The Zurich Classic of New Orleans has a history of spitting out maiden winners on the PGA Tour. Argentina’s Andres Romero is the latest one.
Romero shot a final round of three-under-par 72 to win the tournament by one stroke over Australian Peter Lonard, who closed with 67. The Argentine totalled 13-under 276 for the tournament [...]
In recent years we have seen a massive increase in the number of high-tech tools available to golfers. You can now choose from rangefinders, GPS systems such as SkyCaddie, launch monitors and swing analyzers, With this new technology comes some confusion as to when one can take advantage of these devices. A couple of days [...]
Malaysian pro Danny Chia earned his second shot at the British Open when he won the International Fina Qualifying – Asia earlier this week.
Asia may have their own tour but it is the dream of all players to match themselves against the world’s best players. And what better arena than the British Open, which this [...]
Australian Geoff Ogilvy put himself in the major limelight with a victory at the World Golf Championships-CA Championships at the Doral Resort in Miami, Florida.
Not only did he become only the third player with more than one WGC title but he also ended the winning streak of Tiger Woods, another with more than one title.
Woods [...]
Recently, several readers commented on Tiger Woods’ mental approach to his game. They wrote about how his mental strength, more than his physical skills, is what separates him from the other players.
If that is the case, then Woods’ recent comments makes his performances on a weekly basis even more amazing.
According to a Reuters article [...]
The countdown to the British Open, from an Asian standpoint at least, starts next week when 67 regional pros tee off at the International Final Qualifying.
The 36-hole event is being held at Singapore’s Sentosa Golf Club, which is on the island of the same name that houses the headquarters of the Asian Tour.
There are four [...]
I recently received this question relating to Rule 18-2 and what to do if a bird picks up your golf ball and drops it in the rough!
RULES OF GOLF QUESTION:
“Hi there,
And a very good day to you, can you solve this one please. Recently I hit a nice drive landing in the centre of the [...]
“Is it not sickening that Woods keeps on winning? Nobody deserves to be that good.” This was the email that greeted me on Monday morning, just hours after Tiger Woods won the Arnold Palmer Invitational by one shot.
It was from a good friend of mine, a fellow journalist and a Scot from Edinburgh. This same [...]
It seems to me unfair that golf is often labelled as staid and conservative. Nick Hornby started a revolution that allowed serious men to write seriously about football. Golf is still something that serious men snigger at.
Not only is that unfair but it leaves neglected a wealth of writing on golf that ranks as up [...]
John Daly said it himself. “Hasn’t been a good day.” Not only did his swing coach Butch Harmon leave him but he was also kicked out of Arnold Palmer Invitational because he missed the pro-am.
Daly insists that missing the pro-am was because of a mix-up. He had more difficulty, however, explaining Harmon’s departure. Harmon, a [...]
India’s Arjun Atwal won the Malaysian Open for the second time in his career after he beat Sweden’s defending champion Peter Hedblom in a play-off.
But before going into Atwal’s victory, I’d like to comment a bit about the BBC website’s treatment of this piece of news.
If the BBC consider themselves a parochial news outlet that [...]
A professional golfer faces possible consequences after hitting a hawk with a golf shot and killing it at the Grand Cypress Golf Club in Florida.
Nationwide Tour player Tripp Isenhour apologised for killing the hawk, which was being noisy as he was filming TV Show “Shoot Like A Pro” in December.
Isenhour was charged with cruelty to [...]
I’m sure that devoted parents everywhere have had the same problem. Your kid has an important match to play, you’re running out of time and there is no where to park.
65 year old Robert Kadera came up with a fine solution to this problem by “parking” his Piper Clipper aeroplane on the snow covered fairways [...]
Not sure if there is a quantifiable list out there — but I believe hands down — the best tournament golf course in the world is Augusta National. I would rank St. Andrews a distant second — but without a doubt, Augusta National is my number one. I promise it’s not just because it hosts [...]
Before Tiger Woods, Ernie Els was the next best thing in world golf. I came across Els while covering the 1996 Alfred Dunhill Masters in Hong Kong for a local newspaper.
Els was taking part and during one press conference he got to talking about this phenomenon called Tiger Woods, who had only recently turned pro.
The [...]