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LA QUINTA, Calif. - Luke Donald is playing the Humana Challenge for the first time in a bid to keep pace on the West Coast swing.The 37-year-old Englishman opened the year last week in Hawaii with a tie for 51st in the Sony Open and will play next month at Torrey Pines and Riviera.The last few years I played a lot in the Middle East, said Donald, set to open play Thursday. I think with the new wraparound schedule, I feel like in previous years (Riviera) has been kind of my first event of the year and I feel like Im getting left behind a little bit. Some guys have played eight and nine events and Im playing my first or second.Hes skipping the Match Play event April 29-May 3 in San Francisco because of a conflict with his brothers wedding. Donald won the 2011 Match Play tournament in Arizona.He set his wedding date before the tournament decided to change the date, Donald said. He thought that it was a free week that I dont usually play. ... I told him I would definitely be at his second wedding, but he didnt find that too funny.Donald is working full-time again with instructor Pat Goss, his coach at Northwestern, after shifting to Chuck Cook last year for help with his full swing .Its certainly easier to have one coach rather than split short game and full swing, and certainly its been fun being back with Pat, Donald said.No. 1 in the world for 56 weeks in 2011-12, hes 34th now. Donald won the last of his 13 worldwide titles in November 2013 in the Dunlop Phoenix in Japan. He has five PGA Tour victories, the last in 2012.___A SOLDIERS GAME: Chad Pfeifer, a 33-year-old teaching professional who lost his left leg in Iraq, is playing in the pro-am competition.Pfeifer started playing golf in 2007 while rehabbing at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. His leg was amputated above the knee after his vehicle has hit by a roadside bomb.Golf saved my life, Pfeifer said.Hes paired with Baltimore Orioles pitcher Bud Norris. They will play alongside PGA Tour players Scott Langley and Brendon de Jonge in the first round.A contestant on Golf Channels Big Break series, Pfeifer is a three-time Warrior Open winner, the 2011 National Amputee champion and tied for fifth last year in the American Century celebrity event. He played college baseball at Northwest Nazarene in Idaho.Im representing thousands of my brothers and sisters who fought and continue to fight for our country, Pfeifer said.He teaches at the Golf Club of Estrella in Goodyear, Arizona.___IN-N-OUT ALLOWANCE: Jason Dufner has lost more than 20 pounds through exercise and a gluten-free diet after struggling with shoulder problems last year.Hes serving as a Humana Well-Being Ambassador during the Humana-sponsored tournament.All those things that you like to eat I pretty much dont eat anymore, Dufner said.He hasnt gone completely cold turkey.Ive been clean since that In-N-Out burger Sunday, Dufner said. Probably be the only one I eat all year. So, theres allowances here and there.___DESERT DNA: Sam Saunders played his way into the event grandfather Arnold Palmer won a record five times.Its a huge accomplishment for me and just a great feeling of knowing that I have earned my spot in this field and it wasnt given to me, said Saunders, a PGA Tour rookie after earning his card last year on the Web.com Tour.Playing on sponsor exemptions, Saunders missed the cuts in 2010, 11 and 12.I was glad to see I got in on my own number comfortably this week, Saunders said. It just gives me a feeling of belonging and knowing that Im just out here to do my job and Im just one of the other guys and trying to do the best I can to have a chance to win a golf tournament.Palmer won the inaugural tournament in 1960 and added victories in 1962, 68, 71 and 73. He also won the 1959 Thunderbird Invitational in the area. PGA Wests Arnold Palmer Private Course is the host layout.___HOMEGROWN: Byron Smith is making his first appearance in his hometown event.The 33-year-old Smith won the Web.com Tours Rex Hospital Open last year in North Carolina and finished 21st on the regular-season money list to earn a PGA Tour card.Its pretty unreal for me to play in this thing finally, Smith said. I grew up here in the desert and been coming here for a long time. So, to play in it is pretty special. ... Its a home game. Im just super excited because its a dream come true.Smith tied for 19th in his PGA Tour debut in the season-opening Frys.com Open in October. He missed the cut last week in the Sony Open. Bryn Forbes Spurs Jersey . - Chris Davis hit a two-run double, scoring Nelson Cruz in his Orioles debut in Baltimores 9-7 win over to the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday. 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Entering the day in second place behind overnight leader Vincenzo Nibali, the 41-year-old Horner pulled away from the Giro dItalia champion over the final meters of the uphill ascent to turn a three-second deficit into a three-second lead with just two days to go. With Alejandro Valverde trailing by 1:06 in third, the grand tour appears to have become a two-rider race. Despite his age, Horner has finished ahead of Nibali on the last two mountain stages, powering over the finish line before the Italian slowly pedaled across. "At this moment the legs are fantastico," said Horner, who rides for RadioShack-Leopard. "I really like steep climbs. They have been good to me. So if my legs are good tomorrow, then I should have the jersey in Madrid." Rodriguez used an explosive burst of speed too win the stage that had followed the northern coast before turning inland for a finish at the picturesque Alto Naranco summit overlooking the rolling green hills near Oviedo.dddddddddddd The Catalan rider for Katusha got his first stage victory of this edition with a winning time of 4 hours, 16 minutes, 13 seconds. Diego Ulissi of Italy and Spaniards Daniel Moreno and Samuel Sanchez were next at 11 second behind. Horner and Valverde finished 14 seconds behind. "I told my team to go for it," Rodriguez said. "I told them that tomorrow would be too tough because Chris has shown he is so strong. So today was the last chance." Rodriguez is 1:57 off Horners pace in fourth, followed by Nicolas Roche at 3:49 back. The penultimate stage is a 142-kilometre (88-mile) course that takes riders over three major summits and ends with of a special-category climb to the Alto de lAngliru peak before the traditional finish in Madrid on Sunday. ' ' '