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Poulter, Westwood win 

Sports | Golf
2011-12-19

ENGLAND'S Ian Poulter won the Australian Masters yesterday, spoiling Geoff Ogilvy's bid for a victory on his boyhood course. Poulter, two strokes behind Ogilvy entering the round, closed with a 4-under 67 in...

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Thompson triumphs in Dubai 

Sports | Golf
2011-12-18

AMERICAN teenager Alexis Thompson pulled away from Lee-Anne Pace of South Africa to win the Dubai Ladies Masters by four strokes and become the youngest professional winner on the Ladies European Tour yesterday. ...

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Poisoned Poulter retains lead 

Sports | Golf
2011-12-17

BRITON Ian Poulter battled a bout of food poisoning amid sweltering afternoon heat but emerged two strokes clear after the second round of the Australian Masters in Melbourne yesterday. World No. 1 Luke Donald...

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Sparkling Westwood leads pack in Thailand 

Sports | Golf
2011-12-16

WORLD No. 3 Lee Westwood flirted with membership of golf's exclusive 59 club when he produced a sparkling 12-under-par round of 60 to open up a big lead in the Thailand Golf Championships yesterday. The former...

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Poulter surges ahead at Australian Masters 

Sports | Golf
2011-12-16

IAN Poulter made good on his goal to upstage fellow Briton Luke Donald at the Australian Masters, shooting a sparkling 6-under-par 65 to take a one-shot lead after the first round yesterday. Both players soaked...

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Wahlin takes lead in Dubai 

Sports | Golf
2011-12-15

LOTTA Wahlin took the clubhouse lead with a 6-under 66 yesterday in the first round of the Dubai Ladies Masters, one stroke ahead of Becky Brewerton. The 28-year-old Wahlin, whose career was disrupted in 2009 when...

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Ogilvy-Allenby spat looms large 

Sports | Golf
2011-12-13

GEOFF Ogilvy said it could be "quite interesting" if he finds himself paired with Presidents Cup teammate Robert Allenby at this week's Australian Masters after their public spat last month. Ogilvy said yesterday...

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Donald, Quiros do the double 

Sports | Golf
2011-12-12

BRITON Luke Donald became the first player to win the orders of merit on both sides of the Atlantic yesterday while Spain's Alvaro Quiros lifted the European Tour's season-ending Dubai World Championship title. ...

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Quiros, Donald on track for tour firsts 

Sports | Golf
2011-12-11

WORLD No. 1 Luke Donald and Alvaro Quiros of Spain were on the verge of achieving unique doubles following the third round of the US$7.5-million Dubai World Championship yesterday. While Donald was taking a giant...

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McIlroy Exhausted And Run Down, May Skip Thailand Open 

Sports | Golf
2011-12-10

WORLD No. 2 Rory McIlroy is exhausted and run down and may have to pull out of next week's inaugural Thailand Golf Championship, his Horizon Sports management team said yesterday. "Rory has a low white blood cell...

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Birdie hat-trick fires Donald back on track 

Sports | Golf
2011-12-10

LUKE Donald weaved his own brand of desert magic at the Dubai World Championship yesterday to get back on track in his battle with Rory McIlroy for European No. 1 honors. The spirits of world No. 1 Donald nose...

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Donald backpedals on comments about Woods 

Sports | Golf
2011-12-9

TIGER Woods is the best golfer Luke Donald has ever played against and Rory McIlroy is the most talented. The No.1-ranked Englishman had compared the two players on Wednesday ahead the start of the Dubai World...

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Donald rates McIlroy higher 

Sports | Golf
2011-12-8

RORY McIlroy is a more talented golfer than 14-time major winner Tiger Woods, said world No. 1 Luke Donald on the eve of his Dubai World Championship showdown with the young Northern Irishman. "Tiger's work ethic...

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Rivals welcome an in-form Tiger 

Sports | Golf
2011-12-7

TIGER Woods is back to his winning ways, and some of the best golfers in the world are relishing the chance to face him again. Woods won the Chevron World Challenge on Sunday, ending a two-year title drought that...

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Westwood retains Sun City title 

Sports | Golf
2011-12-6

LEE Westwood finished with two bogeys and a 1-over 73 but it was still enough to retain his title by two strokes at the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City on Sunday. The No. 3-ranked Westwood ended with a 15-under...