Written by Kit Alexander on Thursday 26 February 2009
Tiger Woods has advanced to the second round of the Accenture Match Play Championship with a 3&2 victory over Brendan Jones. The world number one’s return to competitive action went according to plan with a victory despite some signs of rustiness. Woods announced his return with a birdie three at the first hole and was conceded an eagle putt at the second...
Written by Golf World on Monday 21 December 2009
Three years after becoming the first Scot to win the US Amateur Championship in 108 years, Richie Ramsay now has his first European Tour title. The 25 year old won the South African Open Championship, coming from five behind with a best of the day 65 and then beating Indian Shiv Kapur with a birdie on the first play-off hole. “There’s no...
Written by Jock Howard, Golf World on Wednesday 1 April 2009
If Padraig Harrington wins a Green Jacket on Sunday, he will have won four of the last seven Major championships. Here, the Irishman talks exclusively about his preparations for Augusta, and going for the Paddy Slam. After 10 years, do you feel you are getting closer to winning at Augusta? I do have a fair idea of what to expect from...
Written by TG Editor on Monday 6 April 2009
SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 7.34pm Phil Mickelson came, he saw and he oh-so-nearly conquered. He was on a proper charge. And just when all the aggression, all the momentum seemed to be leading to one inevitable conclusion, the wheels on the battlebus came abruptly off. They were, in fact, thrown into Rae’s Creek on the 12th hole. He tried to put them back on...
Written by Peter Masters, Golf World on Thursday 2 April 2009
He’s better than Tiger Woods was at the same age. He’s the most naturally gifted golfer to come out of Europe since Seve Ballesteros. He’s 19 years old and 15th in the world. It’s fair to say that when Rory McIlroy headed up Magnolia Lane for the first time last week, the optimists were expecting fireworks. Can this boy stagger the...
Written by Golf World on Monday 6 April 2009
Gary Player will compete in his final Masters golf tournament this year. The South African legend – winner of nine Majors, including three Green Jackets, admits the course Player participated in his first tournament at Augusta in 1957, at the tender age of 21. He is one of only seven Masters champions that has won three or more green jackets, and this year...
Written by Golf World on Wednesday 1 April 2009
1 Tea Olive Par 4, 445 yards ORIGINAL INTENT: “A drive that is long and straight will be in a favourable position for the second. It is difficult to obtain par figures from any other position.” ALISTER MACKENZIE RECENT CHANGES: Back of tee reduced 10 yards, scorecard changed from 455 yards to 445. IT IS… One of the hardest...
Written by Golf World Editor on Tuesday 7 April 2009
People have thought for some years that Tiger might not be human. He has seemed for some years now to be able to ‘will’ the ball into the hole, when and where he wants. If this is true, he was certainly not admitting as much. “I don’t have telekinesis,” (the direct influence of the mind on a physical system) he said,...
Sunday 12 April 2009
The first Major of the year will be decided today. There are a few unexpected names atop the leaderboard = Kenny Perry, ANgel Cabrera and Chad Campbell – but a lot of very well known ones lurking a little further back. Do the four-unders really stand a chance? Can Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods cajole each other into something monumental? And with Lee...
Tuesday 7 April 2009
The pairings for the first two rounds of the 2009 Masters have just been released… and there are some real mouth-watering match-ups. Lee Westwood will tee it up with Bernhard Langer and Greg Norman at 2.50pm UK time. Other groups to look out for are: 2.28pm: Gary Player, Luke Donald, Stephen Ames 3.12pm: Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson, Angel Cabrera 3.23pm: Vijay Singh, Geoff Ogilvy, Ernie...
Written by Golf World Editor on Saturday 11 April 2009
The final day of the 2009 Masters is set for a fascinating duel between the two Americans, Chad Campbell (-9) and Kenny Perry (-11) and the Argentinian, Angel Cabrera (-11). Of the three, only Cabrera has a major championship to his name; but the other two will benefit from home crowd support. But, don’t count the rest of the field out...
Written by TG Editor on Thursday 9 April 2009
They say you can’t win the Masters until you’ve played in the Tournament several times, but England’s Ross Fisher wasn’t listening. In the first round, he played like a veteran, shooting a 3-under-par 69, which could have been even better. He led the Tournament when he was 4-under after 8 holes, and was 5-under after a birdie at the 16th, but...
Written by TG Editor on Saturday 11 April 2009
It was late into the night before the tee times for Saturday’s round at The 2009 Masters was announced. The delay was thought to have been caused by deliberations over Rory McIlory’s actions in the bunker on the 18th hole at the end of his second round on Friday. After failing to get out of the sand he seemed to kick the...
Written by Golf World Editor on Friday 10 April 2009
England’s Ian Poulter scrambled his way to a 1-over-par 73 in the second round, which leaves him at level par for the tournament. While he drove the ball fairly solidly, his approach shots were not so good, and only a razor sharp short game allowed him to be level par for the tournament at the half-way stage and still in...
Written by TG Editor on Wednesday 8 April 2009
Greg Norman is already making headlines at The Masters – and the tournament hasn’t even started yet! The Great White Shark had his glamourous wife Chris Evert on his bag and he even earned himself a kiss with an astounding hole-in-one on the sixth hole of the par 3 contest. There has never been an ace on this hole but Norman knocked...
Written by Golf World Editor on Tuesday 7 April 2009
Several times during his pre-tournament press conference, Phil Mickelson was asked about his rivalry with Tiger Woods, but on each occasion he side-stepped the issue with all the dexterity of a wing three-quarter. The world yearns a Tiger/Phil showdown on Sunday. Finally, a question came which opened him up. “Of your two Masters victories, which did you enjoy more; Mike Weir...
Written by TG Editor on Monday 6 April 2009
Rory McIlroy says he is not easily overwhelmed and sees no reason why he should let the occasion get the better of him when he tees off in his first Masters on Thursday at just 19 years old. Here we reveal his thoughts as he begins his Masters adventure. Q: How are you coping with your new star status? A: I love it.
Friday 10 April 2009
In a week when many of the 23 Europeans in the field have struggled, Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell has put himself in position to attack over the weekend. He added a 1-over-par 73 on Friday to his first round 69, to be 2-under-par for the Tournament. “It was very difficult out there,” he said, “and I was on the wrong end...
Written by TG Editor on Tuesday 7 April 2009
Trevor Immelman won the 2008 Masters – but only after a last-minute tip from his brother Mark. Trevor had been having a torrid time on the greens and had slumped to 202nd on the Tour stats. His brother – a top teaching pro turned up at Augusta just before the tournament started and asked for half-an-hour on the putting green. He asked...
Written by Golf World Editor on Tuesday 7 April 2009
Trevor Immelman said that even if he wins this week tonight’s Champions dinner is going to be the highlight of the week for him. “Just seeing all those legends tonight is going to be awesome,” he said. “I came down here a month ago to play a couple of rounds, and the thrill of walking into the Champions Locker Room...