Neville Leck: A life changing win?
12-05-2008 14:09
Sergio Garcia is still one of the world's best players never to have won a major, but his famous victory at The Players will help to still his detractors.
It will also make the 35th Player champion a $1.71million richer, give him a five year exemption - and, perhaps, of greater importance, finally boost his confidence in that wayward putting stroke that has, for too long, held him back from possi...
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0 Comment Harry the Hat: 20 questions for luke donald
08-05-2008 12:29
England's Luke Donald was given a list of 22 questions to answer this week as he readied himself for Sawgrass. Here is how he answered them:
1. On his current form - My results have not been as good as I'd liked but I feel like I'm really close to getting my swing in the groove I want after the changes I've made and it's getting more comfortable each week. I've been hitting a lot of good ...
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Dave Tindall: Lefty looks a good one
29-04-2008 15:58
The feeling amongst the pros is that Quail Hollow, scene of this week's Wachovia Championship in North Carolina, is worthy of hosting a major championship.
The lengthy 7,442 yard par 72 has earned rave reviews since it started out as a regular Tour stop in 2003 and it should come as no real surprise that four of the five winners were already major champions.
Phil Mickelson is not on that list bu...
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Neville Leck: Trevor now owns five green jackets
06-05-2008 16:36
When Trevor Immelman donned the winner's Green Jacket after his magnificent victory at the Masters last month, he was living a dream he was never sure would materialise.
It was the greatest victory of his career to be sure, and yet it wasn't the first time he had won a green jacket.
His Augusta jacket was actually his 5th, Immelman having previously won four Green Jackets at the Western Province...
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Dave Tindall: Shanghai surprise
23-04-2008 10:10
Logic dictates that those teeing it up in China for the second week in a row should have some sort of advantage.
And, indeed, when we look at how players performed in past runnings of this week's BMW Asian Open at the Tomson Pudong GC in Shanghai on the back of the Volvo China Open in Beijing, we see a strong correlation.
In 2006, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano finished second in Beijing before going...
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Harry the Hat: Shell houston open inside track
03-04-2008 11:23
The Shell Houston Open at Redstone Golf Club in Texas is the final tournament for PGA Tour players to hone their games before The Masters.
The tournament organisers have attempted to set the course up to emulate the conditions at Augusta as closely as possible.
Said Stuart Appleby this week: 'They try to make it like Augusta. They make an attempt. I think that helps.'
An attempt? Actually they...
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Neville Leck: Ryder cup: so many big guns missing
22-04-2008 12:09
If the US and European Ryder Cup teams were to be selected today, only three new caps in total would automatically select themselves for September's 2008 Ryder Cup at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky.
But at the same time, an alarming number of the 2006 K Club Ryder Cup heroes are out in the cold right now.
For defending champions Europe the new caps would be Northern Ireland's Graeme...
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Dave Tindall: Don't write off cink
16-04-2008 11:28
I've never bought into the the theory that you should automatically oppose players the week after they've been in serious contention in a Major.
Why should you? They've just played out of their skin and by playing the following week they don't really have time to stop and think about what might have been.
Andres Romero blew victory in the Open last year before blitzing the field in Germany seven...
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Neville Leck: So tiger is human, after all
14-04-2008 12:34
So Tiger Woods is human after all. He probably does it less often than most, but he does make mistakes like all of us - and virtually admitted as much on Sunday.
It was almost certainly a major tactical blunder to disclose to the press earlier this year that he liked his chances of claiming golf's first-ever Grand Slam in 2008 by winning all four major in a row - and ultimately it probably had mo...
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Dave Tindall: Why my money's not on tiger
08-04-2008 13:21
Tiger Woods will probably be slipping his arms inside the Masters Green Jacket for a fifth time on Sunday. But will I be backing him at 5/4? No.
Firstly, I already have a vested interest in Woods winning this week having backed him to win the Grand Slam.
However, for those not involved in such a bet, there is the very simple matter that there are better 5/4 shots to be had at Augusta this year -...
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GEL Golf has launched its new range of Groove Putters, the GEL Paul Hurrion Signature Range, into the UK and European markets