The man that was rumored to be Tiger Woods’ next caddie last fall – Tony Navarro – ended up to a deal with Puyallup’s Ryan Moore to start 2012 on the PGA Tour.

That partnership lasted four tournaments. Moore parted ways the longtime veteran caddie, and now has agreed with Californian J.J. Jakovac to be part of the team.

Jakovac, a former two-time NCAA Division II national champion at Chico State, and Moore have known each other from college golf.

A former mini-tour player, Jakovac had switched to being a caddie in 2009 for Matt Bettencourt – and most recently …

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This week: Northern Trust Open, Thursday through Sunday, Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, Calif.

Stanley’s fourth-round score: 1-over-par 72.

Moore’s fourth-round score: 3-over 74.

Position: Moore (1-under 283) tied for 17th, and Stanley (even-par 288) tied for 24th – all behind winner Bill Haas (277), who defeated Keegan Bradley and Phil Mickelson in a sudden-death playoff.

Recap: For most of the afternoon, Moore lurked in contention just a couple shots behind the leaders. Then he ran out of steam, finishing with four bogeys in his final five holes – including three-putts at No. 17 (from 30 feet) and …

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This week: Northern Trust Open, Thursday through Sunday, Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, Calif.

Moore’s third-round score: 3-under-par 68.

Stanley’s third-round score: 1-under 70.

Position: Moore (4-under 209) is tied for ninth, and Stanley (1-under 212) is tied for 20th – all trailing co-leaders Keegan Bradley and Phil Mickelson (7-under 206).

Recap: Moore would tell you he is at his best when his wedge game is sharp. It was certainly that Saturday on a very difficult layout. He pitched in from 25 yards in front of the green at the par-4 fifth hole for birdie, then converted an even harder …

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This week: Northern Trust Open, Thursday through Sunday, Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, Calif.

Stanley’s second-round score: 3-under-par 68.

Moore’s second-round score: 2-under 69.

Position: Moore (1-under 141) is tied for 21st, and Stanley (even-par 142) is tied for 28th – all trailing leader Phil Mickelson (6-under 136).

Recap: When you hit fairways, and have pitching wedge approach shots into some of these par-4 holes like Stanley did Friday, you can make birdies. He did that, hitting it close from 135 yards on No. 3 (10-foot putt for birdie) and No. 9 (3-footer) to close his round. …

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This week: Northern Trust Open, Thursday through Sunday, Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, Calif.

Stanley’s first-round score: 3-over-par 74.

Moore’s first-round score: 1-over through 15 holes.

Position: Moore is tied for 37th, and Stanley is tied for 80th – all trailing leader Phil Mickelson (66).

Recap: A rough five-hole stretch in the afternoon sent Stanley tumbling down the leaderboard. He registered bogeys at the fourth, fifth and sixth holes, then could not advance his ball out of a fairway bunker at No. 8, leading to a triple bogey to fall to 5-over. He did have late birdies, including a near-ace …

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This week: Northern Trust Open, Thursday through Sunday, Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, Calif.

World rankings: Stanley is 52nd, and Moore is 67th.

2012 earnings: Stanley has $1.79 million (No. 1 on the PGA Tour), and Moore has $101,672 (83rd on the PGA Tour).

Last tournament: Moore recorded a season-best, tied-for-20th finish at last week’s AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am (7-under-par 279), but fell out of the field for the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championships. The Cascade Christian product did lead the field in putting last week – a good sign that he might be emerging from his slumbering start. … …

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Even though he tied for 20th at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Puyallup’s Ryan Moore was bumped from the field of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championships in two weeks.

Moore fell from 65th to 67th in the official world golf rankings. With Phil Mickelson already stating he will not play in the event, No. 65 – Ernie Els – was the cutoff point this morning when the new rankings were published.

What hurt Moore was what happened at the European Tour’s Omega Dubai Desert Classic on Sunday where Spain’s Rafael Cabrera-Bello won (moved up from 119th to 60th in …

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This week: AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Thursday through Sunday, Monterey Peninsula, Pebble Beach and Spyglass Golf Courses, Pebble Beach, Calif.

Moore’s fourth-round score: Even-par 72 at Pebble Beach.

Position: Moore (7-under 279) tied for 20th, 10 strokes behind winner Phil Mickelson. Kelly (2-over 216) missed the cut Saturday.

Recap: In the broad picture, considering how a cold and damp Pebble Beach chewed up much of the field Sunday, Moore’s 72 was not a bad score. But considering the start he got off to – 4-under through five holes (birdies at Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5) – falling back …

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