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Nationwide Tour Insider: Gainey’s working to improve

Hole 2, Dream 18

A strong European contingent target another notable victory at the WGC-CA Championship at Doral starting on Thursday.

A strong European contingent target another notable victory at the WGC-CA Championship at Doral starting on Thursday.

DEERFIELD, Ill. — Fortune Brands, Inc. has reached a definitive agreement to sell its Cobra Golf brand to Puma AG, company officials announced on Wednesday. Fortune is the parent company of the Acushnet Co., which owns such golf brands as Titleist and FootJoy.

DEERFIELD, Ill. — Fortune Brands, Inc. has reached a definitive agreement to sell its Cobra Golf brand to Puma AG, company officials announced on Wednesday. Fortune is the parent company of the Acushnet Co., which owns such golf brands as Titleist and FootJoy.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Noh Seung-yul, who won the European Tour’s Maybank Malaysian Open on Sunday, and Malaysia’s Danny Chia set the pace on Wednesday’s opening day of the Asian edition of International Final Qualifying (IFQ) for the 2010 British Open at Saujana Golf and Country Club.

In recent years, English golfers in the upper echelon of the world rankings were nearly nonexistent. A recent resurgence changed everything for the Brits, writes ESPN.com’s Bob Harig.

The 2015 Walker Cup will be held at the Royal Lytham and St. Annes course in northwest England. The links course has twice hosted the Ryder Cup and staged the British Open 10 times. The Royal & Ancient director of championships David Hill says the course will “provide a stern test befitting a contest that has come to represent the pinnacle of amateur achievement.” The biannual amateur…

Local Knowledge: Doral Resort & Spa and the WGC-Ca Championship