The Ladies Professional Golf Association should rethink an English-proficiency requirement it is imposing on LPGA Tour golfers, the title sponsor of its tournament in Springfield says.

Camilo Villegas said after Sunday's third round of the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston that Vijay Singh "is obviously not the best putter in the world." But he meant it as a compliment.

Tim Clark entered Saturday's second round of the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston simply wanting to make the cut so he'd be in position to advance to next week's BMW Championship, the third of four FedEx Cup playoff tournaments.

Although Mike Weir looked like everyman golfer on a perfect New England late-summer afternoon, he certainly didn't play everyman golf during the first round of the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston in Norton, Mass.

Deutsche Bank Championship on Friday, Aug. 29, 2008.

Sweat covered the face of Phil Mickelson on Thursday as he entered the interview room at the Deutsche Bank Championship, making it appear as though he'd gone through a rigorous practice session with Butch Harmon rather than a leisurely Pro-Am round at TPC Boston with New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Deutsche Bank Americas CEO Seth Waugh.

When Ardmore High School students returned to class last week, there was not a single girl signed up to play golf.

Their shot at the title was slipping away early, yet Lee Westwood and Stuart Appleby were right there at the end.

It was only a matter of time for Vijay Singh. Winless on the PGA Tour this season, the 45-year-old Fijian still came to the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational brimming with confidence. It was apparent before he took his final putt Sunday, even though 4-footers have been no guarantee in the past.

Applauded and encouraged all day by the masses at Firestone County Club’s South Course, Phil Mickelson couldn’t give them want they wanted in the end. He bogeyed the final two holes, and three of the final four, to cap a what-could-have-been final round Sunday at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational.