TORONTO, ONTARIO and AUSTIN, TEXAS– – Golf Town, Canada's largest specialty golf retailer, and Golfsmith International Holdings, Inc. , announced today that they have signed a definitive merger agreement, …
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Golf-European Ryder Cup points standings
May 14 (Reuters) – European Ryder Cup points standings on Monday: European points list: 1. Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) 2584843.51 points 2. Peter Hanson (Sweden) 1633004.93 3. Martin Kaymer (Germany) 1587688.41 4. Justin Rose (England) 1483613.23 5. Paul Lawrie (Scotland) 1387723.60 6. Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spain) 1268297.96 7. Sergio Garcia (Spain) 1219822.68 8. Lee Westwood (England …
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Golf-PGA Tour FedExCup points table
May 14 (Reuters) – PGA Tour 2012 FedExCup points table onMonday (U.S. unless stated): 1. Hunter Mahan 1,395 points 2. Bubba Watson 1,372 3. Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) 1,290 4. Phil Mickelson 1,220 5. Carl Pettersson (Sweden) 1,215 6. Matt Kuchar 1,202 7. Johnson Wagner 1,094 8. Rickie Fowler 1,058 9. Justin Rose (England) 1,036 10. Luke Donald (England) 1,005 11. Kyle Stanley 964 12. Jason …
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Canada's Golf Town to expand in U.S. with Golfsmith buy
(Reuters) – Golfsmith International Holdings Inc said Canadian golf retailer Golf Town will take it private for about $97.2 million. Golf Town, which is owned by private equity firm OMERS, will pay about $6.10 per share in cash, which represents a 30 percent premium to Golfsmith's Friday's close of $4.71. On the closing of the deal, which is expected in the third quarter, Golfsmith's Chief …
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Golfsmith stock up on offer from Golf Town
Shares of specialty golf and tennis retailer Golfsmith soared Monday on news that the Austin, Texas-based company will be acquired by a Canada-based Golf Town, for $6.10 per share in cash. Shares of Golfsmith were trading up $1.33, or more than 28 percent, at $6.04.
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Golf-PGA Tour money list
May 14 (Reuters) – Leading money winners on the 2012 PGATour on Monday (U.S. unless stated): 1. Bubba Watson $3,204,778 2. Hunter Mahan $3,109,088 3. Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) $2,996,000 4. Matt Kuchar $2,927,799 5. Phil Mickelson $2,629,153 6. Rickie Fowler $2,461,254 7. Carl Pettersson (Sweden) $2,411,753 8. Justin Rose (England) $2,357,702 9. Luke Donald (England) $2,156,906 10. Ben …
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Golf-U.S. Ryder Cup points standings
May 14 (Reuters) – U.S. Ryder Cup points standings onMonday: 1. Bubba Watson 4798.395 points 2. Phil Mickelson 3860.297 3. Matt Kuchar 3576.930 4. Hunter Mahan 3347.102 5. Keegan Bradley 3158.327 6. Jason Dufner 2874.372 7. Rickie Fowler 2865.459 8. Steve Stricker 2291.245 9. Tiger Woods 2210.717 10. Bill Haas 2172.618 11. Brandt Snedeker 2145.857 12. Ben Curtis 2125.605 13. Zach Johnson 2083 …
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Golf: Matt Kuchar wins the Players Championship
Golf: Matt Kuchar wins the Players Championship By edgar thompson The New York Times Published May 13, 2012 06:01PM MDT Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. • Matt Kuchar burst onto the golf scene in 1998 as a 19-year-old amateur with a winning smile and the game to compete on the sport’s biggest stages. But it took 15 years for Kuchar to fully arrive, on Sunday at The Players Championship. A month after he …
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Golf-Kuchar moves from consistency to victory
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida, May 13 (Reuters) – Matt Kucharhad already achieved his goal of becoming one of the mostconsistent players on the PGA Tour. On Sunday he achievedanother goal when he won one of the toughest tournaments of theseason, the Players Championship. Kuchar enjoyed a stellar amateur career before he burst onto the professional scene with an early win, in 2002, at theHonda …
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