/article/-/6506566 Adam Scott extended his late-season resurgence at the European tour finale in Dubai but the same old problem dented his chances of winning. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:06:12 +1300 http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/golf/news/article/-/6503689 Kristy McPherson completed a five-under 67 as darkness fell to take the clubhouse lead in the weather-disrupted second round of the LPGA Tour Championship. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:21:12 +1300 http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/golf/news/article/-/6502298 A back injury has wrecked New Zealand golfer James Gill's bid to qualify for the European Tour. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:43:10 +1300 http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/golf/news/article/-/6502471 New Zealand golfer Eddie Lee is starting to emerge from the wilderness. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:31:37 +1300 http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/golf/news/article/-/6502457 Lee Westwood of England is Europe's No. 1 golfer after winning the Dubai World Championship by six strokes on Sunday. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:22:51 +1300 http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/golf/news/article/-/6502307 New Zealand golfer James Gill has had to pull out of the third round of European Tour Q School second stage qualifying in Spain. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:39:00 +1300 http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/golf/news/article/-/6502205 New Zealand's Eddie Lee has pocketed the biggest cheque of his career to date at the rich Dunlop Phoenix tournament in Japan. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:55:04 +1300