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Lee Westwood Snaps Winless Drought in Malaysia

Lee Westwood ened a two year winless drought in dominating fashion, winning the Malaysian Open on the European Tour Sunday.

Westood went wire-to-wire to win the event despite having to sit through a four hour weather delay in the middle of the final round. The Old Palm resident shot a final round 68 to win by seven shots for his 36th career victory.

It's a golf course that suits my game; it's very tight in certain areas. I played well, I putted well, and the short game is good," Westwood said.

Westwood's final round 68 was enough to allow him to ease to victory over neighboor and fellow Old Palm resident Louis Oosthuizen who won the event in 2012. Oosthuizen finished in the three way tie for second at 11-under par.

Westwood entered the final…

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Bubba Watson Wins Season's First Major Again

For the second time in three years, Bubba Watson slipped on the Green Jacket in the famed Butler Cabin as the champion of the Masters. Unlike two years ago, when he had to hit a miraculous shot out of the pine straw on the second playoff hole to beat Old Palm resident Louis Oosthuizen, Watson came down the final stretch with the tournament all but locked up.

Watson didn't have the command that he did late early on in the final round of the season's first major though. Watson entered the final round in a two way tie for the lead with 20 year old Jordan Speith and early on in the round lost the lead. Going into the eighth hole on Sunday, Speith held a two stroke lead and was looking to surpass Tiger Woods and become the youngest winner in Masters…

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PGA National Will Host Q-School Finals

PGA National has hosted some of the biggest events and biggest names in golf over its illustrious existence. It hosted the Ryder Cup in 1983, the PGA Championship in 1987, the senior PGA Championship from 1982-2000, and since 2007 has become the permanent home of The Honda Classic. The new Web.com Qualifying School Finals can now be added to that list.

The Jack Nicklaus designed Champions Course, the same course The Honda Classic is played on, as well as the Fazio Course will now play host to some of the best young golfers looking to earn a spot on the Web.com Tour in year two of the new revamped qualifying school. Last year saw a change in the Q-School process where for the first time, the top finishers in the six round final round earn cards on the…

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Minor League Season Opens Tonight at Roger Dean

While Monday was the official opening day of the Major League Baseball season, Roger Dean Stadium in Abacoa will play host to another opening night tonight.

Today is opening day of the Florida State League season, and with Roger Dean Stadium the home stadium to two of the 12 teams in the league, Abacoa will be home to opening day as the Jupiter Hammerheads will open the season against the Fort Myers Miracle at 6:35pm.

The Florida State League is a minor league affiliate league for Major League Baseball and features several Major League teams' Single A affilitaes. The Hammerheads (Miami Marlins) and Palm Beach Cardinals (St. Louis Cardinals) will welcome teams from all over the state of Florida throughout the season including the minor league…

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Tiger Woods Withdraws From Masters With Back Issues

For the first time in 20 years, The Masters will be without one of it's biggest draws as Tiger Woods announced this morning that his ailing back problems will keep him out of the tournament.

Woods, a Jupiter Island resident, has won The Masters four times but has been battling some back issues as of late. He withdrew from the Honda Classic at PGA National in the final round a month ago and then withdrew from the Arnold Palmer Invitational after being in noticeable pain during the final round of the WGC Cadillac Championships.

Woods had planned on taking the next few weeks off as he was attempting to recover for another trip to Augusta National next week. After consoling with his doctors he decided that surgery was needed, preventing him from…

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Village of North Palm Beach Hosting Heritage Day

On Saturday, March 29th, the Village of North Palm Beach will be hosting its annual Heritage Day Parade and Festival.

The festivities will get under way at 11am starting with the parade. The parade will start at Village Hall and is scheduled to travel north on Eastwind Drive, west of Lighthouse Drive, and south on Anchorage Drive, before finally finishing at Anchorage Park. Anchorage Park will be the location of the Heritage Festival. The festival will take place from 12-8pm and will feature carnival rides, games, live bands, carnival rides, a buisness exp, and food and beverage vendors.

Admission to all the events are free and the parade can be viewed from anywhere along the parade route. A writsband can be purchased for unlimited carnival…

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Russell Henly Survives Playoff For Honda Classic Win

On a day where the golf course was playing tough and the top of the leaderboard was dropping shots left and right, Russell Henley survived a four man playoff to win The Honda Classic at PGA National.

With the wind swirling for most of the day, the Champions Course made some of the best golfers in the world look like mere mortals on Sunday, leading to an exciting and action packed finish. Rory Mcllroy entred the final round with a two shot lead and despite a four-over 74, managed to hold onto the lead for the majority of the day. The Palm Beach Gardens resident, at 10-under and still clinging to a one shot lead, proceeded to play the Bear Trap (holes 15, 16, and 17, and deemed the toughest three hole stretch on the course) at three over par and lost…

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Honda Classic Week Is Here

The time has arrived once again for Palm Beach County to welcome some of the best golfers in the world as the PGA Tour’s annual tour stop in Palm Beach Gardens takes place this week.

For the eighth consecutive year, the Champions Course at PGA National plays host to the event that will see the top eight golfers in the Official World Golf Rankings compete. The list of those competing includes the likes of Tiger Woods (Jupiter Island), Rory Mcllroy (Palm Beach Gardens), defending Masters champion Adam Scott, and Phil Mickelson. Also included in this year’s field are hometown golfers and roommates Peter Uihlein and Brooks Koepka from the European Tour.

The week will be full of many events surrounding the actual tournament itself. Here is a full list of…

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Michael Allen Goes Wire-to-Wire to Win Allianz Championship

Michael Allen became the first ever wire-to-wire winner of the Allianz Championship Sunday when he outlasted Duffy Waldorf on the second playoff hole at the Old Course at Broken Sound Country Club in Boca Raton.

The 55 year old Allen held at least a share of the lead for all three rounds after he started off with a first round 60 on Friday. Missing a three-foot birdie putt on 17 on Sunday sent Allen and Waldorf to a playoff. Both golfers birdied the par 5 18th on the first playoff hole. The second time around, Allen birdied it once again while Waldorf pared it, securing the victory for Allen.

After failing to record a win during his PGA Tour career, Sunday’s victory was Allen’s sixth on the Champions Tour and the first at Broken Sound. Defending…

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Honda Classic Commitment List Continuing to Grow

The Honda Classic continues to attract some of the top talent in the professional golf world. This past weekend, Phil Mickelson added his name to the list of players that will be teeing it up at PGA National later this month.

Mickelson, who finished in a tie for 42nd at the Waste Management Phoenix Open this past weekend, will the playing the first event of the Florida swing for the first time since 2002. That year was the final year the Honda Classic was held at the TPC at Heron Bay before the event moved up to Palm Beach Gardens. Mickelson finished tied for 11th that year.

Mickelson, ranked number four in the world, joins “hometown hero” Brooks Koepka who accepted a sponsors exemption last week as well as world number two and defending Masters…

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