PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) -Retief Goosen took an important step toward rejoining the elite in golf Sunday by closing with a 1-under 70 for a one-shot victory in the Transitions Championship, his first PGA Tour win in nearly four years. Goosen had a two-shot lead with three holes to play on the demanding Copperhead Course at Innisbrook, when just like everyone else, he struggled to hang on. The two-time U.S. Open champion barely made it. Needing only two putts from 25 feet for the win, he watched... Read more

 * Brett Quigley recorded his second consecutive T2 on the PGA Tour. Last week at the Puerto Rico Open, Quigley was T2 along with Jason Day, one stroke back of Michael Bradley. In 342 career starts, Quigley has never won on the PGA Tour. He was also T2 at the 2001 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic and 2004 U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee. * Charles Howell III’s T2 this week was his best effort on the PGA Tour since winning the 2007 Nissan Open in Los Angeles. Earlier this... Read more

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) -The only way Phil Mickelson could advance his ball from underneath a bush on the 12th hole at Doral was to swing from the other side. As is often the case, risk was involved. ``I certainly didn't want to have to hit a right-handed shot with the lead,'' he said. What concerned his caddie was the chance it could hit a palm tree and ricochet into even worse trouble, if not out of bounds. That's why Jim ``Bones'' Mackay suggested a more conservative option by taking a penalty... Read more