Tim Maitland Profiles Cristie Kerr
Cristie Kerr--Misunderstood?Tim MaitlandAt a time when the psyche of America's best male golfer has been analysed and dissected more than any other human on the planet, there's an irony that the achievements of the top US women's golfer, Cristie Kerr, ...
Tim Maitland Profiles Ya Ni Tseng
Ya Ni Tseng: The Birdie Machine Switches into Lower GearTim MaitlandAsian sensation Yani Tseng has set herself an unusual target for the 2010 LPGA season. The 2008 Rookie of the Year and Major winner and fastest player ever to reach US$2 million in pri...
Tim Maitland on Ji-Yai Shin’s Prospects for 2010
It's neat to see Tim Maitland coming out with another feature on Ji-Yai Shin around the same time that Happy Fan awarded her the Seoulie for Heartbreaker of the Year over at the Seoul Sisters blog.Ji-Yai Shin: You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet!Tim Maitland21-...
“In less than a third of the average human’s lifespan, China has gone from golf-free to WGC”
Chinese Golf: A Long Way since 1984Tim MaitlandIt depends how old you were and where you were living as to what exactly rocked your world in 1984. 25 years ago Michael Jackson was at the height of his powers, winning a record eight Grammy awards includ...
“There’s never been anything on this scale in Asia before”: Tim Maitland on WGC-HSBC Champions
This week may well be the biggest ever for professional golf in Asia. Not only are we expecting one of the most diverse fields ever in the 2nd stage of JLPGA Q-School just days before the joint LPGA-JLPGA Mizuno Classic--which will play a key role in ...
Don’t Look Now, But China’s Girl Golfers Are Getting Good
As IceCat from Seoul Sisters.com noted in comments earlier this morning, it was an all-Korea sweep in the world of women's professional golf this weekend: Na Yeon Choi on the LPGA/KLPGA, Mi-Jeong Jeon on the JLPGA, and Bo-Mi Suh on the LET in China. ...
All Maitland All the Time
Why do I like Tim Maitland's golf writing? It's not just that he knows his golf, or knows top players and caddies well enough to get great quotes and stories. It's not even that he pays equal attention to the women's game, which was booming in Asia l...
Speaking of Golf in Asia…
Tim Maitland is one of the best golf writers out there. He was probably the only one of the pros writing on golf to call Ai Miyazato's breakthrough early this season (check out his profile of and interview with her from the HSBC Women's Champions even...
