On the Tours

Sporting a pink shirt in support of Amy Mickelson, wife of Phil Mickelson who'd recently been diagnosed with breast cancer, Rory Sabbatini broke a 10-year-old tournament record with a four-day total of 19-under-par on his way to winning the HP Byron Nelson Classic at TPC Four Seasons Resort Las Colinas.

The win was the fifth of Sabbatini's career on the PGA Tour and meant a great deal because the event honors Lord Byron.

BEACHWOOD, Ohio - Two months ago, Cynthia Allen sifted through the mail while her husband was lounging on the couch in their Scottsdale, Ariz. home.

"Honey, there's a letter from The PGA of America," she said. "Maybe you ought to open it up."

Michael Allen didn't pay much attention at first, believing it was a reminder to pay his dues.

BEACHWOOD, Ohio - The 70th Senior PGA Championship, the most historic and prestigious event in senior golf, will feature 23 major champions who have combined for 41 major championships, and who help form a world-class international field and the strongest field in senior golf, May 21-24, at Canterbury Golf Club.

Defending Champion Jay Haas heads a 156-player field, along with eight other past Senior PGA Champions.

CLIFTON, N.J. - The list of names crowded atop the Sybase Classic leader board is an eclectic grouping of major champions, unheralded internationals and one former child prodigy hoping to finally turn to the next chapter in her frequently debated and oft criticized golf career.

South Korea's Ji Young Oh, an LPGA rookie in 2007, and Suzann Pettersen, a five-time winner on Tour in 2007, vaulted ahead of second round leader Brittany Lincicome Saturday and into a share of the lead at 12-under-par. But it's anybody's tournament, as seven players enter Sunday's final round within five shots of the lead. 

CLIFTON, N.J. - Two consecutive bogey-free rounds bolstered by plenty of birdies have Brittany Lincicome on top of the leader board heading into the weekend at the LPGA Tour's Sybase Classic at Upper Montclair Country Club.

Lincicome, who holds a two-shot advantage over Suzann Pettersen and Ji Young Oh, backed up her first round 64 with a solid 69, giving her a chance to win another high profile event against a world-class field. Lincicome won last month's Kraft Nabisco Championship, the Tour's first major championship of the year. 

CLIFTON, N.J. - Helen Alfredsson's hat promoting Scandinavian sportswear company "Peak Performance" perfectly encapsulated her opening round at the 2009 Sybase Classic presented by ShopRite.

Alfredsson picked up nine birdies and an eagle on her way to a career best score of 62, which is the lowest in the tournament's 20-year history.

CLIFTON, N.J. - Lorena Ochoa will attempt to become the third golfer in LPGA Tour history to win the same event four consecutive times this week at the Sybase Classic hosted by Clifton, New Jersey's Upper Montclair Country Club. 

Ochoa was on track to pick up yet another victory at last week's Michelob Ultra Open in Virginia before she shot back-to-back 74s on the weekend to slide down the leaderboard. 

The R&A has named Muirfield as the venue for the 2013 Open Championship.

Muirfield last hosted The Open Championship in 2002, when South Africa's Ernie Els won his third Major after the first and only four-man, four-hole playoff in Open Championship history. This will be the sixteenth time that The Open has been staged at the club, which held its first Championship in 1892.

As a result of the auto industry's role in the economic collapse, Chrysler chose to dramatically reduce its presence at the 2009 Bob Hope Classic, known for its celebrity Pro-Am, in spite of the company's standing as the event's title sponsor, completely removing its name from promotional materials and television coverage, while making no mention of itself with signage at the tournament.

In light of the company's bankruptcy filing over the weekend, the PGA Tour and Desert Classic Charities, Inc., released a joint statement reassuring the tournament's supporters that the event would remain a fixture on the PGA Tour's schedule in 2010 and beyond with or without Chrysler's financial backing.

Tiger Woods, winner of the 2007 Quail Hollow Championship and the No. 1 ranked player on the Official World Golf Ranking, committed today to play in next week's Quail Hollow Championship.

Woods will be making his fourth appearance in the Quail Hollow Championship and will make his first start since winning in 2007. He had to miss the 2008 edition due to knee surgery. Besides his victory in 2007, Woods finished T3 in 2004 and T11 in 2005.