Archive for June, 2009


Fortysomething Perry wins 14th career title

Kenny Perry will not let people forget him. The hard-working professional, a cut above journeyman, was the best player in the world aged over 40 last year. After his loss to Angel Cabrera in the US Masters final, the Kentucky man returned to our collective conscious. And he refuses to go away, at 48 years […]

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Green Theme for Brunei Open

Golf is a naturally green-friendly sport. After all, practically half of all strokes are played on a surface called “the green”. In some places around the world, the building of golf courses has been hailed as a boon to the environment. More than a decade ago, South African legend Gary Player said the island-course he […]

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For Shorter Putts…Keep It Simple

Having been laid up with a knee injury sustained playing football (soccer), I haven’t been able to hit the golf course for over a month. With constant rain delays during the U.S. Open over the past week, I was coaxed to come out of temporary retirement for a quick nine holes on Saturday. I was […]

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Glover’s Paradise

The US Open delivered so many great and poignant stories that, for not more than a moment, one may forget the best one of all – Lucas Glover’s emergence as a golf major winner. There was Tiger Woods – always a story no matter what, Phil Mickelson’s brave performance in the face of adversity and […]

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A Magical Week For David Duval at Bethpage

I must admit, seeing David Duval‘s name near the top of the leaderboard at the U.S. Open on Friday made me happy. But, like most golf fans and spectators, I did not expect it to last very long. He contended for a brief period at Royal Birkdale last year, but faded on Saturday with a […]

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Golf’s saviour needs to save his US Open title

The golf industry’s financial situation is similar to the one Tiger Woods finds himself at just past the half-way stage of the US Open – both need a major comeback. He is the man who can save both himself at Bethpage Black, and the industry. At least this is the opinion of Pete Bevacqua, the […]

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7 Up! At Bethpage Black

The People’s Open. That’s what they called it. Seven years ago, for the first time in its history, the United States Open Golf Championship was played on a public course in New York, and I was there. Well, sort of. I was in New York City playing tourist, standing under Empire State Building, wandering blissfully through […]

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The Monster is Back: The U.S. Open Returns to Bethpage Black

The USGA will contest its national championship on Long Island for the fourth time since 2002, when the event was also hosted by the Black Course at Bethpage State Park. The story last time around was the U.S. national championship being held at a publicly run and operated golf course for the first time in […]

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Casey aiming to end England’s 39-year drought

It has been 39 years since an Englishman last won the US Open. Paul Casey is aiming to break that long, barren spell. Tony Jacklin was the last English winner of the US Open, at Hazeltine in 1970. Not since Nick Faldo’s heyday has there been a golfer from Blighty who has stirred talk of […]

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Gay eyes US Open after second title in 2009

Brian Gay made sure that his name would be added to the pre-US Open chatter. The American knew he needed something special at the St Jude Classic to book a place at the Bethpage Black tournament this week. And he delivered in record-breaking style, winning his second PGA Tour title of the season and third […]

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Mickelson’s return starts at St Jude

An emotional Phil Mickelson is making his comeback to the US PGA Tour after a brief time away to be with his wife, Amy, who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Three weeks ago, Mickelson said he was taking time off the tour to be at his wife’s side. However, with some encouraging signs on […]

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Woods answers them, yet again

It was the answer everyone, including his critics, were waiting for. Tiger Woods, the so-called has-been, returned to that familiar winning enclosure with victory at the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio. Having already won the Arnold Palmer Invitational this year following his comeback from knee surgery, Woods captured the event hosted by another great from […]

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Daly ready for Tour comeback

Six months after being suspended by the US PGA Tour, the people’s favourite John Daly is set to return to the circuit that made him a global star. Daly, who has won two major titles but more recently has been making headlines off the golf course, is to play in the US Open qualifiers in […]

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Woods aims to recapture Memorial

Last year, Tiger Woods was reduced to watching the Memorial Tournament on television after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his knee. The three-time Memorial champion had gone under the knife soon after the Masters and, without any real tune-ups, went on to win the US Open last year. That victory at Torrey Pines was costly, though, […]

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Cevaer comes out of hiding to win European Open

After four days of attrition and 45 changes of the lead, it was not one of the hardened stars who came out on top but a journeyman hero ranked 449th in the world and without a top 30 finish in 15 tournaments. Frenchman Christian Cevaer fired a two-over-par 74 in the final round for a […]

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