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The creative folks at Improv Everywhere are great at pulling off pranks on a public scale. For their latest stunt, the troupe turned a mini-golf course into a major golf championship. Yes, they surprised random mini-golfers with caddies, ESPN commentators and a camera crew. The “winner” was even presented with the actual Claret Jug from The Open Championship!

In his first round of the Greenbrier Classic, Tiger Woods was up and down Thursday. As he tries for his fourth PGA Tour win of the year, he offset four birdies with three bogeys and a double bogey.

With his signature pigtail braids and hippie-inspired song lyrics, Willie Nelson doesn’t exactly seem like a golf guy. But once again, the legendary country icon surprised us by launching the first-annual Willie Nelson Celebrity Golf Tournament in Briarcliff, Texas, which will benefit the Pedernales Fire Department, the Helping Hands Crisis Ministry, the Children’s Music Foundation and the RunTex

I've seen some unique trick golf shots in my day, but this one is a world record setter.  Watch professional golfer Jake Shepherd hit a golf ball 300 yards into a speeding Mercedes Roadster driven by former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard...

In true underdog fashion, 26-year-old Webb Simpson won the US Open yesterday in only his second appearance at the major tournament. But the win was just as notable for the nutty fan who interrupted Simpson’s interview with Bob Costas by making exceedingly loud birds calls. It may be the funniest and most creative video bomb yet.

17-year-old Beau Hossler has the lead in the U.S. Open. Birdie at No. 1 for Beau Hossler, the soon-to-be-high-school-senior, and he goes to -2.

The first round of the U.S. Open started yesterday (Thursday) at The Olympic Club in San Francisco. The sky was cloudy yesterday morning when Michael Thompson started his round. He posted a 4-under 66. His game included seven birdies and set the target for everyone else.

Fourteen-year-old Andy Zhang, of Bradenton, Florida, will make history when he becomes the youngest golfer ever to compete at a US Open tournament.

LSUS Kappa Sigma Golf Tournament is being held to benefit a couple of charities, including Shriner’s Hospital of Shreveport. It’s being held at Olde Oaks Golf Club in Haughton on Oct. 14th at 1 pm.

Tiger Woods doesn’t know when he will find his way back onto a golf course, but this much he does know: He will be 100 percent when he does. Woods spoke to reporters Tuesday while attending the AT&T National, a tournament which benefits his foundation, and said he was tired of playing through injuries.

While there have only been 21 hole-in-ones in the 74 tournament history of the Masters Tournament, there's been a rush of Augusta aces as of late -- seven in the last seven years. So there's a good chance that during the 75th playing of the Masters some lucky golfer will require only one shot to breach one of the fabled course's four par threes...