No one would have known J.P. Hayes used the wrong golf ball. And a full-time spot on the PGA Tour in 2009 was on the line. But Hayes, honoring the tradition of a game where the players police themselves, turned himself in and was disqualified.

The LPGA Tour is expected to announce it will trim two to three events and $4 to $5 million in prize money from its 2009 schedule amid the nation's economic downturn.

Buick is scaling back on providing courtesy cars to golf tournaments.

President George W. Bush celebrated Monday with American golfers who reclaimed the Ryder Cup for the U.S.

Angela Stanford shot a 3-under 69 to hold off Annika Sorenstam and win the Lorena Ochoa Invitational on Sunday.

Troy Matteson opened with an eagle, ran off three straight birdies at the turn and wound up with a career-low round of 9-under 63 to take a one-shot lead.

SOTOGRANDE, Spain -- Robert Karlsson became the first Swede to win the Order of Merit title when closest challenger Lee Westwood couldn't catch Soren Kjeldsen at the Volvo Masters on Sunday. Westwood needed a victory at Valderrama to have any chance of claiming his second European money title, but shot a 1 over 72 to finish four shots behind winner Kjeldsen. Karlsson lifted the Harry Vardon trophy despite finishing 32nd at Valderrama -- 17 strokes

Nick Price made a 25-foot putt on the 18th hole to pull even with David Eger at 6-under 66 atop the leaderboard Thursday in the opening round of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

Seve Ballesteros remained in stable condition in a Madrid hospital on Friday following last week's brain surgery on a cancerous tumor.

Katherine Hull shot a 6-under 66 to open a two-shot lead over Amy Yang after the first round of the LPGA's Kolon Championship on Friday.

Padraig Harrington was unable to close the gap in his bid for the Order of Merit on Friday before heavy rain cut short the second round of the Volvo Masters.

Kent Jones recovered from a tee shot in the rough to birdie the 18th hole Thursday for a 7-under 65, giving him a share of the lead with rookie Michael Letzig in the first round of the Ginn sur Mer Classic.

Using the newly announced Annika perfume as his muse, Bob Smiley, ESPN.com's resident olfactory expert, conjured up 11 other sweet (or in some cases, not-so-sweet) fragrances that might find their way behind the counter at a department store near you.

Hunter Mahan beat American Ryder Cup teammate Anthony Kim on the second playoff hole Tuesday to win the Kiwi Challenge.

To be working on the bag of a man many regard as the best young talent on the PGA Tour is the stuff caddies dream about while charting yardage books, cleaning clubs and hustling from one PGA Tour town to the next. In the case of Eric Larson, he did it while sitting in a prison cell as the world of golf passed him by for a decade. And thanks to his good friend Mark

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Zimbabwe's Brendon de Jonge won the Xerox Classic for his first Nationwide Tour title Sunday, closing with a 1-under 69 at Irondequoit Country Club for a two-stroke victory over Australia's Jarrod Lyle. De Jonge finished at 13-under 267 and earned $108,000 to jump from 12th to second on the money list with $316,056. Lyle, seeking his third win of the season and an immediate promotion to the PGA Tour, also finished with