The LPGA's English requirement isn't about xenophobia, despite the obvious jump. Ray Ratto says it's obviously about the money, so you know what's next -- itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny bikinis.

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You think you know who Paul Azinger should select for the Ryder Cup? Take a look at the varied responses from Steve Elling and beat writers everywhere then make your picks.

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CBSSports.com staffers Ross Devonport and Steve Elling take a scattershot look at three compelling and timely topics in the game.

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'Golfweek' magazine reported on its website Monday that speaking English will be an LPGA requirement starting in 2009, with players who have been LPGA members for two years facing suspension if they can't pass an oral evaluation of English skills.

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Tiger Woods said he is not sure whether he will be ready to defend his title at the Dubai Desert Classic early next year.

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Tiger Woods is already the world's top-ranked golfer and highest paid athlete. And if all goes according to plan, he'll soon be sporting his biggest trophy yet: a luxury golf course hewn from the sands of the Arabian desert.

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Scott Piercy shot a 64 and made up a four-stroke deficit Sunday to win the Northeast Pennsylvania Classic on the Nationwide Tour, his second victory in three weeks.

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Tom Kite surged past Scott Simpson with three birdies in four holes on the back nine and finished at 14-under to win his second Boeing Classic title on Sunday.

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Vijay Singh won The Barclays for a record fourth time Sunday, matching Sergio Garcia with a long birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff and finishing off the Spaniard with another birdie on the second extra hole.

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When they tweaked the format for the PGA Tour's version of the playoffs, the FedEx Cup, the idea was to make them more, um, interesting. Steve Elling says they got what they wanted -- and marginalized the rest of the season in the process.

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Cristie Kerr sank a 15-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole Sunday, defeating Helen Alfredsson and Sophie Gustafson to win the Safeway Classic at Columbia Edgewater Country Club.

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Danny Lee became the U.S. Amateur's youngest champion, supplanting Tiger Woods by beating Drew Kittleson 5 and 4 on Sunday.

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Darren Clarke claimed his second victory of the season Sunday, shooting a 4-under 66 to win the KLM Open by four strokes.

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Gwladys Nocera eagled the long 14th hole en route to a 4-under 68 and won the SAS Ladies Masters by three shots on Sunday.

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Scott Simpson thought shooting 65 or 66 at the TPC Snoqualmie Ridge wasn't out of the question for someone playing well.

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Nick Price shot a 7-under 65 to lead the Champions Tour team to two nine-hole tournament victories at the 17h Annual Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge.Read more

The PGA Tour released its 2009 schedule Tuesday. Well, sort of. With a possible week off during the FedEx Cup playoffs holding up the complete tournament list, one of the year's marquee events remains TBD, writes ESPN.com's Bob Harig.

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Tiger Woods isn't one to reveal his opinions on many non-golf topics. But the No. 1-ranked player in the world did weigh in on Barrack Obama's election as the first African American president in United States history.Read more

Tiger Woods' finish in the second round of the U.S. Open might have been the catalyst in that historic win. In an excerpt from his new book, "Follow The Roar," which chronicles Woods' 2008 season, ESPN.com writer Bob Smiley shares his first-hand account of that memorable round.Read more

Pete Dye, who designed more than 120 courses with risk-and-reward options that brought pleasure to some and frustration to most, was among six people inducted Monday night into the World Golf Hall of Fame.Read more

Sergio Garcia won the rain-delayed HSBC Champions to take the No. 2 spot in the world ranking behind Tiger Woods, beating Oliver Wilson with a birdie on the second hole of a playoff Monday.Read more

Matt Bettencourt began his week at the Nationwide Tour Championship with kidney stones and a trip to the hospital. He ended it Sunday with a victory and the season money title.Read more

Davis Love III has won the Children's Miracle Network Classic at Disney, closing with an 8-under 64 for a one-shot victory over Tommy Gainey in the final PGA Tour event of the year.Read more

Shin Ji-yai won the Mizuno Classic for her second LPGA Tour title and ninth international victory of the year, shooting a 5-under 67 on Sunday to easily hold off Mayu Hattori.Read more

Anthony Kim was disqualified Sunday from the HSBC Champions for playing with an altered driver.Read more

Callaway Golf said it has won a court order permanently halting sales of Acushnet Co.'s Titleist Pro V1 golf balls, which Callaway argued infringed on patents that it holds. Acushnet said it will appeal the ruling, and has converted production of the golf balls so that they are outside the patents in question. Callaway said late Monday that the U.S.Read more

Major champions Denny Shute, Craig Wood and New Zealander Bob Charles were among six people inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. Pete Dye, who designed more than 120 courses with risk-and-reward options that brought pleasure to some and frustration to most; Carole Semple Thompson, an amateur who won seven U.S.Read more

Sergio Garcia won the rain-delayed HSBC Champions to take the No. 2 spot in the world ranking behind Tiger Woods, beating Oliver Wilson with a birdie on the second hole of a playoff Monday. The Spanish star made a 7-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th - the only hole used for the playoff at Sheshan Golf Club - after the Englishman missed a 10-footer. Garcia forced the playoff by holing a 5-foot birdie on 18 to finish with a 4-under 68 and match Wilson at 14-under 274.Read more

Pete Dye, who designed more than 120 courses with risk-and-reward options that brought pleasure to some and frustration to most, was among six people inducted Monday night into the World Golf Hall of Fame. The 2008 class featured an amateur, an architect and an author, along with three major champions. Craig Wood was the only player elected through the PGA Tour ballot. Wood, the first player to win the Masters and U.S.Read more

Tiger Woods usually keeps personal feelings and opinions to himself. If it's not about golf, it's not on the table.Read more

Women's British Open champion Shin Ji-yai of South Korea shot a 5-under 67 on Sunday to win the LPGA's Mizuno Open by six strokes. Shin, who started the final round with a two-stroke lead, carded four birdies and an eagle against a lone bogey at the Kintetsu Kashikojima Country Club course to finish with a total of at 15-under 201.Read more

Davis Love III fired a second straight 64 Sunday to win the PGA Tour finale at Disney World and earn a lifetime exemption.Read more

Phil Mickelson isn't quite ready to join the European Tour. But if he does, it's because he sees the game's future in growth outside the United States. Mickelson is in China to defend his HSBC Champions title at a tournament that's being billed as "Asia's major." It's not much of an exaggeration. There's a $5 million purse and the field includes No. 2-ranked Mickelson, British Open and PGA winner Padraig Harrington, and Masters champion Trevor Immelman.Read more

Anthony Kim was disqualified Sunday from the HSBC Champions for playing with an altered driver. Kim, a star in the United States' Ryder Cup victory over Europe two months ago, accidentally hit a sprinkler head as he tapped his driver on the ground while walking down the seventh fairway. "I wasn't angry or anything, just walking down the fairway," Kim said. "The toe hit the sprinkler, hit the top of the sprinkler, and I looked at it and it looked a little bit different.Read more