When I was a young boy I didn’t dream about being Sam Snead or Arnold Palmer, I dreamed about being Brooks Robinson the third baseman of the Baltimore Orioles. I couldn’t wait for the game of the week on Saturday, which seemed like it was always the New York Yankees and now and then the Baltimore O’s. That’s right, unlike the 500 cable channels we have today, there was only one game a week on one of three television channels, but that’s another story. My idol, Brooks Robinson, had a magic glo... Read Full Story

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Thongchai Jaidee was thoroughly impressed with Tiger Woods at the WGC-HSBC Champions on Thursday. Not only was the American world number one, who is half-Thai, the perfect golfing gentleman on the course, he also attempted to speak to Thongchai, the current Asian Tour number one, in Thai language. JAIDEE & WOODS Picture © Getty Images “On some holes we started talking about our families and about how we were playing this season. He’s a really nice guy and it was easy to talk to him. ... Read Full Story

Shanghai, November 5: American Nick Watney upstaged the stars at the WGC-HSBC Champions with a course-record equalling eight-under-par 64 on Thursday but world number one Tiger Woods was lurking three shots back. NICK WATNEY Picture © Getty Images Watney, a two-time winner on the US PGA Tour, was in superb form at Sheshan International Golf Club where he reeled in one eagle and seven birdies but a late bogey on his last hole spoilt his card. German’s Martin Kaymer, back recently from inj... Read Full Story

Michelle Wie, one of the brightest stars in the world of women’s golf, will headline a stellar field when the American golf sensation tees it up for the first time in the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters. MICHELLE WIE Picture © Getty Images The Ladies European Tour’s end of season event will be played at the Emirates Golf Club for the fourth consecutive year from December 7 to 12, 2009. After a tremendously successful rookie season on the LPGA Tour, which also saw her play a key role in t... Read Full Story

Greg Norman’s slower-than-expected recovery from shoulder surgery will force him to miss next month’s Australian Open. Tournament officials said that Norman was advised by his doctors not to play competitive golf again this year following arthroscopic surgery in September. GREG NORMAN Picture © Getty Images The Australian Open will be at the New South Wales Golf Club in Sydney from Dec. 3-6. Golf Australia said Norman will also sit out his signature event in Florida, the Shark Shootout, in th... Read Full Story

‘If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again’, goes the saying and that certainly applied to Clive Bailey who has been voted the Fuller’s London Pride EGU Steward of the Year for 2009. CLIVE BAILEY CENTRE RECEIVING IS AWARD.  Picture Tom Ward The 55 year old from Devon came out on top when the four regional winners met for the final decision over a celebratory lunch at the Fuller’s-owned The Counting House in the City of London.  It was the second successive year that Clive had w... Read Full Story

Britain’s world number four Paul Casey will make his first appearance since July at the World Match Play Championship in Spain on Thursday. PAUL CASEY Picture © Getty Images Casey returns after a rib injury which has ruled him out since the British Open and caused him to slip from first to fourth in the Race to Dubai money list. “This is the longest I’ve been out of action and I am really eager to get back out on the course,” Casey, the 2006 World Match Play champion, told the European Tour w... Read Full Story

The Race to Dubai heats up in Southeast Asia this week when the newly co-sanctioned Singapore Open tees off on Thursday at the city-state’s demanding Sentosa Golf Club. DARREN CLARKE & PADRAIG HARRINGTON Picture © Getty Images Still regarded as the flagship event on the Asian Tour, the $5 million tournament joined up with the European Tour this year and will boast its strongest ever field as the pursuit for a big payday in the Middle East next month nears its conclusion. Marquee players s... Read Full Story

Phil Mickelson has produced a strong finish to a turbulent year off the course and the world number two credits an improved performance on the greens for helping him end his season on a high note. PHIL MICKELSON Picture © Getty Images Mickelson stormed to a pair of early victories on the PGA Tour and fifth place at the U.S. Masters before his wife Amy was diagnosed with breast cancer and the popular Californian opted to put his season on hold to spend more time with his family. A brief return... Read Full Story