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Tiger Woods pulled one hand off the driver during his follow through and yanked the club over his shoulder, flailing and twisting and shouting as his ball landed like a fried egg in the sand trap.

SHANGHAI Phil Mickelson eased through a crush of spectators and into a courtesy van, telling them he would sign autographs in front of the Sheshan International clubhouse after he had a chance to eat.

MELBOURNE, Australia Tiger Woods arrived in Australia on his private plane Monday, days ahead of his first appearance in an Australian tournament in 11 years.

SHIMA, Japan South Korea's Bo Bae Song won the Mizuno Classic on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title, closing with a 4-under 68 for a three-stroke victory over top-ranked Lorena Ochoa, Brittany Lang and Hee Young Park.

SHANGHAI Phil Mickelson won the HSBC Champions on Sunday by rallying against a familiar foe. Only it wasn't Tiger Woods. Mickelson made an 18-footer to save par on the 16th after whiffing on a flop shot, then holed a 10-foot birdie putt on the 17th to close with a 3-under 69 and overcome a late charge by Ernie Els, who was in the lead until hitting into the water and making bogey on the final hole.

Bo Bae Song fired a seven-under 65 on Saturday to take a one-shot lead over fellow South Korean In-Kyung Kim and Japan's Akane Iijima through two rounds of the Mizuno Classic.

Phil Mickelson shot a five-under 67 on Saturday and took a two-shot lead over Tiger Woods and Nick Watney at the HSBC Champions.

SHANGHAI Phil Mickelson won the HSBC Champions on Sunday by rallying against a familiar foe.

SHIMA, Japan South Korea's Bo Bae Song won the Mizuno Classic for her first LPGA Tour title, closing with a 4-under 68 on Sunday for a three-stroke victory over Lorena Ochoa, Brittany Lang and Hee Young Park.

Tiger Woods chipped in for one of his six birdies in a five-under 67 Friday that gave him a share of the lead with Nick Watney at the HSBC Champions.

Brittany Lang fired a six-under 66 to take the first-round lead Friday at the Mizuno Classic.

SHIMA, Japan American Brittany Lang shot a 6-under 66 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead over Japan's Nobuko Kizawa and South Korea's Hee Young Park after the first round of the Mizuno Classic.

SHANGHAI The gallery kept growing until it stretched along all 603 yards of the eighth hole at Sheshan International. It took a little longer before Tiger Woods gave them what they came to see Friday in the HSBC Champions.

Nick Watney matched the course record at Sheshan International Golf Club on Thursday with an eight-under 64 and took the first-round lead of the WGC-HSBS Champions.

SHIMA, Japan Jiyai Shin wrapped up the LPGA Tour's rookie of the year award last week. The 21-year-old South Korean star has her eye on player of the year honors this week in her Mizuno Classic title defense

Greg Norman announced on his website on Wednesday he will not make his return to competitive golf in the Australian Open next month.

The TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm has been named the host site for the 2010 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship.

SHANGHAI Making the first of two trips to China this month, Nick Watney made an immediate impression Thursday in the HSBC Champions by tying the course record with an 8-under 64 to build a two-shot lead.

SHANGHAI Anthony Kim says he will not be going to the Dubai World Championship to compete for the $7.5 million bonus pool, even though the American has easily qualified.

SHANGHAI Mathematically, Paul Casey is very much in the hunt for the Race to Dubai on the European Tour, at No. 5 in the standings with the top five players separated by about $350,000.