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Carly Booth - the future of women’s golf 2008-06-02 02:18:35 Carly Booth
appears to have the golfing world at her feet. After being compared to Michelle Wie and being touted as the ‘female Tiger Woods’, the talented Scot has recently become the youngest player ever to represent Great Britain and Ireland in the Curtis Cup at just 15 years of age.
Her achievements to date include [...] Read more:Carly
Tiger Woods set for US Open comeback 2008-06-05 13:33:08 World number one Tiger Woods
looks set to return from his injury lay-off for the US Open Championships that begin in California next week. The two-time US Open champion has been out of action since undergoing a knee operation two months ago. He hasn’t played a round of golf since them, but will still be [...] Read more:comeback
, Tiger Woods
European Tour to start drug testing 2008-06-10 10:16:02 The European
Tour’s new anti-doping programme to start with European Open
The London Golf Club is set to become the first golf course to hold drugs testing under the European tour’s new anti-doping programme when it hosts the European Open, which starts on 3 July.
The European Tour are eager to start the testing as soon [...]
Shock LPGA win for teenager Yani Tseng 2008-06-11 02:27:12 Taiwanese golfer Yani Tseng has become the second youngest player ever to win an LPGA event, defeating Maria Hjorth in a thrilling play-off to emerge victorious in Maryland. The 19-year-old finished on 12 under par, before winning at the fourth hole of a sudden-death play-off against 34-year-old Hjorth.
So, who is she? Well, she only turned [...] Read more:Shock
Tiger Woods roars back on Day 2 of the US Open 2008-06-14 04:38:40 You just can’t keep him out of the action for long can you? Tiger Woods
was written off at the end of day one, with many people believing that a knee injury was enough to end his challenge for this year. Think again. The world number one went through the pain barrier to record a [...] Read more:Tiger Woods
Rocco Mediate & Tiger Woods play-off for US Open 2008-06-16 12:13:55 There was a dramatic finish to round 4 of the US PGA Tour US Open Championship at Torrey Pines last night as US veteran Rocco
Mediate stunned everyone by keeping the lead through the fourth round.
The commentators were expecting him to fall away and leave the title to either Lee Westwood or Tiger Woods
, but [...] Read more:Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods wins the US Open 2008-06-17 11:51:59 What a thrilling tournament of golf. Without doubt, it was some of the most tense sport I have watched for a long time. I was glued to my television as Tiger Woods
secured his third US open title by defeating Rocco Mediate at the first sudden-death hole of a fascinating play-off.
It was a rollercoaster of [...] Read more:Tiger Woods
Luke Donald and Jose Maria Olazabal set to miss French Open 2008-06-24 06:31:46 If you want to make a late push for entry in the European Ryder Cup team, this probably isn’t the best time to be pulling out of tournaments. Unfortunately though, Luke Donald
– who is currently just missing out on a place in Nick Faldo’s team – has had to withdraw from this week’s French
[...] Read more:Maria
Tiger Woods to miss the rest of 2008 2008-06-19 11:32:57 Following his amazing victory in the US Open, Tiger Woods
has announced that he will miss the rest of the 2008 golfing calendar to have surgery on his injured left knee.
The world number one limped all the way as he won his third US Open title, playing through the pain barrier to beat Rocco Mediate [...] Read more:Tiger Woods
Ross Fisher holds onto lead to win the European Open 2008-07-07 09:26:04 Englishman Ross Fisher
– who has led the European
Open since the opening round – held on to secure the second European Tour victory of his career. A look at golf betting before the tournament wouldn’t have had Ross Fisher down as one of the favourites, but the 27-year-old finished on 20 under, a massive [...] Read more:holds
Pablo Larrazabal records shock French Open victory 2008-07-01 07:07:17 When looking at the golf odds for the French
Open before it began, not many people would have picked out Spanish rookie Pablo
Larrazabal as a potential winner of the tournament. However, after holding the lead since the opening day, the 25-year-old held on to win his first PGA European Tour title.
Pablo Larrazabal recorded his [...]
Lee Westwood going well in the French Open 2008-06-28 09:04:38 As predicted by many, Lee Westwood is having a good time of it in Paris as he competes in the French
Open. The English golfer recorded a three-under 68 in round two to move to within two strokes of surprise leader Pablo Larrazabal, who is a Spanish tour rookie.
Despite presumably being delighted with leading the [...]
Padraig Harrington Wins The British Open 2008-07-21 12:31:47 Irish golfer Padraig Harrington
successfully defended his Open Championship title yesterday as he secured a four-shot victory over Englishman Ian Poulter at Royal Birkdale. Greg Norman finished tied in third with Henrik Stenson, while English amateur Chris Wood, finished level with Jim Furyk in fourth place.
The day belonged to Padriag Harrington though who celebrated his [...] Read more:British
The British weather affects the British Open 2008-07-17 05:26:22 The British
Open Championship has started today at The Royal Birkdale Golf Club Links Course in Lancashire, and the winter-like weather
is causing havoc!
Wind and driving rain has already claimed its first victim. Former Open winner, Sandy Lyle decided to stop playing on the 9th hole, already a whopping 11 over, blaming the conditions [...] Read more:affects
Graeme McDowell wins the Scottish Open 2008-07-14 12:28:41 Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell won the Scottish
Open by two strokes yesterday after making three straight birdies on the back nine.
Englishman Simon Khan was ahead and looked likely to pip McDowell to the prize until he slipped up on the 12th, a double bogey that evetually lost him the title.
Graeme McDowell played well all weekend [...]
Tiger Woods turns down Ryder Cup chance 2008-07-10 10:26:13 After having a knee operation that has ruled him out of playing in September’s Ryder
Cup, Tiger Woods
has rejected an invite from US Ryder Cup skipper Paul Azinger to act as vice-captain for the US team.
Following his dramatic US Open win, Tiger Woods
revealed that he wouldn’t be able to compete for the rest [...] Read more:turns
, chance
Lee Westwood leads Europeans aiming for US Open glory 2008-08-07 11:12:54 The top golfers in Europe will be searching for crucial Ryder Cup points during this year’s USPGA Championship that starts today. It is the final major of the year and presents one of the last opportunities for European players to force their way into Nick Faldo’s Ryder Cup team.
In total, eight Europeans
will be competing [...] Read more:glory
Vijah Singh beats Lee Westwood to claim WGC title 2008-08-04 13:12:32 Vijay Singh
wins the WGC title
Vijay Singh beat English golfer Lee Westwood by one shot to win the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational title in Ohio. The 45-year-old shared the lead with Lee Westwood and Phil Mickelson overnight, but recorded a round of 68 on the final day to finish on 10 under par.
It wasn’t easy for Vijay [...] Read more:claim
Korea’s Ji-Yai Shin wins Women’s British Open at Sunningdale 2008-08-04 11:12:32 The 21-year-old Ji-Yai Shin played superbly to win the Women
’s British
Open at Sunningdale, yesterday. Shin finished a great weekend’s performance on 18 under with a fantastic 66, three shots ahead of Ya-Ni Tseng of Taiwan.
It was interesting to see how many Asian ladies finished in the top 20, showing there is a real dominance [...] Read more:Korea
Hunter Mahan slates Ryder Cup format 2008-08-02 07:36:23 The man sitting 12th in US points table for the Ryder
Cup has probably ruined his chances of playing in this years’ tournament by saying that the players are treated like ‘slaves’ during the week in which the Ryder Cup is completed.
HunterMahan
, who is considered to be one of the best young golfers in [...] Read more:slates
, format
Chris Wood turns professional 2008-07-29 02:42:50 After his fabulous performance in the British Open at Royal Birkdale where he finished joint fifth, 20-year-old British golfer Chris
Wood has signed professional
terms with the International Sports Management group. He will now receive invitations for the European Tour and will not have to qualify for next years’ British Open.
Considering not many people had [...] Read more:turns
Get a Free Golf Handicap Online 2008-07-28 02:57:48 Golfshake.com is an online golfing community that offers a free golf score tracking and handicap service.
With GolfShake.com, you can get a golf handicap in minutes with a free and easy to use online service and fully track your scores, analyse your game and mark in your game statistics to help improve your play.
Golfshake has a [...]
Greg Norman Fails To Recapture British Open Form 2008-07-25 06:54:04 It was an amazing performance from Greg Norman
at Royal Birkdale last week, he pushed Padriag Harrington all the way for the major championship title and he can be proud of the show he helped put on. However, it has been a case of ‘back to reality’ for the 53-year-old who has struggled at the [...] Read more:British
, Recapture
The Rotary Swing by Chuck Quinton 2008-08-19 03:36:23 Book Review - The Rotary
Swing by Chuck
Quinton
The Rotary Swing is a trademarked name for what Chuck Quinton explains to be a simple approach to the basic golf swing, something he suggests in many cases is over complicated by too much analysis and staged management.
After an introductory explanation of the swing, this book [...]
Padraig Harrington secures his second consecutive major 2008-08-12 12:43:49 Irish golfer Padraig Harrington
moved up to the top of Europe’s Ryder Cup rankings as he won the USPGA Championship at Oakland Hills. This means that the 36-year-old has won his last two majors after he emerged victorious in the British Open at Royal Birkdale.
Padraig Harrington held off the challenge of fellow European Sergio Garcia [...] Read more:consecutive
Improve Your Putting #3 2008-09-12 03:09:27 Once you are confident your putting technique includes a good follow through then you may need to concentrate more on your accuracy. This is an excellent tip to cure putting accuracy caused by too much backswing.
Improve
Your Putting
I have read, for an accurate putt you need to swing your putter one-third in the backswing and [...]
Improve Your Putting #2 2008-09-10 03:00:43 Another exercise that has helped me with my putting is to concentrate on following through with your stroke. Like many beginners / high handicappers I found it difficult to commit to a putting stroke; and the consequence is that I was not stroking the ball firmly or accurately enough. The result of this lack of [...] Read more:Improve
, Putting
Lee Westwood’s Fitness Concerns Played Down By Agent 2008-09-09 14:49:11 Despite recently suffering with tonsillitis, Lee Westwood will still be available to represent Europe in this month’s Ryder Cup according to his agent Chubby Chandler. The English golfer missed last week’s European Open and will also miss the Mercedes-Benz Championship that starts in Germany on Thursday.
However, Chubby Chandler is insisting that Lee Westwood is ‘slowly [...] Read more:Played
, Agent
Improve Your Putting #1 2008-09-08 13:19:18 Once you start playing golf it doesn’t take you too long to realise your putting is the most important part of your game. I’m sure most high handicappers have a similar problem as myself. I can now confidently hit a ball some distance, and more often then not, hit the fairways. But getting onto the [...] Read more:Improve
, Putting
Improve Your Short Game 2008-09-04 04:06:28 I’m currently reading another book by well respected sports psychologist, Bob Rotella, Golf Is Not A Game Of Perfect.
In Chapter 9: Let The Short
Game Flow, Rotella places similar importance on routines and clearing the mind of any distractions in the same way as for other parts of the game. But helping me make my [...] Read more:Improve
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