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Norman rekindles Open form to move into contention

Greg Norman reignited his chances of winning The Senior Open Championship presented by MasterCard after firing a flawless 67, the lowest round of the Championship so far.
The Australian, who had failed to replicate the superb form that saw him finish tied third at The Open Championship last week in his first two rounds, moved back [...]

Romero drops early shots to fall behind at Senior British Open

Eduardo Romero bogeyed two of the first four holes to lose a share of the lead at the Senior British Open on Friday.
The burly Argentine, who lost a playoff to Loren Roberts in this championship two years ago, slipped to 1 under to leave Bruce Vaughan alone at 3 under. Vaughan had yet to start [...]

Eaks blows away the field

A new putter helped the second-round leader build his lead from three strokes to six and break the tournament record.
Talk about timing.
Normally, R.W. Eaks arrives at the course for his scheduled tee times about an hour early. But before the first round of the 3M Championship on Friday, Eaks made an exception, arriving at his [...]

One casual glance tells it all

A rare peek at the leaderboard tipped off R.W. Eaks that he was en route to a world-beating round.
Initially, R.W. Eaks said he was just watching himself play golf during the second round of the 3M Championship on Saturday. He didn’t worry about much else, especially not other players’ scores.
Then came holes 17 and 18 [...]

Dana Quigley shoots tourney-record 62 to lead 3M Championship

Dana Quigley shot a tournament-record 10-under 62 and leads after the first round of the Champions Tour’s 3M Championship on Friday.
Gene Jones shot a season-best 64, and is two shots back. Jeff Sluman birdied four of his last five holes to join R.W. Eaks at 7 under.
“There was no negative stuff that ever creeped in [...]

3M Championship: Bad timing, but good golf

Organizers are disappointed about competing with the British Open, but satisfied with the 3M field’s big-name drawing power.
3M Championship tournament director Hollis Cavner, to say the least, was not pleased when he found out this year’s annual Champions Tour event was scheduled opposite the PGA Tour’s British Open and just in front of next week’s [...]

Inside the Champions Tour: 3M Championship

This year’s 3M Championship will mark the 16th consecutive year for an official Champions Tour event in the Twin Cities. The 3M Championship is also the 18th of 29 official events on the 2008 Champions Tour schedule. This year’s 3M Championship will be held in July, the earliest it has been on the Champions Tour [...]

Champions Tour Statistics

1, Jay Haas, 1,671 Points. 2, Bernhard Langer, 1,413. 3, Scott Hoch, 1,026. 4, Loren Roberts, 1,003. 5, Jeff Sluman, 796. 6, Nick Price, 708. 7, Denis Watson, 669. 8, John Cook, 650. 9, Tom Watson, 633. 10, Lonnie Nielsen, 531.
Scoring Average
1, Loren Roberts, 69.65. 2, Bernhard Langer, 69.74. 3, Nick Price, 69.75. 4, Jay Haas, 69.76. [...]

Romero wins Dick’s Sporting Goods Open by one over Koch and Allem

Eduardo Romero didn’t hesitate when asked about the significance of his second triumph on the Champions Tour.
“For Romero, it’s another victory,” the Argentine player said Sunday after winning the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open by one shot. “But for the country, it’s a new victory for the youngest players. Golf is growing up and up and [...]

Champions return to Long Island for Commerce Bank Championship

The 21st playing of the Commerce Bank Championship is this week at Eisenhower Park’s Red Course. In 2007, Lonnie Nielsen picked up his first Champions Tour win when he took a three-stroke lead into the final round and defeated Loren Roberts by two strokes.
It was Nielsen’s first PGA TOUR-sanctioned victory. Nielsen is no stranger to [...]