LOS ANGELES (AP) The LPGA is returning to Los Angeles after a 13-year absence with a $1.5 million tournament in April.

The HUGEL-JTBC Open will be played April 19-22 at Wilshire Country Club, which has hosted previous LPGA, PGA and Champions Tour events.

The 72-hole event announced Wednesday is part of the tour’s California swing that includes the year’s first major, the ANA Inspiration in Rancho Mirage, Kia Classic in Carlsbad and a tournament in San Francisco.

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The LPGA visited Los Angeles from 2001-05 when its Office Depot Championship was played at various courses, including President Donald Trump’s layout in Rancho Palos Verdes. Wilshire hosted the 2001 event won by Annika Sorenstam.

In 2011, the Kia Classic was played in suburban Industry before returning to the San Diego area.

Located in the Hancock Park section of Los Angeles, Wilshire is a links course founded in 1919.

The tournament is sponsored by HUGEL, a South Korea-based maker of be..

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Then again, you could be the guy who lands this gig as British supermarket chain B&M's “Chicken Nugget Connoisseur,” in which case ignore everything I just said if you weren't already.
FacebookPinterestThink you're poised to become the nugget industry's Next Big Thing? Well, according to B&M's actual real-life job posting, they are looking for candidates with prior experience including, but by no means limited to…
Getting the 20 share box of nuggets from McDonal..

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) USA Basketball will begin hosting youth national championship tournaments for boys and girls this summer.

The organization announced Wednesday that the 2018 U.S. Open Basketball Championships will consist of six groups of play: eighth grade boys and girls, 13-and-under boys and girls, and 12-and-under boys and girls.

Teams will qualify for the championships by finishing first or second in existing tournaments that USA Basketball certifies. There will be two divisions in each age category: the Stars division for competitive club teams that regularly compete regionally and/or nationally, and the Stripes division for locally based recreational teams looking for a similar level of competition.

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The championships for the boys teams will be June 30-July 3, and the girls’ will be July 19-22, both at the Pacers Athletic Center at Grand Park in Westfield, Indiana.

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For registration information: www.usab.com/usopenbasketball .

Tommy Fleetwood seems like a pretty safe bet to make the European Ryder Cup team for the first time this year after a sensational 2017 that saw him capture the season-long Race to Dubai, seriously contend at the U.S. Open, and climb into the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking. But the funny photo that currently graces his phone won't hurt his chances, either.
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Fellow European Tour star Alex Noren recently snapped a photo of Fleetwood showing off his hilarious phone cover. And in case you don't recognize the person pictured, it's 2018 Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjorn, who also led Europe to a win in last week's EurAsia Cup:
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Brilliant move, Tommy. And it was even smarter to go with a photo of Bjorn from when he had hair. See you in France this fall.
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Jim DysonJohn Carpenter has spent the better part of his career obsessed with death. From Halloween to The Thing, Carpenter built his legacy on the backs of psycho slashers, killer alien parasites, and expendable Kurt Russell cannon fodder. Despite what Rotten Tomatoes' social media crack squad would have you believe, however, being preoccupied with death doesn't put in you the ground…even if you are about to complete your 70th trip around the sun.
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A giant gator and a large python recently, um, met on a Florida golf course. There's not much else to say other than it provided an incredible photo op — one that, depending on your disposition, is either nature porn or the stuff of nightmares. Check it out:
You gotta love the dude taking a drop about 10 feet away from this live episode of Wild Kingdom. He's got no fear. Although, the gator and the python seem pretty preoccupied with each other. I actually almost felt bad for that slithery snake locked in the gator's jaws, but nah. Snakes are the worst.
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Dustin Johnson’s recent victory in Hawaii doesn’t mean much when it comes to this week’s tournament.

The top-ranked American will play at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship for the second straight year. But this time he is coming off a victory at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, which he won by eight shots.

”That was two weeks ago. So it really doesn’t matter what I did there,” said Johnson, who finished runner-up to Tommy Fleetwood in Abu Dhabi last year. ”This is a completely new week and everybody starts at even par and so I’ve got to start over again.”

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In 2017, the long-hitting Johnson put himself in contention despite only making one eagle and no birdies on the four par-5s over the first three rounds.

”The par 5s here, they are not real easy because they are fairly long, but dependent on the wind, I can reach them if I hit good tee balls,” the 2016 U.S. Open champion said. ”Obviously, I’d like to play them a..

Officials at Emirates Golf Club have installed nights around the ninth and 18th green to allow extra play at the European Tour's Omega Dubai Desert Classic

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Dustin Johnson’s recent victory in Hawaii doesn’t mean much when it comes to this week’s tournament.

The top-ranked American will play at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship for the second straight year. But this time he is coming off a victory at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, which he won by eight shots.

”That was two weeks ago. So it really doesn’t matter what I did there,” said Johnson, who finished runner-up to Tommy Fleetwood in Abu Dhabi last year. ”This is a completely new week and everybody starts at even par and so I’ve got to start over again.”

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In 2017, the long-hitting Johnson put himself in contention despite only making one eagle and no birdies on the four par-5s over the first three rounds.

”The par 5s here, they are not real easy because they are fairly long, but dependent on the wind, I can reach them if I hit good tee balls,” the 2016 U.S. Open champion said. ”Obviously, I’d like to play them a..