Archive for August, 2008
Saturday, August 30th, 2008
Phil Mickelson paid an unlikely tribute to absent rival Tiger Woods during the Deutsche Bank Championship in Norton, Massachusetts, thanking the injured world number one for the state of golf and the state of Mickelson’s bank account.
Lefty won the tournament last year, beating Woods by two strokes. The two players have not enjoyed the best [...]
Corporate Golf, PGA Tour, Tiger Woods | No Comments »
Friday, August 29th, 2008
The language of golf is marketing and, as far as the LPGA Tour is concerned, it is also English.
The multi-national and multi-ethnic LPGA Tour is implementing a new rule from 2009 requiring all member players to have a reasonable grasp of spoken English, or face suspension.
This also applies to non-native English speakers who have been [...]
Corporate Golf, Golf Media, LPGA Tour | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
This week I received a great question on the definition of “Out of Bounds”, understanding this rule is important and I thoroughly recommend you read the question and answer :
RULES OF GOLF QUESTION:
“I have a question. This is about a ball on the Out of Bounds line. The definition defines that a ball is Out [...]
Royal & Ancient, Rules of Golf, USGA | No Comments »
Monday, August 25th, 2008
There was a time when the big four of golf was Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh and Enrie Els.
A couple of names have dropped off that list, hopefully, to bounce back again. Vijay Singh is determined to stay there as long as he can.
And with his victory at The Barclays, the gentle giant from [...]
European Tour, LPGA Tour, PGA Tour, Weekly Tournament Roundup | No Comments »
Friday, August 22nd, 2008
In previous years, the United States Ryder Cup team would have been announced by now.
The tradition is that the 10 players who had garnered the most Ryder Cup points plus the two captain’s picks would have already been decided by the end of the PGA Championship, which finished two weeks ago.
However, US captain Paul Azinger [...]
2008 Ryder Cup, European Tour, PGA Tour, Tiger Woods | No Comments »
Monday, August 18th, 2008
For Sweden’s Carl Pettersson, Greensboro, North Carolina is his adopted hometown. Therefore, he had to win the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club.
That is what he told himself in order to get out of a rut and shoot two-under-par 68 in the final round to win the tournament by two strokes.
Pettersson led going into the [...]
European Tour, LPGA Tour, PGA Tour, Weekly Tournament Roundup | No Comments »
Friday, August 15th, 2008
With the Beijing Olympics nearing the halfway stage, fans from all over the world can look at the medals standings to check on how their country is doing or who is vying for gold in various sports.
Golf fans are not included in the vast group of people as the sport still tries to convince International [...]
PGA Tour, TV Golf, USPGA Championship | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Tiger Woods has congratulated Padraig Harrington for his PGA Championship victory, while at the same time expressing frustration that he wasn’t there to battle it out with the Irishman.
Writing in his newsletter, Woods said he watched some of the action unfold at Oakland Hills last week when Harrington won his second straight major after the [...]
2008 Birkdale Open, 2008 Ryder Cup, PGA Tour, Tiger Woods, US Open, USPGA Championship | 1 Comment »
Monday, August 11th, 2008
If he hadn’t done so already at last month’s British Open, Ireland’s Padraig Harrington sealed his status as a true golfing heavyweight with his epic and draining victory at the USPGA Championship at Oakland Hills.
Battling through 36 strength-sapping holes on the final day, and then scrapping with Spain’s Sergio Garcia in a tussle reminiscent of [...]
2007 Carnoustie Open, 2008 Birkdale Open, European Tour, PGA Tour, USPGA Championship, Weekly Tournament Roundup | 1 Comment »
Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Two names were being bandied about on the eve of the 90th PGA Championship at Oakland Hills, those of Anthony Kim and Lee Westwood.
Of course, the usual suspects are high among the list of favourites, such as Phil Mickelson, Padraig Harrington and even former champion Vijay Singh, who returned to form last week with victory [...]
PGA Tour, PGA of America, Tiger Woods, USPGA Championship | No Comments »
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Following on from the success of these factsheets:
2007 Open Championship Factsheet
2008 US Masters Factsheet
2008 US Open Factsheet
2008 Open Champioinship
I have produce this 2008 US PGA Championship Factsheet
This 2008 US PGA Championship Factsheet is perfect for bringing you right up to speed for the event starting on Thursday 7th August.
Print it out and read it in [...]
USPGA, USPGA Championship | No Comments »
Monday, August 4th, 2008
Shin Ji-yai was not even a member of the LPGA Tour prior to the Women’s British Open at Sunningdale, England.
She now becomes the latest Korean to join a multitude of her compatriots on the premier women’s tour, as well as sealing her place in the Open for the next 10 years, after her brilliant victory [...]
European Tour, LPGA Tour, PGA Tour, Weekly Tournament Roundup | No Comments »