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Villegas wins with clutch putts

Photo - Camilo Villegas ST. LOUIS (AP) -The final putt was the easiest one Camilo Villegas faced on the back nine of Bellerive, and when he rapped in the 2-foot par, he straightened his back, closed his eyes and tilted his head to the blue sky above. His wire-to-wire victory in the BMW Championship seemed overdue, even though the 26-year-old Colombian is finishing up his third year on the PGA Tour. Handed star treatment early because of his fashion model looks, chic clothing and ``Spider-Man'' style of reading putts... Read more

Tournament Notebook

Final-round notebook

Photo - Dudley Hart * Dudley Hart recorded three of the 19 total bogey-free rounds at Bellerive Country Club last week. The entire list includes: Rd. 1: Dudley Hart; Rd. 2: Phil Mickelson, D.J. Trahan, Aaron Baddeley, Rory Sabbatini, Billy Mayfair; Rd. 3: Camilo Villegas, D.J. Trahan, Dudley Hart, Angel Cabrera, Tim Herron, Brandt Snedeker, John Merrick; Rd. 4: Dudley Hart, Stephen Ames, Fredrik Jacobson, Steve Stricker, Ben Curtis, Carl Pettersson. * Making his 86th start on the PGA Tour, Camilo Villegas posted... Read more

Man About Golf

PGA Tour goes dark at just the right time

ST. LOUIS (AP) -For the first time in nearly 20 years, the PGA Tour is taking a week off in the middle of the season. The timing couldn't be better. Tour commissioner Tim Finchem built this break into the schedule last November so players would not have to compete four straight weeks in the FedEx Cup and then head straight to Valhalla for the Ryder Cup. Little did he know that the FedEx Cup would be over by now, assuming Vijay Singh doesn't get lost on his way to East Lake. Nor could Finchem... Read more

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