Archive for January, 2008

2008: The Year of the Tiger?

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

Another golfing year dawns. And forgive me please for abiding by the calendar year and not the ridiculous European Tour calendar.
What’s in store for 2008? A Ryder Cup that, whisper it across this continent, is probably in need of an American win. The plucky underdog tag can only carry Europe so far: another whitewash will […]

Ochoa Beats Them All in 2007

Monday, January 7th, 2008

While many news outlets, golfing or otherwise, examined the recently ended 2007 season, various names were put out for Player of the Year.
While Tiger Woods would inevitable emerge in any list, I think the Sports Network got it bang on target when it named the LPGA’s outstanding golfer, Lorena Ochoa, Player of the Year.
Woods was […]

Make The Most of Your Winter Break

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

For a lot of you, this is the time of year to watch the golf season start on television and dream about playing again sometime this spring. It’s just too cold. That said, there are still couple things you can do this winter to guarantee a much better start in 2008.
First thing: Make a […]

Golf-ball eating snake and ex-Thai PM are out of bounds

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

Exiled former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and a snake have shared some of the golfing headlines over the past few days.
Some might say there’s no difference between the two, but that’s being unkind … to the snake. I’m kidding, of course, but I had to get that joke in.
Anyway, a carpet python in Sydney, […]