European Tour Set To Start 2012 Season With Unprecedented Five Events In South Africa.
The 2012 European Race to Dubai Tour will take the unprecedented step of commencing the new season with five events in succession in South Africa.
As well, next year’s season will kick start sooner than it ever has in the past with the co-sanctioned Alfred Dunhill Championship to be played from November 17th to 20th at the Leopard Creek Club at Malelane.
In that same week there will be a second Race to Dubai event with the inaugural co-sanctioned Iskandar Johor Open in Johor and triple ...
GB & I Hero Scott Jamieson Now Targets Ryder Cup.
Vivendi Seve Trophy hero Scott Jamieson returns to normal competition next week at St. Andrews looking at taking a first step in qualifying for next year’s Ryder Cup.
The quietly-spoken Scot has yet to pick up any Ryder Cup points since qualifying started earlier this month in Switzerland but Jamieson’s on a high being one of Paul McGinley’s top point-scorers managing three points from his four matches including a vital Single’s point over Pablo Larrazabal that helped turned the ...
Olazabal Slams Vivendi Seve Trophy ‘No Shows’ & Promising A Change In Date To Avoid Any Excuses.
Ryder Cup captain, Jose Maria Olazabal has slammed the likes of Rory McIlroy, Martin Kaymer and Graeme McDowell for not making the effort to compete in last week’s Vivendi Seve Trophy.
Olazabal was in France all last week overseeing the biennial competition won by Paul McGinley’s GB & I side by three points from a Continental Europe team led by Jean Van de Velde.
But despite mailing letters to as many as three dozen prospective players on both sides some of Europe’s leading players elected ...
McGinley & Olazabal To Analyse Concern Over Sunday Singles Loss Despite GB & I Retaining Vivendi Seve Trophy.
Victoious GB & I captain Paul McGinley and Ryder Cup captain, Jose Maria Olazabal will sit down in coming weeks in the wash-up of McGinley’s team retaining the Vivendi Seve Trophy at Saint Nom-la-Breteche.
McGinley has been asked to submit a report to Olazabal following his team winning by three points and retain the prized trophy with a 15 1/2 to 12 1/2 point result over a spirited final day Jean Van de Velde’s Continental Europe team.
It was a subdued GB & I team celebration ...
Tiger Woods – You’re Not To Blame As Aussie Newspaper Takes Presidents Cup To Task For Depriving Kids Play Time.
“Tiger, you can’t be blamed on this occasion.”
An Australian tabloid newspaper, showing a picture of Woods with good friend, Michael Jordan, wins the ‘Overboard Award’ of the week in reporting children at a Melbourne primary school will be denied access to recreation time in the school playground during the up-coming Presidents Cup.
The Melbourne paper displays a picture of Woods on its website but the American nor any of the 24 players set to take the famed Royal ...
Paul McGinley At Vivendi Seve Trophy Victory Door Thanks To Four Winning Ryder Cup Captains.
Paul McGinley declared his years of experience competing and being a vice-captain under four victorious European Ryder Cup captain’s is testimony his GB & I side is now just three points away from victory in the Vivendi Seve Trophy in France.
McGinley’s 10-man side head to the deciding Sunday Singles showdown leading by five points at 11 ½ compared to the Continental Europe’s 6 ½ points.
The GB & I team went into the Saturday morning ‘Greensomes’ ahead by 5 ½ to 4 ½ and ...
Padraig Harrington Not Travelling To Austria For A First Time To Admire The Scenery.
Triple Major winning Padraig Harrington is not making his pro debut in Austria just for the stunning scenery.
The Irishman joins fellow Open Champion, John Daly teeing up in next week’s Austrian Open being staged on the Diamond Country Club course at Atzenbrugg.
It’s a first time for both Harrington and Daly competing in the country made famous for ‘The Sound of Music’.
However Harrington’s travelling to Austria more out of necessity.
Despite winning last year on the Asian Tour, ...
