Golf

• Harrington tops crowded Transitions leaderboard
  Three-time major champion Padraig Harrington posted a six-under 65 Friday to grab a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the Transitions Championship.

• Toms says right shoulder needs surgery
  Former PGA champion David Toms has been losing length off the tee that he can't afford, and now he knows why. Toms said Friday he has a bone spur in his rotator cuff that will require surgery.

• Rhys Davies snares lead in Morocco
  Rhys Davies fired an eight-under 64 on Friday to take the lead midway through the European Tour's Hassan II Golf Trophy.

• Woods won't have new sponsor logo on bag
  Tiger Woods won't replace AT&T with a new corporate sponsor on his golf bag when he returns at the Masters, instead using his Nike brand.

• Harrington takes early lead in Tampa
  Padraig Harrington, already assured of a memorable week after his trip to the White House, put himself in position to make it even better at the Transitions Championship on Friday.

• Willis leads Transitions Championship
  Garrett Willis, a local resident playing on a sponsor's exemption, shot a six-under 65 on Thursday to take the first-round lead of the Transitions Championship.

• Dougherty has 1-shot lead at Trophee Hassan II
  Nick Dougherty of England has taken the lead after the first round of the Trophee Hassan II golf tournament.

• Dougherty takes early lead in Morocco
  England's Nick Dougherty shot a seven-under 66 to take the first-round lead Thursday at the European Tour's Hassan II Golf Trophy.

• Back injury forces Singh to withdraw
  Vijay Singh withdrew from the Transitions Championship before Thursday's first round because of a back injury.

• Singh withdraws with a bad back
  Vijay Singh withdrew from the Transitions Championship on Thursday because of a back injury.

• Tiger's aura gone, probably for good
  Oddsmakers didn't take long to make Tiger Woods the Masters favorite. Even his fellow competitors say they can see him trying on another green jacket.

• Willis takes early lead in Tampa
  Garrett Willis made the most of a sponsor exemption to his hometown event Thursday with five birdies on the back nine for a 6-under 65 that put him atop the leaderboard among early starters in the Transitions Championship.

• World press weighs in on Woods' return at Masters
  Tiger Woods' planned return to golf at the Masters drew plenty of criticism from the international press on Wednesday, and the most scathing comments came from Britain.

• Get ready for a Masters like no other
  They mocked him mercilessly for four solid months and delighted in every sordid detail of his fall from grace.

• A sideshow like no other at the Masters
  The Masters is three weeks away, filled with story lines that now are sure to be ignored.

• Tiger favorite for Masters with British bookies
  Despite not competing since his car crash in November, Tiger Woods is still the favorite to win the Masters.

• Expect huge TV audiences for Woods' Masters return
  CBS Sports' president thinks that Tiger Woods' return to golf will be one of the "biggest media spectacles in recent memory."

• Tiger Woods' statement on his return to golf
  Tiger Woods issued a statement Tuesday to announce he will begin his 2010 season at the Masters.

• Tiger to make return at the Masters
  Tiger Woods will return to competitive golf at the Masters.

• Woods will return to golf at Masters on April 8
  For Tiger Woods, this figures to be a Masters like no other.

• Farmers Insurance signs four-year extension for San Diego event
  The PGA Tour announced Monday that the Farmers Insurance Group has signed a four-year deal to remain as the title sponsor for the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines.

• Els back in top 10 of world rankings
  Ernie Els' victory Sunday at the WGC-CA Championship vaulted the former world No. 1 back into the top 10 of this week's world golf rankings.

• This Week in Golf - March 18th through March 21st
  Including Goosen, who is a two-time champion, all of the tournament's past winners are scheduled to play this week. The others are Sean O'Hair, Mark Calcavecchia, Carl Pettersson, Vijay Singh, John Huston and two-time champion K.J. Choi.

• World Cup of Golf to become biennial event
  The World Cup of Golf will return in 2011 as a biennial event so it does not conflict with the sport's inclusion in the Olympics, the Asian Tour said Monday in a press release.

• Lamely rallies for first PGA Tour title
  Derek Lamely fired a six-under 66 in the final round Monday to come from behind and win the rain-delayed Puerto Rico Open.