After getting the yardage to the green on the par-5 13th hole—282 yards— he pulled a 3-wood from his bag and asked a small group standing behind him, “Can I get there with this?”

Wie finished with a 71 after the miscue on the eighth hole at the season-ending tournament on the Ladies European Tour.

"My right hand to God, on the life of my daughter, I never had sex with her. We were friends," Hess told Sports Illustrated.

The plot on Wednesday's show includes a philandering golf star and his club-wielding wife. When police arrive, the bleeding athlete says his spouse was merely attempting to rescue him - in this case, from their swimming pool rather than a wrecked car.

He wasn't among the five faces on promotional posters around Melbourne, nor was he invited to the gala dinner. And even though none of the others had more wins this year -- and none had ever shot a 59 to win a PGA Tour event  that was fine with him.

The duo beat Fred Couples and Dustin Johnson in the reverse scramble final, in which teams picked the worst shot of the opponents to be played throughout the 4-par, 10th hole.

Former No. 1 Tiger Woods remained second after finishing fourth at the Australian Masters on Sunday.

Golf can take some peculiar turns, though, which Westwood knows better than most.

He finished at 3-under, two shots ahead of Northern Ireland’s Gareth Maybin, who shot a 76 to finish in a tie for second place with Denmark’s Soren Kjeldsen (69) and Ireland’s Damien McGrane (72).

Ochoa, the Mexican star who retired last year at the top of her game, had rounds of 71-71 to earn the winner-take-all check. Montgomerie was penalized two shots after his caddie moved a sign on the 16th hole.

The 17-year-old Italian qualified Sunday when he became the youngest winner in European Tour history at the Castello Masters in Spain.

Two strokes behind Pavin after 10 holes in the final round, the 50-year-old Couples played the final eight in 7 under, making an eagle—his second of the round—and five birdies.

It won’t be Phil Mickelson, either.

Despite falling to second in the FedExCup Standings after THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola, Matt Kuchar has had a career year on the PGA TOUR.

“They couldn’t be any more different,” Hunter Mahan said.

Today's questions class, in no certain order:

When are losers really big-time winners?

When does close-but-nothing-yet translate into market upticks?

And, finally, can a bunch guys who either haven't won majors or who have crashed and burned in one or two really morph into superstars?

The golf world was still reeling Monday over the two-shot penalty given to Dustin Johnson on the final hole. He grounded his 4-iron in the sand to the right of the fairway, not aware he was in a bunker.

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP)—Forget chasing the No. 1 ranking. Phil Mickelson was more worried about being able to get out of bed.

Mickelson revealed Tuesday he has psoriatic arthritis, which causes his immune system to attack his joints and tendons and produced such intense pain he couldn’t walk. He noticed the first symptoms five days before the U.S. Open, and the pain eventually got so bad he made a visit to the Mayo Clinic.

AKRON, Ohio (AP)—On a day when the two biggest names in golf played like weekend hackers, Hunter Mahan grabbed the lead midway through the final round of the Bridgestone Invitational and refused to let go.

It's time for the PGA Championship, and that means it's time for your Devil Ball honchos, editor Jay Busbee and head writer Shane Bacon, to make predictions. Busbee and Bacon are absolutely flawless in their picks; you can check. (Don't check.) So how will the final major of the year turn out? Let us show you the way ...

He arrived at this week’s PGA Championship fresh off the worst tournament of his career. He beat only one player in the 80-man field at Firestone, shooting a whopping 18-over 298.

AKRON, Ohio -- Lee Westwood came to the Bridgestone Invitational with hopes of overtaking Tiger Woods for No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking, but instead he hobbled through two rounds of play before withdrawing from the tournament.

The Australian won the Greenbrier Classic on Sunday and became the fifth PGA Tour player to hit golf’s magic number. His milestone came less than a month after Paul Goydos had a 59 at the John Deere Classic.

Title sponsor Wells Fargo & Co. announced Tuesday it's putting its name on the tournament again, so the event will be renamed the Wells Fargo Championship. It had been called the Quail Hollow Championship the past two years.

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