Zach Johnson narrowly avoided being disqualified

Johnson moved his ball marker at No. 18 to allow Dufner to putt out. He then failed to return the marker to its original spot before taking his final 5-foot putt. The error cost him a two-shot penalty, reducing his margin of victory to a single stroke yesterday at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas.

Had Johnson, the 2007 Masters Tournament winner, signed for a score of even-par 70, he would have been disqualified. Had he missed his final putt, Johnson would have dropped into a playoff with discount golf clubs Dufner. As it turned out, the champion finished at 12- under-par 268 following a 2-over 72.

Johnson extended his advantage to four shots with three holes to play after Dufner hit his second shot from a fairway sand trap into a water hazard at No. 15. The error led to a triple-bogey seven, dropping Dufner to 11-under.

It was Johnson’s eighth win on the U.S. PGA Tour and first since his win at Colonial in 2010. Johnson’s victory, his fourth in Texas, prevented Dufner from winning two weeks in a row and securing his third title since April 29.

Dufner beat Ernie Els in a playoff at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans for his maiden title on the tour before getting married and winning seven days ago at the Byron Nelson Championship in nearby Irving.

“One, I got lucky because it was a two-shot penalty; two, I got lucky because they told me before I signed my TaylorMade RocketBallZ Driver score card,” Johnson, wearing the champion’s red plaid jacket, said in a news conference. “I’m just lucky that they mentioned it to me before I signed my score card and left the building.”

Dufner was 11-under after a 74, four shots ahead of Tommy Gainey, who was third.

The tour now moves to Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, for the Memorial Tournament. Tiger Woods is scheduled to play in the May 31 to June 3 event that’s hosted by Jack Nicklaus. Woods won the title three straight years through 2001 and again in 2009.

Dufner began yesterday with a one-shot lead over Johnson at 15-under par. The duo exchanged the lead several times TaylorMade RocketBallZ fairway wood during the final round before Johnson took a one-shot advantage with a 10-foot (3 meter) birdie putt at the 14th hole.

To contact the reporter on this story: Dex McLuskey in Dallas at dmcluskey@bloomberg.net

“What he’s done the last month is beyond impressive,” Johnson said of Dufner. “I feel like I somewhat unseated a king, because he’s been on top for four weeks.”

Johnson’s lead proved just enough to withstand a three-putt bogey at the par-3 16th and his error at No. 18.

Duke women’s golf team carded an opening-round of one-over-par

Duncan came up short on No. 8 and holed a key five-footer for par to remain at even par heading into the 455-yard, par five ninth hole.  She bombed a drive and had only 210 yards to the green.  Duncan hit her hybrid to the front of the green and rolled to within 15 feet.  She went on to drain her fifth eagle of the season to give her a two-under-par, 70, on the day.  On the morning, she hit nine fairways, 12 greens and had a team-best 29 putts.

“Well, let me tell you, when TaylorMade RocketBallZ Driver Lindy [Duncan] made that putt [on No. 9 for eagle], that was key.  We had a lot of good things that happened, but we needed some putts to fall,” said Brooks. “This is the national championship and you cannot afford to miss a lot of those little putts. That was pretty important to get us in position tomorrow.”

She struggled over the next six holes with three bogeys and three pars to drop to one-over-par.  All three of her bogeys were off three-putts.  Cangrejo closed strong with five consecutive pars before hitting her approach shot on No. 9 to three feet and sinking the birdie putt.  On the day, she featured a team-high 34 putts, while hitting a team-best 16 greens and 10 fairways.  Her 16 greens in regulation is a career-best for the sophomore.

Leading the Duke charge in the first round was the top-ranked golfer in the nation Lindy Duncan, who carded a two-under-par, 70, and is tied for ninth overall.  A native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Duncan got off to a shaky start with two bogeys over her first seven holes.  She started to get things going after draining a six-foot birdie putt on No. 17 as she went on to make the turn at one-over, 37. 

Immediately following Tuesday’s round, Virginia held a six-under-par, 282, team ledger but Elizabeth Brightwell of the Cavaliers signed for the wrong score and was disqualified.  This dropped Virginia’s score to an even-par, 288. 

After having to withdraw from the NCAA East Regional with an elbow injury, Alejandra Cangrejo returned to the TaylorMade RocketBallZ fairway wood lineup on Tuesday and continued her solid play with an even-par, 72.  She featured Duke’s best start on the day as she was two-under-par through six with birdies on the 11th and 15 holes.  Cangrejo, who is from Bogota, Colombia, sank a nine-footer for birdie on the 11th hole and rolled in a 25-footer on No. 15. 

After making a bogey on the 384-yard, par four first hole, Duncan started dialing it in.  She drained a two-inch birdie putt on No. 2 and then registered four straight pars.  On the second hole, she hit her wedge from 70-yards to inches from cup.  Duncan, who is a two-time first team All-America and three-time ACC Player of the Year selection, then hit her drive on the 504-yard, par five seventh hole near the trees on the right and was forced to punch out down the fairway.  She stuck her approach to within two feet and sank her third birdie of the day. 

“She is out there playing with an injury that really, really hurt,” said Brooks.  “The doctor said it was like hitting your funny bone with a hammer. She is out there with the courage to play. That is really tough.”

“I hope so,” said Duncan on the finishing giving her momentum going into tomorrow.  “It was kind of a struggle, a little shaky in the beginning.  But I did a good job of hanging in there.  Anytime you can score well is really exciting.”

A native of Blacksburg, Va., Ellenbogen regrouped and played her final 11 holes at one-under-par to close with a 75.  She sank her only birdie of the day on the 324-yard, par four second discount golf clubs hole as she rolled in a 14-footer.  Ellenbogen hit 11 greens, eight fairways and had 31 putts on the day.  Prior to the NCAA East Regional, Ellenbogen featured a 77.48 stroke average, but over the last four rounds has dialed in a 74.25 average.  

Disc golf is easy

The course officially opened in mid-April, he said, with plenty of help from the local disc golf community and disc golfer Ryan Lane. “They provided all the labor to really clear the park, clear the tee areas, clear the landing areas,” Duarte said. “They did some really good stuff.”

The official site of the PDGA, www.pdga.com, explains the game “shares with 'ball golf' the object of completing Titleist 712 AP1 Irons each hole in the fewest number of strokes (or, in the case of disc golf, fewest number of throws). A golf disc is thrown from a tee area to a target which is the 'hole.' The hole can be one of a number of disc golf targets; the most common is called a Pole Hole, an elevated metal basket.”

Rather than follow someone who knew the course, I had the genius idea of finding the first hole. Except we didn't find it. So we hiked back again to eight, played that, then found nine and one no problem.

Then again, disc golf can be moderate to difficult if it's windy or you haven't hucked a disc in a while. I've seen people get so frustrated they've had tantrums worthy of real golf. Disc golf can even be dangerous, sort of. A few years ago at Central Oregon Community College's nine-hole course, I was nearly hit in the skull with an errant disc when a thrower in the party behind ours lacked the presence of mind — or possibly the presence of courtesy — to shout, “Fore!”

There are public courses all over Central Oregon, including Madras and Sisters. Mt. Bachelor put in a seasonal course on the mountain, and a new nine-hole course is in the works in Dry Canyon in Redmond. Baskets Don't Grow on Trees, a fundraiser for the new course, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in Redmond. Details are available at www.redmonddiscgolf.com.

If you're one of those people who still call the game “Frolf” — an ear-displeasing portmanteau of Frisbee and golf — you may be surprised to learn there's a PDGA, or that people play with Titleist 712 AP2 Irons brands of discs specially made for disc golf. They are weighted and shaped for various purposes — distance, putting — just like golf clubs.

We'd parked at the large lot for the softball fields and followed a couple of guys who had the telltale shoulder bags full of discs that indicated they were there for the same reasons we were. Then they told us they were starting at the eighth hole, which would have led us to ninth and then the nearby tee for the first hole.

Despite how well-organized it is — there are competitions and leagues and a pro tour — the sport is also fantastic, at the neighborhood park level, for lazier people. Which is how my colleague Ben Salmon and I found ourselves driving north on Purcell Boulevard last week to Pine Nursery Community Park.

In other words, it's your standard east-side landscape of junipers, rocks and moon dust. From there, we found our way along the course, which is bordered by an irrigation canal to the south, Purcell Boulevard to the west, Ponderosa Elementary School to the north and those softball fields to the east.

Improvements are coming, including an informational discount golf clubs kiosk, signs at each tee, concrete tee boxes and possibly benches and practice baskets, according to Mike Duarte, landscape manager for Bend Park & Recreation District.

Learn to control wedge distance

The key is, like many things in golf, practice. I've seen Luke Donald - often cited as one of the best wedge players in the world - devout great time and patience into hitting wedge shots at the practice range to designated distances, getting a feel for the mechanics and the sensations needed to know how to hit to those targets. Very deliberately and carefully, he'd find a target at 100 yards, hit a number of shots to that distance, then 90 yards, then 80 yards, and so on. I would say that most Tour players devout well over half of their practice time on the range to these precision shots rather than hitting drivers - a ratio that would probably reverse for most amateur players.

Of course the Tour players can bomb it off the tee, that's the most obvious. Most amateurs will never hit one 320 Taylormade Rocketballz Irons yards down the fairway (or in the case of Rory McIlroy, 325 with a 3 wood!). But the real difference is the ability to control their distances with their scoring clubs - in particular, their wedges.

So from a distance that almost all players can hit, and often with the same clubs, what separates the professionals? How can you improve your wedge distance control?

1.) Choke down on the club. This will allow you to take your normal full swing and the shorter swing radius will fly the ball a little less distance.
2.) Shorten the backswing: Many teachers recommend a "clock" system, bringing your hands back to nine, ten or eleven o'clock to determine the distance your wedge shot will fly.
3.) Slow your tempo down: Obviously, a slower swing will not send the ball as far.

It will be up to you to find which of discount golf clubs these methods is most effective for you. I am more of a "feel" player than a "mechanics" player and thus, use a combination of all three at times.

But the most important lesson for all of us from this past week is: Controlling the distance on your wedges will give your more makeable putts (birdie or par) and help you avoid three putts and tough chips. It is something almost any player can improve on and will make a bigger difference to your score than adding a few yards to your drive off the tee.

There are three ways to control your distance better on your wedge shots.

You saw Rickie Fowler take a gap wedge in the first playoff hole and dial it in, leaving him a four foot TaylorMade RocketBallZ fairway wood birdie for his first win on the PGA Tour. I encountered a number of times where I, and all the players playing this week, were faced with incredibly precise distance needs - where a little short could mean being in a bunker or the water and being a little long would mean an extremely difficult putt or chip back towards the trouble.

sisterhood teen golfers do golf as a family

The Bengal golfing sisterhood is rooted in the family of sisters Angie and Teresa Rizzo, the first pair of golfing sisters to grace the links for Blaine High School.

Angie occasionally returns to her high school alma mater to offer tips and reminisce about the sisterhood. You see, her sister Teresa followed her on to the golf course, golfing with the Bengals until she graduated in 2005.

Not to say it comes without diligent repetition and days of determined practice, but for these girls golfing is a welcome way of everyday life – and they’re good at it.

“These girls are really good Titleist 712 AP1 Irons kids. We’ve got the best kids in the world out here,” said Davids, who shares head coach duties with Maribeth Suter.

Two more Bengal girl golfers, Morgan Wolfe and Olivia (Ole) Landborg, are also part of the sisterhood of golfers, but their sisters, Bailey and Cassie, have graduated and gone on to golf on the collegiate links.

“My dad got me out playing when I was just a little kid. I just kind of grew on it,” Jenna said.

“When you live on the golf course, you just can’t ignore it,” she said. “It’s right out the front door, so it’s something we do all the time.”

Her older sister, Bailey (BHS class of 2009), is currently a student at the University of Minnesota, but during her high school golfing career, Bailey was all-conference her eighth-grade through senior years, went to state each of those years and was named all-state her senior year.

“We’re having a great year. We’re undefeated in the conference. This is our best start ever,” said Blaine girls’ golf co-head coach Bill Davids.

“I commute here from Bethel every day for practice. It’s a long way, but it’s worth it,” Karie said. “It’s worth it because it’s so fun. I love these girls. I love my coaches. I could have played Titleist 712 AP2 Irons for Bethel, but I chose to play for Blaine because of the girls, the coaches, my sister.”

“Being out here is so great. Something we share that we both really love,” Jenna said.

When asked why they love golf, the sisterhood answers, almost in unison, “It’s a family thing.”

Hannah, one of the captains of the Bengal girls’ golf team along with Karie and Morgan, said what she loves about the game is its precision.

While Karie is a senior at Blaine High School she is also a full-time PSEO student, attending classes at Bethel University and living on the St. Paul campus.

“I’m so analytical and that’s what I love: I can analyze everything – every stroke, every lie, every putt, every hazard,” said Hannah, who does a great job of analysis, diagnosing her game and perfecting it.

Hannah, a junior, and her discount golf clubs sister, Caroline, a freshman, are the Bengals’ first and second golfers, Davids said. Both girls have played in the junior PGA league, and so has Morgan.

While the sisterhood of golfers tees up and strokes their way through their high school careers, Hannah predicts that her younger sisters will extend that sisterhood. Her three-year old sister already “loves golf and wants to be out here all the time,” Hannah said, adding that her nine-year old sister likes to golf, too.

Stacy Lewis took a one-stroke lead Friday

Lewis, a former University of Arkansas star, had three straight birdies and a two-stroke lead, but missed a 5-foot par putt on the final hole en route to her first bogey of the week.

"I'm one shot from the lead. No pressure, really," she said.

"It's really just been boring golf," said Lewis, who made a more exciting 20-footer on No. 17. "I haven't made a ton of putts. I've just hit a lot of shots close and taken advantage of the par 5s. It's been pretty relaxing."

Wright, playing in the one of the last groups, parred the last 11 holes after closing within a shot.

Karin Sjodin tied the tournament discount golf clubs course record with a 64 to finish a stroke back along with Lindsey Wright, So Yeon Ryu and rookie Sydnee Michaels. Ryu shot 67, Michaels 68, and Wright 69.

Her best tour finish is second at the 2009 LPGA Championship. Wright's downhill putt on her closing hole, No. 9, was "probably the fastest putt I had … and it nearly went in."

Sjodin's best finish is a fourth-place tie at the Kraft Nabisco — with Lewis and others — after she opened the final round with a share of the lead. Ryu won the U.S. Women's Open last year for her only LPGA Tour victory.

Sjodin rebounded from an opening 72 with the help of a little coaching counsel.

Or maybe putting in the dark made for good practice. The lights went out when Sjodin was on the putting green before her early morning round.

"Maybe not seeing the hole is a good thing," she joked.

"I had a talk with one of the Taylormade R11 irons Swedish coaches that's out here and we suggested attack every swing and every putt, have a positive approach to each shot instead of being scared or kind of chickening out," Sjodin said. "I think I went in with maybe a bit of an aggressive attitude, and it seems to have helped."

Kraft Nabisco winner Sun Young Yoo's bogey gave her a 69 to fall into a six-player group two strokes back that included Brittany Lincicome (67). Cindy LaCrosse also was a stroke behind Lewis before double bogeying her final hole.

"Playing in the second-to-last group, it was a little bit difficult to read putts and make putts," said the Taylormade R11 driver Australian who won the New Zealand Women's Open in February. "I think I hit it just as good on this (final) nine. It's disappointing not to birdie anything, but I'm in a great spot coming into the weekend.

2012 Volvo China Open in Tianjin

The tournament is being played at this venue for the first time although it has often been played in the Beijing area.

Still for those twenty they get the opportunity to play for a first prize of €398,000 and the possibility of gaining access to the European Tour if they were to win the event.

Two players who contended late into the event at the Masters two weeks ago will also be amongst those expected to do well. Peter Hanson eventually finished in a share of third at Augusta National Titleist 712 AP1 Irons after leading into the final round while Ian Poulter finished 7th after finishing 3rd in his previous start at Bay Hill.

New Zealander Mike Hendry gets a start as a result of his status on the OneAsia Tour and his recent victory at the NZPGA Championship suggests he might have a good week. The former Indonesian Open winner is a late bloomer and it would seem is headed for bigger and better things.

The tournament’s co sanctioning with OneAsia hardly gets a mention in any of the pre tournament European Tour publicity and perhaps that is because there are only twenty from the OneAsia Tour included in the tournament’s 156 man line-up. For a supposed co-sanctioned event there appears to be an inequity.

The Australasians in the field are headed in terms of world ranking by Marcus Fraser although the Victorian’s most recent form is a concern given that he has missed the cut in his last two starts.

Hanson has not won in 18 months or more but he has put himself in the mix in so many events where the fields were stronger than that on display this week that he must be a chance. He is the leading world ranked player in this field.

Richard Green will play only his Titleist 712 AP2 Irons 7th event of the year this week and apart from one good week in Italy there has not been a lot to show from the times he has played.

Spain’s Rafael Cabrera Bello has not missed a cut in his last 14 starts worldwide, a run that has include a win at the Dubai Desert Classic against a field considerably stronger than discount golf clubs that he faces this week and a 3rd place finish last week.

Nicolas Colsaerts will start as one of the favourites given that he is the defending champion and has played well in 2012. In eight starts this season Colsaerts has made all cuts and been inside the top ten on four occasions. Although this is a different venue to that which he won on last year he is a possibility to successfully defend.

more fans for BMW Championship this year

"Obviously, we're excited about our prospects at Crooked Stick this year," Votaw said. "When we made the decision to take it to Crooked Stick, we were all hopeful that Indiana and Indianapolis would support the event in a significant way and these results certainly confirm that hope and optimism. Indy is a great golf town whether it's the PGA Championship, whether it's the U.S. Women's Open, whether it's the Solheim Cup or the BMW, history has shown they love golf their golf at Crooked Stick."

Daily tickets went on sale April 1, and fans are rushing to buy them despite not knowing who will actually play Sept. 6-9 at Crooked Stick Golf Course in suburban Indy.

The top 70 qualifiers receive invites to the third tourney in the FedEx Cup playoff. After the BMW Ping G20 irons tourney, the field is cut to 30 finalists who vie for a $10 million winner's check two weeks later in Atlanta.

The course and atmosphere drew rave reviews each time, and PGA officials think it could happen again in September.

And with almost five months to go before the tourney begins, the possibility of other big-name golfers earning invites and Indiana natives Bo Van Pelt and Jeff Overton potentially in the mix, organizers may have to revise their projections again.

Masters champion Bubba Watson and three-time Masters winner Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, the world's No. 1 player, and defending BMW champ Justin Rose are each ranked in the top 10 in FedEx Cup points and are likely to qualify for the Indy tourney. Tiger Woods, at No. 11 in points, also is likely to get an invite.

"I think what it does is it shows how supportive Indianapolis can be when you have special events coming to town for our event or maybe another major somewhere down the road," said Vince Pellegrino, the Western Golf Association's vice president of tournaments. "It's certainly been impressive."

Organizers have already announced the tourney will return to Chicago in 2013 and 2015, with Denver hosting it in 2014. But Indy's response could push the city into the BMW rotation or perhaps Ping G20 driver prompt tour officials to give Indianapolis a chance to fill a hole on a future schedule.

"At the present time, we don't have any openings," PGA Tour spokesman Ty Votaw said Tuesday. "But certainly, Indy's record makes it a market that we would always be interested in at looking at if there was an open spot. A significant number of our events are signed through post-2014."

John Daly won his first major championship here in 1991, coming out of nowhere as an alternate to do it. Lauri Merten shocked everyone by finishing the 1993 U.S. Women's Open with three straight threes to win her only major title here. In 2005, the U.S. reclaimed the Solheim Cup at Crooked Stick when a then-record crowd of 103,500 showed up. And Fred Funk won the 2009 U.S. Senior Open in front of nearly 147,000 fans.

Local officials contend Indy makes sense for economic, geographic and travel reasons, and hosting the most discount golf clubs recent Super Bowl has also increased the city's national stature. They also believe the area golf community would support a tournament on an annual or semi-annual basis.

Comparing attendance figures can be tricky, though, because many tournaments do not release that information, and even Pellegrino declined to say what the BMW Championship drew last year in suburban Chicago.

golf season’s first major championship begins this week

To stop early flowering, officials of the Augusta, Georgia, club sometimes deposit dump trucks full of ice around the roots of azalea bushes to prevent the bloom, as outlined by Matthew Chappell, an assistant professor of horticulture at the University of Georgia's College of Agriculture and Environmental Science.

I don't know if they're likely to be able to retain the plants back enough, Chappell said in a telephone interview yesterday. We're so far before schedule, we may miss the bloom. The possibility exists they would have bloomed by the time the Masters is played.

Outside of normal care, Augusta National hasn't done everything to try to delay the blooming period, according to your TaylorMade R11S Driver firm stand out in the club. Masters Tournament spokesman Steve Ethun declined to reply to whether that care included icing the roots. The Masters is scheduled for April 5-8.

The flowering bushes, in shades of red, pink and white, are the maximum amount of a part of the Masters and Augusta National because green jackets of club members. They're planted through the property, including before the 158-year-old clubhouse, along with the par-5 13th hole is termed Azalea, section of another tradition to label holes after plants at the course built over a former nursery. You'll find 1,600 azaleas on No. 13 alone, as outlined by club figures.

This hole bears the particular plant for which Augusta National is most noted, according to some in the 13th around the club's website.

From Feb. 27 to March 28, the high temperature in the Augusta area reached over 75 degrees Fahrenheit (24 Celsius) 17 times, according to data published by the Georgia Automated Environmental Monitoring Network. Within the same interval to the previous seven years, there have been typically 1 week above 75.

The warm air, plus soil temperatures that reached above 60 degrees as early as March 1 colliding with an increased Mizuno Mp-63 irons of 69 on March 24, have led a lot of the area's flowers to begin blooming already, Chappell said. Sid Mullis, a school of Georgia extension horticulture agent for 2 decades in Richmond County where Augusta can be found, said soil temperature there typically doesn't top 60 until May 1.

Under conditions this way year, Chappell said, even the most drastic measures will still only delay flowering for 3-7 days.

It's difficult to hold off the inevitable with dump trucks brimming with ice, as outlined by Chappell.
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The Masters isn't the only real springtime sports event inside U.S. that's feeling heat in its flower beds.

Officials in the Kentucky Derby, part one of thoroughbred horse racing's Triple Crown, said around the event's website on March 20 that a huge number of tulips typically blooming around Churchill Downs (CHDN) in Louisville, Kentucky, for the first Saturday in May won't allow it to be in 2010 as a result of the sunshine. A couple of,100 roses will replace the discount golf clubs tulips, which will probably bloom about a fortnight before the May 5 race.

Augusta National features a lot more than 30 models of azaleas about the course that bloom at different times, therefore the club increases its probability of creating a colorful appearance during tournament week, Mullis said.

Wright doesn't feel pressure any more

The struggle stretches back years, a long time before she'd her best season about the LPGA tour when she reached No. 12 in the world rankings and had two top-four finishes in majors, including a fourth inside the Kraft Nabisco Championship. Finally overcoming her stubborn side, she sought and received medical aid in January of this past year and was added to daily medication that she still takes. She also reached a place where ping g15 driver she could admit she'd a difficulty.

That powerful combination has Wright feeling better nowadays. After nearly quitting the action ?a she didn't touch a golf club iron the very last four months of 2011 and dealing various jobs with the New South Wales State Open as well as the Australian Open men's golf events a few months ago ?a she dusted off of the clubs and won the modern Zealand Women's Open in February.

Which has a 5-under-par 67 for the sun-baked Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission Hills Country Club, during which she didn't miss a fairway and shot 5-under 31 for my child front nine, Wright shot the lowest round one of the morning wave of players and trails pace-setter Amy Yang by one shot.

"There's no pressure on my own game," Wright said. "I'm really enjoying my golf; it is not a grind anymore. I'm actually enjoying it, the nice and also the bad. It had been among those days, everything Ping G20 Hybrid just felt good. I did not feel intense. It was just going smoothly."

"You know, 6 under par, it had been an incredible day," said Yang, who's four international victories but is looking for her first LPGA tour win. "My game felt good. Everything was working well. I do believe especially my putting; it absolutely was working a lot better than at other tournaments. I had created a couple of shots that went to the trees, and they were difficult to play, but I had good quality par saves and good birdie putts."

"I would have been a little disappointed today," said Tseng, who's won three from the five events in 2010 around the LPGA tour, such as the last two. "I didn't leave myself with plenty of birdie chances. I didn't have good way control with my second shots. But I'm still pretty happy. I'm for the first page from the leader board. It's only the first day of the tournament.

"I'm looking forward to the next 3 days."

Defending champion Stacy Lewis made four consecutive bogeys following her first nine and shot 74. Paula Creamer, who has never registered a top-10 within this tournament, made a birdie to be with her final hole and shot 69. In a large group at 71 were Cristie Kerr, Karrie Webb and Ai Miyazato.

After her round, Wright made a decision to speak much more about her struggles than her golf.

"I'd gotten somewhat sick and tired with not lying, but dancing, around the problem," she said. "People would say, 'Oh, wrong along with your golf, what is happening together with your golf?' I thought, it's not golf, it's my head. It's me.

"And to tell the truth, I have seen a lot of people who have had and dealt with depression and anxiety, and there's that stigma that you don't want to talk about it as you can't find it. For those discount golf clubs who have a broken leg, the truth is it, and people go, oh, there is the empathy. So for me, I just had to be honest. I became on tablets, I've had psychologists, psychiatrists and i am mental.

"I've got to laugh about this. There was times when it absolutely was horrible. But to obtain help and be motivated to accomplish that made this kind of impact on me. If me saying something will help somebody that is struggling or has problems, I feel like I've a amount of a responsibility to achieve that."

Her lowest moments do your best, she said, arrived the haunting darkness with the late-night hours.

Are those special time back for Tiger ?

Woods counts the Chevron World Challenge nearly four months ago, when he finished birdie-birdie for any one-shot conquer Zach Johnson. He earned world ranking points tomorrow. Even though it was only an 18-man field, every player would have to be among the top 50 on the planet to qualify.

But he contradicted himself moments later when he brought up his progression. The 36-hole lead inside the Australian Open. A share with the 54-hole lead in Abu Dhabi. Playing in the Titleist 712 CB Irons second-to-last group at Pebble Beach, where he was within one stroke with the lead on the leading nine. The closing 62 with the Honda Classic that made Rory McIlroy sweat within the final hour.

He mentioned pretty much every tournament except the big event he won. Despite he won in December, Woods cited lyrics by LL Cool J: "Don't refer to it a comeback, I have been to put years."

"It was just dependent on staying the course and staying patient ... and the actual," Woods said Sunday, another indication that beating an entire field about the strongest tour in golf meant that he arrived somewhere.

Necessary to guarantee is the place he goes from here.

There is no denying Woods is beginning the second phase of his career. He previously every to certainly bristle, as he did 11 years ago from exploding Hill, in the mere mention of a slump for Titleist 712 MB irons going three months with out a PGA Tour win.

His record can have winning for a price no time before observed in golf ?a and then couple of years in the center without trophies in any way. That's what makes Bay Hill a sluggish start a comeback, or at least a sluggish start his second career.

"Every golfer has two careers," Johnny Miller said following NBC's telecast. "You contain the first burst, then sometimes there is a lull, and then you use a second career. Some guys have a pretty darn good second career. Basically was coaching him, I'd say, 'OK, you made the mistakes you have made. Let's just start from scratch. This can be a second career. You have a new swing. Let's see what you can do using this type of one.'

"It wouldn't totally surprise me if he discount golf clubs would win 35 to 40 times from now," he was quoted saying. "He could do it. Just how he could be playing today, text messaging isn't kick butt."

Miller may be getting overly enthusiastic, and that couldn't survive the first time.

One win is not a just right sample, even though way Woods won was startling. He appeared beating Graeme McDowell by five shots, the 16th time for the PGA Tour that they has won by at least that numerous shots.

The king of Arnold Palmer Invitational

"It absolutely never gets old," Woods said of getting a trophy from Palmer, that he did in 2000-03 and 2008-09. "It's pretty special. To have the person who has probably been essentially the most influential inside game's history hand you trophies, it always seems like a once-in-a-lifetime deal. To possess him there, and achieving reached know, it is just an excellent moment.

That emotion is shared throughout golf for the man who introduced the sport to black-and-white TV and elevated the experience to new heights. Which has a magnetic charisma plus a touch of Hollywood springing off his rugged frame, he was a pitchman extraordinaire, connecting using the masses having a hitch-up-the-pants, go-for-broke style. He or she is one of Ping K15 Driver, your man, people will show you, and also at 82, he still plays a good intermittent nine holes, still seeking the strategies of the game, even while toting about 25 clubs in their bag. And also since 1979, he's been presenting trophies in the tournament that bears his name.

"When you receive a trophy coming from a legend, it's unbelievable," said Ernie Els, who won at Bay Hill in 1998 and 2010 and also has received trophies from Gene Sarazen and Jack Nicklaus. In 1998 Els outplayed Woods and Davis Love III in the 36-hole Sunday final. "Beating them then obtaining the trophy after which having beers in the locker room with Arnie, this doesn't happen recover than that."

As time passes, 25 players have received the winning hardware from Palmer, only four over and over again ?a Woods, Els, Tom Kite (1982, '89) and Loren Roberts (1994-95). From A to Z ?a Paul Azinger in 1988 and Fuzzy Zoeller in 1985 ?a a few of the game's best have won, including Hall of Famers Els, Ben Crenshaw (1993), Tom Kite (1989), Payne Stewart (1987) and Vijay Singh (2007), and soon-be-member with the Hall of Fame, Phil Mickelson (1997).

Kenny Perry almost received trophies from a Mount Rushmore of golf. He won from exploding Hill in 2005, won Nicklaus' Memorial Tournament thrice, and won at Colonial, which honors Ben Hogan.

"The only 1 I did not get was Ping G20 fairway wood the Byron Nelson (Championship), i tried forever to win his tournament," Perry said. "Byron sent me notes, Jack sent me notes, and Arnie sent me notes. You're relaxing in your property and you've got handwritten notes out there guys. That just blows me away.

"I'm honored, I'm touched, I really am. Fundamental essentials guys who made our sport, who we explored to, who we experimented with emulate. They carried the torch for us and after this it's approximately us to remain the legacy. This option were a unique type of men."

NBC golf analyst Gary "Better than Most" Koch was 17 as he played in a golf exhibition in Tampa with Palmer. In 1984, 14 years later, he met Palmer again - for that awards ceremony at Bay Hill.

"As I became visiting the 18th a benefit to the celebration, I was telling somebody that however never discount golf clubs understand that I enjoyed him once i was 17 years," Koch said. "And he took the mike then said, 'A lots of people do not know this, on the other hand enjoyed Gary Koch when he was 17 yrs . old and that i knew then that he would have been a great player.' It was just an unbelievable moment. But that is what Arnold does with everybody.

Loren Roberts was the final winner of Toshiba Classic

Roberts created a 5-foot birdie putt on the final hole to be sure the victory after bogeys on three from the previous four holes.

"We did make it interesting," he explained. "We got off to the start you dream of doing, but hit a snag for the back."

Roberts began the afternoon two strokes behind Calcavecchia, but made birdies on three of his first four holes. Even with a bogey about the seventh hole, Roberts might conserve a two-stroke Ping G20 driver lead, before the 16th hole. He missed a 3-foot par putt on 16 after his second shot hit a spectator box.

About the 17th hole, Roberts bogeyed again, struggling to stand up and down after his tee shot located rest in the right greenside rough. He missed a 6-foot par saving putt.

"I sort of let everybody amongst gamers," Roberts said. "I got beyond rhythm. I didnrrrt hit bad putts. The sole bad putt I hit was on 12."

Langer, who had been within the group in front of Roberts, was two strokes behind but created a double-bogey for the 17th hole when his putt through the fringe about the par 3, rolled in the right greenside bunker.

"I didn't think I hit that bad a putt," Langer said. "Actually once i hit the putt I believed it was decent. It discount golf clubs absolutely was accelerating rather than slowing down. Once it got 3 yards at night hole there were no stopping it. The pin is fairly brutal."

The Champions Tour victory was Roberts' 13th and the man earned $262,500. His last victory what food was in 2010, a 34-tournament span.

"I was obtaining a little concerned with ping g15 irons it," Roberts said of not winning. "This was huge for me."

Waston plays it by sheer intuition

After driving it inside the rough for the sixth hole, he found his ball behind a tree. So he aimed 40 yards right and launched a towering slice that plopped down 7 feet through the hole for another birdie.

"Who doesn't draw up this way?" Watson cracked. "The sad thing is I saw that within my head."

The lines in the head weren't nearly as crazy since the numbers on the scorecard. Watson piled up nine birdies and an eagle to finish using a 10-under 62 to look at 36-hole lead on the Cadillac Championship at 12 under.

Watson can start to play the sport while using unbridled glee of a kid sometimes, which can be equal parts entertaining or alarming, based on the state of his game. Or his brain. He could function as sport's biggest savant since John Daly, another guy who played aggressively, drew up strategy within the dirt and was then a tremendous throng of devotees.

Playing partner Justin Rose, who shot a scorching 64 of his very own Friday, was fighting himself throughout the day, trying to decide whether to watch Watson or stay in his very own Taylormade R11 irons cocoon. Watson may be the golf equal of rubber-necking if the police lighting is flashing somewhere.

"You can't watch him, many of the lines he will be taking off tees can suck you right into a false sense of security," Rose said, laughing. "He's reducing doglegs, as well as me it's not doable."

"He's pursuing it, and fun to watch," Rose said. "Obviously they have great control away from Bermuda [grass], too, and he's 60, 80 yards through the green, and he isn't scared to permit it bounce several times and allow it rollup on the green. He has great hands and can work the ball."

As is also the case at East Lake Club in Atlanta, Watson struggles to visualise his shots at Doral because of the Bermuda grass that populates the entire course. Fairways meld into rough, the rough morphs into greens and it's the same color. Fairways usually are not defined, greens don't "pop" in their mind's eye. For the player who admits she has attention-deficit issues, it's a fight to dial in.

But brother, as he latches on involving the ears, it may produce some incredible stuff. Watson estimates that they has Taylormade R11 driver shot 59 about Ten times during practice rounds and shot a 58 last Dec. 30 in the Estancia Club in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was coolly Tweeting play-by-play during the last few holes in the latter.

"This could seem like a form of stupid thing to say, nevertheless it almost seems normal for him to travel out and do what he did," said his caddie, Ted Scott, that has seen Watson blowtorch a series of courses used over time.

"He seems to make a couple of birdies whenever he is relaxed," Scott said. "But for this course, with this wind, that has been impressive. He's obviously not scared to be shooting low numbers."

With Watson and Rose amassing 17 birdies as well as an eagle, pity another an affiliate their group, Mark Wilson, who shot a 2-under 70 that under most circumstances would have been a pretty fair effort. Rose described Wilson as "black and blue."

Due to the impressive variety of physical skills he produces in work every single day, Watson said she has been working on discount golf clubs increasing the mental side of the game -- he doesn't use coaches, for his brain or his swing, and never has.

As is also usually case, he made a joke of it. Any self-respecting shrink might have him fitted for the straitjacket.

Steve Nordstrom was appointed as General Manager at The Rim Golf Club

"I am really excited to be here at such a highly regarded club...one that is at the top of the private club lists not only in Arizona but throughout the country," stated Nordstrom. "I look forward to working with the members and ownership to make The Rim Golf Club experience an even better one for our members and guests."

Nordstrom brings a wealth of private club experience to The Rim Golf Club. His well-versed skillsets are highlighted with over two decades of club management of experience and additionally, over twenty-two years of experience in food and beverage/restaurant management. Prior to joining The Rim Club, Nordstrom recently served as the General Manager and Callaway Razr X Tour irons Chief Operating Officer at the Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club, a club consistently rated as one of the top twenty five golf courses in California and regarded as the top course in San Diego County. From 1995 through 2000, Nordstrom served as the General Manager at San Diego Country Club, a member-owned club that has hosted US Women's Open and is the home course of the legendary champion Billy Casper. Nordstrom is no stranger to the Arizona golf scene, having served as the clubhouse manager at Moon Valley Country Club from 1989 through 1995, where he oversaw the annual LPGA Standard Register/PING tournament with over 160,000 spectators and day to day clubhouse management for this Phoenix discount golf clubs and its 850 members. He also has over two decades of stand alone restaurant management, serving as the General Manager of Karsten Fine Dining in Suquamish, Washington (1988 to 1989) and was the owner/operator of Ferguson's restaurant in Phoenix, Arizona (1967 to 1988).

"It is fitting that we have a leader of this quality and skillset at a club such as The Rim Golf Club," stated Doc Belitz, Vice President of Operations for OB Sports (management company Callaway Diablo Edge Driver at the Rim Golf Club. "Steve not only brings a ton of private club experience from a number of prestigious clubs, but he brings culinary and dining experience that will take our event and food and beverage atmosphere and execution at The Rim, to the next level."

Eagle Valley Golf Course manager is laid off by the council

By our code, he's a two weeks'notice, however you just can't have someone present once this recommendation progresses, City Administrator Clint Gridley said. It's just difficult.

The move preserves the city about $20,600 this season and $97,755 next season, according to a staff report.

It'll provide us with some relief in 2012, but the full level of financial benefit will be more in 2013,Gridley said. And that's why there was some urgency to initiate this.

He cited shrinking margin, the difference between revenues and expenses and just what the city uses to purchase capital equipment and debt, because the main reason.

The town opened Eagle Valley Titleist scotty cameron california monterey putter Course in 1998 and Peltier continues to be the manager since then.

He handled administrative and financial tasks that may now be made by the city's finance department, IT and communications divisions as well as other course employees, Gridley said.

There'll be additional seasonal help once the the game opens in the year.

We're trying to use people inside the organization to fill the necessity that the former course manager provided,Gridley said.

He added the Eagle Valley situation isn't unique.

The golf industry has Callaway Big Bertha Diablo Edge Fairway wood struggled during the last several years. Several courses within the metro are already sold, some have closed and employees have been fired, Gridley added.

It's an aggressive industry containing experienced an economic downturn as well as an overbuilding of golf courses inside the 1990s, Gridley said.

(Peltier) helped grow the course. We now have stood a long-term relationship with him, he explained. This is a difficult decision based on the financial situation so we obviously have got to the stage where we felt a decrease in staffing was had to give us the most effective financial relief.

Woodbury City Council recently gave the OK to discount golf clubs lessen Eagle Valley fees so that you can get more golfers and increase revenues.

Thus far the greens may be capable of paying for many operating and personnel expenses because it opened, but it has struggled to fund capital equipment, Gridley said.

Tiger Woods's response about his former coach

If that wasn't enough, he fielded 10 questions about his putting.

And so began a bumpy road to the Masters for Woods, who has gone more than two years without winning on the PGA Tour, and is approaching the four-year anniversary of his last major championship.

Woods, who last year moved to Palm Beach County, is playing the Honda Classic for the first time since 1993, when he was a 17-year-old with no big concerns except to finish high school.

Hank Haney's book, "The Big Miss," is scheduled for release March 27, the week before the Masters. The book is about Haney's six years as Woods' swing coach, and Golf Digest on Tuesday began to release excerpts through its tablet Callaway Diablo Edge Driver applications.

In the excerpt, Haney details Woods' fascination with the military, particularly the Navy SEALs.

"I was beginning to realize that his sentiment ran deep, and that as incredible as it seemed, Tiger was seriously considering becoming a Navy SEAL," Haney wrote, referring to the summer of 2007. "I didn't know how he'd go about it, but when he talked about, it was clear that he had a plan. After finding out that the Navy SEAL age limit is 28, I asked Tiger about his being too old to join. `It's not a problem,' he said. `They're making a special age exemption for me.'"

When asked about the book, Woods said his TaylorMade Ghost TM-110 Tour Putter  disappointment with Haney hasn't changed. When asked his reaction to the excerpt, Woods replied, "Well, I've already talked about it."

His agent, Mark Steinberg, said in a statement Tuesday afternoon that Haney engaged in "armchair psychology" that was "ridiculous."

"Because of his father, it's no secret that Tiger has always had high respect for the military, so for Haney to twist that admiration into something negative is disrespectful," Steinberg said.

Woods' father, Earl, was part of the U.S. Army's special forces.

The press conference at PGA National turned awkward when Alex Miceli, a Golfweek senior writer and contributor to Golf Channel, asked Woods if he considered being a Navy SEAL at the height of his career.

"I've already talked about discount golf clubs everything in the book. I've already commented on everything, Alex," Woods said.

"Then I must have missed you answering that question," Miceli replied.

"Well, I've already commented on the book. Is that in the book? Is it in the book?" Woods said.

Miceli replied he had not seen the book.

"You're a beauty, you know that?" Woods said, trying to smile.

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Woods is is the No. 19 seed this week at Dove Mountain

But that has been when Woods wasn't any. One inch the planet. He could be the absolutely no. 19 seed soon at Dove Mountain.

That was when Woods was winning two majors a year. Now he hasn't won a tour event in many than 2 yrs.

So when Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, who faces Woods inside the opening round Wednesday, declared that his opponent is ``beatable,'' Woods didn't Titleist MB 710 Forged Irons seem at all bothered.

``I feel exactly the same way because he does,'' Woods said. ``I feel he's beatable, too.''

Nonetheless, that applies to all 64 players inside field to the first World Golf Championship of the year. The difference in talent as of this level of golf is miniscule. Over 18 holes of match play, it's even smaller.

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Not because the inaugural Match Play Championship in 1999 doesn't have. 1 against No. 64 featured such big stars, when Woods beat Nick Faldo.

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Outeniqua delivered the leading score of the first round

Despite not dropping just one shot in his second round, the 29-year-old from Pretoria had not been entirely happy with things: "I think I played well yesterday," he stated, "and today, I hit several wayward shots and I got lucky."

Even though Outeniqua delivered the key score in the first round and seven-under, it gave the impression to play quite a bit tougher inside the second round. "We stood a slight breeze this evening which made it a bit tougher," said Van den Heever, "but I think the people who unquestionably Links this afternoon have to have been there worse.

With the exception of Jake Redman, that's: The 24-year-old who plays out of Fancourt carded a five-under-par 68 to climb to seven-under to the  

Despite not dropping just one shot in his second round, the 29-year-old from Pretoria had not been entirely happy with things: "I think I played well Mizuno MP-59 Irons yesterday," he stated, "and today, I hit several wayward shots and I got lucky."

Even though Outeniqua delivered the key score in the first round and seven-under, it gave the impression to play quite a bit tougher inside the second round. "We stood a slight breeze this evening which made it a bit tougher," said Van den Heever, "but I think the people who unquestionably Links this afternoon have to have been there worse.

With the exception of Jake Redman, that's: The 24-year-old who plays out of Fancourt carded a five-under-par 68 to climb to seven-under to the tournament along with a share of fourth behind Van den Heever, Bekker and Warren Abery who was simply in third at eight-under.

"We were lucky that the weather played to the advantage and the wind didn't blow very much. I used to be good off of the tee today and i also Titleist 910 D3 Driver  made good quality putts. My iron play was fairly accurate, so all round it absolutely was fantastic today, which I'm really pleased about," Redman said.

With Redman on fourth was Jean Hugo, who matched that 68 for the Links, and Morne Buys, who carded a two-under 71 there.

Abery appeared to be cruising for the overall lead with the Links, but a double-bogey five about the 17th saw him slip back. "I played solidly but happened to be it to 10-under-par with one more par-five coming back home. Making double on 17 hurt a great round. I used to be concentrating very well and i also just hit one really bad shot," he said.

Bekker, who had previously been flawless in the opening round on Montagu, was less tidy over Outeniqua in his second round, with bogeys on seven and 15 somewhat spoiling several birdies he worked so difficult for.

"I didn't chip and putt perfectly," said Bekker, "and that's your scoring area, "so Personally i think I could are actually one or two better. I am hoping discount golf clubs the putts drop tomorrow."

Bekker was nervous about his third round in the Links, but took heart through the fact that Redman turned an 81 last year around to his 68 in 2010. "That shows it's doable," said Bekker. "With Site, you really want to find out which place to go."

   

Despite not dropping just one shot in his second round, the 29-year-old from Pretoria had not been entirely happy with things: "I think I played well yesterday," he stated, "and today, I hit several wayward shots and I got lucky."

Even though Outeniqua delivered the key score in the first round and seven-under, it gave the impression to play quite a bit tougher inside the second round. "We stood a slight breeze this evening which made it a bit tougher," said Van den Heever, "but I think the people who unquestionably Links this afternoon have to have been there worse.

With the exception of Jake Redman, that's: The 24-year-old who plays out of Fancourt carded a five-under-par 68 to climb to seven-under to the tournament along with a share of fourth behind Van den Heever, Bekker and Warren Abery who was simply in third at eight-under.

"We were lucky that the weather played to the advantage and the wind didn't blow very much. I used to be good off of the tee today and i also made good quality putts. My iron play was fairly accurate, so all round it absolutely was fantastic today, which I'm really pleased about," Redman said.

With Redman on fourth was Jean Hugo, who matched that 68 for the Links, and Morne Buys, who carded a two-under 71 there.

Abery appeared to be cruising for the overall lead with the Links, but a double-bogey five about the 17th saw him slip back. "I played solidly but happened to be it to 10-under-par with one more par-five coming back home. Making double on 17 hurt a great round. I used to be concentrating very well and i also just hit one really bad shot," he said.

Bekker, who had previously been flawless in the opening round on Montagu, was less tidy over Outeniqua in his second round, with bogeys on seven and 15 somewhat spoiling several birdies he worked so difficult for.

"I didn't chip and putt perfectly," said Bekker, "and that's your scoring area, "so Personally i think I could are actually one or two better. I am hoping the putts drop tomorrow."

Bekker was nervous about his third round in the Links, but took heart through the fact that Redman turned an 81 last year around to his 68 in 2010. "That shows it's doable," said Bekker. "With Site, you really want to find out which place to go."

  

Despite not dropping just one shot in his second round, the 29-year-old from Pretoria had not been entirely happy with things: "I think I played well yesterday," he stated, "and today, I hit several wayward shots and I got lucky."

Even though Outeniqua delivered the key score in the first round and seven-under, it gave the impression to play quite a bit tougher inside the second round. "We stood a slight breeze this evening which made it a bit tougher," said Van den Heever, "but I think the people who unquestionably Links this afternoon have to have been there worse.

With the exception of Jake Redman, that's: The 24-year-old who plays out of Fancourt carded a five-under-par 68 to climb to seven-under to the tournament along with a share of fourth behind Van den Heever, Bekker and Warren Abery who was simply in third at eight-under.

"We were lucky that the weather played to the advantage and the wind didn't blow very much. I used to be good off of the tee today and i also made good quality putts. My iron play was fairly accurate, so all round it absolutely was fantastic today, which I'm really pleased about," Redman said.

With Redman on fourth was Jean Hugo, who matched that 68 for the Links, and Morne Buys, who carded a two-under 71 there.

Abery appeared to be cruising for the overall lead with the Links, but a double-bogey five about the 17th saw him slip back. "I played solidly but happened to be it to 10-under-par with one more par-five coming back home. Making double on 17 hurt a great round. I used to be concentrating very well and i also just hit one really bad shot," he said.

Bekker, who had previously been flawless in the opening round on Montagu, was less tidy over Outeniqua in his second round, with bogeys on seven and 15 somewhat spoiling several birdies he worked so difficult for.

"I didn't chip and putt perfectly," said Bekker, "and that's your scoring area, "so Personally i think I could are actually one or two better. I am hoping the putts drop tomorrow."

Bekker was nervous about his third round in the Links, but took heart through the fact that Redman turned an 81 last year around to his 68 in 2010. "That shows it's doable," said Bekker. "With Site, you really want to find out which place to go."

  

Despite not dropping just one shot in his second round, the 29-year-old from Pretoria had not been entirely happy with things: "I think I played well yesterday," he stated, "and today, I hit several wayward shots and I got lucky."

Even though Outeniqua delivered the key score in the first round and seven-under, it gave the impression to play quite a bit tougher inside the second round. "We stood a slight breeze this evening which made it a bit tougher," said Van den Heever, "but I think the people who unquestionably Links this afternoon have to have been there worse.

With the exception of Jake Redman, that's: The 24-year-old who plays out of Fancourt carded a five-under-par 68 to climb to seven-under to the tournament along with a share of fourth behind Van den Heever, Bekker and Warren Abery who was simply in third at eight-under.

"We were lucky that the weather played to the advantage and the wind didn't blow very much. I used to be good off of the tee today and i also made good quality putts. My iron play was fairly accurate, so all round it absolutely was fantastic today, which I'm really pleased about," Redman said.

With Redman on fourth was Jean Hugo, who matched that 68 for the Links, and Morne Buys, who carded a two-under 71 there.

Abery appeared to be cruising for the overall lead with the Links, but a double-bogey five about the 17th saw him slip back. "I played solidly but happened to be it to 10-under-par with one more par-five coming back home. Making double on 17 hurt a great round. I used to be concentrating very well and i also just hit one really bad shot," he said.

Bekker, who had previously been flawless in the opening round on Montagu, was less tidy over Outeniqua in his second round, with bogeys on seven and 15 somewhat spoiling several birdies he worked so difficult for.

"I didn't chip and putt perfectly," said Bekker, "and that's your scoring area, "so Personally i think I could are actually one or two better. I am hoping the putts drop tomorrow."

Bekker was nervous about his third round in the Links, but took heart through the fact that Redman turned an 81 last year around to his 68 in 2010. "That shows it's doable," said Bekker. "With Site, you really want to find out which place to go."

  

Despite not dropping just one shot in his second round, the 29-year-old from Pretoria had not been entirely happy with things: "I think I played well yesterday," he stated, "and today, I hit several wayward shots and I got lucky."

Even though Outeniqua delivered the key score in the first round and seven-under, it gave the impression to play quite a bit tougher inside the second round. "We stood a slight breeze this evening which made it a bit tougher," said Van den Heever, "but I think the people who unquestionably Links this afternoon have to have been there worse.

With the exception of Jake Redman, that's: The 24-year-old who plays out of Fancourt carded a five-under-par 68 to climb to seven-under to the tournament along with a share of fourth behind Van den Heever, Bekker and Warren Abery who was simply in third at eight-under.

"We were lucky that the weather played to the advantage and the wind didn't blow very much. I used to be good off of the tee today and i also made good quality putts. My iron play was fairly accurate, so all round it absolutely was fantastic today, which I'm really pleased about," Redman said.

With Redman on fourth was Jean Hugo, who matched that 68 for the Links, and Morne Buys, who carded a two-under 71 there.

Abery appeared to be cruising for the overall lead with the Links, but a double-bogey five about the 17th saw him slip back. "I played solidly but happened to be it to 10-under-par with one more par-five coming back home. Making double on 17 hurt a great round. I used to be concentrating very well and i also just hit one really bad shot," he said.

Bekker, who had previously been flawless in the opening round on Montagu, was less tidy over Outeniqua in his second round, with bogeys on seven and 15 somewhat spoiling several birdies he worked so difficult for.

"I didn't chip and putt perfectly," said Bekker, "and that's your scoring area, "so Personally i think I could are actually one or two better. I am hoping the putts drop tomorrow."

Bekker was nervous about his third round in the Links, but took heart through the fact that Redman turned an 81 last year around to his 68 in 2010. "That shows it's doable," said Bekker. "With Site, you really want to find out which place to go."

  

Despite not dropping just one shot in his second round, the 29-year-old from Pretoria had not been entirely happy with things: "I think I played well yesterday," he stated, "and today, I hit several wayward shots and I got lucky."

Even though Outeniqua delivered the key score in the first round and seven-under, it gave the impression to play quite a bit tougher inside the second round. "We stood a slight breeze this evening which made it a bit tougher," said Van den Heever, "but I think the people who unquestionably Links this afternoon have to have been there worse.

With the exception of Jake Redman, that's: The 24-year-old who plays out of Fancourt carded a five-under-par 68 to climb to seven-under to the tournament along with a share of fourth behind Van den Heever, Bekker and Warren Abery who was simply in third at eight-under.

"We were lucky that the weather played to the advantage and the wind didn't blow very much. I used to be good off of the tee today and i also made good quality putts. My iron play was fairly accurate, so all round it absolutely was fantastic today, which I'm really pleased about," Redman said.

With Redman on fourth was Jean Hugo, who matched that 68 for the Links, and Morne Buys, who carded a two-under 71 there.

Abery appeared to be cruising for the overall lead with the Links, but a double-bogey five about the 17th saw him slip back. "I played solidly but happened to be it to 10-under-par with one more par-five coming back home. Making double on 17 hurt a great round. I used to be concentrating very well and i also just hit one really bad shot," he said.

Bekker, who had previously been flawless in the opening round on Montagu, was less tidy over Outeniqua in his second round, with bogeys on seven and 15 somewhat spoiling several birdies he worked so difficult for.

"I didn't chip and putt perfectly," said Bekker, "and that's your scoring area, "so Personally i think I could are actually one or two better. I am hoping the putts drop tomorrow."

Bekker was nervous about his third round in the Links, but took heart through the fact that Redman turned an 81 last year around to his 68 in 2010. "That shows it's doable," said Bekker. "With Site, you really want to find out which place to go."

 tournament along with a share of fourth behind Van den Heever, Bekker and Warren Abery who was simply in third at eight-under.

"We were lucky that the weather played to the advantage and the wind didn't blow very much. I used to be good off of the tee today and i also made good quality putts. My iron play was fairly accurate, so all round it absolutely was fantastic today, which I'm really pleased about," Redman said.

With Redman on fourth was Jean Hugo, who matched that 68 for the Links, and Morne Buys, who carded a two-under 71 there.

Abery appeared to be cruising for the overall lead with the Links, but a double-bogey five about the 17th saw him slip back. "I played solidly but happened to be it to 10-under-par with one more par-five coming back home. Making double on 17 hurt a great round. I used to be concentrating very well and i also just hit one really bad shot," he said.

Bekker, who had previously been flawless in the opening round on Montagu, was less tidy over Outeniqua in his second round, with bogeys on seven and 15 somewhat spoiling several birdies he worked so difficult for.

"I didn't chip and putt perfectly," said Bekker, "and that's your scoring area, "so Personally i think I could are actually one or two better. I am hoping the putts drop tomorrow."

Bekker was nervous about his third round in the Links, but took heart through the fact that Redman turned an 81 last year around to his 68 in 2010. "That shows it's doable," said Bekker. "With Site, you really want to find out which place to go."

Michelle Wie taking the places on golf’s Hot Seat

It doesn't matter what happens on the golf course, it is a big year for Wie. She'll get her degree using a major in communications, graduating from Stanford this spring. Getting the schooling was a significant goal for your 22-year-old star.

A two-time LPGA winner, Wie has slipped to No. 17 inside Rolex Women's World Rankings, making her the sixth highest-ranked American behind Cristie Kerr (No. 4), Paula Creamer (No. 5), Brittany Lincicome (No. 8), Stacy Lewis (No. 9) and Morgan Pressel (No. 16). Wie will likely be trying to be a element in the majors again this season. She recorded seven top-10 finishes in her own first 11 major championship appearances. She's got logged only one Ping K15 fairway wood her last 16. A key aspect in that is certainly how she's getting with your ex putter. Wie went along to a belly putter last summer, tinkering with various grips.

If a recent trend of collapses continues, the PGA Tour should consider assigning a priest or rabbi to the locker room to satisfy using the condemned . . . ah, sorry, the 54-hole leader. The Tour also might be considering showing some mercy around the poor fellow and drape a hood over his head when he steps for the first tee.

Donald, who recently had become the first player to win the amount of money titles inside the same season like a an affiliate the PGA Tour and European Tour, made a lackluster begin the European Tour fourteen days ago. He tied for 48th at Abu Dhabi, finishing 12 shots behind the winner, Robert Rock.

With so many folks rooting about the big guy, there's likely some Ping G15 Fairway Wood pressure on Gore in planning to work for all the fans who got him in the Northern Trust Open.

Gore is using a sponsor's exemption, an honor he won by making use of Twitter followers, who mounted a Tweet campaign to obtain him to Riviera this week.

Brandt Snedeker originated seven shots back to discount golf clubs beat Kyle Stanley inside final round in the Farmers Insurance Open 3 weeks ago.

It doesn't matter what happens on the greens, it is a big year for Wie. She is going to get her degree with a major in communications, graduating from Stanford this spring. Obtaining the college degree was a significant goal for the 22-year-old star.

first hole of Woods' first PGA TOUR event of 2012

Woods made his share Thursday with six birdies and simply two bogeys, anf the husband knows more are on the market alternatively two courses. Johnson, as an example, had six birdies and two eagles on Pebble Beach.

Equally as he'd to make it while using swing changes he's been taking care of for two main years to go to now, he needed some in a round that stretched nearly six hours on Thursday.

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"You require to the right mindset," said Woods, who's playing with this tournament for the first time since 2002. "There will be delays out there. Just like it absolutely was whenever we literally old U.S. Open and we all obtained the first tee. It's not different."

Woods' results might not be different, either -- if they can determine the gap control on his short irons all of those other week.

He missed just two fairways and took only 29 putts, so clearly any devices was clicking.

Woods has history at Pebble Beach, too, after Mizuno MX-1000 irons winning this launch (and the U.S. Open) in 2000. His 68 Thursday seemed to be his second-best career round on Spyglass, where he'd previously broken 70 just the once (he shot 66 in 2001) in six previous trips towards the Monterey Peninsula.

Much was developed about Woods hitting just six fairways and 2 greens inside the final round in the last come from Abu Dhabi, where he'd a share discount golf clubs from the 54-hole lead just to finish third.

Though the progression has been evident -- even though it has been slow from time to time -- also it was again inside the opening round here