Sunday, December 18, 2005
Goosen wins at home

Ernie Els continued his fantastic return to form with a second placed finish in the South African Open.

Retief Goosen held off a late challenge from Els to win the title shooting a final round of 70.

Two late birdies in the last two holes sealed victory for Goosen. He even managed a spectacular chip in on the 17th hole to move one shot clear of his South African counterpart.


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12/18/2005 10:21:37 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 
Caption the moment

All invitations welcome......

'Awwww, that feels good'


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12/18/2005 10:16:31 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 
Ouch!

It seems in some parts of the world they are getting really arsey about slow play.

 


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  Saturday, December 17, 2005
Fisher takes lead

Ross Fisher continued to take on the mighty Fancourt links with an impressive second round of 70 to hold the outright lead at the South African Open.

He is now five shots clear of his nearest rival, Retief Goosen, with his eight-under par total.

Defending champion Tim Clark was tied for the lead with Fisher after the first day but stumbled to a 78 .

The course is proving to be so difficult that Fisher will have to put in maximum concentration if he is to hold onto his lead.

Second placed Goosen critised the course saying that the pin positions and bunkers were "ridiculous"


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  Friday, December 16, 2005
Champions League draw

It seems that Chelsea and Arsenal were on Santa's naughty list after being handed two of the toughest draws in the next round of the Champions League. Chelsea will face Barcelona, who are arguably playing the best football in Europe this season, and Arsenal will face Spanish giants Real Madrid.

The draw in full is as follows:

Barcelona v Chelsea

Real Madrid v Arsenal

Weder Bremen v Juventus

Bayern Munich v AC Milan

PSV Eindhoven v Lyon

Ajax v Inter Milan

Benfica v Liverpool

Rangers v Villarreal


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12/16/2005 3:44:18 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 
Fishing for victory

Englishman Ross Fisher leads the South African Open with defending champion Tim Clark after the first round.

In conditions which most of the field described as impossible, the duo both carded five-under par rounds of 68.

Hot winds blew across the Fancourt links hardening the grees and pushing them up to 'unputtable' on the stintmeter.

Big name casualties included Ernie Els and Retief Goosen, both of whom were unable to break par.

Henrik Nystrom is in third place after a 69 but still described conditions as "a bit like a US Open."

Winds are predicted to blow for the remaining three days so players better start holing their approach shots or there could be some embarrassing moments ahead over the weekend.


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12/16/2005 3:20:12 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 
Cambo follows Tiger Woods

Michael Campbell plans to copy Tiger Woods mental and physical approach to his game next year.

The New Zealander will cut his schedule from 34 to 26 tournaments to get himself in peak condition for next season.

Campbell said: "I'm the type of person who says yes all the time and I'm learning to say no for my own survival. I must make sure every time I go out I'll be ready."

Campbell admitted that there were times this year when he felt tired mentally and physically but that didn't stop him from having one of his most successful ever seasons.

He won the US Open and finished second in the European Order of Merit. So next year we predict that Cambo will romp the majors grand slam and the money list as well as solving the Common Agriculture Policy currently puzzling the EU and be able to finish a Rubick's cube in under 30 seconds.


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  Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Muirfield to host Seniors Open in 2007

It could be a memorable 50th birthday celebration for Nick Faldo in two years time as he will be eligible to compete in his first Senior British Open to be held at Muirfield.
His birthday coincides with the event to be held from July 26-29, 2007.
Muirfield is a happy hunting ground for Faldo who won two of his three Open titles there, the fiirst in 1987 and then that battling level par final round in 1992.
The last major event to be held at Muirfield was the British Open in 2002, when Ernie Els won his first Open after beating Thomas Levet and Stuart Appelby with a magnificent bunker shot.
David Hill, Director of Championships for The R&A, said: “The R&A are delighted that The Senior British Open Championship will be played at Muirfield for the first time in 2007 and hope that many of the past Open Champions who have won there will return again and support the Championship.”
Seve Ballesteros will also be eligible for the event as he turns 50 in April 2007.


Nick Faldo

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  Tuesday, December 13, 2005
The world has gone crazy....golfing

We read the blog at boingboing.net with eager expectation on a daily basis so it's good to see that the guys and gals there are getting involved in the great game of the niblick with a hilarious blog about crazy Yanks, or is it yanks being crazy, or yanks and crazy golf? Anyhow.....

Homeland Security: Mini-golf courses are terrorist targets.
The Department of Homeland Security's crack squad of anti-terrorist intelligence analysts have been vigilantly guarding a miniature golf course near San Jose, California, having identified it as a prime target for an attack on America. Imagine the symbolism of a miniature windmill in flames -- truly such would be a spiritual blow from which America could never recover.

Click on the link to read how and why.
www.boingboing.net
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12/13/2005 8:05:58 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 
Donald Trumps 'em

After lurking in the background all week England's Luke Donald shocked the field with a stunning 64 to race to the top of the leaderboard and capture the Target World Challenge title.
Darren Clarke finished second after a final round of 72.
Michael Campbell had led for most of the week but ended up in a tie for third place with Padraig Harrington.
Interestingly, a throwaway comment made by the New Zealander earlier in the year has led to a rules change regarding the Ryder Cup.
Campbell said as an aside that he should be granted British citizenship, which could lead to the possiblility of him being selected for the European Ryder Cup team.
This was ruled out completely recently when the rules committee changed legislation to prevent a situation like this from occurring.
Donald opened with a birdie and followed with his first of three sets of back-to-back birdies on the fourth and fifth holes.
He made a further five birdies on the back nine to claim the title.
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Another Acccolade for Annika

We've been harping on about the fantastic season Annika Sorenstam has been having and, even though Michelle Wie has dominated the headlines, it seems golf writers have recognised the Swede's outstanding achievements too.
They have awarded the Golf Writers' Trophy to Sorenstam for the second time making her the only woman to win the award twice.
Michael Campbell and Colin Montgomerie were also in the running for the award.
Sorenstam claimed 11 of 21 tournaments this year, including two major championships. She said: "I was overwhelmed to hear that the Golf Writers have honoured me again."
The 35-year-old Swede stormed the money list in America for the fifth consecutive year and earnt an eighth Player of the Year title.
She also capped off the year by leading the International team to an impressive victory oover Asia in the Lexus Cup last weekend.
Truly one of the games great players.

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  Thursday, December 08, 2005
www.makebunkerbabehistory.com

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12/8/2005 12:07:23 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 
Lexus Cup

The Lexus Cup kicks off on Friday pitting an International Women's team against the top female professionals from Asia.
British pair Catriona Matthews and Karen Stupples are part of the International team at the event in Singapore. The side is captained by Annika Sorenstam.
Stupples and Matthews will play together in the last match against Japanese players, Riko Higashio and Namika Omata.
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12/8/2005 11:08:53 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 
Booming Drive

'Blowing up' on the golf course is often a way of referring to a particularly bad score in an otherwise good round. In St Johns County it had quite a literal meaning when a World War II grenade was found in the front seat of a golf cart.
Mike Eskut, manager of a storage facility in St Augustine, found the grenade in his golf cart when locking up for the night.
The bomb still had its pin intact and has been taken away to be disposed with.
That's certainly one way of 'Staunching your ride' but I''m not sure if bombproof buggies will become all the rage.

Booming drive

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  Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Shikegi Maruyama scores for one lucky man

Shigeki Maruyama smiles like a man who wins the lottery every day and radiates such warmth that you imagine even the flowers fawn to his presence. It is normally for his golfing prowess, however, that 'Smiley' is renowned and not, as one internet user has stated, the effect he has on other people's sex life.
Our researchers at GolfPunk Towers have stumbled across this post in which one fella describes his girlfriend's obsession with the amiable Japanese pro.
It seems that she gets her best sexual kicks when fantasising about him.
She is so enamoured that on occasion she gets a friend to dress-up as Shigeki and join in on the couple's love-making sessions, offering hints and tips to help improve their performance.
Boyfriend Sayaad isn't intimidated by the 5ft7" golfer, however, on the contrary he cannot get enough. It seems that his girlfriend's bedroom performance is mirrored by Shikegi's on-course performances so he is hanging all his hopes and prayers on a fantastic 2006 for him.
That would bring a smile to his face.
Below are some of our favourite snippets but click on the link if you want to read the whole story.

"He is only about 170 centimeters tall and weighs about 13 stone. I tell this to my girlfriend when she sees him play and she responds that he may not be as large as me, but he knows how to wield his club and has an impressive swing."

"When we are finished, she will ask Jung to score how we did. He will then tell us whether it was a double eagle, eagle, birdie, par, bogey or double bogey. Sometimes, when it has gone exceptionally well, Jung will call out "hole in one!" and he will have a big smile on his face. "
http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/discussion/maruyama-shigeki/433513/


Shikegi Maruyama


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  Tuesday, December 06, 2005
US Q-School qualifiers

Hooked on golf have already posted the full list of qualifiers from the US PGA Tour Q-School. European Tour veteran Alex Cejka, received his card and if you go to Hooked on golf link you can see ther full list of hopefuls for next year.

The “most grueling event in golf” is over and we have 32 graduates who get their PGA Tour card for 2006. Here they are, what they shot, and their winnings for the event: Medalist John Holmes 69-69-68-67-66-69–408 (24-under) $50,000 2 Alex Cejka 73-66-68-70-66-68—411 (21-under) $40,000 T3 Nick Thompson 74-67-69-64-69-70—413 (19-under) $32,500 T3 D.A. Points 69-69-68-66-67-74—413 (19-under) $32,500 T5 Tom Byrum 67-73-68-65-72-70—415 (17-under) $26,250 T5 Nick Watney 72-71-66-68-69-69—415 (17-under) $26,250 T7 Daisuke Maruyama 70-71-74-68-65-68—416 (16-under) $25,000 T7 Michael Allen 64-68-71-69-70-74—416 (16-under) $25,000 T9 Hunter Mahan 70-74-72-66-67-68—417 (15-under) $25,000 T9 Will MacKenzie 71-73-68-69-67-69—417 (15-under) $25,000 T9 Robert Garrigus 68-71-70-67-71-70—417 (
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12/6/2005 5:53:36 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 
World Cup Seeding drawn

Seeding for the 2006 Football World Cup in Germany were made today. The following sides were placed in the top group:
England
Germany
Brazil
Argentina
France
Italy
Spain
Mexico

These teams will not meet each other in the group stages when the draw is made on Friday.
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12/6/2005 1:21:21 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 
Ladies 2006 European Schedule announced

The Ladies European Tour has announced an increased schedule and prize fund for 2006.
The Tour will now incorporate 19 events across three continents, which includes one new event, the €500,000 Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open, and eight new venues.
The Tour's Executive Director Alexandra Armas said: “We are tremendously excited about all of the events planned for 2006 and we look forward to revealing more details as prospective partners join the Tour over the coming months.”
The women's game has seen increased interest this year with the progress of new starlets Michelle Wie and Paula Creamer as well as the R&A announcement that women would be able to qualify for the men's British Open this year.
The next season begins with the Women’s World Cup of Golf at the Gary Player Country Club, Sun City Resort, South Africa, from January 20th-22nd.
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