FORT WORTH, Texas — Matt Kuchar hoped to finish his second round Friday at Colonial. He ended up with the lead — and a very early wakeup call.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Ryan Palmer was standing in the fairway on his last hole Thursday when his longtime caddie and fellow Colonial member issued a challenge.

Sergio Garcia apologized for a second time for saying he would serve fried chicken if he and Tiger Woods were to have dinner at the U.S. Open, the latest in nearly two weeks of verbal sparring.
This week on tour
PGA: Crowne Plaza Invitational, Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas. TV: Today-Friday, 3 p.m., Golf Channel; Saturday-Sunday, 1 p.m., Golf Channel, and 3 p.m., Ch. 10
IRVING, Texas — Sang-Moon Bae watched anxiously after hitting his tee shot at the par-3 17th hole Sunday in the Byron Nelson Championship.

IRVING, Texas — Keegan Bradley still hasn't gotten things right on the 18th hole at the Byron Nelson Championship, even when finally going left.
IRVING, Texas — Keegan Bradley again bogeyed Nos. 1 and 18 in the second round of the Byron Nelson Championship.

IRVING, Texas — Keegan Bradley had no thoughts about a course record, or the possibility of 59, after consecutive bogeys in the middle of his opening round at the Byron Nelson Championship.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — Two marshals say Tiger Woods never said anything to them about whether Sergio Garcia had played his shot. Two other marshals disputed that account, one of them saying he told Woods that Garcia had already hit on the second hole at the TPC Sawgrass.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH — A weekend filled with sharp words between Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia came down to one last showdown Sunday in the Players Championship, this one staged across the water in a tiny, intimidating section of TPC Sawgrass.

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