LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 18th hole at Riviera had given up only six birdies to 73 players in the final round of the Northern Trust Open. Bill Haas convinced himself there would be at least one more to force a playoff. The surprise was how it ended. Two hol

A week before the Academy Awards, the PGA Tour’s Hollywood stop was set to give us its own Best Picture and Best Actor seven days early. You could call Riviera’s flick: “From Pebble to Palisades: It’s Philly Mick’s World” or “The Tiger Slayer And More: P

LOS ANGELES -- Bill Haas wound up making the biggest putt of them all at Riviera. On the second extra hole of a three-way playoff Sunday -- made possible by clutch birdie putts from Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley on the final hole -- Haas rolled in a

View full sizeAssociated Press photoBill Haas holds the winner's trophy after his victory in the Northern Trust Open golf tournament at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles Sunday. LOS ANGELES — Bill Haas knows anything is possible from even the most dire

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. He wanted to go. He really did. But Haas loves playing in the Northern Trust Open, too. So he ended up sending his regrets to Jon Hopson, a former Wake Forest golfer l

LOS ANGELES - Bill Haas knows anything is possible from even the most dire positions. Remember, this is the guy who five months ago saved par with his ball partially submerged in a lake and won the FedEx Cup. But not even Haas could have imagined such a

LOS ANGELES — Bill Haas knows anything is possible from even the most dire positions. Remember, this is the guy only five months ago saved par with his ball partially submerged in a lake and won the FedEx Cup. Not even Haas could have imagined such a stu

LOS ANGELES — Bill Haas knows anything is possible from even the most dire positions. Remember, this is the guy only five months ago saved par with his ball partially submerged in a lake and won the FedEx Cup. Not even Haas could have imagined such a stu

Bill Haas wound up making the biggest putt of them all at Riviera. On the second extra hole of a three-way playoff Sunday — made possible by long birdie putts from Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley on the final hole — Haas rolled in a 45-foot birdie putt

Bill Haas celebrates after making a birdie putt on the second playoff hole, which eventually proved to be the winner during final round of the Northern Trust Open on Sunday. Stephen Dunn/GETTY IMAGES Doug Ferguson Associated Press LOS ANGELES, CALIF.—Bil

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bill Haas wound up making the biggest putt of them all at Riviera. On the second extra hole of a three-way playoff Sunday — made possible by clutch birdie putts from Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley on the final hole — Haas rolled in

LOS ANGELES — Bill Haas wound up making the biggest putt of them all at Riviera. On the second extra hole of a three-way playoff Sunday — made possible by clutch birdie putts from Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley on the final hole — Haas rolled in a 45-

There was one second left in the 1972 All-Star Game when Jerry West dribbled to the top of the key and sank a game-winning jumper over defender Walt Frazier. Everyone knew the ball would be inbounded to him and he would take the shot. And everyone who wa

With all the injuries exacerbated by the league's truncated schedule this year — such as the Denver Nuggets losing four starters — it's tough to tell the difference. "If the NBA altered its iconic logo right now," wrote Jeff Schultz of the Atlanta Journa

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"It's like you can go to a golf tournament and say that's pretty good," Finchem said. "Or you can ask yourself, `Can it be better?' The system is not broken and it's worked for a long time, but we feel there's a better way to do it. We've had so much suc

The sound of a driver hitting the golf ball off the tee. The stroke of a putt placing the ball into the hole. The smiles and fist pumps after a birdie. Jerry West will see all those images as he oversees his third year as the executive director of the No