General Motors was one of three auto giants who failed in their attempts to receive a US government bailout to help them through these uncertain economic times.
Clearly, something had to give. And that was the company’s multi-million dollar deal with the world’s top golf player, Tiger Woods.
Earlier this week, GM decided to end their deal [...]
Taiwan’s Lin Wen-tang rose above the big names of European golf to win the Hong Kong Open after a play-off win over Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy and Italian Franceso Molinari.
Lin shot a final round of 67 at the Hong Kong Golf Club to total 265, the same as McIlroy and Molinari, both of whom closed [...]
J.P. Hayes has denied himself a place on the 2009 PGA Tour because he was honest.
The two-time tour winner disqualified himself from Qualifying School having played a non-conforming ball during the second stage of the tournament.
It means the 43-year-old will not play on the main tour next season.
During the first round of the second [...]
A majestic era in the history of women’s golf will come to a close at the end of the week when Sweden’s Annika Sorenstam completes her final LPGA Tour tournament.
Sorenstam, who has dominated women’s golf over the past 10 years, is to make her farewell appearance on the Tour at the ADT Championship in West [...]
Indian Jeev Milkha Singh emerged from a stellar field that included Padraig Harrington, Phil Mickelson and Ernie Els to win the $5 million Singapore Open at Sentosa Island over the weekend.
The son of a former Olympic runner shot a final round of two-under-par 69 for a total of seven-under 277 and a one-stroke victory over [...]
The saga of golf and the Olympics continues in what could be the most important week for sports wanting to be part of the 2016 Games.
Golf will be vying with six other sports for inclusion in the Olympics with representatives from each code set to make their pitches on Friday to the International Olympic Committee [...]
John Daly and the Hong Kong Golf Club make an incongruous pair. Daly is the “wild thing” of world golf, who only two weeks ago was reported to have spent 24 hours in a north Carolina jail sobering up after a heavy bout of drinking.
The Hong Kong Golf Club is the ultimate in decorum, with [...]
US PGA Tour officials had insisted that the current global credit crunch would not have a major impact on the circuit. And, as if to prove a point, on Wednesday they announced their 2009 schedule, featuring 25 tournaments that includes a “Texas swing”.
Overall prize money increases to $222.9 million from $214.4 million this year with [...]
Spain’s Sergio Garcia became the first winner of a European Tour Race to Dubai event when he triumphed at the HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai, China, which thrust him into second place in the world rankings.
Garcia, who has suffered numerous play-off disappointments in his career, this time came out on top as he beat England’s [...]
Next week, the 2009 European Tour stops at what many call the “Jewel in the Crown” of Asian golf – the Hong Kong Open.
For me, the tournament has special meaning because I grew up in Hong Kong and covered the event more than a dozen times as a journalist.
The golf was only part of the [...]
It took an Asian Tour fling for South African Retief Goosen to end a 21-month run without a title to his name.
The two-time US Open champion came good on the final round to shoot a six-under-par 66 and register a two-stroke victory at the Iskandar Johor Open in the southern Malaysian city of Johor Bahru.
Goosen [...]
It hasn’t come from the horse’s mouth but close enough. If Tiger Woods’ coach, Hank Haney, has got it right, then the world number one will be back in time for April’s US Masters in Augusta.
Woods’ last outing was June’s US Open at Torrey Pines, where he won the title after an exhausting 19-hole play-off [...]