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Scott favourite for first win in Korea

Adam Scott is looking to tread on new ground this week in Ballantine’s Championship just outside Seoul.

Scott has won four titles on Asian Soil out of his eight European Tour titles. He’s had victory’s in China, Singapore and Qatar (twice) but no victory in South Korea.

The Australian hopes to put that right at the Blackstone Golf Club this week and he’s the favourite to do so.

“It’s true that I’ve enjoyed playing in Asia over the years and I have had a certain amount of success which is great,”

Scott’s last tournament was The Masters where he finished eighth so he’s happy with his game ahead of his 0730 tee-off time.

He is playing alongside Alex Noren and local Bae Sang-moon.

This Years Four Majors

It’s been a great year in the golfing world, here is a look at who won the majors and if you click on the link you can see the full leaderboard.

The Masters

Winner: Charl Schwartzel (S.A)

Second: Jason Day (Aus)

Third: Adam Scott (Aus)            Full leaderboard

The US Open

Winner: Rory Mcilroy (N.I)

Second: Jason Day (Aus)

Third: Lee Westwood, Kevin Chappell, Y.E. Yang, and Robert Garrigus

Full leaderboard 

The British Open

Winner: Darren Clarke (N.I)

Second: Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson (USA)

Fourth: Thomas Bjorn (Den)      Full leaderboard

The PGA Championship

Winner: Keegan Bradley (USA)

Second: Jason Dufner (USA)

Third: Anders Hansen (Den)        Full leaderboard

The Long Putter – To Ban Or Not To Ban?

The long putter has been in the news in recent weeks after Adam Scott won The Bridgestone Invitational and Keegan Bradley Won The PGA Championship (the first major he has played in!) Did the long putter help him keep his nerve coming up the last few holes or should we just admire a young talent that not only coped with triple bogeying the fifteenth then only to proceed to birdie the next two holes but also par the 18th- one of the toughest holes in golf to get into a playoff!

The Long putter isn’t anything new to the game, you see players trying it out every now and again, even greats like Colin Montgomerie, have used them in the past when they’re struggling for form on the greens, but they never seem to stick it. Do they feel guilty knowing that it is an aid or maybe they feel like it’s cheating deep down? This is a very interesting debate which will go on for a while yet, I think it should be banned, if you haven’t got the nerve coming down the stretch then you wont win major tournaments.

What are your views? Let me know?

Tiger Woods Impresses In Comeback

Tiger Woods shot an impressive opening round of 68 in the first round of the WGC Invitational in Akron, Ohio, in his first golfing action in twelve weeks.

Woods parred the first nine holes and dropped only one stroke all round as he finished on two under, six shots behind leader Adam Scott, who co-incidentally has employed the services of Tiger’s ex-caddie Steve Williams.

Open champion Darren Clarke, playing alongside good friend Woods,  shot a disappointing 77, while Lee Westwood shot 67 and world number one Luke Donald and Rory McIlroy 68’s.

Going into day two of the tournament, Australian Scott leads compatriot Jason Day by one shot.

Click here to see the full leaderboard.