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World No.1 Yani Tseng won the Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open in China yesterday. The event, sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET), marked her 11th title of the season, making her the most successful golfer, male or female, of 2011. Taiwan’s golfer leads Suzann Pettersen in the Rolex Rankings by 7.47 points—Tseng currently has an average of 14.40 points. Back in January, she sat at the...
Published: October 31, 2011
Every year in golf there are four major championships played, the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open and PGA Championship. And the mandatory question every time is, who has the best shot at winning his first major championship? Most of the time, that question comes hand-in-hand with the one about who is the best player in the world without having won a major. And after every major, we keep updating those...
Published: October 30, 2011
Today, I watched very happily as Sergio García scrambled the last three holes of the Andalucía Masters to hold off Miguel Angel Jiménez’s late charge. García struggled all day off the tee, but finished the last 11 holes at two under. It was the García’s second victory in the last two weeks, as he romped to a win on his home course by 11 strokes last...
Published: October 30, 2011
Golf Writer Andy Reistetter continues his exclusive “Play-Write” series with a round of golf on the Valley Course the day after the 2011 Nationwide Tour’s Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open presented by Planters. A course he is familiar with and plays often. Play along with Reistetter as writes about how different the setup is for a professional golf tournament and what he discovers new...
Published: October 30, 2011
Rory McIlroy finally won a Masters tournament. No, not The Masters, but McIlroy took down the Shanghai Masters today in China and claimed the biggest prize in all of golf. McIlroy is now the proud owner of a $2 million check after beating Anthony Kim in a playoff hole. While winning the Shanghai Masters doesn’t garner him a prestigious prize, that’s certainly a lot of money for the 22-year-old...
Published: October 30, 2011
Everyone knows that putting can win or lose tournaments. That’s why so many PGA Tour pros employ putting coaches, like Dave Pelz or, most notably, Dave Stockton. However, there has been a new trend in how the pros try to go about the improvement of putting: the belly putter–an extended length putter that extends out and comes in contact with a player’s torso. Up until this...
Published: October 29, 2011
If asked to make a prediction about 2011, many would have guessed a continuation of Nadal’s dominance. Djokovic had an impressive run to the finals of the US Open and Davis Cup success, but other than that his year had been nothing remarkable, whereas Nadal had had the best year of his career so far. Yet 2011 was without question Djokovic’s year. Here are other takeaways from Grand...
Published: October 29, 2011
It was a glorious day for Chinese tennis when Li Na overcame Francesca Schiavone to win her maiden grand slam title in June. In fact, it was an even better day for women’s tennis, as it sparked whispers that perhaps they were going to have a new dominant force at the top. Considering Li Na’s start to 2011, it wasn’t a bad prediction. The current World No. 5 won her very first tournament...
Published: October 29, 2011
2011 has been a blistering year for men’s tennis with Novak Djokovic becoming the main story of the year by blowing away everyone he faced. While watching Djokovic cruise through tournament victories has become commonplace, even mundane, this year did have its fair share of shocking results. Seeds were scattered early on in tournaments, leaving certain draws wide open. Here we take a look at...
Published: October 28, 2011
2010 was the most dominant year in Nadal’s career. He took away three out of four major titles, winning his first US Open and taking the French Open-Wimbledon double for the second time. It seemed as though in 2011 it would continue. But Novak Djokovic suddenly found a means to catapult to the highest echelons of the game, and left Nadal defeated in every final in which they played, including...