...events in the world of golf: PGA TOUR WESTERN OPEN SITE: Lemont, Ill. SCHEDULE: Thursday-Sunday COURSE: Cog Hill Golf and Country Club, Dubsdread Course (7,326 yards, par 71) PURSE: $5 million WINNER'S SHARE: $900,000 TELEVISION...

...Western field. U.S. Open champion Payne Stewart and money leader David Duval are among those absent. The Cog Hill Golf and Country Club is where Woods had his first sub-70 round in a professional tournament, shooting 69 on the final day of...

...But the 19-year-old Georgia Tech sophomore most assuredly irked more than a few of his six opponents at Cog Hill Golf and Country Club. He birdied and smiled. He bogeyed and smiled. He won holes and smiled. He lost holes and smiled. He smiled...

...play that poorly, but he couldn't keep up with Boyd's birdie binge, including three on the front nine at Cog Hill Golf and Country Club. Others to fall Thursday included U.S. Junior Amateur champion Jason Allred, Pepperdine star Jason Gore...

Rudy Tomjanovich of the Houston Rockets is recovering from "extreme physical exhaustion" and won't coach the United States during an Olympic qualifying tournament this month. Tomjanovich spent Friday and Saturday in the hospital, and Rockets team doctor Jim Muntz suggested that he take about a month off from work, according to team spokesman Tim Frank.

...and third win in four starts, including a tournament in Germany. He earned $450,000 for the victory at Cog Hill Golf and Country Club, giving him $2,545,990 in winnings this year. Mike Weir, who had three birdies on the first seven holes...

...Digest professional advisory staff and co-authored seven instructional golf books. She had been teaching at Cog Hill Golf and Country Club in Lemont, Ill., since 1977, with the exception of 1997-98 when she served on the research and development...

...S. Open. Two Augustans -- Charles Howell and Blair Scurlock -- played in the 1997 U.S. Amateur at Cog Hill Golf and Country Club in Lemont, Ill., as did former North Augustan Terry Ezell and Clemson golfer Charles Warren. This year's...

...improbable run with a 2 and 1 victory over Joel Kribel in 35 holes to win the U.S. Amateur championship at Cog Hill Golf and Country Club's Dubsdread course. Kuchar joins a 1990s honor roll of champions that includes Phil Mickelson, Justin Leonard...

...bag slung over his right shoulder, laboring through the rolling fairways for the second match of the day at Cog Hill Golf and Country Club. That was him bending down to replace divots, striding hither and yon to get yardage estimates, moving freely...