NBC Sports will continue to televise the Ryder Cup and the Senior PGA Championship through 2014 in an agreement announced Monday.

Terms of the extension were not disclosed.

NBC has televised the Ryder Cup since 1991, when Bernhard Langer missed a 6-foot putt on the final hole at Kiawah Island to allow the United States to win back the cup. The Ryder Cup has become one of the biggest events in golf, with Europe capturing the cup seven of the ...   more »

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Jackson T. ``Jack'' Stephens, a financier and philanthropist who served as chairman of the Augusta National Golf Club for nine years, died Saturday at age 81.

Stephens Inc. spokesman Frank Thomas said Stephens died Saturday after suffering from declining health for some time. Stephens had a mild stroke in 1998, and Thomas said Stephens had been hospitalized for about a month before going home Thursday.

Stephens in 1962 became a member of the Augusta National Golf ...   more »

KETTERING, Ohio -- Greg Norman may be down the leaderboard at the U.S. Senior Open, but he's not counting himself out.

Norman shot an up-and-down 2-under 69 on Saturday and stands at 6-under 207, five shots behind co-leaders Loren Roberts and Craig Stadler heading into the final round of the U.S. Senior Open.

Not surprisingly, Norman still thinks he can win.

``I got off to a pretty good start today,'' Norman said after going 5 under in a five-hole span ...   more »

KETTERING, Ohio -- Loren Roberts and Craig Stadler both scrambled to rounds of 2-under 69 on Saturday to remain tied for the lead through three rounds of the U.S. Senior Open. They stand at 11-under-par 202 at NCR Country Club.

D.A. Weibring carded a 3-under 68 to move into a tie for third at 8-under-par 205 and was joined there by Raymond Floyd, who won the PGA Championship at NCR in 1969. Floyd shot a 69 on Saturday.