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Chalmers, two others on top in Pennsylvania

Greg Chalmers, who shared the lead after the first round, carded a one-under 69 Friday to remain tied for the lead after two rounds of the Northeast Pennsylvania Classic.
Chalmers completed 36 holes at eight-under-par 132, where he was joined by Brad Fritsch (65) and D.A. Points (64).
David Branshaw (66) and Dustin Bray (67) are one [...]

With short-game mastery, de Jonge claims Nationwide Xerox Classic

Brendon de Jonge used an exquisite short game to bail him out of trouble and propel him to victory in the Xerox Classic, his first career Nationwide Tour title. De Jonge carded a 1-under-par 69 to finish four rounds at Irondequoit Country Club at 13-under 267, four strokes better than Australian Jarrod Lyle (69), who [...]

De Jonge increases his lead to three shots at Nationwide Xerox Classic

Brendon de Jonge shot a 3-under-par 67 Saturday and increased his lead at the Nationwide Tour’s Xerox Classic. De Jonge’s 54-hole total of 12-under 198 is three shots better than rookie Jonathan Fricke (63) and England’s Greg Owen (67).
Leading money winner Jarrod Lyle (66) is alone in fourth place, four back of the 28-year-old leader. [...]

May grabs first-round lead at rainy Xerox Classic

Bob May birdied the final hole late Thursday for a 6-under-par 64 and a one-stroke lead after the opening round of the Nationwide Tour’s Xerox Classic. The 39-year old May finished off a solid round of golf with an easier-than-it-looked up and down at the par-5 ninth hole and sits atop the leaderboard in the [...]

Piercy captures Nationwide Wichita Open with tournament-record score

In the city dubbed the “Air Capital of the World,” home to six major aircraft manufacturing companies, Scott Piercy was flying high as the newest first-time winner on the Nationwide Tour.
Piercy (71) scored 22-under-par 262, a new tournament record, to win the Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open by two strokes on Sunday. Three players tied [...]

Weather halts play at Nationwide Wichita Open with Piercy way ahead

Scott Piercy, a 29-year-old from Las Vegas, Nev., leads at 21 under par through 53 holes at the Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open on the Nationwide Tour.
After a three-hour weather delay before the start of the third round on Saturday, six players have one hole remaining after thunderstorms drowned the Crestview Country Club and play [...]

With a 62, Piercy grabs halfway lead Nationwide Wichita Open

With the Olympic Games beginning in China at 8:08:08 p.m., Scott Piercy could identify with the “faster, higher, stronger” Olympic motto, getting away to a fast start, looking for a high finish, and turning in his strongest performance so far this year.
On Friday, Piercy, a 29-year-old from Las Vegas, Nev., followed a first-round 64 with [...]

Arjun Atwal is tied 45th in Kansas

Arjun Atwal opened his campaign with a three-under 68 in the first round at the Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open golf on the Nationwide Tour.
Atwal is currently placed tied 45th and trails the leader, American Tommy Tolles by six strokes Thursday.
Atwal sank birdies on the eighth, 10th, 15th, 18th and dropped a lone bogey on [...]

Hietala tops Branshaw in sudden death to win Nationwide Cox Classic

Warren Buffett, also known as the “Oracle of Omaha,” is the world’s richest man. Ryan Hietala has a long way to go to reach that pinnacle, but the $126,000 winner’s check from the Cox Classic will help.
Hietala (69) defeated David Branshaw (73) on the first extra hole of a sudden-death playoff Sunday with a par [...]

Branshaw moves three ahead of Veazey at the Nationwide Cox Classic

In a city where five Fortune 500 companies are located, David Branshaw had some good fortune of his own on Saturday and is in great position to win for the first time since the 2005 Nationwide Tour Championship.
Branshaw leads by three strokes after three consecutive rounds of 64, and a tournament record equaling 54-hole total [...]