Written by Golf World on Monday 21 March 2011
Raphaël Jacquelin held off a spirited challenge from Anthony Wall to win his third European Tour title at the Sicilian Open. A two-and-a-half hour delay for dangerous weather conditions on Sunday forced a Monday finish at Donnafugata Golf Resort & SPA, with the leading pair resuming with just one shot separating them and six holes to play. Wall twice wiped out...
Written by Golf World on Monday 21 March 2011
Gary Woodland clinched his first PGA Tour victory with success at the Transitions Championship, as overnight leader Justin Rose wilted in the Florida sun. Woodland was beaten in a play-off earlier in the season, but there was no repeat scenario as he holed a clutch par putt on his 72nd hole and it proved enough to seal victory as Webb...
Written by Golf World on Friday 18 March 2011
José Manuel Lara overcame an early double bogey to finish day one of the Sicilian Open tied for the lead with Stephen Dodd. The Spaniard produced nine birdies to finish with a six under par 65, matching Dodd’s earlier effort at Donnafugata Golf Resort & SPA. The 33 year old Lara was in danger of losing his card six months ago, but...
Written by Golf World on Friday 18 March 2011
Paul Casey changed his schedule leading up the Masters, and it’s starting to look like a good move. Once the fog lifted, Casey played bogey-free on the tough Copperhead course at Innisbrook on Thursday for a 7-under 64 that gave him a two-shot lead after one round of the Transitions Championship. “The state of my game is going in the right direction,”...
Written by Golf World on Wednesday 16 March 2011
England’s Oliver Wilson inspired his team to victory at the Tavistock Cup at Isleworth in Florida on Tuesday – as Ian Poulter took to Twitter to defend the event. Wilson shot a seven-under-par 65 to take the individual honours and help the Lake Nona club win the title. But there was growing resentment towards the exhibition event, which sees vast...
Written by Golf World on Wednesday 16 March 2011
World No.1 Martin Kaymer and 17-year-old Matteo Manassero have accepted exemptions to play in the Transitions Championship at Innisbrook, Tampa Bay. The tournament also offered an exemption to Dubai winner Alvaro Quiros, one of golf’s longest hitters. Mark Wilson, who is No.1 in the Fed Ex Cup standings and on the money list, will lead a field that includes defending champion Jim Furyk. Other...
Written by Golf World on Wednesday 16 March 2011
After another successful sojourn to the USA, The European Tour makes its way ‘home’ this week for the first event of the 2011 season to be played on European soil at the inaugural Sicilian Open. With the European golf season beginning to show the first signs of a spring bloom, there are fewer more appropriate destinations than the beautiful island...
Written by Golf World on Wednesday 16 March 2011
Part of Ryo Ishikawa wishes he could fly home to Japan to see his family and find ways to help a country devastated by an earthquake and tsunami and now facing concerns over a nuclear meltdown. The 19-year-old realizes there is little he can do but try to play his best golf. Ishikawa, the biggest golfing star in Japan with nine victories,...
Written by Gary Wolstenholme on Monday 14 March 2011
The Handa Senior World Championship I am sorry to say that the last two weeks have been a complete disaster for me. Having made the journey to both Brunei and China I have ended up coming back having only played one of the two tournaments! But I can take heart from the fact that with the injury I was still able...
Written by Golf World on Monday 14 March 2011
Tiger Woods showed some progress at Doral, his T10 finish his best at an official PGA Tour event in nine months. Woods closed with a 6-under-par 66 Sunday at the WGC Cadillac Championship at Doral and tied Rickie Fowler for the day’s low round. It also matched his best score of the year. “Peaking at the right time for the Tavistock...
Written by Golf World on Monday 14 March 2011
Nick Watney claimed the biggest win of his career after taking the WGC-Cadillac Championship by two shots on Sunday. The American carded a final round five-under 67 at Doral to end the weekend on 16-under-par, two better than third round leader Dustin Johnson. The crucial birdie came at the 12th as Watney bounced back from dropping a shot at his previous hole. He...
Written by Golf World on Tuesday 8 March 2011
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will be paired together – along with U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell – in the first and second rounds of the WGC-Cadillac Championship at the Doral Resort in Miami on Thursday and Friday. The Woods-Mickelson-McDowell group will tee off at 11:51 a.m. EST on Thursday, and they will tee off at 12:54 p.m. EST on...
Written by Gary Wolstenholme on Monday 7 March 2011
Brunei Senior Masters Unfortunately the event out in Brunei ended up being a real disaster for me! I picked up neck and shoulder injuries while out there so going into the event I knew I wasn’t completely ready for it. With the aid of treatment I thought I could get through it but it was just too much for me and...
Written by Golf World on Monday 7 March 2011
This week’s World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship will feature one of the strongest fields of the 2011 season. The top-50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) have all committed to compete, including defending champion Ernie Els, World No. 1 Martin Kaymer and six-time winner Tiger Woods. This year marks just the second time (2009) since 2005 that the top-50 players...
Written by Golf World on Monday 7 March 2011
Rory Sabbatini won the Honda Classic in Palm Beach on Sunday by a shot from Korean YE Yang. His five-stroke lead shrank to one in the space of seven holes, and a halt in play because of lightning delayed his march towards victory. He weathered the weather, turned back a late challenge from Y.E. Yang and shot an even-par 70 for a...
Written by Golf World on Thursday 3 March 2011
The Florida Swing will start at The Honda Classic, where an international pack of top-ranked players take aim at PGA National’s Champion Course. With seven of the current top 13 players in the Official World Golf Rankings competing, it may be the most talented field this tournament has ever seen. England’s Lee Westwood will be the highest ranked golfer, No. 2, when...
Written by Golf World on Thursday 3 March 2011
Aussie golfer Aaron Baddeley is in shock after his family’s home in Melbourne burned down last night. No-one was seriously hurt in the blaze, though his dad Ron did suffer second degree burns on his left foot. did the math as soon as the phone rang. It was about 4 a.m. on Wednesday morning back home in Melbourne, Australia, so he...
Written by Tim Maitland, Golf World on Wednesday 2 March 2011
One of the most remarkable group of athletes the world has ever seen is growing up fast. Led by Jiyai Shin, until mid-February the world number one, they are the Dragon Ladies and they are the dominant force in the world of women’s golf despite being only 22 or 23 years old. “We’re the girls who were born in 1988, in...
Written by Golf World on Monday 28 February 2011
Marrtin Kaymer had a consolation prize in losing the WGC Matchplay to Luke Donald – he became the new world No.1 At 26, Kaymer is the second-youngest player to capture the top ranking since Woods did so at age 21 in 1997. (The rankings have only been in place since 1986.) But he was also the first player younger than...
Written by Golf World on Monday 28 February 2011
Luke Donald spoiled Martin Kaymer’s rise to No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking by winning the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship on Sunday with a performance so dominant he never played the 18th hole all week. On a bizarre final day in the high desert, which began with snow covering the fairways, Donald pulled ahead for good with...