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Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton have delivered a slap to reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel by attributing all of Vettel’s success to the Red Bull design genius Adrian Newey. Fernando Alonso was lamenting Ferrari’s lack of competitiveness on his own website and summed it up as: …but now we are fighting against Newey and, at the moment we cannot match him. Hamilton was not...
Published: October 30, 2012
While there are many special shots a golfer can hit tee-to-green, one stands out from the others: a hole-in-one. If you’re reading this and haven’t experienced such a shot, don’t feel too bad. Oddsmakers have officially calculated that the average golfer has a one-in-12,500 chance of notching a hole-in-one on his or her scorecard. At 2,500-to-1, professional golfers have slightly...
Published: October 30, 2012
It’s that time of the year. The last official tournament on the PGA Tour calendar is looming, the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic at Walt Disney World. Mickey, Goofy and all the gang will welcome the field, which will include a few upper-tier players, some of the middle-class and two groups that will be well-represented: those just inside the top 125 on the money list and those...
Published: October 29, 2012
The PGA Tour has revealed its full 2013 schedule, which will be the last one that won’t be in wraparound format. There aren’t a lot of changes to the major tournaments taking place, but what will change from the conventional setup is the nature of the Fall Series. From now on, players won’t be able to vie for Tour cards after the FedEx Cup playoffs. The 2013 season is officially over...
Published: October 29, 2012
After losing to Juan Martin del Potro, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3), at the final at the Swiss Indoors in Basel, Switzerland this weekend, tennis star Roger Federer announced he was pulling out of the Paris Masters to rest for the ATP World Tour Finals in London, according to USA Today. Federer was the defending champion of the Paris Masters—which started Monday—but decided to give his body a...
Published: October 29, 2012
The PGA Tour announced its 2013 schedule today. The biggest change for next season is that the 2014 season will begin immediately after the Tour Championship. The second biggest is that there will be a one week break after the first two FedEx Playoff events and then an additional one week break after the Tour Championship and before the Presidents Cup. It would be easy to guess that this...
Published: October 29, 2012
While the ATP World Tour hasn’t seen any major breakthroughs amid its up-and-coming talent, there has been some significant news amid the rankings, particularly from veteran players getting close to their career highs—or reaching new ones—after down years. One of the biggest stories in recent tennis memory has been the rise of American Brian Baker. The 27-year-old had a very successful...
Published: October 29, 2012
Almost 160 years ago, the likes of Old Tom Morris, Young Tom Morris and Willie Park Sr. used to earn virtually all of their money through “challenge” or money matches set up by wealthy individuals looking for a bit of entertainment while holidaying along the Scottish Coast. And 80 years ago, the likes of Walter Hagen, Gene Sarazen, Bobby Jones, Sam Snead, etc. used to travel the world over...
Published: October 29, 2012
A handful of men’s tennis’ top-ranked superstars will be on display this week in Paris, site of the 2012 Paribas Masters, one of the most anticipated tournaments that compose the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 series. Aside from world No. 1 Roger Federer and No. 4-ranked Rafael Nadal, eight of the world’s Top 10 male players will take the court looking to add an impressive singles title...
Published: October 29, 2012
Coming off impressive showings at the CIMB Classic and BMW Masters events over the weekend, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy were back at it Monday in China in an exhibition called The Duel at Jinsha Lake. Both players brought their best stuff for the huge crowd, but it was McIlroy who shot a 67, perhaps using his intimidation factor to edge Woods (68) by a stroke to earn the victory in a matchup...