Nick Watney

TV SPORTS SATURDAY Men's College Basketball-Robert Morris at Quinnipiac, 10 a.m. (ESPNU); Vanderbilt at Kentucky, 11 a.m. (CBS); Notre Dame at St. John's, 11 a.m. (ESPN2); UCLA at Arizona, 1 p.m. (CBS); Texas A&M at Oklahoma State, 1 p.m. (ESPN2);...

TV SPORTS Auto Racing-NASCAR Nationwide Series, Drive4COPD 300 pole qualifying, 1 p.m. (ESPN2) Women's College Basketball-Augustana at Moorhead, 6 p.m. (Midco Sports Net) Men's College Basketball-Loyola (Md.) at Rider, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Butler at...

TV SPORTS Women's College Basketball-Notre Dame at Louisville, 1 p.m. (ESPN); Ohio State at Penn State, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Vanderbilt at Kentucky, 8 p.m. (ESPN2) NBA Basketball-Atlanta Hawks at Chicago Bulls, 3 p.m. (ESPN); Boston Celtics at Dallas...

Phil Mickelson is back, teeing it up for the 23rd time not far from his back yard. Dustin Johnson and Bubba Watson are around, too. And Ernie Els and Vijay Singh and Nick Watney and Hunter Mahan. Not bad for a “lackluster” event. That’...

Tiger Woods two-under after two holes at Pebble Beach in his first 2012 PGA Tour event....

Kyle Stanley is wasting no time getting back on the horse. A mere 3 1/2 days after his march to a first PGA Tour victory took a damp side trip into Devlin’s Billabong, last week’s hard-luck runner-up found himself drawn in the third tee time...

Nick Watney, a two-time winner on the PGA Tour last year, Jonathan Byrd and K.J. Choi, were off to quick early starts as the first round of the Northern Trust Open at Riviera Country Club got underway Thursday morning....

Tiger Woods will take on a WGC Match Play newcomer when he opens against Spain’s Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano this week at Dove Mountain, with an eye on a couple of potential marquee matches in the second and third rounds. British Open champion...

Spent some time this morning with Gil Hanse, who unrolled his blueprint for the TPC Blue Monster’s renovation that’s set to begin in 53 weeks. First impression: Players will have a lot more blue to deal with. Several holes – most notably...

Golf’s first major tournament of the year, The Masters, returns to Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., April 5-8 as the top players in the game compete for the coveted green jacket and a place in golf history. Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald,...

Chicago could lose the PGA Tour after September’s BMW Championship, but it’s gaining a Canadian Tour event in 2012. The Royal Country Club of Long Grove will host top players from the Canadian Tour next Sept. 10-16. “The Grove,”...

Add Keegan Bradley's name to the PGA Tour roster of rising young American talent. Maybe even at the top. The Vermont native has power, charisma, a Hall of Fame pedigree and some serious moxie after shaking off a triple bogey and five-shot deficit to...