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Westwood Eyes Up A bit Of French

Posted on July 4, 2012 by | Comments Off on Westwood Eyes Up A bit Of French

It’s the Alstom Open de France this week  at Le Golf National in Paris and Lee Westwood hopes to add his name to the list of greats that have won this event.

The World Number Three from Worksop  played the event for the first time back in 1994, but despite some impressive performances over the years he is yet to be victorious at this challenging golf course.

Westwood’s last tournament on  European soil  saw him win easily by five shot at the Nordea Masters, and hopes were high when he went into the final day at the US Open in contention until losing his ball in a tree at the sixth.

“I played well at the US Open,” he added. “I got a bit unlucky the last day, but other than that I played solidly.

“So I’m looking forward to this week and then The Open Championship in a couple of week’s time.

Surely it’s his time to win a major, could the Open be the one??

Starting with a win here could set him up perfectly!

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Tiger Woods Is At Again ( Winning that is… )

Posted on July 2, 2012 by | Comments Off on Tiger Woods Is At Again ( Winning that is… )

Tiger Woods sailed pass Jack Nicklaus on the all-time PGA Tour victory list by winning last night at the AT&T National in Maryland at the age of 36.

He secured his 74th US Tour win by a couple of shots from Bo Van Pelt after a steady final round of 69 leaving him eight under par. He moved his way through the field over the weekend and the final day had a sense of inevitability about it when him and Bo Van Pelt were tied with a few holes to go.

It means Tiger has won more PGA events than any golfer bar Sam Snead, who recorded 82 victories on the Tour.

“To do it at 36, I feel like I have a lot of years ahead of me,” Woods said after his third win of the year.

People said he would never win again six months ago and now he’s won 3 times this year.

Overnight leader Brendon de Jonge had a round of six over par to finish in a share of 11th on one under.

With the Open just around the corner Tiger is priming himself perfectly for the links course in Lytham. Can he do it this time?

 

 

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Bourdy Takes Lead After Fast Start

Posted on June 29, 2012 by | Comments Off on Bourdy Takes Lead After Fast Start

Grégory Bourdy gave the chasing pack hope when he failed to capitalise on a fantastic start to his Irish Open second round at Royal Portrush.

Bourdy with Indian Jeev Milkha Singh were joint overnight leaders, he eagled the long second and after ten holes had reached 13 under par – three clear of second place.

But after bogeying the par threes 11th and 14th, the 30 year old’s advantage was back down to one again.

Lorenzo Gagli was in second place on ten under after a 66 while Welshman Jamie Donaldson just one further back following a 67 that contained five successive birdies.

Home favourites Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke both shot 69 to get to five under and four under respectively but still have a lot of work to do if they are to challenge at the weekend.

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A Great Week Of Golf Ahead

Posted on June 27, 2012 by | Comments Off on A Great Week Of Golf Ahead

This week’s AT&T National tournament on the PGA Tour visits Congressional Golf Club in Maryland. The golf club where Rory McIlroy won the US Open by eight shots last year.

The Ulsterman won’t be teeing it up this week though as he is back on home soil for the Irish Open in Portrush.

Congrssional is Situated in Bethesda, just north of Washington DC, and the Blue Course is one of the best known venues on the PGA Tour.

Opened 88 years ago back in 1924, and re-designed 65 years later by Rees Jones, the course has staged the US Open three times  as well as one PGA Championship.

What a great week of golf ahead, I’m going for McIlroy in the Irish Open and Tiger at Congressional, what do you think?

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McIlroy To Be Aggressive In San Francisco

Posted on June 13, 2012 by | Comments Off on McIlroy To Be Aggressive In San Francisco

Defending US Open champion Rory McIlroy intends to be aggressive around the Olympic Club in San Francisco tomorrow.

The Northern Irishman, who took the title last year by an amazing eight shots, is bidding to become the first player since Curtis Strange back in 1989 to retain the championship.

McIlroy’s form  has not been  great by any means going into the tournament and had missed three straight cuts but the 23-year-old was joint leader with one hole to play at the FedEx St Jude Classic last week but double bogeyed the 18th, eventually finishing in seventh place.

He has been practising with Lee Westwood and  former US Open champion Graeme McDowell at the Olympic Club, and said: “I reckon I’m going to use my driver eight or nine times.

“The rough is not as bad as maybe in previous years where you can get away with some tee shots, so really you just need to know your way around the golf course and know where you can miss it.”

Coverage starts tomorrow afternoon on Sky Sports

 

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Richard Bland Leads In Sweden

Posted on June 6, 2012 by | Comments Off on Richard Bland Leads In Sweden

Richard Bland shot an impressive round of 5 under par 67 to take a one shot clubhouse on the first morning of the Nordea Masters.

The Englishman, who retained his European Tour playing rights for this season after qualifying at Tour School, recovered well from a bogey at his first hole, the tenth, and a double bogey seven at the 13th with eight birdies at Bro Hof Slott.

Four birdies in a row from the 16th and further gains at the third and sixth helped Bland establish a one stroke lead over Michael Jonzon and Carlos Del Moral.

Jonzon, 40, whose two European Tour victory’s came 12 years apart, has not had a top-40 season all season.

But the Swede who’s playing on home soil rattled off three birdies in four holes from the 12th, and after bogeying the 18th carded further birdies at the second and fourth.

An interesting day in store for tomorrow, make sure you’re tuned in!

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Donald and McIlroy Partnered Up In Memorial Tournament

Posted on May 31, 2012 by | Comments Off on Donald and McIlroy Partnered Up In Memorial Tournament

Luke Donald has been partnered with Rory McIlroy for the forthcoming Memorial Tournament in Ohio.

McIlroy lost his World number one ranking to Donald on Sunday after missing the cut at the BMW PGA Championship.

They both feature as part of a top-quality line-up, which includes seven of the current world top 10.

They could swap places again if US Open champion McIlroy wins and Donald finishes outside the top 13.

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Noren Hopes To Defend Title In Wales

Posted on May 30, 2012 by | Comments Off on Noren Hopes To Defend Title In Wales

Alex Noren is hoping to re-create the form that he showed last year as he looks to defend his ISPS Handa Wales Open title tomorrow.

The 29 year old Swede romped to a fantastic victory at The Celtic Manor Resort 12 months ago after also coming through US Open Qualifying on the Monday.

Noren is three-time winner on the European Tour,  he took 14th spot in The Race to Dubai last season, and finished joint top of this year’s US Open qualifier at Walton Heath  to book his place in San Francisco.

“It was pretty much exactly the same how it happened last year,” said Noren. “I was so pleased to get into the US Open, so I took this week as I was on a high, and then winning here was fantastic and it just went on from there.

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My Day Out At The BMW PGA Championship Practice Day

Posted on May 22, 2012 by | Comments Off on My Day Out At The BMW PGA Championship Practice Day

I went to watch the practice day of the BMW PGA Championship today at Wentworth, Virginia Water and what a lovely day to choose to go.

The sun was out for the first time in about 6 weeks and some of the top players in the world were in touching distance as it’s normally pretty quiet on practice days.

Watching these guys on the range and chipping green is a real treat and makes you appreciate how good these players really are.

If you are new to the game then going to watch tournament golf on a practice day is a great experience as you are generally allowed to walk a lot nearer  to the action than you would normally be allowed to, and you can learn a lot by listening to what the player’s and caddies are talking about and what they are thinking.

They’ve got course looking great this year and the new greens are looking much better this time around after a few complaints over the last couple of years. They’ve also dropped the 18th green by about 18 inches to make the long approach a little easier.

Tomorrow is the pro-am, so why don’t you get yourself down there and enjoy watching the golf without the big crowd!

Here are some of the pictures that I took today!

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Ice Cool Dufner On Winning Streak

Posted on May 21, 2012 by | Comments Off on Ice Cool Dufner On Winning Streak

Jason Dufner holed  a superb 25-foot birdie putt on the 18th green to claim a dramatic one-stroke victory at the Byron Nelson Championship yesterday.

It rounded off a memorable few weeks for Dufner who won his first PGA Tour title in New Orleans at the end of April before getting married to wife Amanda.

The American is only the second man to win multiple titles on the American circuit this season, and is set to make his Ryder Cup debut in September when America host the Ryder Cup.

Dufner who led by a shot overnight started poorly in his final round and surrendered his lead after dropping shots at the second and third.

He bounced back with birdies on the fourth, fifth and seventh to take his score to nine-under through seven holes, but that was  still only sharing the lead with playing partner JJ Henry who made an ace at the fifth.

As the tournament was reaching a close a host of players were  fighting it out for position at the top of the leaderboard with Dickie Pride making an unlikely par on the 18th be tied with Dufner.

Dufner hit his best drive of the day on the last leaving him 109 yards to the hole. He didn’t hit the best approach and left himself a downhill right to left putt which he brilliantly holed and left veteran Dickie Pride alone in second.

 

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