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Anthony Kim leads the AT&T National Golf Tournement.

Kim set the course record with an 8-under 62 for a two-shot lead over AT&T National host Tiger Woods an 2 others.

The 24-year-old has not won since his victory here at Congressional Country Club last year, as he was slowed by an assortment of injuries that caused his game to slip just as he was being anointed as the next great American player.

It was the best round of his PGA Tour career, although Kim walked off the par-5 ninth green slightly perturbed after narrowly missing a 10-foot birdie putt. Apparently, eight birdies wasn’t enough.

Anthony Kim has set the pace early and looks to be in contention to retain his title, but there is still 3 more rounds to play.

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Paul Goydos has taken the lead at the PGA Tour Travelers Championsip. Goydos birdied five holes on the back nine Saturday and now holds a one-stroke lead over Kenny Perry after the third round of the golf tournement.

Goydos’ 28-foot putt from off the green on the 16th highlighted a third-round 63, tying Hunter Mahan for the best round of the day.

Kenny Perry, who led after each of the first two rounds, had a seemingly comfortable three-stroke lead after birdies on the 10th, 11th and 12th. But he dropped a stroke on the 14th after making a bogey and Paul Goydos took advantage, making four straight birdies starting on the 13th.

After another rain delay of just over an hour, both golfers parred in. Perry missed a 5-foot birdie try on 18 that would have given him a share of the lead and then just minutes after Goydos misread the break on a 10-footer.

The final round is set to get underway tomorrow and it looks like it’s going to be a very entertaining day of gol.

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New Zealand’s Brad Iles leads the Nationwide Tour Players Cup after round one after posting a round of 7-under-par 65 late Thursday afternoon. Iles holds a one-stroke margin over Canadian Brad Fritsch and a two-shot edge over Ron Whittaker, Steve Wheatcroft and Brian Stuard.

Iles slowly moved up the leaderboard late in the day thanks to eight birdies that were evenly spaced out on each nine.

Fritsch was leading but it was brief, lasting only about 30 minutes before Iles — who was playing in the penultimate group took over. Fritsch’s round was highlighted by six birdies in an eight-hole stretch but the real credit went to his play off the tee. The 31-year old  hit 13 of 14 fairways (93 percent), well above a season average that checks in just below 65 percent.

Other First Round Notes:

• Two-time winner Kevin Johnson, No. 2 on the Nationwide Tour money list and the leading money winner in this week’s field, posted a 3-over 75. Johnson made two double bogeys and a triple bogey on his opening nine and shot a 6-over 42. He then made three birdies on the inward nine for a 33.

• Jason Enloe, a playoff winner of last week’s Fort Smith Classic fired a 2-under 70 and is tied for 25th.

• Neal Lancaster (79) withdrew from the Golf Tournement after the first round.

The second round gets underway tomorrow and we will keep you up to date with all the results.

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Lucas Glover wins the 2009 US Open at Bethpage Black. Glover who had to qualify for the US Open at Columbus Ohio, was impressive throughout the tournement finished at 4 under par with a 2 shot lead over the runners-up.

Phil Mickelson who was joint leader going into the 14th at -4 made 2 bogeys on the 15th and 16th to again drop back to -2 meaning he would finish the round with an even par 70 and end joint 2nd for tournement for a record fifth time. Mickelson finished tied with David Duval who shot 71 on his final round, and Ricky Barnes who was the leader through three rounds of play at -8. Barnes made many bogeys including a succession of 4 in a row at the 5th, 6th,7th, and 8th, among others and made only one birdie to finish the final round with a score of 76.

Tiger Woods would finish Tied 6th with a total of 280 to finish the tournement Even Par.

Glover’s US Open win was only the 2nd of his PGA Tour career.

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Ricky Barnes is still leading the 2009 US Open at the Bethpage Black after finishing the third round with a score of 70 to go into the final round with a lead of over Lucas Glover of one shot at 8-under par.

Ricky Barnes was at one point -11 after starting the day extremely well but, did have a few moments during the day where his golf swing looked off and he made a few bogies, but he had a pretty stable round of scoring and looks fairly comfortable in the lead.

Lucas Glover who is currently in second, had some pretty poor holes and looked to be almost gifting the tournement to Barnes in the earlier stages of the round, but Fought back with some solid golf shots and made some much needed birdies to finish the round with a par 70 and back to 7-under par .

David Duval and Ross Fisher are currently tied for third at -3, and Phil Mickelson is currently tied for 4th at -2 after having a very solid round to put himself in good stead for the final round.

Tiger woods looks to be out of contention barring a miraculous comeback. Woods Currently sits at +1, but had a good round today shooting 68.  If Tiger Woods is to make a comeback, it will have to be a record breaking comeback and the round of his life.

The final round is set to start this evening and be concluded on monday.

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Mike Weir is the current leader of the 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black after shooting a stunning 64 to finish at -6.

Wier shot Eight Biries, and nine pars in what was pratically a blemish free round of golf, apart from the double-bogey 6 at the 15th hole.

Mike Weir’s impressive round is the lowest U.S. Open score to ever be posted at Bethpage Black.

Peter Hanson of sweden is currently sitting at -5, one shot behind Weir after shooting a solid first round of golf to score 65.

Todd Hamilton, Ricky Barnes are currently tied for 3rd at -3 after both finishing the 1st round with scores of 67.

Phil mickelson is had a steady start shooting 69 to give him a score of -1 after 18 holes to keep himself in good contention for the Tournement.

Meanwhile Tiger Woods has had a terrible start and is currently at +4 after making double-bogey on 15, and bogeys on both the 16th and 18th.

The weather forecast tomorrow looks grim with a 80% chance of rain but the players will play as much of the 2nd round as possible before darkness falls.

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The first round of the 2009 U.S. Open at Bethage Black has been suspended due to rain until Friday morning. only 78 of the 156 players in the field were able to tee off today under the already poor playing conditions.

The rain began early thursday but the field managed play through until 10:15am et, when officials halted play. As the rain got heavier, the greens became to waterlogged to be played and course maintenence officials were not able to do anything about it.

After almost a 4 hour delay, the decision to call off the days play was made, The first round will continue tomorrow morning at 7:30am et.

Andrew Parr, Jeff Brehaut, Johan Edfors and Ryan Spears are the current joint leaders at -1.
Tiger Woods, Playing in a Group with Angel Cabrera and Padraig Harrington, Is 1-over par through 6 holes. Tiger was even before approaching the Par 4 5th. after hitting his tee shot into the rough, and then ended up in a bunker, later missed a bogey putt to finish the hole with a double-bogey 6.

Woods Recovered on the par-4 6th where he made a 15 foot birdie putt to get back to 1 over par.
With half of the field still to tee off, the second round looks like it may not be completed until saturday.
The weather forecast for tomorrow looks more promising but the threat of rain will be present the entire weekend.

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The 2009 U.S. Open Golf Tournement has officially started.

The first group to Tee this morning at 7:00 am ET was: Rickie Fowler, Casey Wittenberg and Bo Van Pelt, who got the tournement started by each making a par on the 1st hole of the tournement.

At the 10th tee, J.P. Hayes, Greg Kraft, and Jeff Brehaut were first to Tee off on the Back Nine of the Bethpage Black Golf Course. J.P got off to a good start making a birdie, Greg Kraft made a decent start with Par, and Jeff Brehaut made a bogey.

At 8:06 am ET. Tiger Woods got off to what looked liked to be a terrible start by driving his ball far left of the tee leaving it some 50 yards from the fairway but, still managed to save par after getting up and down from a sand bunker. meanwhile Angel Cabrera and Padraig Harrington who both hit the fairway of the Tee Box both bogied the first hole.

The Current Leader as of 12:12 pm ET is Jeff Brehaut who is at -1 after making 2 birdies at the 17th and 18th. He is tied with Justin Leonard (who has played 6 holes), Ryan Spears and Andrew Parr (who have played 2)

Noteables:

K. J. Choi, Steve Stricker, and Angel Carbrera along with 10 others are T5 with Even Par.

Vijay singh, Tiger Woods, and Zach Johnson along with 9 other are Tied for 18th.

And at the very bottom of the field David Horsey has had a terrible start finishing his first 9 holes with a score of +10.

Phil Mickelson Tees off at the 10th of the Bethpage Black Golf Course at 1:36 pm ET with Ernie Els and Retief Goosen.

The weather forecast for this weeks golf tournement doesn’t look to be very good, but the players and the fans will surely be in full spirits for this golf tournement which is probably one the most exciting of the season.

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Phil Mickelson

At a live press conference this morning, Phil Mickelson has stated that he feels confident heading in to the U.S. Open at the Bethpage Black Golf Course in NY.

He was asked many questions about his wife Amy Mickelson’s condition and how it would affect his game, and responded by saying:

“Amy has touched many people’s lives in the world, she always puts other people before herself and it is painful to see such a great person go through something so difficult”

Phil also said his game feels as good as ever and he felt confident, and although he finished +1 last week at the St. Jude Classic felt he was at a very good level and maybe even his best.

Phil Mickelson Tees off on the 10th hole tomorrow at 1:36 pm ET along with Ernie Els and Retief Goosen.

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