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…Went the crowd chant during the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor. Even Jim Furyk, normally a picture of doom and gloom, played up to the good-natured banter from the crowd as his practice swings became a source of amusement on the first tee. This wasn’t the only Spanish flavour to the event as Miguel Angel [...]
Tags: Miguel Angel Jimenez, Ryder Cup
Similar to its male counterpart The Solheim Cup is a bi-annual team event between the USA and Europe played on both sides of the Atlantic. Dates already confirmed for future editions include next year at Killeen Castle, Ireland, followed by Colorado GC, USA, in 2013. What is up for grabs is the European venue for [...]
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With barely 6 weeks to go until Montgomerie’s team will be known, you would think that the nine qualifiers for automatic places would most likely be the present encumbents. Prior to the 3 Irish Open, they are Westwood, McIlroy, McDowell, Donald, Poulter, Kaymer, Molinari (Francesco), Jimenez and McGowan. But with five big money tournaments to [...]
Tags: European Team, Irish Open, Ryder Cup
Sunday 31st August was Decision Day for Nick Faldo and a big day for at least seven contenders for places in the European team. At the start of the Johnnie Walker Classic at Gleneagles, the last three automatic places were held by Justin Rose, Sören Hansen and Oliver Wilson. All three knew a poor performance [...]
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On Sunday 31st August, Nick Faldo will have the unenviable task of selecting two players to complete his team for the Ryder Cup match in September. The team as it stands now would be: Padraig Harrington, Lee Westwood, Henrik Stenson, Robert Karlsson. Miguel Angel Jimenez, Graeme McDowell, Soren Hansen, Oliver Wilson, Martin Kaymer and Justin [...]
Tags: Miguel Angel Jimenez, Nick Faldo, Ryder Cup
As the latest Ryder Cup clash looms ever nearer – just over a couple of months to go, in fact – the U.S. and European teams seem to be taking shape. But with eight more big money tournaments to be played, with about 20 million Euros at stake, it’s just possible that the ten present [...]
Well the new tournament brings ever nearer Greg Norman’s original concept of a world tour, as it will be sanctioned by tours representing all five continents. This means that the sixteen best golfers in the world will visit our shores each year, whereas the Volvo Masters was restricted to members of the European Tour. They [...]
Tags: European Tour, Greg Norman, Ryder Cup, volvo masters
Having written often (along with others) about the curse of slow play, I’ve decided on a more positive tack. Recently, I joined 3 friends for a fourball at the Parador course. Having agreed to a modest bet, we decided that instead of matchplay (Ryder Cup style), the result would be decided on aggregate stableford scores, [...]
Tags: Quick Play, Ryder Cup
As an avid fan of Tiger Woods, I spent Sunday evening glued to the TV, fully expecting Woods to overcome the weather and a five shot deficit to continue his unbeaten run of seven tournaments. The fact that I and millions of other golfaholics were surprised that he didn’t succeed illustrates the strength of the [...]
Tags: Geoff Ogilvy, Grand Slam, Ryder Cup, Tiger Woods, US Open
Over 600 golfers are hoping that they have written their names into the Guinness World Records for the highest number of golfers in a single competition in one day. More importantly this event raised 13,000 pounds sterling for UNICEF, which will be used to alleviate the suffering of children in Iraq and in refugee camps [...]
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