Written by TG Features Writer on Friday 19 February 2010
Good morning, and thank you for joining me. Many of you in this room are my friends. Many of you in this room know me. Many of you have cheered for me or you’ve worked with me or you’ve supported me. Now every one of you has good reason to be critical of me. I want to say to each of...
Written by TG Features Writer on Thursday 25 February 2010
The Fantasy League is back after a week off for the WGC Accenture Match Play and we stay in Arizona for the Waste Management Phoenix Open. TPC Scottsdale once again plays host to the tournament that Kenny Perry claimed by defeating Charley Hoffman on the third play-ff hole last year. While the likes of Steve Stricker, Lee Westwood and Sergio Garcia have...
Written by Kevin Brown in Phoenix on Wednesday 24 February 2010
US PGA Tour supremo Tim Finchem spoke candidly about the ‘Tiger Affair’ before the Waste Management Phoenix Open which starts at TPC Scottsdale tomorrow. Commissioner Finchem admitted: “We’ve had a lot of reaction following last Friday’s press conference. I think the reaction has generally been quite positive. I thought his statement was comprehensive and dealt with the issues that people wanted...
Written by TG Features Writer on Monday 1 March 2010
We stay on the other side of the pond for this week’s Fantasy League event: the Honda Classic at the PGA National Champion Course, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The course is regarded as one of the toughest on the PGA Tour calendar, with 26 water hazards coming into play on the 7,158-yard layout. USPGA Champion YE Yang will be defending his first...
Written by TG Features Writer on Tuesday 9 March 2010
The final event of the Today’s Golfer Winter Fantasy League is the WGC-CA Championship at the TPC Blue Monster at Doral, Miami. The Blue Monster lives up to its name at a whopping 7,266 yards and 11 water hazards in play. Because this is a World Golf Championship tournament it’s worth double points, making it even more important in deciding who wins the holiday to...
Monday 15 March 2010
Ernie Els bagged his first win in two years, blowing away a stellar field by four shots in the WGC-CA Championship at Doral on Sunday. Els played the final 23 holes without a bogey on the Blue Monster course in Miami and closed with a six-under 66 for a four-shot victory over his South African protégé Charl Schwartzel. Els said: “I’m 40...
Written by Golf World Staff Writer on Tuesday 16 March 2010
Tiger Woods has announced in a statement that he will return to the game at the Masters in 23 days time. He last played in November, when he won the Australian Masters, and less than two weeks after that crashed his car into a water hydrant at his Florida home, which led to revelations that he had been cheating on...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 19 March 2010
Following on from his stunning victory in the WGC – CA Championship at Doral last weekend, which put him at the top of the European Tour’s all-time career money list, Ernie Els has confirmed his entry for this year’s BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Club on May 20-23. It will be Ernie’s first tournament appearance in the UK...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 23 March 2010
Tiger Woods is 5/1 to be booed on the first tee at Augusta after admitting to nerves before his much-anticipated return to golf. The world number one is 25/1 to kiss an anonymous blonde and 500/1 to fight a fan at The Masters next month. Ladbrokes spokesman, Nick Weinberg, said: “The eyes of the world will be on Tiger and...
Written by Golf World staff writer on Tuesday 30 March 2010
Ernie Els survived a few nervous moments by making two clutch par putts to win the rain-delayed Arnold Palmer Invitational in a Monday finish for his second PGA Tour victory in a row after a two-year drought. Coming off a four-shot victory in the World Golf Championship at Doral two weeks ago, Els closed with a 1-under 71 at Bay...
Written by Golf World Staff Writer on Monday 19 April 2010
England’s Brian Davis came as near as you can to winning a PGA Tour event, without actually doing so. In the end, he lost the Verizon Heritage Classic to Jim Furyk, at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff, when he called a two-shot penalty on himself after moving a reed on his backswing. There was minimal movement, only really detectable on...
Written by TG staff writer on Monday 3 May 2010
Italian teenage golfing sensation Matteo Manassero announced today that he has turned professional and signed with IMG, the world’s leading sports, entertainment and media company. Manassero, who turned 17 on April 19th, will play in this week’s BMW Italian Open in his first start as a professional. His debut marks an end to his amateur career, during which he rose to...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 13 May 2010
Scotland’s Bill Longmuir is a hot favourite to clinch the Handa Senior Masters at Stapleford Park, Leicestershire, today (fri). Longmuir goes into today’s third and final round four shots clear of the field after carding superb rounds of 64 and 69. Tied 2nd going into the deciding round are Thailand’s in-form Boonchu Ruangit and England’s John Harrison though pre-tourney favourites Sam Torrance...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 25 May 2010
Sir Nick Faldo, the six-time Major Champion, has confirmed he will be part of the world class line-up for this year’s Senior Open Championship presented by MasterCard from July 22-25. Europe’s last Ryder Cup Captain follows the current United States Captain Corey Pavin in entering the field for the 24th edition of the Championship, which will be played over the famous...
Written by Chris Jones on Monday 7 June 2010
Justin Rose joined the English revival in golf on Sunday, rallying from a four-shot deficit to win the Memorial with a flawless final round for his first victory in seven years on the PGA Tour. It was the second straight year the Memorial winner came from four shots behind. Tiger Woods did it a year ago, and the 29-year-old Rose was...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 8 June 2010
The Volvo World Match Play Championship is set for a new date in 2011 and will be held 19th to 22nd May, 2011 at Finca Cortesin Hotel, Golf and Spa on the magnificent Andalucian coast in Southern Spain. The 2009 Volvo World Match Play Championship was hailed a huge success as changes in qualification and format were widely acclaimed and the...
Written by Golf World staff on Monday 14 June 2010
In a remarkable turnaround, Lee Westwood won his second tournament on the PGA Tour, some 12 years after his first. In Memphis, Tennessee, he won the St Jude Classic, despite the fact that Robert Garrilus, a little known American pro, came to the final hole with a three-shot lead. Garrigus, who had never won on Tour, then went into a Jean...
Written by Chris Jones on Wednesday 16 June 2010
With the US Open looming on the horizon there is one man that will be forever remembered for his victory at Hazeltine in 1970. Tony Jacklin CBE will be arriving in England in early August to compete in the 2010 Farmfoods British Par 3 Championship being held at Nailcote Hall, Warwickshire. Jacklin is the last Englishman to have won the event...
Written by Golf World staff on Wednesday 16 June 2010
The first round of the US Open at Pebble Beach gets underway at 7.00 a.m. local time tomorrow (Thursday) (that’s 3.00 p.m. British time) and for the first time in over a decade, Tiger Woods is in the field but not the favourite. That honour goes to Phil Mickelson (10-1) while Tiger is second favourite (11-1) and Lee Westwood, who...
Written by Golf World on Wednesday 16 June 2010
Tee times and pairings for the first two rounds at Pebble Beach. Thursday: first hole; Friday: 10th hole 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. — Deane Pappas, South Africa; Gary Woodland, Topeka, Kan.; Paul Sheehan, Australia. 10:11 a.m.-3:41 p.m. — Steve Marino, Tequesta, Fla.; Gregory Havret, France; Charles Warren, Greenville, S.C. 10:22 a.m.-3:52 p.m. — Toru Taniguchi, Japan; Soren Hansen, Denmark; Edoardo Molinari, Italy. 10:33 a.m.-4:03 p.m. —...