Golf

For some golf fans, Feb. 19 effectively marked the start of the season. It wasn't because Phil Mickelson finally got his game on track with a 63 at Riviera, rather it was the day Tiger Woods posted a statement on his Web site that filled golf with optimism it had been missing for eight months. "I'm now ready to play again," Woods said, announcing his return from knee surgery. What followed were plenty of memories in 2009. The fairy tale that turned into a heartbreaker at Turnberry when 59... Read Full Story

Colin Montgomerie felt that although Tiger Woods still had the potential to win majors his mystique was gone.    Yes - we concur - Tiger’s mystique has certainly and permanently expired.   I never thought that Tiger had any charisma at all.   He never was "one of the guys,"  never failing to exude an air of aloof superiority.   In short, Tiger Woods had only his golf with which to distinguish himself - inside this amazing athlete lived a superficial, vain, and immature little boy seeking... Read Full Story

Spaniard Pablo Martin stayed on track for back-to-back European Tour victories despite scrambling to a level-par 72 in the third round of the South African Open Saturday. Winner of the Alfred Dunhill Championship last weekend, Martin leads Italian Edoardo Molinari by one stroke entering the final round at the Jack Nicklaus-designed 6,800-metre Pearl Valley Golf Estate course near Cape Town. Martin stands on 205 while Molinari fired a second consecutive 69 in the second of four tournaments... Read Full Story

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Spanish tourist-cum-golfer Pablo Martin continued to have fun in the sun Friday by snatching a two-stroke halfway lead in the South African Open. Martin, who arrived with his sister a few weeks ago to view animals at the world famous Kruger National Park and play some golf, fired a 68 for a 133 two-round total as he seeks back-to-back titles. Last weekend at the Alfred Dunhill Championship, he also made his move in the second round to take a lead he held for the rest of the first European... Read Full Story

Swede Martin Erlandsson snatched an eagle and six birdies to fire an eight-under 64 and take a one-stroke lead Thursday after the first round of the South African Open near Cape Town. Seeking his first European tour triumph, the 35-year native of Malmo leads Spaniard Pablo Martin and South African Dawie van der Walt at the 6,800-metre Pearl Valley Golf Estate east of Cape Town. The highlight for Erlandsson as he seeks to end a nine-year dominance of the second oldest national golf... Read Full Story

Golf's possible loss of sponsors and fans in the wake of the Tiger Woods sex scandal and indefinite hiatus was played for laughs with a biting edge by the US television comedy show Saturday Night Live. One night earlier, Woods announced he was taking a leave from the PGA Tour to work on his marriage in the wake of his admitted cheating on wife Elin and multiple women claiming to have had sexual relationships with him. The popular NBC humor show, which spoofed Woods and his wife last week... Read Full Story

LONDON (Reuters) – Tiger Woods will find it almost impossible to fully focus on his golf when he returns after the recent revelations over his private life, according to European Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie. The eight-times European number one went through a much-publicized divorce in 2006 and knows how pressures off the course can affect performance on it. Woods has taken an indefinite break from golf following a media storm that culminated in the world number one publicly... Read Full Story

19th Hole – a term that jokingly refers to the clubhouse. Albatross – three strokes under par. Ball Hawking – looking for balls in out of bounds areas of the course. Ball Mark – the “dent’ that the ball makes, when hit onto the green. Birdie – one stroke under par. Bogey – one stroke over par. Bunker – an area on a hole filled with sand, also known as a sand-trap. Chunk – taking a large piece of grass out of the ground when hitting the ball. The ball will usually not travel far... Read Full Story

Steve Stricker and Jerry Kelly won Greg Norman's Shark Shootout on Sunday, closing with a 13-under 59 in the final-round scramble for a one-stroke victory over three teams. Stricker made an eagle on the par-5 17th — hitting the second shot and the putt — to give the longtime Madison, Wis., friends the lead. Kenny Perry and J.B. Holmes, three strokes ahead of Kelly and Stricker with five holes to play, both missed birdie putts on No. 18 that would have forced a playoff. "It's another feather... Read Full Story