Golf: Shorter version launched
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Powerplay Golf is launched with the aim of making the same impact as Twenty20 cricket and rugby sevens.
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The last putt on the last hole of the last match. Bernhard Langer playing Hale Irwin and Langer has a six-footer for Europe to retain the Ryder Cup.
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A change of scenery only helps so much. There was a chill in the air Tuesday morning at The Gallery Golf Club, which beats a lake in the middle of the fairway at La Costa.
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For many of us, the days ripe for golf are getting fewer and fewer. But it's a big world, which is why the news and developments still spill forth.
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Phil Mickelson shot a 6-under-par 65 yesterday to share the lead after the first round of the Scottish Open.
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A Russian cosmonaut set a new record for the longest golf  drive in history today after hitting a lightweight ball while tethered to the outside of  the International Space Station (ISS).
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Inspiring drives. Cutthroat competition. Transatlantic tension. And it's O.K. to talk about a handicap with a one-armed golfer
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Philip Morris plans to introduce two shorter Marlboros to appeal to people who want a quicker smoke. Marlboro Reds and Lights that are a half-inch shorter than the regular versions will be shipped starting Jan.
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A new era in golf begins in two weeks, and it might expose an old problem. The tour has been trumpeting its new slogan in advertising campaigns over the last month, gearing up for the new FedExCup that tees off Jan. 4 at the Mercedes-Benz Championship. But this big launch in Kapalua might fizzle without its biggest rocket. Tiger Woods might not be there.
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KAPALUA, Hawaii -- The winds picked up and the scores went down. Go figure. Actually, don't bother, because golf is a game that rarely can be explained, and yesterday's second round of the $5.3 million Mercedes Championships at the Plantation Course is the latest example.
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HAVEN, Wis. -- For 18 holes, Stuart Appleby played flawless golf in yesterday's third round, four birdies and 14 pars. It wasn't until he was done playing that he discovered that it wasn't as good a day as he had thought, that he had made a quadruple bogey.
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Golf finally felt easy to Jeff Sluman, and it wasn&#39;t hard to see why. From a fairway bunker on the 18th hole, he had to play a 20-yard hook to avoid the trees and reach the elevated green.
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Marathon - Testing Framework version 0.90 is released. This is a minor feature enhancement and bug-fix release. The details of changes can be found in ChangeLog. Marathon is a testing framework for GUI applications developed using Java/Swing. Marathon composes of recorder, runner and editor. The testscripts are composed of python code. Marathon focuses on end-user testing. One need not know Java or Swing to record test scripts using Marathon. Marthon is kept intentionally simple. The aim to produce test scripts that are readable by everyone on the project. This includes the developers, testers and the customers. Marathon is flexible and provides facilities to extend the functionality available through python scripts or through writing ones own component resolvers.    The latest release can be found here:  https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=46616&package_id=54685
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Damp Sherwood Country Club played Thursday pretty much the way course designer Jack Nicklaus intended, with little separating birdie from bogey in the first round of the Target World Challenge.
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How's this for a handicap: A Russian cosmonaut will strike a lightweight golf ball from outside the international space station in a promotional stunt &#151; but he'll swing one-handed and with one foot wedged in between the hand rails of a ladder.
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Swirling winds and 252 yards of a confounding downhill shot created quite a backup at Brae Burn Country Club's par-3 17th hole yesterday, player after player having to pursue shots that were blown off line. But when he got to the tee, Ron Philo Jr. wasn't about to complain about the delay.
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Seductively, the first hole beckoned, its mixture of green and brown grass pleasing to the eye, its bunkers daunting both left and right. The first swing couldn't come soon enough . . . but first, the starter at Royal Dublin Golf Club offered a bit of history.