Monthly Archives: January 2012

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The RocketBallz driver now adds the full Flight Control Technology that was previously only available on the much heralded R11 driver.

Prodigiously talented teenager Lydia Ko claimed the NSW Open in Sydney last week (January 29) and at the tender age of 14 became the youngest ever male or female golfer to win a professional tournament.
The extraordinary feat places Ko firmly in [...]

An extraordinary end to the Farmers Insurance Open has ended in tears for runaway leader Kyle Stanley, who spectacularly crumbled on the final hole of the tournament to present a playoff opportunity to Brandt Snedeker that nobody expected.
With Snedeker in the [...]

On a gripping final day at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championships there was disappointment for Tiger Woods, an exciting but futile comeback by Rory McIlroy and a clutch victory from Englishman Robert Rock.
With Woods and Rock sharing the lead as [...]

Kyle Stanley extended his lead to five strokes at the Farmers Insurance Open in California yesterday (January 28), setting up a final round in which he will start a strong favourite to claim a deserved victory.
A four-under 68 at the Torrey [...]

If the scene unfolding at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship this week is any indication, Tiger Woods may well be set to rocket back into golf's official top ten and once again provide a threat at the Majors.
The 36-year-old American [...]

Players alternating between the two courses at Torrey Pines led to significant movement on the leaderboard during the second round of the Farmers Insurance Open in California, but Kyle Stanley bucked the trend to hold onto his overnight number one position.
A [...]

Spencer Levin and Kyle Stanley lead the Farmers Insurance Open after the first round in California yesterday (local time).
The US pair fired rounds of 62 to reach a formidable ten under, but having both played the easier North Course at Torrey [...]

Golf's next big thing Rory McIlroy made the ideal start to his 2012 campaign at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship yesterday (January 26), as former world number one Tiger Woods also got his season underway in solid fashion.
McIlroy fired a [...]

Tiger Woods believes he is fitter than at any other time during the past decade, as he prepares to continue his rise back up the official world golf rankings in 2012.
The former world number one will play his opening event of [...]

Mark Wilson hovered near the top of the leaderboard throughout the Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation, so it came as little surprise when the American ultimately claimed the title in California on Sunday (local time).
With the tournament consistently [...]

Branden Grace will be hoping the remainder of the 2012 season is an extension of his January form, with the South African making it back-to-back European Tour titles in his home country yesterday (January 22).
Having emerged from Qualifying School only one [...]

Strong winds forced the abandonment of play halfway through the third day of the Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation in California on Saturday (local time), but not before Mark Wilson was able to establish a three-shot buffer to [...]

Nicolas Colsaerts and Branden Grace sit at the head of the Volvo Golf Champions field in South Africa with just one round to play, but a swarm of big names and Major winners remain within striking distance of the less established [...]

There has been some remarkably low scoring at the Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation so far, with three Americans leading the field at the halfway mark in California.
Conditions for attacking golf have been ideal - and Ben Crane [...]

Some extra time off over the holidays appears to have worked perfectly for Camilo Villegas and David Toms, with the pair racing to the early lead in style at the Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation in California.
Villegas and [...]

Nicolas Colsaerts will take a four-shot lead into the second round of the Volvo Golf Champions in George, South Africa on Friday (local time) after dominating the rest of the field yesterday.
The Belgian fired a course-record 64 at The Links at [...]

While Greg Norman's days of winning Major championships are more than likely behind him, the Australian legend predicts that one or more of his younger compatriots will deliver on the big stage in the not-too-distant future.
Since Steve Elkington's victory at the [...]

John Senden finished highest of the Australian contingent at the Sony Open in Hawaii on Sunday (January 15), but a share of 23rd was still a slightly disappointing result for the Queenslander who saved his least impressive performance until the final [...]

Johnson Wagner won the Sony Open in Hawaii on Sunday (local time), kick-starting what he hopes will be a breakthrough season on the US PGA Tour.
Having lost 15 pounds in the off-season and hitting the practice range and gym with equal [...]