Ryan Moore won't have to go very far to celebrate his Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open victory. The UNLV grad, who now resides in Las Vegas, picked up PGA Tour win number two in his own backyard at TPC Summerlin with a 5-under 66 during the final round to finish one shot ahead of Brendon de Jonge at 24-under.

Moore's still categorized as a twentysomething at the age of 29, but when we talk about rising stars on tour, he's a name that rarely gets mentioned. Will a Fall Series win change everything? It's difficult to say. But with a victory and five top-25 finishes in his last five starts (including a T-3 at the Tour Championship), his game is certainly trending in the right direction.

Sweden's Jonas Blixt may be leading the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open at the halfway point, but let's be honest, there's no way he's the biggest story in Vegas. No, the big news centers around a one John Patrick Daly, who fired his lowest round in five years on the PGA Tour, 8-under 63, to get within four shots of the lead on Friday.

Whenever Daly's in contention at an event you feel obligated to keep up with the goings-on at the tournament, because there's always a chance you could witness greatness ... or this.

Currently 132nd on the PGA Tour money list, Daly has a great chance to do something many thought was impossible at the beginning of the season -- and that's earn his tour card for next year. He needs to get to 125th on the money list to make it happen -- there are four events left on the schedule -- but the way he's been playing this season, you have to like his chances of getting full time status for 2013.

If he keeps putting like he did on Friday,

All that work with noted golf instructor Hank Haney on the driving range appears to be paying off for Michael Phelps. The Olympic golf medalist, who's going to be on the "Haney Project" in 2013, is already making strides on golf's biggest stage, after he holed a 153-foot putt at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

Playing at Kingsbarn on Friday, Phelps decided to use his putter from just off the green in an attempt to cozy his ball up near the hole for an impressive two-putt. But instead of just getting it close, Phelps holed the putt, threw his arms in the air, and delivered a Tiger-esque fist pump to celebrate the moment.

The putt obviously pales in comparison to the 18 Olympic gold medals and countless records he set in the pool, but get this: Phelps may have set a record for the longest televised putt in golf history.

According to the Daily Mail, Phelps bested the previous record set by broadcaster Terry Wogan, who holed a 99-foot putt at Gleneagles in 1981. He's only been

Paul Casey and the culprit. — Getty Images

Paul Casey's golf game has been in the doghouse this year. With only five made cuts in 17 events, 2012 has been a forgettable one for the Englishman. And on Friday at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, his season took another bizarre turn when a dog ran onto the 12th green at Kingsbarns Golf Links in St. Andrews and picked up Casey's ball as he was eyeing an eagle putt.

Casey reportedly asked the dog to take the ball and drop it closer to the hole, but instead of following orders, he ran off before a spectator caught the ball thief on the 13th and retrieved Casey's original ball.

Casey went on to birdie the hole and, because he's a nice guy, even gave the ball back to the dog as he was walking off the green.

"It's the weirdest thing I've ever had happen on a golf course," said Casey after firing a 3-under 69. "I noticed the dog on the 12th tee and he sort of followed us down the fairway before taking a real liking to my golf ball."

Stop that dog! — Getty Images

You have to feel for Casey; even dogs are trying

Phil Mickelson / Getty ImagesPhil Mickelson is used to executing pressure-packed shots with tens of thousands of fans in attendance and the tournament on the line. But on Oct. 15 during the "Monday Night Football" game between San Diego Chargers, his hometown team, and the Denver Broncos, the stakes will be raised for the four-time major winner.

With over 70,000 people watching him from the stands, Mickelson will take dead aim from one of Qualcomm Stadium's end zones and fire at a target in the opposite end zone. Depending on the target he hits -- and we're assuming he's going to hit one because, well, he's Phil Mickelson -- his sponsor KPMG will donate to First Book, a nonprofit organization, that connects book publishers and community organizations to provide access to new books for children in need.

The "KPMG Chip4Charity," that's what it's being called on the company's website, will give Mickelson one shot to earn as much as $1 million (if he hits the bulleye center ring) for First Book -- which apparently

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We see a select few flirt with golf immortality -- know to many as "59 watch" -- each year on the PGA Tour and European Tour. A guy gets hot, strings together a bunch of birdies early and before you know it, we're talking about the possibility of a sub-60 round.

Legitimate 59 runs come along a couple times a year, but on Thursday afternoon, we had two high-profile names make a serious push in the span of 24 hours. Branden Grace flirted with the number at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship -- he was playing Kingsbarn, one of the three courses in the rotation -- when he went out in 7-under 29 and then eagled the par-5 16th to get to 12-under with two holes to play.

Even though Grace never managed to record another birdie, his 60 was good enough for an opening-round lead at one of the great late-season tournaments on the European Tour schedule. (Playing Kingsbarn, Carnoustie and the Old Course at St Andrews in the span of a week is as good as it gets.) If you want to know how good

Rory McIlroy had one heck of a final day at the Ryder Cup. From nearly missing his tee time to disposing of the hottest member of the U.S. squad (Keegan Bradley) early in the day, the No. 1-ranked player will no doubt remember Sunday at Medinah for the rest of his life.

While most golf fans witnessed the incredible comeback, only a select few were there to witness Europe's insane post-round celebration. But thanks to the wonders of technology, McIlroy gave fans a behind-the-scenes look, via his WhoSay account, at the Champagne celebration with his teammates that went on after the final putt had dropped, as well as him spending a brief moment with his parents and girlfriend, Caroline Wozniacki.

It's all pretty standard stuff -- except for the moment when Sergio Garcia gives Darren Clarke an awkward kiss. Blame it on the Champagne and the emotional Ryder Cup victory.

Just call Norm Macdonald "Golfstradamus". — @normmacdonaldWe were wrong about Norm Macdonald. After laughing at the comedian for doing play-by-play from numerous golf tournaments on his Twitter account this year, Macdonald turned into "Normstradamus" last weekend when he decided to tweet out his predictions for all 12 Ryder Cup singles matches.

Nothing to see here, right? I mean, everyone and their brother had the United States pegged for greatness on Sunday afternoon. With a near insurmountable 10-6 lead, all the U.S. had to do was pick up 4 1/2 out of a possible 12 points and make sure the champagne was on ice.

It sounded so easy, but for some reason Macdonald believed golf fans would witness history on Sunday in the form of an historic comeback. It sounded absurd. The guy was out of his mind. But to show you how serious he was about Europe winning, he went down the list of singles matches and predicted who would win each match.

Norm was serious about his pick. And would you know it, he predicted the correct outcome of nearly every match.