American Notah Begay shot a 4-under 68 on Thursday to take the clubhouse lead in the rain-delayed first round of the Spanish Open. "When I played the U.S. tour it was rumored the weather was bad in Europe and I can testify they were not exaggerating," said Begay, Tiger Woods' former Stanford teammate who has four victories on the PGA Tour.

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The passing of its namesake and a shoddy course have golf's best skipping the Byron Nelson Classic, says Tom LaMarre.

This weekend's Byron Nelson Championship will be the first without its namesake — but his charitable legacy remains.

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Amid struggles with his driver, Phil Mickelson hired Butch Harmon, Tiger Woods' former coach, on Monday.

The Par-3 Shootout, which has featured Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Phil Mickelson, has been canceled for this summer but will resume in 2008. Tournament officials said organizers secured permission from the PGA Tour to take a one-year break to work out a multiyear sponsorship agreement for the Par-3 Shootout, held at Treetops Resort. Treetops and ESPN run the competition, an unofficial event in late June sanctioned by the PGA.

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Michelle Wie has a sore wrist and Annika Sorenstam is battling a bad back. But, if their doctors approve, both will tee up next month at the LPGA's new $2.6 million Ginn Tribute hosted by Sorenstam. Tournament officials announced Monday that Wie has accepted a sponsor's exemption to play in the tournament at the RiverTowne Country Club. She injured her left wrist during a fall in February.

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After missing two chances to become No. 1 in women's golf, Lorena Ochoa finally replaced Annika Sorenstam at the top Monday without even hitting a shot. Despite the LPGA Tour having no tournaments last week, Ochoa moved to No. 1 in the computerized ranking with 12.84 points, while Sorenstam was at 12.70. Ochoa, who won six times last year and was the LPGA player of the year, could have gone to No. 1 by winning the Kraft Nabisco Championship a month ago and the Ginn Open that ended April 15.

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Annika Sorenstam has plenty of fond memories of the course at Pine Needles. Now she hopes to be healthy enough to make some more. Last year's U.S. Women's Open champion is hopeful that nagging neck and back injuries will heal by the end of June to allow her to defend her title at the site of one of her previous U.S. Open championships. "Pine Needles has a special place in my heart for several reasons," Sorenstam said Monday. "I love that whole area ... and I love coming back.

Crosby reveals injury, Cubs great Santo still in hospital, Nadal rolls over Federer, Strahan's wife has a garage sale and much more news.

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Twice Nick Watney lost his lead at the Zurich Classic and twice he answered with big shots en route to his first PGA Tour win.

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