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Monday, April 18th, 2011
So what do you do when your tee shot ends up in the trees? One option is to have another go as Kevin Na did last week on the ninth hole in the first round of the Valero Texas Open. Unfortunately for Na, his second attempt wasn’t any better and ended up in pretty much the same place as the first. By the time he hacked his way back onto the fairway he was in double figures and by the time the ball was in the cup, he was 12 over par for that hole.
Sometimes your tee shot heads for the houses as it did for Rory McIlroy on his final 10th hole at the Masters. He took a triple bogey on that hole and it was the beginning of the end of his dream of a green jacket this year.
In 1998, it took John Daly 18 shots to get to the hole on the 6th at the Bay Hill Invitational, and six of those were into the water!
But according to the PGA Tour website (www.pgatour.com), the highest single-hole score in history goes to Tommy Armour for a 23 on the 17th hole at the Shawnee Open in 1927. Ray Ainsley is also attributed a 23 on the 16th at the U.S. Open in Cherry Hills in 1938, but other records indicate it was only a 19.
Some days all the practicing in the world is no match for bad luck!
Tags: John Daly, Kevin Na, PGA, PGA Tour, Ray Ainsley, Rory McIlroy, Tommy Armour
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Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
There seems to be quite a bit of commentary about whether or not Tiger Woods’ interview by Bill Macatee from CBS after his final round in The Masters should be perceived as rude and curt or whether it was just Tiger’s way of minimizing face time with the media. When Macatee asked if he was “back” after shooting a round of 67, Tiger’s response was “Yeah, I’m one back. We’ll see what happens.” So did Tiger misunderstand the question…interpreting it to be asking if he was ”behind” the leader? What was Mr. Macatee really asking? While some took Tiger’s response as being short and rude to the media, others simply saw it as a simple answer to a simple question. What’s your opinion?
Tags: Masters, PGA, PGA Tour, Tiger Woods
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Monday, April 11th, 2011
For anyone watching the final day of the Masters, you’ll recognize that name as the newest wearer of the coveted green jacket. He finished the final nail-biting round at Augusta National with a 66, giving him a 14-under-par total of 274. He created a new record for the Masters by scoring birdies on the 4 final holes, and led his closest rivals, Australians Jason Day and Adam Scott by 2 shots.
This was Schwartzel’s 2nd appearance at the Masters. He played at Augusta for the first time last year. Just prior to that, he was at Ernie Els’ Autism Golf Day and got the opportunity to speak with Jack Nicklaus about the famous course. They started talking about hunting then the conversation turned to chasing the little white ball. Schwartzel asked for some advice about the course and Nicklaus took him on a verbal tour of all 18 holes. I guess he heeded the advice!
Schwartzel (26) is from South Africa, where his family has a chicken farm outside Johannesburg. His Dad played with Ernie Els when Charl was very young. Charl was an affiliated member of the Fancourt foundation started by Els that helps young South African golfers, and Els considers Charl to be ‘like a little brother’. Schwartzel’s brother, Attie has also been bitten by the golf bug, and is a pro golfer on the South African Sunshine Tour.
Sunday was the 50th anniversary of fellow South African Gary Player’s Masters win, the first international player to win the prestigious title following a playoff round against Arnold Palmer. His father was a gold miner who played golf and encouraged Player to take up the game. Player was involved in other sports and wasn’t very enthusiastic about golf initially. Player competed for 52 Masters titles and won the green jacket 3 times. He was in Augusta for the Masters again this year.
In closing, I’ll leave you with a few things to ponder:
- For the first time in the history of the Masters the top three did not include an American
- For the first time since 1994, none of the 4 major titles are held by an American
- Seven of the top 10 finishers at the Masters were international players
Tags: Adam Scott, Augusta National, Charl Schwartzel, Ernie Els, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Jason Day, Masters, PGA, PGA Tour
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Monday, March 21st, 2011
In his first PGA Tour win this weekend at the Transitions Championship, Gary Woodland made a 10 foot putt for par to break the tie on the final hole. Woodland has been working with his coach over the last 18 months to improve his game and it paid off with this win that gives him an invitation to Augusta National. This was his 34th start in the PGA Tour.
The World’s #1 golfer, Martin Kaymer tied for 20th.
Tags: Gary Woodland, Martin Kaymer, PGA, PGA Tour, Transitions Championship
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Monday, March 14th, 2011
The World’s #6 ranked golfer, Phil Michelson will play in next week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Club & Lodge in Orlando, Florida. The addition was made to Mickelson’s schedule after he finished 55th out of 66 at the WGC-Cadillac Championship, his worst finish in seven months. “I need a little bit more competitive golf. I’ve got some work to do,” he said.
Tags: Arnold Palmer Invitational, Bay Hill, PGA, PGA Tour, Phil Mickelson
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Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
In a recent blog posting on his website, Tiger woods has revealed that he will soon be moving into a new house on Jupiter Island, Florida, about 150 miles southeast of the home he shared with his now ex-wife, Elin. The house boasts a new golf practice facility including 4 greens, 6 bunkers, a video center and a putting studio. According to Woods, “If no wind is blowing, the longest club I can hit is a 7-iron. It’s also set up so I can hit shots out of my second-story studio.”
Tags: PGA, Tiger Woods
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Sunday, February 27th, 2011
As Tiger Woods drops down the rankings on the Official World Golf Ranking website (wwww.officialworldgolfranking.com), the #1 spot goes to Martin Kaymer, a professional golfer from Germany who is only the second German (after Bernhard Langer) to be the top-ranked golfer in the world.
In 2010 he was also only the second German (after Bernhard Langer) to win a major championship.Kaymer moved from the #2 spot to #1 on Saturday when he swapped places with Lee Westwood. Kaymer, aged 26 is also the second youngest player to be ranked as #1 (Tiger Woods was 21 when he made #1 in 1997).
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Sunday, February 27th, 2011
In the Match Play Championship at Dove Mountain in Marana Arizona, Luke Donald:
- became the first player to play for an entire week without trailing in any match
- played in only 89 holes in 6 matches
- became the first player to win any golf tournament without ever playing the 18th hole
The previous record for fewest holes (112) was set by Tiger Woods in 2003 when the final lasted 36 holes.
Tags: Luke Donald, PGA, PGA Tour
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Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
Tiger Woods has joined the millions of tweeters to share his thoughts and answer fan’s questions. Who would have imagined? I just checked out his Twitter account and discovered that he had 299,999 followers and growing; within minutes that number jumped to 300,126. The number two in the world can certainly draw a crowd quickly.
Tiger setup his official Twitter account in June with one tweet, “Welcome to my new Twitter page at www.twitter.com/TigerWoods “ Based on his second tweet, he also setup a new Facebook page, www.facebook.com/Tiger . And the third announced his new website at www.TigerWoods.com . Then all went silent until November 17 when he resurfaced with a “What’s up everyone? Finally decided to try out Twitter!”
Two weeks later, Tiger surprised his followers with 23 tweets within an hour on November 30 after his on camera interview with Golf Channel’s Steve Sands where Tiger discussed the past, present and the future. After all the ups and downs of the past year, Tiger is opening up to his fans and trying to reconnect with all by answering questions for all the world to read.
Based on how quickly his base of followers is growing, he’ll be sure to bypass fellow golfer Ian Poulter’s crowd of followers (over 1 million followers) before long if the pace of new followers continues to grow by 150+ followers per half hour! Tiger already has approximately 1.5 million friends on Facebook. Are you a Tiger follower or friend?
Tags: PGA, social networking, Tiger Woods
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Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
A lot. Sunday’s viewership of the tournament held at Firestone Country Club was a 2.0 share compared to 4.3 last year. What was the difference this year? Tiger wasn’t on TV except for the highlights of his dismal performance. And last year? Well, Tiger what it all. Click here for the complete article by Darren Ravell of CNBC.
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