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Vijay Singh was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2005. He will turn 50 years old on February 22nd. He has 34 PGA Tour wins, including the Masters and two PGA Championships. In 2012, he had five top-10 finishes and earned over $1.5 million. Even at 50, he is still a factor on the regular tour and has said that he plans to play on the PGA Tour for as long as he is competitive. This week, Singh...
Published: February 1, 2013
What a great start to the 2013 golf year! January turned out to be a month that golf fans will remember forever. The first event of the year, the Hyundai Tournament of Champions, had its first four rounds blown away by high winds that prevented any official golf being played over the weekend. They were able to play 36 holes on Monday and a final 18 holes on Tuesday to make it an official 54-hole event,...
Published: January 30, 2013
In a feature story written by David Epstein and George Dohrmann and published in the February 4 issue of Sports Illustrated, Golf Hall of Fame member Vijay Singh admitted to using an illegal steroid. Epstein is an investigative reporter and specializes in sports science and medicine. In 2006 he broke the original story in Sports Illustrated that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for illegal substances...
Published: January 25, 2013
The Golf Channel announced sweeping new changes for its popular Morning Drive golf news show to begin on February 4, 2013. Morning Drive will be expanded and aired seven days per week from 7-9 A.M. ET. It will feature golf news and information about every golf tournament from around the world. Current regular show hosts Holly Sonders, Gary Williams, Damon Hack and Matt Ginella will handle the broadcast...
Published: January 22, 2013
Phil Mickelson stirred up the golf world with his comments, Sunday, concerning California and federal income tax laws in the higher tax brackets. His comments completely dominated the news cycle from the Humana Challenge. The Humana offered lots of low scores on Sunday. Brian Gay shot 63 in the final round and still had to win in a playoff. The message from tournament sponsor, the Clinton Foundation,...
Published: January 21, 2013
Even though Brian Gay shot a final-round 63 and won the Humana Challenge in a playoff over David Lingmerth, and Charles Howell III, Phil Mickelson stole the show and the headlines with his “drastic changes” comment about US tax rates. According to Golf Channel’s Ryan Lavner, while talking with the media after his round on Sunday, Mickelson said: “There are going to be some...
Published: January 20, 2013
Jamie Donaldson picked up his second European Tour title in seven months by winning the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship on Sunday. Donaldson fired a final-round 68 to win by one stroke over 54-hole leader Justin Rose. His first win came at the 2012 Irish Open at Royal Portrush last July. Donaldson first turned professional in 2000, won two events on the 2001 Challenge Tour and earned full European...
Published: January 19, 2013
Justin Rose fired a third-round 68 and opened up a two-shot lead over Jamie Donaldson and Thorbjorn Olesen in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship. His three rounds of 67-69-68 put him at 12-under par, and it looks like it is Rose’s tournament to lose. After a bogey at the first, he birdied five of the last six holes on the front nine to shoot a four-under par 32. Two bogeys and two birdies...
Published: January 18, 2013
Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods both had inauspicious debuts to their 2013 season in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship. McIlroy shot 75-75 for a six-over-par total and missed the cut by four shots. He even left the new Nike Method putter in the locker room and went back to his old Titleist Scotty Cameron for Friday’s round. Woods was assessed a two-shot penalty after his round on Friday for taking...
Published: January 17, 2013
Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy played their first rounds of 2013 in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship on the European Tour on Thursday. It appears that both have some work remaining to get their games ready for major competition. We last saw Tiger in his World Challenge at the beginning of December. He shot 70-69-69-71 to finish tied for fourth and eight shots behind the winner, Graeme McDowell. For...