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Not a bad St. Paddy's week, Harrington visits the White House then leads Transitions

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Padraig Harrington leads by a shot.

Transitions Championship: Padraig Harrington birdied his final hole to shot a 65 and at 8 under has a one shoot lead over defending champion Retief Goosen (68), Bubba Watson (65), Jim Furyk and 2005 champion Carl Pettersson (68). Two back is Steve Stricker (66), Jeff Maggert (69) and Steve Elkington (68). Three back is David Toms who's 63 was the day's low score. First round leader Garrett Willis, shot a back nine 41 for a 77 to drop down to even par and into a T41st. Check out Sal Johnson's preview of the event, what it will take to win and the buzz of the week.

Trophee Hassan II : South African Louis Oosthuizen shot 64 for the second day in a row as he started his nine with a 31 to finish in the lead at 20 under, two in front of Welshman Rhys Davies who shot 68 and four in of Thomas Levet and Thomas Aiken.

Tiger Stories: Tiger Woods announced Tuesday that he will begin his 2010 season at the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in April and not play in the Tavistock Cup or Arnold Palmer Invitational. Check out Sal Johnson's take on the speech, and if it was totally from the heart or a total sham.

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Louis Oosthuizen shot 64 for the second day in a row as he started his nine with a 31 to finish in the lead at 20 under, two in front of Rhys Davies who shot 68 and four in of Thomas Levet and Thomas Aiken. Check out the stories in our Euro Tour section of GolfNotebook. go to >>
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Yani Tseng, who is the 6th ranked player in the world surprised all with the combination of a great bogey-free final round of 65 with the combination of poor play from the leaders to beat Laura Davies by three and Karrie Webb by four. go to >>
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Today's Editor Picks


March 20, 2010 4:56 am - The Herald Sun - Sport
David Riccio with the same question on a lot of people's minds, can Tiger roar again?

March 19, 2010 8:36 pm - CBS SportsLine - Headlines
Steve Elling on what golf insiders are starting to realize that after the tours for ten events there is very little change in data that shows the grooves rollback is not very successful.

March 19, 2010 7:11 pm - Golf Fanhouse
Mick Elliott on how David Toms is on Padraig Harrington's heels after Transitions transformation.

March 19, 2010 5:30 pm - PGATOUR.com - PGA Tour
Helen Ross on David Toms' turnaround puts him in the hunt at Transitions.

March 19, 2010 3:59 pm - Yahoo! Sports - Golf
In celebration of the NCAA's, Michael Arkush looks at a imagery bracket madness if it ever was put together with every great player in golf's history.

March 19, 2010 3:32 pm - New Zealand Herald - Business
David Leggat on how the Masters is an ironic choice for Tiger's comeback show.

March 19, 2010 3:25 pm - CBS SportsLine - Golf
Lesley Visser reports that Tiger's name dominates even when he's not around.

March 19, 2010 1:10 pm - U.S. Open Championship (Official Web site)
Dave Shedloski looks back at the shot of Tom Watson on the 17th hole of the 1982 U.S. Open, a shot that Watson says is the best one that he ever made in his career.

Yesterday's Editors Picks


March 19, 2010 3:22 am - New York Daily News - Sport
Hank Gola on how Augusta National looks hypocritical following Josyln James's disclosure of Tiger Woods' texts or is it time to just move on and forget about Woods past.

March 19, 2010 3:18 am - Desert Sun, California - Sports
Larry Bohannan profiles Italian Giulia Sergas, who is set to burst onto women's golf scene in America as she will play in both the KIA Classic and Kraft Nabisco.

March 19, 2010 3:02 am - U.S. Open Championship (Official Web site)
Dave Shedloski looks back at the 1972 U.S. Open in which Jack Nicklaus held off a hard-charging Arnold Palmer to win his third U.S. Open.

March 18, 2010 8:50 pm - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Sports
Gary D'Amato talks with Steve Stricker who says that he has reached out to Tiger Woods over the last five months, sending messages through Woods' agent, Mark Steinberg. But Stricker has not heard back from Woods.

March 18, 2010 7:28 pm - Golf Fanhouse
Mick Elliott looks at Padraig Harrington's day at the White House spending St. Patrick's Day with the President, giving Obama a set of clubs.

March 18, 2010 6:03 pm - The Scottish Herald - Sport
Doug Lowe looks at the changes made to the 18th hole of the Wentworth course, home of the BMW PGA Championship.

March 18, 2010 5:15 pm - PGATOUR.com - PGA Tour
Helen Ross on how Jeff Maggert trades shovel for clubs at last minute and shoots 67 and is T2nd.

March 18, 2010 5:03 pm - Crian's blog
Ed Sherman brings up an important fact in the Tiger Woods Masters saga and that is that ESPN's golf window is 4 to 7 so there is a good chance that those not as Augusta could miss it live, unless Augusta makes some changes.

March 18, 2010 4:18 pm - CBS Sportsline - Golf Columnists
Steve Elling looks at how Jeff Maggert took advantage of his lucky break.

March 18, 2010 2:52 pm - PGATOUR.com - PGA Tour
Helen Ross on how Padraig Harrington says White House visit exceeded expectations.

March 18, 2010 2:26 pm - New York Daily News
Nancy Dillon and Corky Siemaszko on how alleged Tiger Woods mistress Joslyn James releases X-rated text messages she claims are from Woods.

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