Archive | February, 2010

Titleist offers “two new ways to go low”

Titleist offers “two new ways to go low”

TITLEIST has released the latest offerings in its mid price NXT range saying the new NXT Tour and NXT golf balls further advance the company’s technology leadership. Titleist says the new multi-layer NXT Tour and new solid technology NXT deliver higher performance and longer distance, further establishing each model as benchmarks in their respective categories. [...]

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They said Gary Player would never last

They said Gary Player would never last

THE irrepressible Gary Player talks about longevity in golf and also weighs into the debate about the length of some modern golf courses in the latest edition of a new Australian based magazine that focuses on the golf industry. And when a 74 year old with 164 professional wins starts talking about durability in golf [...]

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Harwood shoots a course record to steal the Kiwi’s newest event

Harwood shoots a course record to steal the Kiwi’s newest event

A COURSE RECORD 66 during the second round of the inaugural Handa New Zealand Senior Masters has helped Victorian Mike Harwood continue his winning ways on the over 50’s professional golf circuits. The reigning European Seniors Tour Rookie of the Year followed up his win in Tasmania earlier in the month with an emphatic 10 [...]

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Tiger Woods: not appearing on a golf course anytime soon

Tiger Woods: not appearing on a golf course anytime soon

WE’VE stated before that our interest in Tiger Woods is as a golfer; we’ll leave all the personal morality judgements and critiques of the authenticity or otherwise of his highly publicised public apology to others. What we are interested  in is when he plans to return to competitive golf. Our two recent stories on that [...]

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Ogilvy, Allenby and Scott out of WGC Matchplay

Ogilvy, Allenby and Scott out of WGC Matchplay

THE AUSTRALIAN contingent had a poor second day at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship with Geoff Ogilvy, Robert Allenby and Adam Scott all heading home. With No. 1 seed Steve Stricker outed during the first round, defending champion Ogilvy seemed to be in the box seat but he couldn’t beat a very determined Camilo Villegas [...]

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Tiger Woods to break silence

Tiger Woods to break silence

TIGER WOODS’ golfing future should become a lot clearer Saturday morning (Australian time) with the announcement of a public appearance before “a small group of friends, colleagues and close associates”. A statement posted on his website says Tiger plans “to discuss his past and his future, and he plans to apologize for his behavior.” “While [...]

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Ogilvy a favourite for World Matchplay Championship

Ogilvy a favourite for World Matchplay Championship

BOOKIES have installed Arizona local Geoff Ogilvy as one of the favourites to win the $US9 million Accenture World Matchplay Championship at Dove Mountain this week. Ogilvy is the defending champion and has reached the final in three of the four years he has played and won it twice. He has a 17 – 2 [...]

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Kiwis trounce Aussies in 2010 Senior Trans Tasman

Kiwis trounce Aussies in 2010 Senior Trans Tasman

NEW ZEALAND has continued its recent domination over Australia in senior amateur golf with a convincing win in the 2010 Trans Tasman Senior championship. The Kiwis won the Presidents Cup style event by 18 points to 6, dominated both days of the tournament, played February 15-16 at the Clearwater Resort in Christchurch, New Zealand. After [...]

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Couples wins, Senior 11th

Couples wins, Senior 11th

FRED COUPLES has won at his first appearance in a full field US Champions Tour event while fellow tour rookie, Australian Peter Senior, finished a very creditable 11th. Senior pocketed US$32,000 to help get his over-50 American professional golf tour season off to a great start at the ACE Group Classic in Florida. Couples showed [...]

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Ben Hogan Golf Swing – Still Timeless

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What’s On This Week

Ladies European Tour/ALPG Tour
Feb 2-5 Gold Coast RACV Australian Ladies Masters, RACV Royal Pines Resort, QLD, $500,000. Last year's winner: Yani Tseng
US PGA Tour
Feb 2-5 Waste Management Phoenix Open, TPC Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona, $6,100,000. Last year's winner: Mark Wilson
European PGA Tour
Feb 2-5 Commercialbank Qatar Masters presented by Dolphin Energy, Doha GC, Doha, Qatar, $2,500,000. Last year's winner: Thomas Bjorn
PGA of Australia Legends Series
Feb 6 PGA Centenary Queensland Member Day, Royal Queensland Golf Club, QLD, Optional Sweepstakes
PGA of AUSTRALIA PRO-AMS
Feb 1 Country Club Tasmania & SIW/IGA Pro Am, Country Club Tasmania, TAS, $7,000
Feb 1 Fleetweld Devilbend Pro-Am, Devilbend Golf Club, VIC, $10,000
Feb 2 Launceston Mitsubishi Exeter Golf Club Pro-Am, Exeter Golf Club, TAS, $5,000
Feb 3 9/11 Bottleshop Ulverstone Pro-Am, Ulverstone Golf Club, TAS, $5,000
Feb 3 2012 Victorian Club Professional Championship, Forest Resort Creswick, VIC, Sweepstakes
Feb 4 Stanley Seaview Inn Pro-Am, Stanley Golf Club, TAS, $6,500
Feb 5 James Boag Port Sorell Pro-Am, Port Sorell Golf Club, TAS, $5,000
Feb 6 Flinders Pro-Am sponsored by Bendigo Bank, Flinders Golf Club, VIC, $12,500
Feb 6 PGA Centenary Queensland Member Day, Royal Queensland Golf Club, QLD, Optional Sweepstakes
Feb 7 RACV Cape Schanck Resort Pro-Am, RACV Cape Schanck Resort, VIC, $10,000

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