Phil Mickelson said Friday he will not compete at this year's British Open Championship at Turnberry, Scotland, because of personal and family reasons. The world's second-ranked men's golfer withdrew two days after learning his mother had been diagnosed with breast cancer. The disease also hit his wife, Amy, in June, just before the U.S.

Lucas Glover jumped into a first-place tie with Ricky Barnes at the end of Sunday's play at the U.S.

Canadian Mike Weir shot 6-under-par 64 Friday to take a two-stroke lead at the rain-delayed first round at the U.S. Open golf tournament in Farmingdale, N.Y. Weir tamed the difficult and historic Bethpage Black golf course with six birdies, but made a double-bogey at the par-4 sixth.

Thursday's first round at the U.S.

Officials at New York state golf courses said they are frustrated by a company that sells second-hand reservations at inflated prices, but they can't stop it. Bethpage State Park director Dave Catalano said the company, New York Golf Shuttles, has been buying up coveted tee times for the Bethpage Black course -- which charges $60 per round for locals and $120 for out-of-state visitors -- and reselling them for $850 to locals and $900 to out-of-staters, the New York Post reported Wednesday. These guys are a major annoyance, Catalano said.