GREG HARDWIG

Collier County will be going for its fifth straight MY Shower Door Challenge Cup on Saturday. The event is two teams of club professionals from Lee and Collier counties facing off in a Ryder Cup-style format.

Two years ago, Grey Oaks' Karl Bublitz was named the Southwest PGA Chapter Professional of the Year. Last month, he moved up to a higher honor — Bublitz was named Golf Professional of the Year by the South Florida PGA ...

Kenny Perry, a car aficionado, likens himself to a 1966 Chevy Impala convertible, cruising down the highway with the top down. Playing partner Sean O'Hair is more like a high-performance sports car.

Rory Sabbatini and Charles Howell III were four shots out of the lead going into the final round of the Franklin Templeton Shootout on Sunday.

"I just don't believe in anchoring. It's not a stroke."

It's just been over a week since golfers like Keegan Bradley were punched in the gut by the United States Golf Association and the Royal & Ancient Golf Club.

Earlier in the week, tournament founder and host Greg Norman and Fredrik Jacobson had some pizza at Barbatella on Third Street South.

Brandt Snedeker got to see what it's like to be Davis Love III. And Love had a chance to see firsthand why the players on his Ryder Cup team lined up to play with Snedeker.

The two sets of defending champions didn't get off to great starts in the first round of the Franklin Templeton Shootout on Friday. But Keegan Bradley and Brendan Steele, and Dustin Johnson and Ian Poulter aren't out of it either.

The college football coaching carousel is coming off its center. And believe it or not, many of the golfers in this week's Franklin Templeton Shootout are more than taking notice.

Founder Greg Norman pleased with the growth of the Franklin Templeton Shootout in its 12th year at the Ritz-Carlton.

Two and a half months ago, Dustin Johnson and Ian Poulter were on opposite sides as the U.S. and Europe battled in the Ryder Cup.

Earlier this year, the PGA Tour created an initiative — The First Tee Campaign for 10 Million Young People — to raise $100 million for The First Tee, which introduces youngsters to the game and the industry.

Keegan Bradley may have hoped it wasn't coming. But it only took three questions.

Jason Dufner and Vijay Singh may seem like an odd pairing at this week's Franklin Templeton Shootout.

Kenny Perry has old cars, and Sean O'Hair likes to fix them up.

Former Florida Gulf Coast University golfer Derek Lamely, Cape Coral's Connor Arendell, and reigning Terra Cotta Invitational champion Donald Constable will begin their shot at 2013 PGA Tour cards today at PGA West in LaQuinta, Calif.

Top instructor and swing coach Rick Smith didn't have to look far to find a new home in Southwest Florida.

Tickets are on sale for The 2013 ACE Group Classic, the annual Champions Tour event being held at TwinEagles Club in Naples, Feb. 12—17.

Brittany Lincicome and Stacy Lewis teased each other. Pat Bradley and Nancy Lopez praised each other's shots.

Heading into Sunday's final round, Inbee Park had all but wrapped up the LPGA scoring and money titles.

The LPGA Tour may have been away for 11 years until this past week, but some of its stars got their starts coming through Naples for seven of those in-between years.

"You can go to college, and you can be successful out here."

Lewis has already clinched the Player of the Year title and has an outside chance to win the Vare Trophy, given for the yearlong scoring title.

Meg Mallon had a fond flashback after arriving in Naples on Thursday.

Sun Young Yoo wasn't thinking about where her arm was when she took a drop after an unplayable lie Friday during the second round of the CME Group Titleholders. That ended up costing her a penalty stroke, after Golf Channel ...

Updates from the LPGA Tour's CME Group Titleholders at TwinEagles Golf Club.

Cristie Kerr somehow put together a 5-under 67 and is one stroke out of the lead after the first round of the CME Group Titleholders.

Yani Tseng heard the criticism after failing to win since March, but the 11-time winner worldwide in 2011 says she's getting back to her form -- one that still has her No. 1 in the world.

One of Southwest Florida's PGA Tour pros set up his year with a victory early on. The other is hoping to set up next year by surviving PGA Tour Q-School.

Southwest Florida gets to welcome the LPGA Tour back after 11 years today at TwinEagles. It will be a different tour than the one from 2001 when there was not the Asian presence — and dominance — that has become ...

For the eighth consecutive year, Fiddler's Creek's Creek Course has been ranked by Golfweek Magazine as one of the Top 100 Residential Golf Courses in the United States.

The LPGA Tour's CME Group Titleholders and Subway announced an exclusive ticket offer to the Southwest Florida community that begins today. A total of 118 Subway restaurants in four counties are now offering a buy one, get one discount on ...

A veteran contingent of teams and individuals play in the FHSAA state golf tournaments today and Wednesday. But one has a legitimate shot at a state title.

Mark Durland of Naples Grande Golf Schools was featured in the latest issue of Golf Digest as one of America's Best Young Teachers. Durland, 37, was one of 40 teachers on the list, and one of five from Florida.

Kyle Benz teamed with Christian Potts to take the net division of the Franklin Templeton Shootout Summer Series finale on Saturday at Tiburon Golf Club. That was just enough to give Benz a one-point victory over Jeff Straus in the ...

Tickets went on sale Monday for the PGA Tour's Franklin Templeton Shootout, which is Dec. 5-9 at Tiburon Golf Club at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort.

LPGA Tour players got their final chance to qualify on U.S. soil for the CME Group Titleholders — which will be Nov. 13-18 at TwinEagles Club in Naples — over the weekend.

Greg Norman, host of the Franklin Templeton Shootout, announced 18 of the early commitments for the 24-player field that will compete in Naples for the 12th consecutive year. The 24th edition of the event returns to Tiburón Golf Club at ...

The LPGA Tour's CME Group Titleholders field is getting full, and time is running out.

Tickets are now on sale for the LPGA Tour's CME Group Titleholders, which will be Nov. 13-18 on the Eagle Course at TwinEagles Golf Club.

Area clubs will be holding Patriot Golf Day, the annual fundraiser for the Folds of Honor Foundation, during Labor Day weekend.

None other than Michelle Wie became one of the latest to qualify for the LPGA's CME Group Titleholders in Naples this November.

Old Corkscrew Golf Club in Estero and Tiburon Golf Club in Naples are in the top 20 in the state in Golf Magazine's Top 100 Courses You Can Play in its September issue.

Naples' Edward Figueroa plays in his second straight U.S. Amateur beginning today in Cherry Hills Village, Colo.

The Fort Myers/Naples team will be playing in the Southeast Regional of PGA Junior League Golf on Saturday and Sunday at Eagle Ridge Golf Club near Ocala.

Natalie Gulbis and Paula Creamer — two of the more popular American golfers on the LPGA Tour — have qualified for the LPGA's CME Group Titleholders in Naples this November.

Stephanie Carlozzi is wrapping up quite a junior golf career today at the Junior Florida Cup at Old Collier Golf Club.

Junior golfers from around the state will be competing in Southwest Florida in a pair of Florida State Golf Association championships beginning today and running through the rest of this month.

The Nolan Henke/Patty Berg Junior Masters celebrates its 20th edition with a larger field than in recent years.