Written by Golf World on Friday 11 February 2011
Rory McIlroy’s second round 68 kept him at the top of the leaderboard at the halfway stage of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic. The 21 year old, looking to repeat his wire-to-wire victory of two years ago here, advanced to 11 under par to sit one shot ahead of in-form South African Thomas Aiken and a rejuvenated Sergio Garcia. And former World...
Written by Golf World on Sunday 13 February 2011
Spain’s Alvaro Quiros recorded a hole in one as he became the Omega Dubai Desert Classic champion on Sunday. Just after running up a triple bogey when three clear, Quiros aced the short 11th and ended up beating Dane Anders Hansen and South African James Kingston by a stroke. The big names all faded. Tiger Woods finished with a double-bogey seven for...
Written by Golf World on Monday 14 February 2011
D.A. Points won for the first time on the PGA Tour and wasn’t even the biggest star. That’s what made this Pebble Beach National Pro-Am so special. Points grew up idolising Bill Murray, whether it was his “Caddyshack” role as the assistant greenskeeper at Bushwood or his antics at Pebble Beach over the years. To have him as an amateur partner made...
Written by Golf World on Monday 14 February 2011
Tiger Woods has apologised after being fined for spitting on a green at the Dubai Desert Classic. The former world number one was found guilty of a breach of the European Tour’s code of conduct. Woods posted on Twitter: ‘The Euro Tour is right – it was inconsiderate to spit like that and I know better. Just wasn’t thinking and want to...
Written by Golf World on Tuesday 15 February 2011
Elliot Saltman will not be appealing against a three-month ban from European Tour and Challenge Tour events. The Scot was found guilty of a “serious breach” of regulations after claims he marked his ball incorrectly at the Russian Challenge Cup in September. The 28-year-old was disqualified from the event and attended a disciplinary hearing in Abu Dhabi in January. And...
Written by Golf World on Wednesday 16 February 2011
The first World Golf Championships event of the season, the Accenture Match Play Championship, is a week away. With the latest Official World Golf Rankings released after Sunday’s finish of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, we can start projecting some possible first-round matchups. The top 64 players in the OWGR are invited to play in the event, with No.
Written by Golf World on Wednesday 16 February 2011
Francesco Molinari of Italy says he will play in the Match Play Championship. Molinari won the HSBC Champions last year and is No. 17 in the world ranking. He had planned to skip the World Golf Championship because his wife was expecting their first child. She gave birth to a boy Feb. 6, so Molinari says he’s going to Arizona. The Italian...
Written by Golf World on Wednesday 16 February 2011
Golf fans now can bring cell phones to PGA Tour events. The tour has allowed mobile devices at five tournaments the last six months. The tour wanted to see if players would be disturbed, and it was found to be no problem. Starting with the Honda Classic, fans will have select areas to use phones, which must be kept on silent. At the...
Written by Golf World on Sunday 20 February 2011
S.S.P. Chowrasia closed with a 5-under-par 32-35=67 at the Avantha Masters to record a one-stroke victory over Robert Coles (70), who bogeyed the 72nd hole. Sitting bogey-free 7-under through 15 holes today, Chowrasia was ready to run away from the field, but a wayward tee ball at the par-3 16th and subsequent double bogey dropped him into a share of the...
Written by Golf World on Sunday 20 February 2011
World No 1 Lee Westwood will now have to play former winner and former Ryder Cup teammate Henrik Stenson in the first round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play in Arizona on Wednesday – providing there are no more withdrawals. As the top seed Westwood was all set to face Toru Taniguchi, but a neck injury has led to the Japanese...
Written by TG Features Writer on Tuesday 22 February 2011
Callaway has announced that Danny Willett, a former world number one amateur, has put pen to paper and joined its team of Staff Professionals on the European Tour. After just two full seasons on the European Tour, Willett has consistently climbed the Official World Golf Rankings, featuring as high as 63. He enjoyed a fantastic 2010 season – finishing 23rd on the European...
Written by TG staff writer on Tuesday 22 February 2011
Dressing for golf took on a new dimension as Michelle Wie donned a Korean hanbok and Paula Creamer a Japanese kimono for a photo-shoot ahead of this week’s HSBC Women’s Champions at Tanah Merah, Singapore. In the event, the players’ appearance could not have served as more of a show-stopper had they notched a hole in one apiece. “It feels great,” said...
Written by Golf World on Thursday 24 February 2011
What did Wednesday’s 32 matches in at the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship provide? One big shock, of course, and a few other surprises. Here’s a recap of the first round. BIGGEST SURPRISE: Tiger Woods losing to Thomas Bjorn. Any time a No. 1 seed falls in the first round, it’s a big deal. It certainly was in 2002 when...
Written by Golf World on Thursday 24 February 2011
What did Wednesday’s 32 matches in at the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship provide? One big shock, of course, and a few other surprises. Here’s a recap of the first round. BIGGEST SURPRISE: Tiger Woods losing to Thomas Bjorn. Any time a No. 1 seed falls in the first round, it’s a big deal. It certainly was in 2002 when...
Written by Golf World on Thursday 24 February 2011
The number to remember in the second round of the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship appears to be 12. There are 12 Americans and 12 Europeans remaining in the field. Not to mention, 12 of the top 20 players in the world are left to do battle at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club at Dove Mountain. There were some stunning upsets on...
Written by Golf World on Friday 25 February 2011
In Thursday’s 16 second-round matches at the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championships, we saw the departure of two more top seeds; a couple of surprising lopsided results; and a lot of young guys making a lot of noise. BIGGEST SURPRISE: There were plenty to choose from. Rickie Fowler handing Phil Mickelson his biggest loss in this event. Jason Day knocking...
Written by Golf World on Friday 25 February 2011
Phil Mickelson was unceremonously dumped out of the second round of the Accentrue World Matchplay by a rampant Rickie Fowler – and that wasn’t the only surprise result of the day. American Nick Watney took out World No.1 Lee Westwood, Paul Casey lost to Jason Day and Rory McIlroy was soundly thrashed eight and 7 by Ben Crane! Mickelson’s match wasn’t exactly...
Written by Golf World on Saturday 26 February 2011
Luke Donals s the only Brit still contesting the World Accenture Matchplay Championships. Donald played teenage sensation Mattero Manessero who took him to the 16th hole. Elsewhere Graeme McDowell lost to YE Yang in another huge upset. Tiger Woods lost in the first round, Phil Mickelson and Lee Westwood went out in the second and now McDowell also crashes out. It was left...
Written by Golf World on Monday 28 February 2011
Marrtin Kaymer had a consolation prize in losing the WGC Matchplay to Luke Donald – he became the new world No.1 At 26, Kaymer is the second-youngest player to capture the top ranking since Woods did so at age 21 in 1997. (The rankings have only been in place since 1986.) But he was also the first player younger than...
Written by Tim Maitland, Golf World on Wednesday 2 March 2011
One of the most remarkable group of athletes the world has ever seen is growing up fast. Led by Jiyai Shin, until mid-February the world number one, they are the Dragon Ladies and they are the dominant force in the world of women’s golf despite being only 22 or 23 years old. “We’re the girls who were born in 1988, in...