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Senden leads as Tiger slumps at Open
13 Nov 2011It’s almost impossible to steal the limelight from Tiger Woods, but John Senden came close as he charged into the third round lead at the Australian Open on Saturday. The relatively anonymous Senden, who admits he is rarely recognised away from the course, moved into position for his second Open victory with a round worthy [...]
Woods bogey free at last
11 Nov 2011One stellar round doesn’t necessarily mean Tiger Woods is back, but the signs were sure good for him at the Australian Open on Thursday. Woods recorded his first bogey free round in nine months, and he did it in tough, windy afternoon conditions, shooting a four-under-par 68 in the first round at The Lakes. He [...]
Day welcomes his crack at Woods
9 Nov 2011Jason Day finally gets his wish to go head to head with Tiger Woods for the first time at this week’s Australian Open and there appears little chance he’ll be intimidated. Australia’s top-ranked golfer, Day on Tuesday welcomed his marquee grouping with 14-time major winner Woods and Robert Allenby for the opening two rounds at [...]
Geoff Ogilvy fires at Masters
8 Apr 2011Geoff Ogilvy carded an almost flawless three-under-par 69 to head the Australians, four strokes from the lead after the opening round at the Masters. Ogilvy recorded only one bogey, a three-putt at the sixth hole, in a tidy performance that left him equal seventh after a day of low scoring in ideal conditions at Augusta [...]
Australian golf continues its slide down the rankings
1 Mar 2011If the rankings accurately reflect the state of golf, Europe has six of the world’s top eight golfers. Australia, meanwhile, has nobody ranked in the top 25. Is this merely a cyclical, random occurrence, or is Australian professional golf really in permanent decline? In a game that is becoming increasingly global, it would be arrogant [...]
Tiger Woods to return to Australia winless
7 Nov 2010Tiger Woods will return to Australia without a victory since his visit last year after falling 11 strokes behind third round leader Francesco Molinari at the HSBC Champions tournament on Saturday. Such a scenario might have seemed unfathomable in the hours after his Australian Masters victory at Kingston Heath 51 weeks ago, but that was [...]
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