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Mark Wilson claims his fifth PGA title

Posted on January 23, 2012 by | Comments Off on Mark Wilson claims his fifth PGA title

Mark Wilson claimed his fifth US PGA Tour title in the Humana Challenge on Sunday.

After a shaky start Wilson saw a three shot lead quickly wiped out in the final round on the Palmer Course at PGA West, a front nine of 37 gave a  host of players a glimmer of hope.

But the 37 year old kept calm and regained his composure to play the last eight holes in four under par for a closing 69 and 24 under par total of 264.

That gave Wilson a two shot victory over fellow Americans Johnson Wagner – who won in Hawaii last week – John Mallinger and Robert Garrigus

Wilson bogeyed the third and did not pick up his first birdie of the day until the par five 11th.

However, he then holed out of a bunker on the 12th for another birdie and sealed the win as darkness closed in with further birdies on the 16th and 18th.

“I was amazed at the peace I had with the start I had,” Wilson said. “I just hung in there and it’s great to win.”

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Grace takes four shot lead in South Africa

Posted on January 20, 2012 by | Comments Off on Grace takes four shot lead in South Africa

The lead is still four after the second round at the Volvo Golf Champions at Fancourt in South Africa – but it’s now the local man Branden Grace out in front rather than Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts who in all honesty had a bit of a shocker.

Grace, who was the last man into The European Tour’s winners-only event thanks to his victory at the Joburg Open last Sunday, shot 66 to reach 12 under par.

It was only last month 23 year old Grace was at The European Tour Qualifying School in Spain, but he came through that six-day ordeal in joint tenth place and has been in great form since.

Colsaerts, had a 76 – 12 more than his course record first round – to drop to joint fifth place.

Hopefully Colsaerts can go low tomorrow and put himself back into contention going into Sunday. He is a great talent and from a personal point of view would love to see him do well this season.

 

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Colsaerts breaks course record in first round at Fancourt

Posted on January 19, 2012 by | Comments Off on Colsaerts breaks course record in first round at Fancourt

 Nicolas Colsaerts smashed the course record with a sparkling nine under par 64 in the first round at the Volvo Golf Champions at Fancourt in South Africa.

Colsaerts birdied nine of the last 11 holes, including the final four, to establish an early four stroke lead over David Horsey, Joost Luiten and Thomas Aiken.

The tournament brings together all the winners on The European Tour from last season and most of the big guns were out later in the day.

Ernie Els – not guaranteed a place for April’s Masters Tournament after falling outside the Official World Golf Ranking’s top 70 – bogeyed two of his first three holes. Montgomerie had a good round of 70 and Tom Lewis carded a five under 68 with a double bogey on his card as well.

It’s all set up for a great day tomorrow, it really is a stunning golf course, so if you haven’t tuned in to watch then make sure you do!

 

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Ernie keen to get back to winning ways

Posted on January 18, 2012 by | Comments Off on Ernie keen to get back to winning ways

Ernie Els is for looking for his local knowledge to give him a helping hand to get him back to winning ways again in this week’s Volvo Golf Champions at Fancourt.

The 23-time European Tour winner has gone more than 12 months now since his last victory, but insists he is more determined than ever to get back to his best form.

“My work ethic and my determination, especially this year, is more than ever because I had such a dismal season last year,” said Els.

The 42 year old is under no illusions as to which part of his game needs to be improved on in order to reenter the winner’s circle.

“I’m hitting the ball beautifully,” he added. “Really I’m very happy with my ball striking. I’m still working on the flat stick. Hopefully that behaves itself this week, and I think I can have a very good chance.

Keep an eye on my updates to see how Ernie gets on!

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A Fully Fit Singh Targets Desert Classic

Posted on January 17, 2012 by | Comments Off on A Fully Fit Singh Targets Desert Classic

Jeev Milkha Singh says he can sense a strong finish on the way , if not  even a victory, when he tees it up being fully fit again at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic, starting at the Emirates Golf Club from February 9-12.

The 40 year old, who last won on the European Tour back  in June 2008, endured a series of career-threatening injuries to his wrist, shoulders, ankle and lower back, forcing him to cut down his playing schedule considerably.

“Injuries did a take toll on my body. I won’t be able to play that many tournaments in a season as I used to, but good thing is that I have achieved the level of fitness I need to compete on the Tour,” said Singh,  the first Indian golfer to play in all four Majors and break into the top 30 of the world rankings.

He will be looking to put the last 2 years of injury behind him and hopefully have a strong season ahead.

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Does better course design mean better golf?

Posted on January 16, 2012 by | Comments Off on Does better course design mean better golf?

Even Tour players look at golf courses the same way most people look at them. They like course layouts where they tend to play well, maybe even more than the average golfer does. For a lot of amateurs the venue doesn’t have quite the same effect on their ability to enjoy the day.

It’s hard for even a top tour pro to love a course he has trouble scoring on. Look at Lee Trevino. He always had problems playing at Augusta National, and he was one of the best players of all time. So, generally speaking, players look at courses through glasses of whatever tint matches their ability to perform.

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Great Golf Courses | Number 7 | Turnberry

Posted on January 11, 2012 by | Comments Off on Great Golf Courses | Number 7 | Turnberry

Can you Imagine the rolling hills, sandy dunes, a stiff breeze blowing off the Ayrshire coast. Before designer courses, before manicured greens and major championships, these lands inspired local Scots to play the game of golf.

The first course was built in 1901 and Turnberry’s fairways have been shared by the game’s elite and casual enthusiasts from around the globe. Even the conversion of its links to runways during two world wars could not stop the desire to play here, a place made for golf.

Turnberry has hosted The Open four times now, the first in 1977 and the most recent in 2009 when we nearly saw the most amazing Open win in history when Tom Watson had to par the 18th to win but made a five and then lost to Stewart Cink in a play-off. This is the 18th below.

Past winners of The Open at Turnberry are  1977 – Tom Watson, 1986 – Greg Norman, 1994 – Nick Price and 2009 – Stewart Cink.

018 Ailsa

www.turnberry.co.uk

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Winner Of Free Golf Lessons Competition

Posted on January 5, 2012 by | Comments Off on Winner Of Free Golf Lessons Competition

Thanks to everyone that took part in my free lesson give away over Christmas. The winner of the free golf lessons competition was Lisa at FAST SIGNS in Kingston, look forward to seeing you soon Lisa! You can follow Lisa’s company on twitter on @Fastsigns869

I will be doing more of these special offers throughout the year, so keep your eyes peeled! The next one will be in March.

To keep up to date with my special offers then please ‘Like’ me on my Facebook page www.facebook.com/jamesironsgolf and follow me on twitter @jamesironsgolf if you haven’t done already.

Take Care

James

 

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My Teaching Hours For The New Year

Posted on January 4, 2012 by | Comments Off on My Teaching Hours For The New Year

Just a quick reminder of my teaching hours and price list for the new year. I hope everyone had a great Christmas and is now ready for some serious golfing!

Monday: 8.00am -9.00pm
Tuesday: 4.00pm-9.00pm
Wednesday: 8.00am-9.00pm
Thursday: 2.00pm-8.00pm
Friday: Off
Saturday: 8.00am-4.00pm
Sunday: 8.00am-5.00pm

Price List:
1/2 Hour Golf Lesson On Driving Range:£23
1 Hour Golf Lesson On Driving Range:£46
Package Of 3 x 1 Hour Lessons: £120

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2012 A Great Year Of Golf Ahead

Posted on January 3, 2012 by | Comments Off on 2012 A Great Year Of Golf Ahead

Hello everyone, hope you all had a great New Year’s celebrations and are looking forward to the year ahead as much as me!

We’ve all got a lot to look forward to this year golf wise, it’s a Ryder Cup year again, can’t believe it was well over a year ago since our boys lifted the cup at Celtic Manor, let’s hope they can do it again in America this September.

We’ve got all the four majors to look forward to as well, which I think could be one of the most exciting years ever for majors as there are so many high quality players around now and it is wide open to all of them. Last year we saw four new major winners, and I think some of them names will repeat the same feat this year.

On a personal note I’m looking forward to getting back to teaching, and getting my lessons to improve even more. I saw some great results with my lessons last year and feel they can all take a massive step this year to becoming really good players and achieve their goals much quicker than they could have ever expected to.

So here’s to 2012, look forward to seeing you all practising and look forward to teaching you all!

James

 

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