Archive for June, 2008


Park Emulates Pak to Become Youngest US Open Champ

Inspired by Pak Se-ri’s triumph 10 years ago, Park In-bee became the youngest winner of the US Women’s Open title when she triumphed by four strokes at Interlachen in Edina, Minnesota. Just short of her 20th birthday, Park replaced Pak as the youngest winner, having first been introduced to the game by watching her older […]

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The Penalty For 15 Clubs In A Stableford Fourball Match

A friend of mine emailed me with the question below regarding a golfer having 15 clubs in a stableford fourball match: RULES OF GOLF QUESTION: “If you have time I have a question on the rules… I was playing a fourball stableford competition yesterday, on the first green my playing partner discovered he had 15 […]

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Tiger Woods Goes Under the Knife

Tiger Woods is recovering from his second knee operation in 10 weeks, having gone under the knife to repair torn ligaments. The world number one was forced to have another operation only days after winning the US Open earlier this month, when his grueling 91 holes, including 19 holes of play-off golf against Rocco Mediate, […]

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Adjustable Golf Driver Rules Question

Ever since the launch of TaylorMade’s revolutionary r7 quad driver with Movable Weight Technology (MWTâ„¢) back in 2004 the following question has been a common one: RULES OF GOLF QUESTION: “You seem to be helping everybody out with your golf rulings, I learn something every time I log onto your sites, now can you help […]

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Understanding Golf Rule Decision 16-1d/5

Every week I see a limited knowledge of the Rules of Golf leading to incorrect decisions, here is one recent example: RULES OF GOLF QUESTION: “How are you? I have a question regarding a rules decision. In our social club competion the winner was penalized 2 shots for testing the green. What he did was […]

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Cink Ends Four Years in the Wilderness

Stewart Cink ended a four year title drought when he lifted the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut. Cink shot a three-under-par 67 to finish at 18-under-par 262, a career best effort for him. It was also only the second time out of 10 tournaments in which he actually ended up winning after going into the […]

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Golf Tries to Assess Impact of Tiger’s Absence

When Tiger Woods first burst on to the scene, now more than a decade ago, he appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show with his father, Earl. The famous host asked Earl, in his son’s presence, if Tiger was bigger than the game. His answer was an emphatic “absolutely not!” Indeed, we would all like to […]

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Injured Tiger Out For The Year

Tiger Woods’ strength-sapping victory at the US Open on Monday has come at a heavy cost. The world number one will need to have further surgery on his left knee and is out for the rest of the season. This means he will miss the final two majors of the year, the British Open at […]

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Tiger Prevails After Epic Play-Off With Mediate

At times during Monday’s US Open play-off between world number one Tiger Woods and veteran Rocco Mediate, it was difficult to determine who was mentally bullying whom. Woods’ standing as world number has been due in no small part to his ability to psyche out his opponents. But that didn’t seem to work against the […]

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Tiger Nails Last-Gasp Putt to Take Mediate Into Play-Off

“I’ll never be as good as Tiger Woods. I don’t want to be as good as Tiger Woods.” These are the words of Rocco Mediate, several years ago, when Woods was enjoying one of the best periods of his career. For much of Sunday’s fourth round of the US Open at Torrey Pines, Mediate was […]

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The Official Definition Of A Golf Stroke

The golf rules questions continue to hit my mailbox and as ever it is a pleasure to answer them. Here’s one relating to Tiger Woods on the 13th tee at the 2007 US Masters: RULES OF GOLF QUESTION: “Please can take a look at this YouTube clip of Tiger Woods at the 2007 US Masters […]

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Armour’s Immortal Memory Sustains Scots

With Alistair Forsyth and Colin Montgomerie slugging it out over the gargantuan Torrey Pines South layout this week it is easy to forget the early dominance Scotland enjoyed as golf developed into a transatlantic obsession. Scottish golfers won 12 of the first 16 US Opens and Willie McFarlane added another in 1925. Perhaps Scotland’s most […]

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Woods Ready to Rock After Recovering From Surgery

All eyes will be on Tiger Woods, yet again, this week as he tries to overcome a lack of match fitness and the effects of knee surgery and win his 14th major title at this week’s US Open. The last time Woods came off a long break was when his father and the most influential […]

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38 Years of Dreaming, Jacklin’s Win Still Gleaming

As the cream of European golf descends on Torrey Pines’ formidable South Course this week they will be chasing a milestone. Any European victory will put to rest a 38 year hoodoo that has seen every European attempt to taste victory in the US Open end in failure. Since Tony Jacklin clinched the 1970 US […]

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Leonard Fights Off Allenby and Immelman

Justin Leonard tuned up for the US Open in fine style with victory at the Stanford St Jude Championship, beating Trevor Immelman and Robert Allenby in a play-off. He did it the hard way, squandering a one-stroke lead with two holes remaining, failing to get one last roll of a putt on the 72nd green […]

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