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News about golf, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
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Study: Vitamins E and C Fail to Prevent Cancer in Men
A large clinical trial of almost 15,000 men taking vitamins E and C for up to 10 years has found that neither supplement had any effect on cancer rates.
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Vitamins Seen as No Help in Heart Disease
A large long-term trial has found that vitamins C and E work no better than placebos at reducing a person?s risk of heart disease.
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Sorenstam Is Second in Mexico
Annika Sorenstam nearly holed her third shot on the par-5 18th, then lipped out a 9-foot birdie try to give Angela Stanford a one-stroke victory in the inaugural Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Guadalajara, Mexico. Sorenstam shot a 69 and finished her next-to-last L.P.G.A. Tour event tied for second. Stanford also finished with a 69.
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Thai Leads in Singapore
Chapchai Nirat of Thailand took a two-stroke lead at the Singapore Open, which was called because of darkness before roughly half the players could finish the third round.
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Compton Doesn?t Qualify
Erik Compton, playing six months after a second heart transplant, failed to advance in the second stage of PGA Tour qualifying, shooting a one-over 73 to miss by one shot.
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Sorenstam Rallies
Annika Sorenstam made up five strokes on the leader Angela Stanford in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Guadalajara, Mexico, shooting a five-under-par 67 to cut her deficit to one stroke entering the final round. Ochoa, the tournament host, celebrated her 27th birthday with her best round of the week, a 70 that left her eight strokes back.
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Nirat Leads in Singapore
Chapchai Nirat of Thailand shot a six-under 65 on Sunday in the completion of the third round of the Singapore Open to take a three-stroke lead. Lam Chih Bing, seeking to become the first Singaporean to win the $5 million tournament, was second. Phil Mickelson finished up his third round with a 66, putting him at six under.
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Golf Hopes to Find Its Place in Weekend of Wall-to-Wall Football
The hedge fund founder Julian Robertson is banking that a golf event on NBC and Sky Sports on Saturday and Sunday can take on football and stimulate interest in golf on the other side of the globe.
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Stanford Takes Lead
Angela Stanford shot a six-under-par 66 in the second round of the Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Guadalajara, Mexico, and took a two-stroke lead over the L.P.G.A. Championship winner Yani Tseng. Stanford had a 10-under 134 total on the Guadalajara Country Club course. Tseng shot her second consecutive 68. Ochoa shot a 71; she is 10 strokes back.
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Betting on a Hole in One in the Virtual World
After success in pairing an amateur golf tournament with high stakes gambling, a businessman now plans to launch a related online game.
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