Stuart Appleby

Stuart Appleby finished with three straight birdies and tied Shigeki Maruyama for the lead Saturday in the Sony Open at Honolulu, setting up a long final day in which just about everyone is still in the game. Because the opening round was washed out at Waialae, Sunday will feature a 36-hole final. Maruyama holed out from the bunker to the right of the par-three seventh late in his round and shot another five-under-par 65. Appleby had a strong finish for the second day in a row and shot 66. They were at 10-under 130. Mark Wilson (67)

Stuart Appleby finished with three straight birdies and tied Shigeki Maruyama for the lead Saturday in the Sony Open at Honolulu, setting up a long final day in which just about everyone is still in the game. Because the opening round was washed out at Waialae, Sunday will feature a 36-hole final. Maruyama holed out from the bunker to the right of the par-three seventh late in his round and shot another five-under-par 65. Appleby had a strong finish for the second day in a row and shot 66. They were at 10-under 130. Mark Wilson (67)

Stuart Appleby hit golf's magic number Sunday, shooting a 59 to win the Greenbrier Classic at White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Appleby's 11-under-par round put him at 22 under, giving him a one-stroke victory to end a four-year winless drought. Third-round leader Jeff Overton (67) narrowly missed a long birdie try on the par-three 18th that would have forced a playoff. Appleby is the fifth PGA Tour player to reach the milestone. The Australian's round came less than a month after Paul Goydos had a 59 at the John Deere Classic.

Sergio Garcia went ballistic Thursday after blasting out of a greenside bunker during a bogey-bogey-bogey stretch. He slammed his wedge into the bunker five times, then threw the club at his bag, leaving caddie Gary Matthews to clean up his mess. The former No. 2 player in the world has slumped since suffering a broken heart at the hands of Morgan-Leigh Norman — daughter of Greg — in the spring of 2009. "It hurt," he said. Garcia announced last weekend that he will take a two-month break after the PGA Championship, bypassing the FedEx Cup events and the Ryder Cup. "I need to miss the game a little bit," he said.

Sergio Garcia went ballistic Thursday after blasting out of a greenside bunker during a bogey-bogey-bogey stretch. He slammed his wedge into the bunker five times, then threw the club at his bag, leaving caddie Gary Matthews to clean up his mess. The former No. 2 player in the world has slumped since suffering a broken heart at the hands of Morgan-Leigh Norman — daughter of Greg — in the spring of 2009. "It hurt," he said. Garcia announced last weekend that he will take a two-month break after the PGA Championship, bypassing the FedEx Cup events and the Ryder Cup. "I need to miss the game a little bit," he said.

Stuart Appleby was back on top of the leaderboard at the Houston Open on Thursday with the same first-round score that propelled him to a six-shot victory last year. He wasn't as excited about his six-under-par 66 this time, because he knows he isn't playing as well as he was a year ago. Kevin Sutherland and rookie Johnson Wagner, who was born in Amarillo, also shot 66s to share the first-round lead.

Stuart Appleby didn't run out of birdies Wednesday -- he ran out of holes. Appleby birdied the last six holes for a 10-under 62 and a share of the lead with Steve Flesch after the first round of the PGA Tour's Las Vegas Invitational. Flesch, who like Appleby played the Southern Highlands course, birdied his first five holes. He finished with 11 birdies. Dan Forsman and Craig Barlow also shot 62s, but did it at the par-71 TPC at the Canyons course.

Stuart Appleby, without a top 10 since winning the first tournament of the year, birdied his first two holes and kept right on rolling Thursday to a seven-under-par 63 on the TPC at Las Colinas, giving him a one-shot lead over John Daly, Ernie Els and Brett Wetterich in the Byron Nelson Championship at Irving, Texas. Els showed not much has changed since winning by a career-high 13 shots two weeks ago in Shanghai, playing with Vijay Singh and without a bogey on the TPC course for a 64.

Stuart Appleby made three straight birdies on the back nine Saturday at the TPC at Summerlin and shot a six-under 66 for a one-shot lead after the fourth round of the Las Vegas Invitational. Appleby, seeking his first PGA Tour win since 1999, is at 28-under 259 heading into today's final round of the 90-hole tournament. Steve Flesch, who started the day in a tie for the lead with Scott Verplank, shot 68 and is a stroke behind Appleby at 260.

Stuart Appleby had to go an extra hole to make it three in a row Sunday at the Mercedes Championships, making a birdie on the par-five 18th hole to force a playoff against Vijay Singh, then winning on the same hole with a bunker shot that nearly went in. Appleby joined Gene Littler in 1955-57 as the only players to win the winners-only tournament three consecutive times.

Stuart Appleby hit golf's magic number Sunday, shooting a 59 to win the Greenbrier Classic at White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Appleby's 11-under-par round put him at 22 under, giving him a one-stroke victory to end a four-year winless drought. Third-round leader Jeff Overton (67) narrowly missed a long birdie try on the par-three 18th that would have forced a playoff. Appleby is the fifth PGA Tour player to reach the milestone. The Australian's round came less than a month after Paul Goydos had a 59 at the John Deere Classic.

Phil Mickelson will be right there when Tiger Woods tees it up again. This time, the two will square off at the Quail Hollow Championship in Charlotte, N.C. A day after Woods announced that the event will be his second tournament since his return from a sex scandal, Masters champion Mickelson committed to play on Friday. The tournament begins April 29 at Quail Hollow Club. Mickelson edged Woods and the rest of the field on Sunday to win his third title at Augusta National.

LA JOLLA -- His left knee could be hurting him, he might be playing his first tournament in two months and he may have started with four bogeys on his first nine holes, but at the midway point of the U.S. Open, there's only one player in front of Tiger Woods. Stuart Appleby's cross-country birdie putt at the 18th hole Friday at Torrey Pines was not only noteworthy for the ground it covered, about 45 feet, but also for the fact that it concluded a one-under-par round of 70 and turned out to be worth a one-shot lead over Woods, Rocco Mediate and Robert Karlsson.

Stuart Appleby was back on top of the leaderboard at the Houston Open on Thursday with the same first-round score that propelled him to a six-shot victory last year. He wasn't as excited about his six-under-par 66 this time, because he knows he isn't playing as well as he was a year ago. Kevin Sutherland and rookie Johnson Wagner, who was born in Amarillo, also shot 66s to share the first-round lead.

Stuart Appleby shot a five-under-par 67 Sunday to cap a wire-to-wire victory at the Shell Houston Open at Humble, Texas, and join Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson as the only two-time winners on the PGA Tour this year. Appleby finished at 19-under 269 on the new Tournament Course at Redstone, six shots ahead of Bob Estes. Appleby matched the tournament record for margin of victory and was the first player in the event's 60-year history to lead from the opening round to the end.

Stuart Appleby shot a six-under-par 66 on the Tournament Course at Redstone Golf Club in Humble, Texas, on Thursday to take the first-round lead in the Shell Houston Open. Appleby teed off early and took advantage of calm conditions on the new course, the event's third venue in four years. The Rees Jones-designed layout opened in August 2005 and most of the players are getting their first look at it this week.

Stuart Appleby shot a six-under-par 66 on the Tournament Course at Redstone Golf Club in Humble, Texas, on Thursday to take the first-round lead in the Shell Houston Open. Appleby teed off early and took advantage of calm conditions on the new course, the event's third venue in four years. The Rees Jones-designed layout opened in August 2005 and most of the players are getting their first look at it this week.

Stuart Appleby had to go an extra hole to make it three in a row Sunday at the Mercedes Championships, making a birdie on the par-five 18th hole to force a playoff against Vijay Singh, then winning on the same hole with a bunker shot that nearly went in. Appleby joined Gene Littler in 1955-57 as the only players to win the winners-only tournament three consecutive times.

If it's Kapalua, it must be Stuart Appleby. On another blustery Hawaiian day that severely tested the 28-man Mercedes Championships field of last year's PGA Tour winners, Appleby birdied three of his last six holes for a three-under-par 70 and a two-shot lead over U.S. Open champion Michael Campbell.