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Friday, October 22, 2010

How much money did Woods lost in divorce settlement

As we konw, it has long time since Woods and Elin's divorce settlement.Maybe many people have forgotten their saidness, cheap golf clubs,but the fact is still there-they divorced.

Elin Nordegren,golf equipment formerly Elin Woods, is going to get a pretty nice lump of cash out of this whole "Escalade-waitresses-porn star" debacle that happened to the top golfer in the land nearly a year ago. Radar is saying that Elin will get $110 million from Tiger when the papers are signed, a sum that has been tossed around ever since news hit that the two would be splitting.

While nobody knows exactly how much Tiger is worth (Remember that story that floated around a year or so ago about Woods becoming the first athlete to hit the billion-dollar mark?), golf sale some felt $110 million is a little low for Elin, stating she could have gotten more if she wanted.

No worries though for the 30-year-old former model. She is now a very rich, single lady that can move on with her life away from golf, and Tiger and the constant speculation and media attention that must be driving her batty, and become herself again, free from all the ups and downs of the past year.

Along with that, Tiger can now totally be resolved from this issue, moving back to "Tiger the golfer," with daddy responsibilities whenever their two kids, Sam and Charlie, are around.

It has been the most dominant story in the golf world this season, overshadowing any of the first-time major winners, the 59s or a fantastic Ryder Cup.

The offseason is officially here, and hopefully this story will continue to creep deeper and deeper into our archives, while other golf-related posts pop up. That said, anytime Elin and Tiger are in the news, you know it is going to be reported. He's the most famous athlete in the world, still, and a fall from grace is always going to lead the evening news.

We have to admit that Woods and Elin's merrage is over, but we hope that they can find their own happiness.

The best way to choose an instructor

As technology has advanced, so has golf instruction. golf clubs,Just as there are many choices of drivers, putters, balls, and other golf equipment, there are just as many choices of golf instructors. The process of how you choose your golf instructor is as unique as your fingers' prints. However, just like there are certain things you want to know before choosing your doctor, there are certain items you should inquire of your instructor.

Compatibility - It is your responsibility to insure that there is a fit between you and your instructor on all levels, personality type, mutual goals, similar outlooks on the game,wholesale golf and your instructor's ability to relate to your individual needs. Before throwing a dart in the phone book under "golf instruction", research the professionals in your area. One way is to ask friends and playing partners for referrals of good instructors in your area. Ask them about pricing, reputation, location, and their improvement under the instructor's tutelage. If you get along with your playing partners and the instructor does too, odds are you have found a fit. Then, call the instructor and ask if they have time to talk to you about your game and improvement goals. A good instructor will be happy to talk to you about your game, and get to know you as an individual, prior to helping you with your golf game.

Accreditation and Experience - Does your golf instructor have the education and experience to take your game to any level you desire? Many individuals claim to be golf instructors. Many of these individuals are self-proclaimed "experts," or had enough money to take a one to two week course on how to teach golf and make more money.

In seeking a golf professional to help you with your game, insure that the individual has an active accreditation with the PGA or LPGA, or, has demonstrated an inarguable ability to help players of many levels improve through many years of practice. Other associations claim they produce golf instructors. However, these organizations have one focus, to make money, not to produce solid golf instructors. Inquire of your instructor their accreditation, as well as their education both on and off the golf course. Check with the LPGA or PGA websites to confirm your potential golf instructor's accreditation with that organization, and, how much experience the instructor possesses. Inquire of the instructor's philosophy and past success stories. If needed, ask for references of students from all skill levels that you can contact.

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Swing Aids - Does your golf instructor use swing aids? Moreover, does he or she have a solid reason for using an aid that applies to your needs? Many instructors have bags full of swing aids, ranging from old broken shafts to expensive space-age contraptions. However, is the instructor actually using the aids in a constructive and meaningful manner, or are they just for show?

Look for an instructor who invests their time, money, and professional reasoning in the use of swing aids. Insure that an instructor is using swing aids that help you "feel" differences between what you are taught to achieve and how you are currently swinging the golf club. Beware the instructor who has a "cure-all" swing aid they have all their students use.

The way to choose an instructor is very important for all golfers, especially for beginners. So beginners should take good consideration of it.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Montgomerie hails Europe’s acceleration after Ryder win

Lee Westwood’s coming acceleration to the world No. 1 ranking will cap a year in which golf’s balance of power has turned from America back to Europe, Colin Montgomerie said on Tuesday.

Highlights included regaining the Ryder Cup, Graeme McDowell winning the U.S. Open and Martin Kaymer taking the PGA Championship. And though British Open winner Louis Oosthuizen was South African, he was also a European Tour member, Montgomerie noted at a charity golf event.

With Kaymer poised to rise two spots to No. 4 after his third straight win on the European Tour at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship last weekend, Montgomerie joked that Westwood should look over his shoulder.

“If (Kaymer) continues his way, he’ll probably beat Lee Westwood to (No. 1) if he keeps winning,” he said. However, Montgomerie predicted that losing the top ranking would fuel Woods’ competitive drive. The 14-time major winner has held the top spot since 2005.“Knowing Tiger as I do, Tiger will probably go out and win the HSBC world event,” he said. “He won’t like being No. 2 at anything.”

Montgomerie added the Ryder Cup win was also key to maintaining international sponsor interest in the European Tour.“Economically, we needed the win,” he said. “Sponsorship is more difficult now than it’s ever been before in these economic times, especially in Europe. It’s important for us as the European Tour to show to the world … that we are a tour that is strong, very strong.”

Having fulfilled his mission as Ryder Cup captain, the 31-time winner on the European circuit said he wants to get his own game back into shape, noting that he has not enjoyed a top-10 finish in the past two years because his captaincy was so consuming. His world ranking has dropped to 417th.

Woods doesn’t need to go to fill field

Tiger Woods will take part in two major champions and at least a dozen players from both Ryder Cup teams in his Chevron World Challenge in December at Sherwood Country Club.

Still to be decided is whether the All-Star field will be without the No. 1 player for the third straight year.

Woods’ foundation announced the 16 players Monday who qualified from the world ranking, a team that starts with Woods and goes down to Sean O’Hair at No. 28. The field includes U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell and PGA champion Martin Kaymer.The tournament is to be held Dec.2-5.

Lee Westwood, who could take place of Woods at No. 1 in the world next month, will be competing in Sun City, South Africa. Woods has not played his tournament since winning in 2007—he was recovering from knee surgery in 2008, and ran over a fire hydrant a week before last year’s tournament, setting off revelations of infidelity.

Others scheduled to play are defending champion Jim Furyk, Steve Stricker, Paul Casey, Luke Donald, Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Matt Kuchar, Ian Poulter, Hunter Mahan, Zach Johnson, Anthony Kim and Bubba Watson.

The foundation will announce two exemptions next week. Because the 18-man field offers world ranking points, the two exemptions must be from within the top 50.

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Monday, October 11, 2010

Germany’s Kaymer win Dunhill Links with 66 shots

On sunday, PGA champion Martin Kaymer closed with a 6-under 66 at St. Andrews to win the Dunhill Links Championship , from now on, he is the first EuropeanTour player in 21 years with three straight victories.

Kaymer’s streak began with his playoff win at Whistling Straits in the PGA Championship. The 25-year-old German then won the Dutch Open last month.

Nick Faldo in 1989 was the last European Tour player to win three straight tournaments. On the PGA Tour, Tiger Woods won five successive tournaments at the end of 2007 and beginning of 2008.

Kaymer finished at 17-under 271 for a three-shot victory over Danny Willett.

Lee Westwood, who needed at least a three-way tie for second to replace Woods at No. 1 in the world, shot 73 and tied for 11th. The Englishman does not planto compete the rest of the month because of lingering pain in his ankle. That means Westwood will go to the top of the world ranking for the first time inhis career Oct. 31.

Kaymer won for the fourth time this year, and his earnings of $808,352 increased his lead atop the European Tour money list.

He started the final round two shots behind John Parry of England, and Kaymer didn’t break clear of the field until holing a 50-foot birdie putt from just off the green on the 17th, the famous Road Hole at St. Andrews. Kaymer made a 10-foot birdie on the 18th.

“The 50-footer was a bit lucky,” Kaymer said. “Because from that length all I was really trying to do was get the ball close to the hole. But I am really enjoying my golf at the moment. And it’s not just three straight tournament wins, I was also on the winning side at the Ryder Cup so that’s four in a row.”

Parry was tied with Kaymer when he sank a birdie putt on the 12th green. But a three-putt bogey at the next hole and a penalty shot at the 14th when he drove into a gorse bush proved costly. Parry eventually shot an even-par 72 to finish in third place.

Scott Gardiner succeeds in Chattanooga Classic

Australia’s Scott Gardiner won the Chattanooga Classic on Sunday for his aboriginal Nationwide Tour title, assault Joe Affrunti with a baboon on the fourth apertureof a playoff.

Gardiner bankrupt with a 6-under 66 to bout Joe Affrunti (71) and David Branshaw (70) at 19-under 269 on the Black Creek Club course. Branshaw was alone on the aboriginal added hole.

Gardiner had an hawkeye and six birdies on the par-5 18th, arena it four times in adjustment and three times in the playoff. He becoming $90,000 to jump from 62nd to 24th on the money account with $182,449. The top 25 afterwards the final three contest will acquire 2011 PGA Tour cards.

“It’s a lot easier than getting 62 on the account and on the cut band on a Friday,” Gardiner said. “It’s abundant job aegis alive I’ll be acceptable for a fewyears down the road. Hopefully, I can play like this the next few weeks and go forward.”

Gardiner and Affrunti opened the playoff with birdies on No. 18, while Branshaw alone out with a bogey. Gardiner and Affrunti birdied the 18th afresh on the second added aperture and had analogous pars on the par-4 ninth on the third playoff hole. Gardiner won with his third playoff baboon on 18.

“You’ve got beneath time to anticipate about it,” Gardiner said. “I had hit a acceptable putt (from 30 feet) to get it down there and I ample if I accomplish it, everybodygets to go home a little earlier. It was a abbreviate putt and if Joe absent I didn’t wish him to lose with a bogey.”

Brendan Steele (66) was fourth at 17 under, and David Mathis (64), Scott Dunlap (66), Jeff Brehaut (66), Patrick Sheehan (66), Jeff Curl (67) and Keegan Bradley (68) followed at 16 under.

In regulation, Gardner had a 20-footer for baboon on 18.

“I knew those guys were 18 beneath arena the endure hole,” said Gardiner, who accursed his third from a greenside alembic on the 532-yard hole. “I approved tohit a acceptable putt just like I did all week. I gave myself a attempt at it and it was the best putt I’ve anytime made.”

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Sunday, October 10, 2010

Westwood set to overtake Woods as No. 1 on Oct. 31

Lee Westwood will replace Tiger Woods at the top of the rankings Oct. 31 after saying Sunday he won't play again until November because of an ankle injury.

The Englishman, Lee Westwood will climb to No. 1 if he does not return before the end of the month and Woods follows through with his intention not to play again until the HSBC Champions on Nov. 4-7.

Westwood has been struggling with a right ankle injury and finished tied for 11th at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.Woods has leaded the rankings for over five years, since the week before the 2005 U.S. Open at Pinehurst. Woods will have been at No. 1 for 279 weeks in Monday’s rankings.

Westwood said his injury had been troubling him for a while.“I haven’t had a opportunity to get it healed,” he said. “Tried my hardest to get back to the Ryder Cup fully fit last week and got back to 80 percent, which I thought was good enough for the Ryder Cup with the adrenaline and all that.

“That was a hard week back and this is not an easy week, six-hour rounds and only two days off between finishing the Ryder Cup and starting here. Never going to be right, and it just got progressively more agitated and achy as the week’s gone on.”

His stay at No. 1 may be short-lived.With Woods, Westwood, Martin Kaymer and Phil Mickelson likely playing in the $7 million HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai, any one of the four could wind up atop the following week’s rankings.

Katherine Hull gets second LPGA event

Australia's Katherine Hull rallied to win the Navistar LPGA Classic on Sunday for her additional career LPGA Tour title, affairs advanced with a baboon on the par-5 17th and finishing with a two-putt par for a 5-under 67 and a one-stroke achievement over Brittany Lincicome.

Hull, the above Pepperdine amateur who aswell won the 2008 Canadian Women's Open, accomplished at 19-under 269 on the links-style Senator blueprint at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail's Capitol Hill complex. After aperture with a 68, she had three beeline bogey-free 67s.

"It's in fact absolutely validating," said Hull, who began the annular three acclamation abaft Cristie Kerr. "I feel like my game's the best its anytime been, and I apperceive it's traveling to get better, too. I anticipate I've consistently struggled to try to put four acceptable circuit calm and I was able to do that this week."

On the par-4 18th, Hull absent the fairway to the larboard and was faced with a arduous lie. She hit her access on the green, 50 anxiety from the hole. Her baboon try chock-full 5 anxiety abbreviate and she adored par for the achievement and $195,000 first-place check.

"I would accept admired a tap-in, for sure," Hull said. "Putting is the best allotment of my game, so I was animated to see it drop."

Lincicome bankrupt with a 65. "You know, 65 on the final day, that's appealing cool," Lincicome said.Lincicome was the aboriginal to congratulate Hull, active assimilate the blooming and spraying her with a achievement beer.

"It's a little overwhelming," Hull said. "It apparently won't hit me until later. You just get so focused on active and just finishing that you don't anticipate about annihilation else."

"Today, things just didn't go my way," Kerr said. "If I had played bisected as able-bodied as I had played the aboriginal three days, it would accept been no contest."

Playing in the final accumulation with Hull, Kerr pushed her access attempt to the appropriate of the blooming on 18 and two-putted for a bogey. Had she won the tournament, she would accept becoming abundant credibility to yield over aboriginal abode in the Rolex Amateur of the Year standings. She remained third abaft Yani Tseng and Ai Miyazato.

Friday, October 8, 2010

Toms takes McGladrey Classic lead

The 43-year-old David Toms shot a 4-under 66 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead in the McGladrey Classic, the second of the PGA Tour's five Fall Series events. He, coming off a first-round 64, had a 10-under 130 total on the Sea Island Club's Seaside Course, hitting 16 of 18 greens in regulation in the second round.

Toms has won tournaments in his home state of Louisiana, Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee. He said "Maybe it's the warm weather ... growing up in the South, when it was cold I probably went hunting or something else. I didn't play a whole lot of golf in bad weather."

Toms shook off bogeys on the 10th and 14th holes to take the lead with a tap-in birdie putt at the par-5 15th and a 10-foot birdie putt at the par-4 16th.

The 46-year-old Durant had a bogey-free round, holing a 20-footer for par on his final hole, the par-4 ninth. He has made only one bogey, at the 14th hole Thursday, and has missed only three fairways and four greens the first two days.

Neither Toms nor Durant have won since 2006. Toms won the second tournament of the schedule that year in Hawaii, while Durant won the last, at Disney World.

The big difference between them is that Toms remains assured of his PGA Tour card for the 2011 season, based on his standing on the money list (58th). Durant is 131st and must climb into the top 125 by the end of the season to regain full status.

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Westwood reinjures right ankle but will insists playing

It is said that Lee Westwood hurt his right ankle again. He didnot lose his heart and he decided to play on Thursday at the Dunhill Links Championship with the world No. 1 ranking in sight.

Westwood aggravated the injury when he slipped on a steep slope by the seventh tee at Kingsbarns, but he insisted going on to complete the first round in 2-under 70.

“I felt a twinge and I panicked a bit,” he said. “I’ve had treatment and I’m going to play on.”

The Englishman took a seven-week layoff to rest the ankle, returning to action last week to help Europe regain the Ryder Cup. Westwood has been warned that if his ankle deteriorates he might have to rest at home for six months instead of playing golf.

He has a opportunity to replace Tiger Woods as No. 1 in the world on Nov. 1 if he finishes inside the top 20 at the Dunhill Links and next week when he defends his Portugal Masters title.

He is four off the lead after the first round, tied for 47th place. But the ankle was his bigger concern on Thursday.

“My main priority has to be to get myself and my golf in the best possible shape for the Masters next year,” he said.

“I made a mistake two months ago playing in the Bridgestone Invitational when it was not right. I should have rested after The Open at St. Andrews.

“Now it is a case of rehabbing and resting again.”

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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Westwood will turn to personal goals in 2011

Lee Westwood says he will not be a PGA Tour member next year, only coming to America for the majors, World Golf Championships and occasional tournaments around them.

The 37-year-old Englishman said Wednesday that he will put his family first in 2011, remaining based in Europe despite a chance to compete for the FedEx Cup and the $10 million bonus.

“Why would you take up membership in the States when you’ve been the most successful player in the world this year?” Westwood said. “When you’ve come in second in two major championships, you must be doing something right. Why not stick to the same schedule?”

Westwood has a chance to end Woods’ 278-week run atop the world ranking by finishing in a three-way tie for second or better at the Dunhill Links Championship, which starts Thursday on three coastline courses with St. Andrews as the host course.

Westwood, a runner-up at the Masters and British Open, could become only the third player to reach No. 1 without having won a major. The others were Fred

Couples, who won the Masters a month after reaching No. 1, and David Duval, who was No. 1 in 1999 and captured the British Open two years later.

Westwood says he has been asked by American officials to join their tour, but after another successful Ryder Cup for Europe, he turned his focus to personal goals.

Two players of U.S. turn from Ryder Cup to PGA Tour

After being on the losing side at the Ryder Cup, Matt Kuchar and Zach Johnson returned from Wales this week wanting more out of the match-play event.

They’ll have to settle for a strong start to the PGA Tour Fall Series.

Kuchar and Johnson are the only two U.S. Ryder Cup players in the field for this week’s McGladrey Classic at the Sea Island Club’s Seaside Course. The two relative newcomers in the Ryder Cup went 3-2-2 for the U.S., which lost by one point to Europe at Celtic Manor.

The two are playing this week mainly because they are residents of St. Simons Island.

Rain pushed the singles matches in the Ryder Cup to Monday, so Kuchar and Johnson didn’t arrive home until Tuesday night. The two were on the course Wednesday to play in the McGladrey pro-am, and were candid about their experiences in one of the most dramatic Ryder Cup finishes ever, the first since 1991 that came down to the final singles match.

Johnson, who was playing in his second Ryder Cup, won the 11th of the 12 singles matches against Padraig Harrington to give Hunter Mahan and the U.S. a fighting chance.

Monday, October 4, 2010

USA still struggles with aggregation concept

With the tears of his teammates spilling about him, Phil Mickelson declared the United States’ Ryder Cup defeat on Monday as one of the a lot of aching moments of his career.

Mickelson, a adept of eight Ryder Cups, was able to accumulate his affections in analysis afterward Europe’s nerve-wracking one-point achievement at Celtic

Manor, but his words conveyed a faculty of disappointment that burst any angle that the Americans don’t affliction about this accident as abundant as they should.

“I acquainted added disappointment that I accept anytime felt,” said Mickelson. “We put a lot of affection and activity into it, and we capital to win abominable bad. We absolutely believed we were traveling to win, and we came aural bisected a point.”

Teammates Hunter Mahan and Bubba Watson could not ascendancy their affections as Corey Pavin’s U.S. ancillary reflected on a blood-tingling final day in which the visitors’ adventurous improvement fell abbreviate by the aboriginal of margins.

Europe’s celebration didn’t appear about because of any abridgement of caring from the Americans. And it wasn’t, as has been appropriate in the past, because of personality clashes in the U.S. team.

Yet there was still a faculty that while the American band enjoyed anniversary other’s aggregation and was accommodating to action for a accepted cause, the abstraction of a aggregation ambiance did not sit as by itself with them as it did for the Europeans.

Europe holds on to win blood-tingling Ryder Cup

Graeme McDowell capped an acclaimed year for himself by accepting the Ryder Cup for Europe in the actual endure singles bout on Monday.

McDowell formed in a 15-foot baboon putt on the 16th hole, again bankrupt out Hunter Mahan to accord Europe the 14 1/2 credibility it bare to accost the adored gold trophy.

It was the aboriginal time back 1991 that the Ryder Cup was absitively by the final singles match, a abstruseness fabricated accessible by the Americans accepting big wins from its best players and a beauteous improvement by 21-year-old amateur Rickie Fowler.

Europe, advanced by three credibility traveling into the final round, took the aboriginal advance in eight of the nine matches and appeared on its way to addition beating on home soil. It all angry so quickly.

Tiger Woods holed out from the fairway for hawkeye during a seven-hole amplitude that he played in 7-under par. Steve Stricker won the aperture bout and Phil Mickelson congenital a big advance to win late. Again came Fowler, the aboriginal PGA Tour amateur to play in the Ryder Cup, acceptable the endure three three holes with birdies — including putts of 15 anxiety on the 17th and 18th—to acquire an doubtful bisect adjoin Edoardo Molinari.

That gave the Americans 13 1/2 points, and they alone bare a bisect in the endure bout to absorb the cup. Just as Fowler was getting chock-full by his teammates, Mahan fabricated a cheeky baboon putt on the 15th to cut McDowell’s advance to 1 up.

It abiding didn’t attending that way as he accursed a tee attempt down the average and hit his access to 15 feet, abrogation him a quick putt.

“The best putt I’ve hit in my life,” McDowell said.

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Ryder Cup European team lead 3 scores

The heavy rain delayed Ryder cup game, but it did't stop European team's counterattack. At the third stage, they lead all in the six games. And they got 5.5 scores and lead 3 scores of U.S. team. It made Woods humiliated. He encountered the most painful falure in the history of Ryder Cup. It laid the basis for the U.S.team's downfall of today.

At the third stage, only one group of U.S. team succssed. But it had no difference with losing. Until the 18th hole. U.S. team got 0.5 score. it is not easy for them to get 0.5 score according to the situation.

This game is the last group end-up game on saturday. The capitain of europteam had a briliant smile on face. Of curse, he should be happy. U.S.team only got 0.5 score but his team got 5.5 scores. That is to say his team lead U.S. team 3 scores. However, there will be a singles matches on monday. Maybe there will be some changes of situation.

Ryder Cup singles will start on Monday

The Ryder Cup singles matches will activate at 4:05 a.m. EST Monday, according to accident officials.

Plagued by abundant rains in Wales and common delays throughout the tournament, the accommodation to play Monday was fabricate aboriginal Sunday if rains delayed the resumption of six aggregation matches which had started the day before.

Officials had hoped to be able to complete the Ryder Cup on Sunday, but abundant morning rains fabricated that impossible.Weather should acquiesce the European and American players to accomplishment their circuit on Sunday and the anticipation is able for Monday, with warmer temperatures and clearer skies expected.

The aboriginal singles bout will activate at 4:05 a.m. EST, followed by addition bout every 12 minutes. The 12th and final brace will tee off at 6:17 a.m. EST, and closing ceremonies will activate 30 account afterwards the end of play. Only assemblage with tickets accurate for Sunday will be accepted to the Celtic Manor advance on Monday.

The matches will be broadcast live in the United States on USA Network.

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