NASCAR awards, Page 2 style

With the 2009 Sprint Cup season all but complete, Page 2 hands out its own unique awards to the NASCAR world.

R&A not looking so ancient with rule change

...heard about the valiant effort of one old-timer at The Open Championship. The condensed version: Tom Watson, 59 at the time, climbed the leaderboard at Turnberry, coming tantalizingly close to making history as...

US golfer Tom Watson drives from the 6th tee during the play-offs against US golfer Stewart Cink, on the...

Exemption applies to past Open champs

The 2010 Open Championship at St. Andrews will not be the final one for five-time champion Tom Watson after all.

Disney chock full of anxious moments

Sunday was full of nail-biting drama with serious implications on the future careers of many PGA Tour pros. And no, we're not talking about Stephen Ames' playoff victory at Disney.

Woods atop leaderboard at Aussie

Tiger Woods opened the Australian Masters with a 6-under 66, putting him atop the leaderboard in his first appearance Down Under in 11 years.

No comeback player of year in '09

For the first time since its inception in 1991, the PGA Tour comeback player of the year award will not be handed out in 2009.

Sharing 99 reasons to be thankful for golf

Ah, Thanksgiving. The one day each year when we convene with those closest to us (the other guys in the usual foursome) in the most comfortable surrou...

Late bloomer Nelson rose through ranks

A Vietnam vet who didn't pick up golf until after returning from war, three-time major winner Larry Nelson showed that a little hard work could produce a Hall of Fame career, writes ESPN.com's Bob Harig.

Duval controls own destiny at Disney

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Twelve years is a long time, to be sure. But it must seem like another life to David Duval, who, at the end of the 1997 seas...

Golf, by its nature, lacks real rivalries

...by pointing out the faux pas of a playing partner. One could call the Jack Nicklaus/Tom Watson encounters of a generation ago the last true rivalry in the game and hardly receive argument...

Cook at 19 under at season finale

John Cook shot a 5-under 67 on Saturday take a six-stroke lead in the Champions Tour's season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

Cook leads by 3 after Schwab-record 62

John Cook shot a tournament-record 10-under 62 on Friday to take a three-stroke lead over Tom Watson and Phil Blackmar after the second round of the Champions Tour's season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

Tom's tale ends with T-7 in Texas

What do a fortuitous phone call, election woes for one political party and catching a head cold have to do with Tom Watson? Mark Huber, who was on Watson's bag in Texas, explains.

TIMONIUM, MD - OCTOBER 04: Tom Watson smiles at his caddie Neil Oxman after coming second during the final round of the Constellation...