PGA

• This Week in Golf - February 11th through February 14th

  Pebble Beach, with all of the celebrities and amateurs, hosts this week's PGA Tour stop. That venue will play host to the final round after three days on three courses. The Monetery Course was added back into the mix for 2010, replacing Poppy Hills Golf Course.

  Bill Murray headlines the celebrity group as always. From there, it's a host of quarterbacks and television personalities with insanely long rounds mixed in.

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PGA

• Stricker up to second in world rankings

  Tiger Woods remained in first, followed by Stricker, who was third last week and Phil Mickelson, who dropped to No. 3. Lee Westwood, a playoff loser in Dubai, stayed in fourth, with Jim Furyk rounding out the top five.

  Martin Kaymer held on to sixth, while Rory McIlroy jumped up two spots to seventh.

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PGA

• Stricker hangs on to win at Riviera

  Stricker, who had led by seven late in the third round, which was completed earlier Sunday, completed his eighth PGA Tour title at 16-under-par 268.

  Luke Donald twice got within two of Stricker's lead, but could not get any closer.

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PGA

• Stricker six clear after three rounds at Riviera

  Stricker, who led by five entering the day, carded a pair of birdies and a bogey to wrap up his third round. Twelve players completed their third rounds Sunday morning after play was suspended on Saturday by darkness.

  The tournament had weather problems on Friday that delayed the end of the second round until Saturday. The forecast for the remainder of Sunday is good so action is expected to be completed as scheduled around 6:00 p.m. (et).

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EUROPEAN

• Jimenez outlasts Westwood for Dubai title

  Jimenez netted three pars in the extra session and the last one was enough to topple Westwood, last year's Race to Dubai winner.

  Jimenez and Westwood, two of four third-round co-leaders, headed to the par- four ninth at the Emirates Golf Club for the third playoff hole. Westwood had good looks at victory on both previous holes and Jimenez did his share of scrambling, but they were even on No. 9.

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EUROPEAN

• Bhullar storms back for Asian International title

  Bhullar finished the championship at 11-under 277 and won by a single stroke at Suwan Golf and Country Club. The win was his second on the Asian Tour after he captured last year's Indonesia President Invitational.

  Inn-choon Hwang posted a three-under 69 on Sunday and took second at minus-10. Tetsuji Hiratsuka shot a four-under 68 and came in third by himself at nine- under 279.

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• Herman bests Kirk in Moonah Classic playoff

  Herman birdied the first playoff hole to defeat his third-round co-leader Chris Kirk to claim his first Nationwide Tour title.

  "I am overwhelmed. I've been waiting for this to happen for a long time, a professional win," admitted Herman, who earned $126,000 for the victory. "I've won on a couple of other levels, but not this high a level." Herman, who had missed seven straight cuts dating to the end of last season, and Kirk both closed with two-under 70s to finish at 11-under-par 277.

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PGA

• Stricker five clear at Riviera

  Stricker is 14-under par and was on the 15th green when play was stopped for darkness.

  This tournament was plagued by rain on Friday and darkness halted play for the day.

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PGA

• Johnson moves in front at Northern Trust

  Johnson finished with a four-under 67 for the second round and completed 36 holes at 11-under 131. He is one clear at a rainy Riviera.

  The second round had to be completed on Saturday after darkness forced the suspension of play on Friday.

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EUROPEAN

• Westwood, Jimenez among four co-leaders in Dubai

  Alvaro Quiros (67), Miguel Angel Jimenez (68) and Thongchai Jaidee (69) joined Westwood at 11-under 205 after three trips around the Emirates course.

  Defending champion Rory McIlroy (69) is two shots off their lead and alone in fifth place at nine-under 207.

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• Kirk ties Herman at Moonah Classic

  After setting the 18- and 36-hole tournament scoring records, Herman struggled to a three-over 75 on the windy Moonah Links course and joined Kirk at nine- under 207.

  That tied the 54-hole record set by Miguel Angel Carballo last year.

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PGA

• Stricker, Johnson on top at rainy Riviera

  Johnson aced No. 6 in the pouring rain at Riviera and was 10-under par through 16 holes, having made a bogey at the 15th to fall into a tie with Stricker for the lead.

  Johnson and much of the afternoon wave of players will return to the course Saturday morning to finish the round.

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EUROPEAN

• Jaidee moves in front at Dubai Desert Classic

  Jaidee finished 36 holes at eight-under 136 and is one shot clear at the Emirates Golf Club.

  Last year's Race to Dubai winner and world No. 4 Lee Westwood fired a seven- under 65 on Friday and is tied for second with Miguel Angel Jimenez (67) and first-round co-leader Stephen Dodd (69) at minus-seven.

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• Herman three clear in Australia

  Herman finished 36 holes at 12-under-par 132. After a course-record 62 on Thursday, Herman's two-day total of 132 set a new 36-hole scoring record. Miguel Angel Carballo and Michael Sim shared the old mark of 136.

  Australian Steven Jones carded a five-under 67 and is alone in second place at minus-nine. Andrew Buckle and Fabian Gomez both shot 68 in the second round to move into a share of third at seven-under-par 137.

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PGA

• Johnson takes Riviera lead; Mickelson struggles

  Johnson, a two-time PGA Tour winner who likes the way Riviera fits his eye, had seven birdies in a flawless round to take a one-shot lead over Kevin Stadler and Argentina's Andres Romero.

  Ricky Barnes and Brandt Snedeker were another stroke further back at 66, while Steve Stricker, Cameron Beckman and Steve Lowery each shot 67s.

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CHAMPIONS

• Montreal Championship coming to Champions Tour

  The 54-hole event will take place July 2-4, 2010 at Fontainebleau Golf Club. The total purse is $1.8 million with the winner getting $270,000.

  "We realize the strategic importance of growing the Champions Tour brand globally and establishing a strong presence in Canada," said Champions Tour President Mike Stevens. "Following the overwhelming success of the 2007 Presidents Cup, our players are excited to be back playing in Canada and looking forward to visiting and showcasing the Champions Tour in the world- class city of Montreal." The 2007 Presidents Cup took place at Royal Montreal Golf Club.

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EUROPEAN

• McIlroy among leaders in Dubai

  McIlroy posted a four-under 68 and is one of six first-round co-leaders at the Dubai Desert Classic at the Majlis Course at Emirates Golf Club.

  Charl Schwartzel, already a two-time winner this season on the European Tour, Stephen Dodd, Alexander Noren, Jeev Milkha Singh and Edoardo Molinari joined McIlroy atop the leaderboard on Thursday.

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PGA

• Golf Tidbits: Not so groovy time for the PGA Tour

  PING created clubs over 20 years ago with such grooves and there was a lawsuit that long ago ruled these clubs were legal.

  At the start of the 2010 season, all players had to switch to the now- conforming V grooves, but the PING clubs, specifically their wedges, and their square grooves were grand-fathered in and legal.

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• Herman fires 62 to lead Moonah Classic

  Herman's 62 easily established a new course record on the Open Course at Moonah Links. Ewan Porter had set the old mark of 66 in 2008.

  The 62 was even more impressive when you look at how hard Moonah played in 2009. Last year, Moonah ranked as the fourth-hardest course on tour, playing to an average of 72.916 for the week. Just three holes, three of the four par- fives, had scoring averages under par last year.

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PGA

• Pavin adds four assistant captains

  Pavin has tabbed Davis Love III, Jeff Sluman, Paul Goydos and former Ryder Cup captain Tom Lehman as his assistants.

  This year's Ryder Cup will take place October 1-3 at Celtic Manor in Newport, Wales.

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LPGA

• Women's British Open heading to Hoylake

  The announcement was made Monday that Hoylake will host the LPGA Tour's fourth and final major of the 2012 season.

  With the summer Olympics also being played that year, in London, and golf being included, the date for the Women's British Open was pushed back to September 13-16 so that the championship will not interfere with the Olympics.

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PGA

• Karlsson, Crane make big gains in world rankings

  Karlsson, after missing significant time last year due to an eye injury that left him with blurry vision, captured his first win in more than 15 months at the Qatar Masters. The 40-year-old Swede jumped 14 places to No. 17 in the rankings, finally making it back to the top 20.

  Crane earned his third PGA Tour win, and first since 2005, when he held on for a one-shot victory at the Farmers Insurance Open. The 33-year-old American vaulted 53 positions to No. 56 this week.

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PGA

• Focus suddenly shifts to Mickelson, Daly

  Talk about your overlooked trivia.

  Celebrated by golf fans for different reasons, Daly and Mickelson are connected in another way besides their undeniable popularity. Both players came to prominence in the years before Tiger Woods burst onto the scene and changed the game forever, pushing tournament purses higher than they had ever been and golf courses longer than we had ever seen.

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PGA

• This Week in Golf - February 4th through February 7th

  Last year, Mickelson parlayed a third-round 62 at Riviera into a one-shot victory over Steve Stricker.

  Lefty closed with a shaky one-over 72 in the final round Sunday, but still captured his second straight Northern Trust Open at 15-under 269.

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PGA

• Crane comes from behind for Farmers Insurance title

  Crane shot a two-under 70 in the final round to come from behind and win.

  Marc Leishman (68), Brandt Snedeker (69) and Michael Sim (71) shared second place just one stroke out at 12-under 276.

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