For years, golf fans in Dallas-Fort Worth have fretted about the presence of gate magnets Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson in gauging the quality of fields at their local PGA Tour stops.

I first met the Mickelson family in the mid-1970s at St. Therese School in Del Cerro. Phil and Mary Mickelson were a young couple and, like us, very involved in their kids’ education. It never dawned on us that the Mickelsons would raise a family of athletes, one of whom would become one of the greatest golfers in history.

Tiger Woods has won five of his previous 14 Memorial appearances, View full sizeTiger Woods will chase his sixth victory at Muirfield Village when he tees off in Jack Nicklaus' tournament later this month.Tony Dejak, Associated Press  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Memorial Tournament in Dublin announced a major addition and subtraction Tuesday, with the defending champ joining the field and ...

May 13 (Reuters) - World rankings on Monday (U.S. unlessstated, last week's positions in brackets): 1. (1) Tiger Woods 13.66 average points 2. (2) Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) 10.42 3. (3) Adam Scott (Australia) 7.64 4. (4) Justin Rose (England) 6.57 5. (6) Brandt Snedeker 6.31 6. (5) Luke Donald (England) 6.28 7. (7) Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa) 5.76 8. ...

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The impressive number was posted early and it came from a rather unlikely source. Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson had not even arrived at TPC-Sawgrass for their respective afternoon tee times while Roberto Castro was carving up the usually treacherous course with a 9-under 63. By...