
| Posted: Thursday January 18, 2007 10:16AM; Updated: Thursday January 18, 2007 10:16AM Greg Norman's daughter Morgan-Leigh, 24, is still dating Sergio Garcia, which prompted a series of questions when the Spaniard held a pretournament interview at this week's Abu Dhabi Golf Championship. Yes, they are still an item and spent the holidays together in Switzerland, but no, they didn't play golf. Robert Allenby appeared to be flirting with a sub-60 round Wednesday at La Quinta Country Club, ready to duplicate the 59 that David Duval shot at the Hope in 1999. It was a mirage. Turns out that the volunteer scorekeeper who was tracking Allenby's group inadvertently relayed some wrong scores back to command central and, for a brief period, it was thought Allenby might be in at 12-under-par 60. Allenby had the correct score on his card. The International added a new twist Wednesday when it called, then suddenly postponed indefinitely, a news conference with PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem. The turn of events prompted plenty of speculation about The International, with some fearing tournament founder Jack Vickers was ready to dump the event and others thinking he was about to announce a new title sponsor. Since the golf world saw Phil Mickelson fading to black in another disastrous Ryder Cup performance in September, he has been on an Italian holiday with his wife, Amy, and they have celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary by renewing their vows in Bora Bora. The 2006 Masters champion has dropped 20 to 25 pounds worth of the In-N-Out burgers he favors and, having thinned down, added almost 15 pounds of muscle from a weight-lifting plan. John Daly needed just his first tournament of 2007 to accomplish what he couldn't in 21 attempts a year ago: shoot a sub-70 round on Sunday. Now 40 and without full-exempt status on Tour for the first time since 1991, to find his bio in the media guide, you have to turn to the "other prominent PGA Tour members" section. Doug McGuigan said afterward that his inspiration to qualify for the British Open came from a letter in the post five weeks ago, when he received a signed photo of Jack Nicklaus at St. Andrews after his final appearance at the Open. This year's AT&T field might be Tiger-less, but it does include Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh and Jim Furyk. Other players expected to compete Feb. 8-11 include fan favorite Fred Couples and U.S. Open champion Geoff Ogilvy. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||