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Paul Trittler is among the eight-player St. Louis contingent this week.(Montana Pritchard/The PGA of America)" align="left" border="0">Senior PGA Championship: Thursday notebook

VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) -- Rory McIlory was one of five 2012 European Ryder Cup players to miss the cut Friday in the BMW PGA Championship, while Medinah teammate Francesco Molinari took the lead at cold and wet Wentworth.

HEATHER BOWIE YOUNG LEADS THE INAUGURAL Pure-Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic after firing a 39. That's right, 39, which is 6-under par. There are also a pair of 40s and a handful of 41s. The first round is still in progress on Paradise Island. Pure-Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic leaderboard Why the strange scores? Because the 144 ladies are playing 12-hole rounds. Heavy rains drenched the Ocean Club and only 12 holes are playable. It's the worst flooding in 20 years. Talk about bad timing. Tour officials hope all 18 holes will be playable for Sunday's final round. If not, it might be a 36-hole event. "At the end of the day, we'll all play the same holes, the same course and be scored the same way," said Stacy Lewis, ranked No. 2 in the world. "That's a golf tournament."

Aug 9, 2012; Kiawah Island, SC, USA; Francesco Molinari hits from the fairway on the 15th hole during the first round of the 94th PGA Championship at the Ocean Course of the Kiawah Island Golf Resort. Mandatory Credit: Joshua S. Kelly-USA TODAY Sports A large contingency of PGA Tour regulars made the trip to Virginia Waters in Surrey, England only to miss the cut in The BMW PGA Masters. The English weather was typical and nasty for the past two days, and it looks like the former European Tour leaders couldn’t handle the conditions. The first round was called on Thursday resulting in a long day on Friday for a bunch of golfers in continued cold and rainy weather. I wonder what they expected…it’s England, and not June yet. (more…)

By Tony Jimenez VIRGINIA WATER (Reuters) - Luke Donald, the PGA Championship winner in 2011 and 2012, missed the cut after returning a level-par 72 for a six-over total of 150 at Wentworth on Friday. The real damage was done in Thursday's opening round when the world number six collapsed to a six-over 78 in cold, damp conditions at the European Tour's flagship event. The weather was no better for the second round and Donald suffered an early blow when he took a double-bogey five at the second. ...

(Reuters) - Canadian Graham DeLaet succumbed to the infamous 'Horrible Horseshoe' but rebounded with two closing birdies to move into an early one-shot lead in Friday's second round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational in Fort Worth, Texas. In pursuit of his first PGA Tour victory, the 31-year-old from Saskatchewan put a welcome smile back on his face as he carded a three-under-par 67 in overcast conditions at Colonial Country Club to post a nine-under total of 131. ...

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) -- Heather Bowie Young had five straight birdies while hop-scotching across the golf course Friday in the Bahamas LPGA Classic.

If you start looking over the scores at The Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic and see that Anna Nordqvist carded a 40 for her round, don’t get too excited and start looking for how many records she broke. There are only 12 holes opened at the Ocean Club Golf Course at Paradise Island that are playable. Excessive rain in the area has put the kibosh on this inaugural event.    (more…)

May 24 (Reuters) - Canadian Graham DeLaet succumbed to the infamous 'Horrible Horseshoe' but rebounded with two closing birdies to move into an early one-shot lead in Friday's second round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational in Fort Worth, Texas. In pursuit of his first PGA Tour victory, the 31-year-old from Saskatchewan put a welcome smile back on his face as he carded a three-under-par 67 in overcast conditions at Colonial Country Club to post a nine-under total of 131. ...