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DUBLIN, Ohio (Reuters) - Even the best bunker players can expect a testing time at this week's Memorial tournament, says event founder and host Jack Nicklaus. Backed by the PGA Tour, Nicklaus has arranged for all the bunkers on the par-72 Muirfield Village layout to be raked in an unconventional way to make sand escapes something of a lottery. "We spend money every year to try and deepen the bunkers and do different things and the bunker has ceased to become a penalty," golfing great...

By Mark Lamport-Stokes PACIFIC PALISADES, California (Reuters) - Tiger Woods, battling a dose of flu, kept alive his hopes of a third successive victory this year with a two-under-par 69 in the Nissan Open first round on Thursday. The world number one, who triumphed at the Buick Invitational in San Diego in late January and also at the Dubai Desert Classic the following week, mixed six birdies with two dropped shots and a double-bogey at the par-three fourth. "I was disgusted with how...

By Mark Lamport-Stokes SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Champion Tiger Woods surged into contention for a record fourth Buick Invitational title, firing a five-under-par 67 in Saturday's third round. The world number one, seven shots off the pace overnight, birdied five of the last 10 holes to finish at 10-under 206. That left him one shot behind joint leaders Sergio Garcia of Spain and Australia's Rod Pampling, who carded matching rounds of 68 on the difficult South Course at Torrey Pines....

By Mark Lamport-Stokes SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Tiger Woods stayed in the hunt for a record fourth Buick Invitational title, firing a five-under-par 67 in Saturday's third round. The world number one, seven shots off the pace overnight, birdied five of the last 10 holes to finish at 10-under 206. That left him one adrift of early leader Nathan Green of Australia, who had four holes to play on the difficult South Course at Torrey Pines. Woods, Buick Invitational champion in 1999, 2003 and...

By Jon Bramley ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - Tiger Woods finally found the sand of St Andrews in his first round on Thursday but it did not stop him making a flying start in the 134th British Open. The last time he played here five years ago the world number one avoided landing in any of the 112 bunkers during 72 holes on the Old Course for his eight-shot Open victory. He launched his campaign for a second Claret Jug and his 10th major with a pace-setting six-under-par 66 but fell into...