Fred Funk

If you haven’t heard the line enough already, you will by the time the weekend reaches the finish. TPC Sawgrass favors no golfer. Bombers have won The Players Championship (Phil Mickelson, Fred Couples). Popguns have won it (Fred Funk, Tim Clark)....

Golfers can be pretty fastidious about maintaining the proper grip. Even Fred Funk would have to admit, though, that this was a bit extreme. Flat on his back on an operating table, arms extended, hands wrapped around a club. “Is this where you...

Isleworth’s J.B. Holmes will make his return from brain surgery in a low-key atmosphere, paired with fellow Kentucky native Kenny Perry as one of the 12 teams for next month’s Shark Shootout in Naples. Holmes had surgery Sept. 1 to alleviate...

It’s been 17 years since Arnold Palmer last teed it up at the U.S. Open, taking a graceful exit following the 1994 edition at Oakmont in his home territory. Now it’s the next generation’s turn. Or to be more precise, the next-next...

It's a double dose of Pick-4 this week, with anyone not in the WGC Match Play eligible for a trip to Cancun and the chance to tee it up without having to worry about the PGA Tour's top shots. Not a bad consolation, except for the fact that the “...

Phil Mickelson took advantage of an early start to be one of the big movers on Saturday during the third round of The Players Championship at Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Mickelson, who can claim the No. 1 ranking in the......

Fred Funk, making his final Players Championship appearance on the exemption he earned for winning the 2005 crown, isn't ready to fade into the Sawgrass sunset. After grinding like mad to make yesterday's cut on the number, the 53-year-old veteran went...

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Newport Beach Country Club Sunday Tee No. 1 10:30 a.m. – Craig Stadler, Mark McNulty, Jeff Sluman 10:39 – David Eger, John Cook, Tom Lehman 10:49 – Gil Morgan, Larry Nelson, Joe Daley 10:58 – Steve Elkington, Olin...

NEWPORT BEACH — If the second round is any indication of what to expect from David Frost and Fred Couples on Sunday, then the final round at the 19th Toshiba Classic should be one to watch. Or as Frost said, "it will be a fun day." Frost sank a...

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Newport Beach Country Club Tee No. 1 10:30 a.m. – Scott Hoch, John Huston, Larry Nelson 10:39 – Tom Purtzer, Scott Simpson, Steve Pate 10:49 – Jay Don Blake, Fred Funk, Steve Lowery 10:58 – Russ Cochran, Tom Watson,...