Skip Berkmeyer is well acquainted with the qualifying process for USGA amateur championships.

Camilo Villegas went wire-to-wire to win his first PGA Tour title at the BMW Championship. Villegas closed with a 68 to top Dudley Hart by two shots. Vijay Singh all but secured the FedEx Cup when he tied for 44th.

Jean-Francois Lucquin won the European Masters in a playoff Sunday, beating Rory McIlroy with a birdie on the second hole.

Annika Sorenstam ended her pro career in Europe by finishing third Sunday at the Nykredit Masters.

Camilo Villegas made a 12-foot birdie putt Sunday morning to complete a 66 and take the first 54-hole lead of his PGA Tour career. Villegas will start the fourth round of the BMW Championship one shot ahead of Jim Furyk.

Chad Campbell ended a whirlwind week when his wife gave birth to their first child.

On a marathon Saturday at Bellerive, Jim Furyk (left) shot a course-record 62 in the second round and followed with a 66 to put him on top of a leaderboard for the first time all year. He’s tied with Camilo Villegas, who was on the course when play was called.

Scores with relation to par from the third round of the Utah Energy Solutions Championship, played Sept. 6 at the par-71, 7,104-yard Willow Creek Country Club in Sandy, Utah:

Two-time champion Tim Jackson shot a 5-under 65 on Saturday at Milwaukee Country Club to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of stroke-play qualifying in the U.S. Mid-Amateur.

Kathy Hartwiger shot a 2-under 70 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of stroke-play qualifying in the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship at Barton Hills Country Club.

Camilo Villegas overcame a four-putt double bogey and birdied his final hole for a 4-under 66 that gave him a one-shot lead over Jim Furyk after the second round of a marathon Saturday at the BMW Championship.

Teenager Rory McIlroy shot a 5-under 66 Saturday to take a four-stroke lead after the third round of the European Masters.

An eventful week for Ryder Cup pick Chad Campbell ended Saturday when he withdrew from the BMW Championship because his wife started contractions at home in Dallas.

Peter Tomasulo, Chris Stroud, Brian Stuard and Jonathan Fricke had holes-in-one Thursday in the first round of the Utah Championship, the first time in Nationwide Tour history that there have been four aces in a round.

Camilo Villegas and Steve Stricker were excited to be playing golf Friday for different reasons, and it showed during a soggy start to the BMW Championship.

The father of golfer Tadd Fujikawa has been indicted on two counts of trafficking in a controlled substance, The Honolulu Advertiser reported Sept. 4.

In her final tournament in Europe, Annika Sorenstam shot a 2-under 71 Friday to trail by five shots after the first round of the Nykredit Masters.

Smack in the middle of the Tiger-less FedEx Cup and Ryder Cup races, Woods still found a way to make the biggest headline Tuesday. Woods announced on his Web site that his wife, Elin, is pregnant with their second child.

It’s on to Valhalla. U.S. Ryder Cup captain Paul Azinger made his four captain’s picks this morning in New York City, choosing (clockwise, from bottom left) Kentuckian J.B. Holmes, Hunter Mahan, Steve Stricker and Chad Campbell.

In an interview with Golfweek, LPGA commissioner Carolyn Bivens talked about the tour’s new English-proficiency mandate. See what she had to say to Beth Ann Baldry, who broke the story.

Nationwide Tour player Tripp Isenhour has accepted a “no contest” plea agreement for two misdemeanor charges stemming from an incident last year that resulted in the death of a federally protected red-shouldered hawk.

Tommy Bolt, known as much for his fiery temper as for his 15 Tour victories, died Aug. 30. He was 92.

Vijay Singh made three long birdie putts Monday to shoot 63 and run away with the Deutsche Bank Championship for his second consecutive victory in the PGA Tour’s playoffs. He now has a commanding lead in the FedEx Cup standings.