Posts Tagged "PGA"
Don’t compare Rory McIlroy to the greats
By Vanilla Gorilla, 17 Aug 2012
Rory McIlroy won the PGA by a record winning margin over the weekend. Immediately comparisons were made. Could he be the next Tiger or Jack?
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Ricky Fowler wins maiden PGA Tour event
By Andrew Potter, 8 May 2012 Ricky Fowler is finally a winner of the PGA Tour, holding off Rory McIlroy and D.A Points with a birdie on the first playoff hole at the 2012 Wells Fargo Championship in North Carolina.
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Australian golf continues its slide down the rankings
By Andrew Both, 1 Mar 2011 If 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?
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New Surfcoast golf event is a double bogey
By The Farmer, 9 Jun 2010 Late last week the Australasian PGA announced a new event, the Surfcoast Knockout. It was pitched (and portrayed by the media) as the equivalent of Twenty20 cricket.
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Give Daly a fair go this time
By Wayne Heming, 14 Aug 2009 Leading official Max Garske has called for a fair go for controversial golfer John Daly when he returns to Australia later this year.
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Australia’s golf coverage better than world class
By The Crowd, 20 Jan 2009 Without question, the Australian TV coverage of Australian golf is far and away the best. One only had to suffer the worst type, in the form of the USPGA Open in Hawaii last weekend, to fully appreciate how fortunate we are here.
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Plenty of love in Australia for the Open champion
By James Dampney, 15 Dec 2008 South African Tim Clark doesn’t feel appreciated in his native land, but he might have found a new home after capturing the $1.5 million Australian Open in dramatic circumstances on Sunday.
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Big John snaps over unhappy snap
By John Coomber, 12 Dec 2008 It was the picture that made John “Wild Thing” Daly lose it. Golf fan Brad Clegg snapped it from close range as the big American stalked into the trees after yet another errant tee shot cost him a penalty shot in the Australian Open at Royal Sydney.
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Allenby isn’t really a choker, he’s just homesick
By Benjamin Conkey, 13 Nov 2008 In 2005, when Robert Allenby won Australia’s golfing grand slam, you sensed he was ready to take on America once again. In that magical summer, the putts dropped on command and his steely eyes shone through those trademark transparent sunglasses.
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Daly says night in jail a misunderstanding
By Doug Ferguson, 4 Nov 2008 With no golf on his schedule, John Daly says he went to North Carolina to have fun with some friends.
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PGA modifies “One Asia” plan
By Robert Grant, 10 Sep 2008 The PGA of Australasia’s ambitious “One Asia” tour plan has been modified to a series of World Championship of Golf-style events for the region.
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