WOODS AFTERSHOCKS

The Tiger Woods saga rumbles on and receives maximum media coverage on a daily basis, so followers of his problems will be well up to speed on his personal problems. Withdrawal of personal sponsors will have little effect on Woods, who is already close to being a $billionaire. But his fellow American tour members will [...]

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The fall and rise of Lee Westwood

No-one could have predicted that the Race to Dubai would have turned into such a one-horse-race, as Lee Westwood put upstart Rory McIroy in his place, together with the rest of most of the world’s best golfers. Westwood, who admitted coming close to giving up tour golf following a dramatic slump after snatching the Harry Vardon trophy [...]

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THE NEW WORLD TOUR

The Race to Dubai may be a departure from tradition, but it is responsible for elevating the European Tour to a genuine World Tour, relegating the American PGA Tour to second best. The absence of Woods, Mickleson and co. in no way detracted from the performance of Westwood, who has suddenly developed an aura of invincibility once [...]

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Is BIG beautiful?

Risk & reward holes are by far the best way of testing tour players, whether on the European circuit or on the USPGA tour. The answer of course, is not necessarily. A good case in point is the host of last week’s Wales Open – the Celtic Manor Roman Road course, which by modern tournament [...]

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