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India’s Shiv Kapur fired a 7-under 65 Friday to take a share of the lead with Unho Park of Australia after two rounds of the Johnnie Walker Classic.

Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa increased her lead to seven strokes Friday in the HSBC Women’s Champions, shooting a 7-under 65 at Tanah Merah in her second tournament round of the year.

Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa began her season by shooting six birdies to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the inaugural $2 million HSBC Women’s Champions tournament on Thursday.

LPGA players, miffed at a drug-testing procedure that took hours for some last week at the Fields Open in Hawaii, were slightly less than amused to find out the whole thing was merely a trial run and not the real thing.

Indian caddie-turned-pro Shamim Khan and Daniel Vancsik each shot 5-under-67 to share the first-round lead at the Johnnie Walker Classic.

Arnold Palmer’s tournament is moving — dates, that is, getting the plum clean-up spot in the four-tournament Florida Swing, writes Bob Harig.

The PGA Tour amended its divisive cut policy, giving players on the cut line one more day of competition to separate themselves from the bottom of the pack.

Fred Couples and Greg Norman are the new captains for the 2009 Presidents Cup in San Francisco. It’s the first time both captains have previously competed in the matches.

Paula Creamer rallied to win the Fields Open for her fifth LPGA Tour title, birdieing four of the final five holes for a one-stroke victory over South Korea’s Jeong Jang on Saturday.

Tiger Woods has won the Accenture Match Play Championship. It’s his 15th World Golf Championship and the first time he has held all three world titles at the same time.