PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Nicholas Thompson watched his ball stop safely on a ridge at the par-3 No. 17 at TPC Sawgrass, then waited for it to roll. <p><a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/si_golf?a=9PvJ30"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/si_golf?i=9PvJ30" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/si_golf/~4/288342886" height="1" width="1"/>

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Sergio Garcia ended the longest victory drought of his career Sunday by making a clutch par putt to force a playoff and hitting the island green 17th on the first extra hole to defeat Paul Goydos in The Players Championship. <p><a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/si_golf?a=MfqBkD"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/si_golf?i=MfqBkD" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/si_golf/~4/288342887" height="1" width="1"/>

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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) -- Annika Sorenstam is on her way back, and a performance that harkened memories of her game before an injury-filled 2007 season suggests she's close. <p><a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/si_golf?a=daf8Ze"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/si_golf?i=daf8Ze" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/si_golf/~4/288278588" height="1" width="1"/>

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- This is a hot, wet wind, here at the Players. Not a hot, dry wind, like at Tulsa last year, where Tiger Woods won the PGA Championship. Not a cold, wet wind, like at Carnoustie last year, where Padraig Harrington won the British Open. Not a dry, fickle breeze, changing directions all the time, like Sunday at the Masters this year, when Trevor Immelman won his first major championship. <p><a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/si_golf?a=C7UonX"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/si_golf?i=C7UonX" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/si_golf/~4/287170119" height="1" width="1"/>

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- On Saturday, the Players was a TV event, and a good one. Paul Goydos hit what Johnny Miller, on NBC, called "the shot of his life" into the 18th green. Millions of people were watching on TV. The stands that ring the green were maybe one-third filled. <p><a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/si_golf?a=ekVwXB"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/si_golf?i=ekVwXB" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/si_golf/~4/287827917" height="1" width="1"/>

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Anthony Kim was just glad to leave TPC Sawgrass with all his clubs. <p><a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/si_golf?a=RGR6G8"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/si_golf?i=RGR6G8" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/si_golf/~4/287802385" height="1" width="1"/>

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- In an era when every swing looks more and more the same, your 54-hole leader at the Players Championship sports a home-cooked move that looks all wrong until you see the results. And that's just with the putter. <p><a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/si_golf?a=Z7zixN"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/si_golf?i=Z7zixN" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/si_golf/~4/287777811" height="1" width="1"/>

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Jeff Maggert withdrew from The Players Championship, telling tournament officials that his brother died in a small plane crash in Colorado en route to his son's college graduation. <p><a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/si_golf?a=1SuwWk"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/si_golf?i=1SuwWk" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/si_golf/~4/287754376" height="1" width="1"/>