Thursday 27 January 2011
Johan Edfors proved that contentment off the course leads to excellence on it when the 35 year old produced a superb eight under par 64 to lead after the first round of the Volvo Golf Champions at The Royal Golf Club in Bahrain. Edfors married long-time girlfriend Cecilia in December and, after an idyllic honeymoon in Thailand, he returned refreshed to...
Written by Golf World staff on Thursday 27 January 2011
The commissioner of the PGA Tour, Tim Finchem, has asked the USGA for a “full and thorough review” of the rules after the recent disqualification of two high-profile players. Camilo Villegas was disqualified in Hawaii, after a tv viewer rang in having noticed him tap down a divot as it was rolling back towards him. And another viewer noticed Padraig Harrington...
Written by Golf World on Tuesday 25 January 2011
The ability to merge prestigious and established sponsors with new and exciting venues is perfectly illustrated this week with the inaugural Volvo Golf Champions at the Royal Golf Club in Bahrain, the second of the thrilling month-long Desert Swing on The 2011 European Tour International Schedule. Volvo are the most prolific sponsor in the Tour’s history – the tournament being the...
Written by Golf World on Tuesday 25 January 2011
This year’s Barclays Scottish Open will move to Loch Lomond to the new links at Castle Stuart near Inverness. The European Tour has confirmed the switch after months of speculation, which saw Edinburgh’s Renaissance Club mooted as another potential venue. The shift north for the Barclays Scottish Open, after nine successful years at Loch Lomond Golf Club, will bring a welcome...
Written by Golf World on Tuesday 25 January 2011
Any questions that may have existed about how last year’s US Open, Open Championship and PGA Championship winners would fare in 2011 were pretty much extinguished within three weeks of the New Year starting. The culmination came with Martin Kaymer streaked away from a world-class field to win the US$2.7 million Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship in the United Arab Emirates...
Written by Golf World on Sunday 23 January 2011
Martin Kaymer displaced Tiger Woods as the world No2 after winning the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship for the third time in four years by an eight shot margin over Rory McIlroy. The German needed only a top-seven finish to depose Woods, but won with ease over a field which included the other three current Major champions, and also Westwood, who ended up...
Written by Golf World on Friday 21 January 2011
Martin Kaymer put himself in pole position to successfully defend his Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship title as he reached the halfway stage 12 under par. A week after Charl Schwartzel retained the Joburg Open, US PGA Championship winner Kaymer added a superb second round 65 to his opening 67 despite wet and windy conditions. And the good news keeps coming for...
Written by John Wrenbury on Friday 21 January 2011
In light of Padraig Harrington’s disqualification from the HSBC Abu Dhabi Championship for moving his ball three dimples on the green, John Wrenbury, author of ‘If only I could remember the rules’ argues the laws of the game need a radical 21st century overhaul. Seen any gophers on your course lately? If not, it may be because you don’t know what they...
Written by Golf World on Friday 21 January 2011
Jhonattan Vegas and Boo Weekley are tied at the top in the Bob Hope Classic in California. Vegas shot a 5-under 67 in windy conditions Thursday for a share of the second-round lead with Boo Weekley. Weekley had a 66 to match Vegas at 13-under 131 in the 90-hole tournament on four Palm Springs-area courses. Charles Howell III (66) and Chris...
Written by Golf World on Friday 21 January 2011
Padraig Harrington has been disqualified from the first event if the year in Abu Dhabi after a super slo-mo camera revealed he’d touched his ball as he marked it and it had moved. The video evidence came to light almost 24 hours after his ball moved on the 7th green when retrieving his marker. The offence was not that the ball had...
Written by Golf World on Friday 21 January 2011
The 40th edition of The European Tour Official Guide is now available for download, giving you all the stats and biographies from every player on Tour. Whether you are the dedicated statistician or simply looking for more background to the players to help you select your European Tour Fantasy Race, this is the publication for you. It contains all the results and...
Written by Golf World on Thursday 20 January 2011
Davis Love III has been appointed captain of the United States team for the 2012 Ryder Cup. The 46-year-old has played in six Ryder Cups and he has been chosen to mastermind winning back the trophy the US lost to Europe in October 2010. Love was a vice-captain to Corey Pavin during the defeat by one point at Celtic Manor in Wales. The...
Written by Golf World on Thursday 20 January 2011
Matteo Manassero, the European Tour’s reigning Rookie of the Year and an official Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) golfing ambassador, has congratulated the emirate’s leading courses and institutions on efforts to continue prioritising the game at the grass roots level. Ahead of his second Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, Manassero played the 18th hole of the stunning National Course, while watched...
Written by Golf World on Thursday 20 January 2011
Charl Schwartzel continued his phenomenal start to the 2011 Race to Dubai to claim the first round lead at Abu Dhabi Golf Club. Four days after retaining the Joburg Open, the South African shot 64 at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship and is now a staggering 69 under for his last 17 rounds. He was eight under after 12 holes,...
Thursday 20 January 2011
Derek Lamely shot a 9-under 63 in the first round on Wednesday to take a one-stroke lead over J.J. Henry and Jhonattan Vegas in the PGA Tour’s Bob Hope Classic. “This is going to be definitely not a sprint,” Lamely said of the five-round event. “The golf courses are perfect. The weather is just so good. You’ve just got to go...
Written by Golf World on Thursday 20 January 2011
Lee Westwood and Ernie Els are just two of the game’s biggest names who are unhappy about the current schedules of tour golf. Ernie has said he might miss this year’s President’s Cup because it clashes with the South African Open, while Westwood has confirmed he may skip the so-called fifth major because he isn’t allowed to play in the...
Written by Golf World on Wednesday 19 January 2011
Tiger Woods will be starting his season in San Diego next week. Woods officially entered the Farmers Insurance Open on Wednesday, which has become the traditional start of his season since 2006. He will then fly from California to compete on the European Tour in the Dubai Desert Classic. He has not played the PGA Tour stop at Torrey Pines the...
Written by Golf World on Wednesday 19 January 2011
The latest issue of Golf World is out now, and it’s dedicated to the murky art of the short game. The “Short Game Issue” features tips and interviews with the likes of Butch Harmon, Mark Roe, Ross Fisher and Dave Pelz. They will help you chip better, get out of bunkers, and beat the yips. Elswehere in the issue there’s...
Written by Golf World on Wednesday 19 January 2011
The 2011 Golf Season is underway — and, if 2010 was any indication of what’s to come for this year, PUMA’s Rickie Fowler is certainly the man to beat. The newly-named 2010 PGA Rookie of the Year was busy during the break, combining his love for Golf and Moto GP at the Eagle Creek Golf Course in Naples, Florida. Donning his...
Written by Golf World on Wednesday 19 January 2011
Scotland’s Elliot Saltman has been banned for three months from competing on the European Tour for cheating during an event in Russia last year. The 28-year-old’s ban will start on January 19, a statement from European Tour chief George O’Grady said. The tournament committee met on Tuesday and “unanimously” found Saltman guilty of breaching a regulation during the first round of the...