2009 December | Golf Green - Part 2

Archive for December, 2009

Perhaps it’s time to take a more kidlike approach to golf, literally (Sports Illustrated)

My first decade of Golf was blighted by a reverse-overlap grip -- a righthander, my father proved incapable of getting his lefthanded son's fingers properly on the club. So I've been extra careful with my two-year-old, Ike, who in the past few months has become obsessed with the game. (It's genetic.) I offer him no advice. In fact, given his shocking consistency at piping the ball, I've decided ...
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Golf great Nicklaus says Woods’ woes ‘private’ (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Golf great Jack Nicklaus said Thursday that the uproar over Tiger Woods' car crash last month and published allegations of marital infidelity was "none of my business."
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Golf, sponsors ponder Woods’ absence from sport (The Malaysian Insider)

CHICAGO, Dec 10 — Even the prospect of a Golf landscape temporarily minus Tiger Woods is not one PGA Tour officials, advertisers and sponsors care to ponder as speculation swirls around the popular athlete's private life, which has kept him secluded in his Florida home. Yet as corporate sponsors like Gatorade and Gillette consider ways to deal with recent negative coverage of the world's No. 1 ...
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Golf-Asian Tour to offer $40 million in prize money in 2010 (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)

The Asian Tour's 2010 schedule will offer some $40 million in prize money and feature at least five new events, as well as a new secondary circuit for emerging talent, the Golf tour announced on Tuesday.
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Bill Dwyre: Golf tries to get off the rough (Los Angeles Times)

Loss of tournament sponsors combined with the Tiger Woods drama are hitting the sport hard. Think of the current state of men's professional Golf as a series of angry weather fronts, all moving fast on a collision course. When this happens off Cape Cod, fishermen die.
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To sir with love: England honors golf’s prince (USA Today)

Golf announcer Nick Faldo is being careful about what he says after being knighted by England's Queen Elizabeth II.
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Golf notes: Hall induction gets Penley emotional (The State)

For all Larry Penley has accomplished in 27 years as Clemson's Golf coach, including an NCAA championship, rarely has an honor moved him to tears.
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Goosen maintains his lead at Sun City golf (UPI)

SUN CITY, South Africa, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- South Africa's Retief Goosen shot 5-under-par 67 Saturday and built a two-stroke lead through 54 holes at the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City.
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Golf-Home favourite Goosen leads in Sun City by two strokes (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)

SUN CITY, South Africa, Dec 5 (Reuters) South African Retief Goosen led Australian Robert Allenby and U.S. Masters champion Angel Cabrera by two strokes after the third round of the Sun City Golf Challenge at the Gary Player Country Club on Saturday.
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Golf: Scott shoots clear (sportal.com.au)

Adam Scott has continued his impressive Saturday to lead Stuart Appleby by three shots late on day three of the 2009 Australian Open at NSW Golf Club.
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