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Mickelson bewildered by 'adjustment penalty'

By Peter Rutherford INCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) – An obscure penalty clause, tucked away in the farthest depths of golf’s rulebook, took center stage at the Presidents Cup on Friday after Phil Mickelson changed the type of ball he had been playing with mid-round. Mickelson and U.S. playing partner Zach Johnson were all square through six against the Internationals’ Jason Day and Adam Scott when Mickelson switched to a harder

Golf-Mickelson bewildered by 'adjustment penalty'

By Peter Rutherford INCHEON, South Korea, Oct 9 (Reuters) – An obscure penalty clause, tucked away in the farthest depths of golf’s rulebook, took centre stage at the Presidents Cup on Friday after Phil Mickelson changed the type of ball he had been playing with mid-round. Mickelson and U.S. playing partner Zach Johnson were all square through six against the Internationals’ Jason Day and Adam Scott when Mickelson switched to

Golf-Mickelson bewildered by 'adjustment penalty'

By Peter Rutherford INCHEON, South Korea, Oct 9 (Reuters) – An obscure penalty clause, tucked away in the farthest depths of golf’s rulebook, took centre stage at the Presidents Cup on Friday after Phil Mickelson changed the type of ball he had been playing with mid-round. Mickelson and U.S. playing partner Zach Johnson were all square through six against the Internationals’ Jason Day and Adam Scott when Mickelson switched to

Islamic State closes in on city of Aleppo in Syrian fighting

By Dominic Evans and Parisa Hafezi BEIRUT/ANKARA (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters have seized villages close to the city of Aleppo from rival insurgents, a monitoring group said on Friday, despite a Russian air-and-sea campaign that Moscow says has targeted the militant group. The Russian defense ministry said air strikes on rebel positions in northern Syria had killed 300 anti-Assad insurgents in nearly 70 sorties over the last day. The

Islamic State closes in on city of Aleppo in Syrian fighting

By Dominic Evans and Parisa Hafezi BEIRUT/ANKARA (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters have seized villages close to the city of Aleppo from rival insurgents, a monitoring group said on Friday, despite a Russian air-and-sea campaign that Moscow says has targeted the militant group. The Russian defense ministry said air strikes on rebel positions in northern Syria had killed 300 anti-Assad insurgents in nearly 70 sorties over the last day. The

Russia says kills 300 militants in Syria in most intense raids yet

Russia’s air force hit 60 Islamic State targets in Syria over the past 24 hours and killed around 300 militants, the Defense Ministry said on Friday, in Moscow’s most intense raids yet since it first launched strikes on Syria 10 days ago. The increased pace of attacks was aimed at preventing militants from re-grouping and dispersing in populated areas, the ministry said. The ministry said in a statement that air