Dubai World Championship cuts prize money
The prize money on offer for the Dubai World Championship has been cut by a quarter because of the world financial crisis, there is a similar cut in the Race to Dubai bonus pool prize money.
The Race to Dubai bonus pool on offer to the season’s top fifteen money winners will be cut from £6.1million...
Tiger Woods wins BMW Championship in emphatic style
It all looked so easy for the world number one Tiger Woods as he continued from where he left off in round three of the BMW Championship in Illinois, to claim an emphatic eight shot win and also the number one spot in the FedEx Cup playoffs heading into the Tour Championship.
Woods had carried a...
Tiger Woods breaks course record to lead the BMW Championship
Tiger Woods hit a stunning round to break the course record at Cog Hill in Illinois and build himself what is surely an unassailable lead of seven points over his nearest rival, going into the final round of the BMW Championship.
Woods started the round with a bogey and was three off the lead when he...
Tiger Woods and Mark Wilson share BMW Championship lead after round two
Tiger Woods shares the lead with fellow American Mark Wilson at the end of the second round of the BMW Championship in Illinois, Wilson had topped the leader board early on with a stunning second round 66, but Woods got over a poor start to end the day sharing the lead.
Woods had started the day...
Marino and Sabbatini share lead in The BMW Championship in Illinois
South African Rory Sabbatini and American Steve Marino share the first round lead on five under par in the third of the FedEx Cup playoffs, The BMW Championship in Illinois.
Sabbatini who missed the cut in the first two events of the FedEx Cup playoffs, bogeyed the first and fifth but seven birdies was enough to...
Boston win moves Steve Stricker to number two in World Golf rankings
Steve Stricker’s victory in Boston’s Deutsche Bank Championship has lifted him above Tiger Woods in the FedEx Cup standings, with 5,605 points to Woods 4,696.
Stricker has also moved up in the world rankings where he now finds himself as number two to Tiger Woods runaway number one position. The pair currently look certain to make...
Seve Ballesteros doubtful for Vivendi Trophy in Paris
There is growing speculation as to whether Spanish golfer Seve Ballesteros will make it to this month’s Vivendi Trophy in Paris, as the former World number one is still undergoing radiotherapy treatment following a brain tumour diagnosed in October last year.
A Britain and Ireland team captained by Paul McGinley are due to defend what used...
Donnington Grove increase web traffic with Visual Golf
Visual Golf, the leading video production and distribution company for the golf industry, has assisted Donnington Grove Country Club in increasing traffic to its website by 10 per cent since it went live with Visual Golf’s promotional golf video.
“Our unique visitors increased by 10 per cent after just one month of the promotional golf video...
Seve Ballesteros eyes 2010 British Open comeback
Great to hear the great Spanish golfer Seve Ballesteros talking about coming back to the sport after a brain tumour threatened his life back in October 2008.
Spanish press had reported back in October that Ballesteros was ‘gravely ill’ in a Madrid hospital where he was diagnosed with the malignant tumour. Surgery followed but failed to...
Top women’s golfer Cristie Kerr unveils plans for women’s health center
One of the top professional woman’s golfers, Cristie Kerr last week joined Liberty Health in announcing the founding of The Cristie Kerr Women’s Health Center on the Jersey City medical centre campus. The center will offer breast cancer screening programs including free mammograms and education to women with or without insurance.
To be equipped with both...
Stewart Cink beats Tom Watson to win British Open Championship at Turnberry
Having spent the weekend around the top of the leaderboard in each of the four rounds at the 138th British Open at Turnberry, the fairy tale ending for Tom Watson was ultimately just beyond the Americans grasp, losing by six shots to fellow American Stewart Cink in a play off, after the pair had finished...
Tom Watson shines in British Open
Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez topped the leaderboard at the end of the first day at the British Open Championship at Turnberry, with a six under par 64, equalling the lowest first day score in championship history.
But the day for many, belonged to the veteran five time Open winner Tom Watson, who led the board for...
