(AP) -- Ken Venturi, who overcame dehydration to win the 1964 U.S. Open and spent 35 years in the booth for CBS Sports, died Friday afternoon. He was 82.

His son, Matt Venturi, said he died in a hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Venturi had been hospitalized the last two months for a spinal infection, pneumonia, and then an intestinal infection that he could no longer fight.

Venturi died 11 days after he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.

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IRVING, Texas (AP) Guan Tianlang was constantly tossing grass up in the air trying to get a feel for the swirling winds. He was often shaking his head.

The 14-year-old amateur from China had a tough day with a 7-over 77 during a windy second round Friday at the Byron Nelson Championship. He will miss the cut and not play the weekend rounds. Read More...

IRVING, Texas (AP) The last thing Keegan Bradley wanted to do at the 18th hole with a cozy lead was flirt with the water on the left.

Bradley's drive on his final hole Friday was nowhere close to getting wet. He instead went well right under trees while bogeying No. 18 for the second day in a row, this time closing a 1-under 69 Friday that gave him a three-stroke lead after two rounds. Read More...

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) It turns out Northern Ireland won't have its own team for the World Cup.

A press release issued by the International Federation of PGA Tours last week during The Players Championship said that England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland each would be considered separate countries when the World Cup is played in November at Royal Melbourne under a new format. Read More...

(AP) -- Two-time major champion Rory McIlroy is leaving Dublin-based Horizon Sports Management to set up his own management group.

A person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press that McIlroy will create his own team run by his father, Gerry, along with close friends and associates. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because McIlroy hasn't announced the change. Read More...

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) Jessica Korda shot a 7-under 65 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead over Hall of Famer Karrie Webb after the second round of the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic.

Korda had seven birdies in her second straight bogey-free round to reach 13 under on The Crossings course at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail's Magnolia Grove complex. Read More...

KAVARNA, Bulgaria (AP) Ian Poulter was eliminated from the World Match Play Championship after losing another round-robin match Friday.

Poulter lost to Thomas Aiken, 1 up, at the Thracian Cliffs course when he bogeyed the last hole after missing the fairway. Read More...