Lefty, Sergio and Retief are supposed to be major threats. After Royal Birkdale, Alistair Tait isn't buying it anymore.

Source:So-called marquee players a major letdown

Greg Norman says he has until Thursday to decide whether to accept an invitation to play in the final major of the year, the PGA Championship.

Norman's third-place finish at the British Open at Royal Birkdale has given him a place in the field for the PGA at Oakland Hills outside Detroit Aug. 7-10.

"The PGA have extended an invitation to the PGA Championship and I haven't confirmed or denied what I'm going to do yet," Norman said Wednesday on the eve of the Senior British Open at Troon.

Source:Norman must decide on PGA Championship invite

Ian Poulter strolled quickly toward the parking lot at Royal Birkdale, his wife and their two young kids tailing along. Off in the distance, they were still cheering for Padraig Harrington as he posed with the claret jug on the 18th green under a slowly setting sun.

As he zigzagged between the vehicles, Poulter suddenly challenged his children - 6-year-old Aimee-Leigh and 4-year-old Luke - to a race. They sprinted toward the car, daddy getting there first.

Source:Poulter's game finally matches his bravado

Padraig Harrington stared at the claret jug after winning his second straight British Open, and thanked his greatest motivator: fear of failure.

He won by four strokes at Royal Birkdale on Sunday, a year after beating Sergio Garcia in a playoff at Carnoustie. Harrington joined a select group of back-to-back winners of golf's oldest major, and became the first European in more than a century to win the Open in consecutive years.

Source:Harrington says fear motivates him

Greg Norman wasn't haunted by his past or worried about his future.

He didn't get old overnight or suddenly forget how to play.

No, the reason the wonderful, whimsical tale he authored for three days in the whipping winds and sometimes-howling gales along the Lancashire coast ended on a sour note is a lot less complicated than that.

Source:Nobody comes off their honeymoon and wins Open

Michelle Wie not only hasn't won on the LPGA, she's unclear on the rules. It's why playing the men is a mistake.

Source:Wie making a mistake teeing it up against men

Richard S. Johnson of Sweden has won the U.S. Bank Championship by a stroke for his first PGA Tour victory.

He birdied three of his last four holes Sunday for a 6-under-par 64. He finished at 16-under 264 and became the seventh first-time winner on the tour this year.

Ken Duke closed with a 65 and was the runner-up at Brown Deer Park Golf Course.

Kenny Perry shot a 64 and was four strokes off the lead.

Source:Johnson wins first PGA event in Milwaukee

Rocco Mediate, who went toe-to-toe with Tiger Woods in a 19-hole Monday playoff at last month's U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, has accepted an invitation to play in the 25th annual LG Skins Game Thanksgiving weekend in Indian Wells, Calif.

Source:Mediate accepts invite to Skins Game

The Irish government heralded Padraig Harrington as the country's greatest golfer ever after his second straight British Open triumph Sunday.

President Mary McAleese and Prime Minister Brian Cowen both phoned to congratulate Harrington after he overcame a wrist injury and gusting, wet conditions to become the first Irishman to win two British Opens.

"The whole country is hugely proud of Padraig's success and the manner in which he achieved it.

Source:Irish leaders salute Harrington as country's greatest golfer

Source:Twice is nice: Harrington defends British title