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Rogash/Getty Images Davis Love III (left) and Phil Mickelson are each on the World Golf Hall of Fame’s 2012 ballot. World Golf Hall of Fame & Museum released the PGA TOUR and International ballots for its Class of 2012 — and not surprisingly, Phil Mickelson and Jim Furyk were among the first-timers listed. The World [...]

Top-ranked Yani Tseng successfully defended her title in the LPGA Tour's NW Arkansas Championship on Sunday, beating Amy Yang with a 4-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff. Yang missed a 6-foot birdie try before Tseng holed the winning putt on the par-5 18th. "I almost cry because today, like in the middle of the round, I felt like, 'Oh, I'm going to lose today."...

Sydnee Michaels won the LPGA Futures Tour's season-ending Tour Championship on Sunday to finish fourth on the money list and earn a 2012 LPGA Tour card. Michaels, from Temecula, Calif., closed with a 5-under 65 for a one-stroke victory over Jessi Gebhardt of Chandler, Ariz. Michaels finished at 8-under 202 on the Capital Hills at Albany course and earned $16,800 for her second victory of the...

Top-ranked Yani Tseng successfully defended her title in the LPGA Tour's NW Arkansas Championship on Sunday, beating Amy Yang with a 4-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff. Yang missed a 6-foot birdie try before Tseng holed the winning putt on the par-5 18th. Both players closed with 3-under 68s to finish at 12-under 201 on the Pinnacle Country Club course.

Lisa Schlesinger took the top spot in the 64-player match-play field in the USGA Senior Women's Amateur, completing a 4-under 68 on Sunday in the delayed opening round and adding a 71. The 53-year-old Schlesinger, from Laytonsville, Md., finished at 5-under 139 on the Honors Course. Mary Ann Hayward followed her opening 70 with a 76 to finish second at 2 over.

Defending champion Paul Simson topped the 64 match-play qualifiers Sunday in the USGA Senior Amateur Championship, shooting a 4-under 68 at Kinloch Golf Club. The 60-year-old Simson, from Raleigh, N.C., had a 5-under 139 total. Mark Bemowski, from Mukwonago, Wis., had a 72 to finish a stroke back. The 65-year-old Bemowski, the 2004 winner, is trying to match Simson's 2010 feat of winning the...