Golf Breaking News

Drug testing delayed for British Open
Drug testing at the British Open at Royal Birkdale will be delayed a year because some international players have not been exposed to doping education programs. Royal & Ancient chief executive Peter Dawson said Tuesday the British Open was not ready to begin the testing program because of the tournament’s international qualifying system. He expects anti-doping controls will be in place for the 2009 championship at Turnberry.

Longtime Masters starter Harison dies
Phil Harison, who introduced everyone from Ben Hogan to Jack Nicklaus to Tiger Woods during his 60 years as the starter on the first tee of the Masters, has died. He was 82. He died Sunday of natural causes, Augusta National Golf Club said. Harison was one of two people to attend every Masters since it began in 1934, and he became a familiar voice to the many fans who grew accustomed to his Southern drawl and understated manner of announcing each player.

Open drug testing plan is delayed
Drug testing at The Open will not start until 2009, the R&A announces.

Birkdale ‘will provide Open test’
Sixteen of Royal Birkdale’s 18 holes have been altered for the 2008 Open, say organisers the Royal & Ancient.

Forget Me Not
“I’m going to cherish this moment,” Annika Sorenstam told the poised-pen brigade on Sunday. There was no reason to doubt her, but you had to wonder how she keeps track of her cherished moments. File folders? Flash drives? A 4,000-square-foot trophy room? Sorenstam’s sudden-death victory over Paula Creamer at the Stanford International Pro-Am in Aventura, Fla., was the 71st win of Sorenstam’s LPGA career. Throw in her amateur triumphs, her