The LPGA Tour will offer three fewer official events in 2009, the latest result of the global economic downturn and its effect on pro sports. The 2009 schedule released Wednesday has 31 events -- 20 in the United States and 11 internationally -- not including the Solheim Cup. Tournaments off the schedule include the ADT Championship, which starts Thursday and closes this year's slate.

John Daly shot a 2-under 68 on Thursday to finish four strokes behind leader Liang Wen-chong halfway through the first round of the Hong Kong Open. Daly was 4 under with two holes to play, but bogeyed his final two holes to drop back in the event sanctioned by the European and Asian tours. "I'm not too disappointed, being a little rusty.

Paula Creamer will use a pink ball Sunday, her custom for the final round. Odds are, she'll play those 18 holes with a different color in mind: green. Lots and lots of green, provided she can coax 18 more holes from her ailing body. Creamer will have a chance to be the first American to win the LPGA Tour's season money crown in 15 years Sunday, when she's one of eight remaining competitors at the...

Thailand's Prayad Marksaeng shot a 4-under 67 Saturday to take a two-stroke lead at the Dunlop Phoenix tournament. Marksaeng birdied the first and last holes at the par-71 Phoenix Country Club, and had three birdies and a bogey in between to finish the third round at 8-under 205, two strokes ahead of second-round leader Tomohiro Kondo of Japan.

Oliver Wilson made six birdies and held off a charge from Bernhard Langer to take a one-stroke lead after three rounds of the Hong Kong Open. Wilson, who has a habit of finishing second, shot a 5-under 65 for a three-round total of 13-under 197, a shot better than Taiwan's Lin Wen-tang (64). Langer had a 63 and was two back of the leader.