IT'S EVERYONE MAJOR

Bloomberg: Ticket prices for golf’s US Open have dropped 20 percent on the resale market since Tiger Woods withdrew from the event two days ago.

Four-day tickets to the tournament on EBay’s Stubhub dropped today to $402 from almost $500 on June 7, when Woods withdrew because of leg injuries, company spokesman Glenn Lehrman said in a telephone interview.

Lehrman said he anticipates prices will continue to drop another 17 percent by next week. The tournament, the year’s seecond major championship, begins June 16 at Congressional Country Club outside Washington.

“Missing Tiger is a big deal,” Lehrman said. “He’s a huge draw, not only for tickets, but also for television ratings.”

Still don’t get it do you?

Mr Woods is considered history… life has to move on!!!!

Like they said “ This year, it’s everyone major” but my bet goes to westwood.

50 years and still counting!!!

It’s pathetic!!!!

Not to underestimate our new & youngest Maybank Malaysian open but from more than 20 Malaysian players only one make the cut? WTF!!! I’m really sick & tired of this!!! Every year we had given false hope that our local player will at least challenge at least top 10 but still they play like baboon. If we talking about formula 1, I will accept the fact that we had long way to go but this Malaysian Open already 50 years old!! For GOD sake!!!

Watching the European struggling the heat of 31 Celsius but still managed to play good kind of golf make me wonder… how on earth our local player play like baboon even though they already immune with the heat and play thousand round of golf over there? Perhaps they only like to bet among themselves for couple of bucks…..

Even SIDDIKUR the Bangladeshi make it to the top ten….WTF!!!WTF!!!

BTW, bravo to the Italian!!!

Welcome to The 2011 MASTERS

It's almost four months i quit blogging due to several reason... One of them cause by Mr. Woods. He really messing thing up..

But what the hack, its Masters time!!!! I think everybody need to celebrate the first major of 2011.

So, who will wearing this year green jacket? Our Lefty has proof that he will be the man to beat after last week Shell Open...But my bet goes to the wild wild westwood!!!!

NEW ERA & NEW BEGINNING?

Lee Westwood replaces Tiger Woods at the top of the rankings after Ryder Cup team-mate Martin Kaymer failed to finish in the top two at the Andalucia Masters.

Kaymer remains third in the rankings but the USPGA champion is one of four players who can claim top spot at this week's WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai.

Westwood, Woods, Kaymer and Phil Mickelson are all in action at Sheshan International Golf Club, with the quartet separated by less than half a point.

So,Will he still be there after HSBC Shanghai Noon?

CIMB Asia Pacific Classic - Same Old result and same old excuses....

American Ben Crane won the inaugural CIMB Asia Pacific Classic on Sunday, eagling the par-4 15th and making an 8-foot birdie putt on the final hole to beat England’s Brian Davis by a stroke.

Crane closed with a 2-under 69 at The Mines Resort to finish at 18 under and earned $1 million in the first PGA Tour-sanctioned event in Southeast Asia.

Mardan Mamat, one the two Singaporean, who turned 43 yesterday, collected US$237,500 in prize money. The others who finished tied with Mardan were Ryan Moore, D. J. Trahan, Ricky Flower, Robert Allenby and Ernie Els.

And for Malaysian only golfer who was in the field and previously claimed that he will play in his favourite golf course.….. sigh…. Same old stories and same old excuses…. Even the Bangladeshi who is rarely play golf was much much better …

TIGER ROAR NO MORE!!

It is now 25 months since Woods won a major. And while that is not a record barren spell for him it sure should be troubling to him.

Mr. Woods now has played seven tournament without winning. Its the longest he has ever gone at the start of the season since turning pro. Not even at the Master or US Open.

At least he still has the world number one spot. But although he slightly widened the gap over Phil Mickelson at St Andrews - the Masters champion came 48th - Open runner-up Lee Westwood is much closer to him in third.

Winner by eight at St Andrews in 2000 and by five there in 2005, the 34-year-old this time finished 13 strokes behind Louis Oosthuizen.

And the statistics do not make happy reading for golf's biggest name.

And yet he's agreed on his divorce settlement. From the way i see it, he will strugle for at least another six months... what a shame!

THE WILD WILD WESTWOOD

There are a similarity between Tim Clarke and Lee Westwood. They both need to wait for some long-awaited win in US soil.

Lee Westwood , current world number three and European number one, who has won 23 times worldwide has ended his long wait for a second PGA Tour title as he defeated Sweden's Robert Karlsson at the fourth hole of a sudden-death play-off at the St Jude Classic in Memphis, but only after American Robert Garrigus had blown a three-stroke lead at the 72nd hole, his triple bogey handing the European duo a second chance.

Now, he is ready for Pebble Beach…

TIMELY TIM

After 12 year with 206 starts in PGA, South African Tim Clark finaly is walking on the moon.. He triumphs at Players Championshipfor his first success in America.



During that time Clark suffered no fewer than eight runners-up finishes, but his patience was finally rewarded when he captured the £1.1million first prize by one with a brilliant closing 67 as the Sawgrass course ....

Kudos to Tim!!!!

and for the new tiger, he looks nothing like the old one!!!

THESE KIDS ARE GOOD

Korean teen sensation Noh Seung-yul secured a dramatic one-stroke victory over illustrious countryman K.J. Choi at the Maybank Malaysian Open after pulling off an audacious final-hole birdie.

Rory McIlroy set a new course record en route to winning the Quail Hollow Championship, his first PGA title and became the youngest winner on the Tour since Tiger Woods in 1996.

Japanesse teenager sensation, Rio Ishikawa shot unbelievable 58 and won his 7th seventh Japanese’s tour title.

The ironies are, all of them won in dramatic way and blow away their competitors. Not to mentioned, all these kids are below 23 and already considered millionaire.

They will definitely will rocks the golf world in this near future.

Its show time!!!! Welcome to Augusta, Home of your Masters...

Angel Cabrera became the first Argentine to win the 2009 Masters, Now he is trying to join Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods as the only players to make a successful defence.

Not to mentioned, Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson, Padraig Harrington and Vijay Singh have their own little battle going on entering The Masters - to be regarded as the second best player in the Tiger’s era.

So, who will be the 2010 Masters? I put my bet on Mr lefty....

HE IS BACK!!!...but………

The countdown to Tiger Woods' return to golf began on Tuesday when he announced he is to start his comeback in The Masters at Augusta.
Just 25 days after the world number one said he might not play this year, he has decided he will be ready to play again..
He will making the first major of the season - an event Woods has won four times - his first tournament back will not please everybody because of the massive focus on him that cannot be avoided.

Woods last played on November 15, winning the Australian Masters in Melbourne and taking his total of professional victories to 92.
And now everybody eager to see the crowd or Tour players response to him.

British Open champ Stewart Cink has thought about the awkwardness sure to be there.
“When he walks into that locker room or dining area for the first time, it’s going to be like there’s a giant elephant in the room,” Cink told CBSSportsline.

Same Old Stories & Same Old Excuses at Maybank Malaysian Open

Without denying how dramatic Noh Seung-yul secured one-stroke victory over illustrious countryman K.J. Choi , Malaysian professional golfer will keep on dreaming.

While Korean star K.J. Choi donated US$87,000 to six Johor-based charities today from his winnings at last season’s Iskandar Johor Open, Malaysian professional golfer are yet to earn US20,000.00 this year.!!!!

No more to gain experience, poor iron play, simple mistake and what ever other excuses. You guys are professional for God sake!!!

No Malaysian has ever won the national Open since the event inauguration in 1962 and my gut feeling…. They will never do!!!

Funny ESPN the Magazine Golf commercial

So, Can we forgive him?

World number one, fought back tears as he issued a full and frank apology for cheating on his wife.

Speaking for the first time in public about his affairs, gave a lengthy statement to an invited audience of friends, family and colleagues at the US PGA Tour headquarters in Florida.

Woods, who confirmed he has been in therapy since December, said: "I want to say to each of you simply and directly, I am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behaviour."

So, can we forgive him?...............time will tell............

So, What's next?

It has been 53 days since golf's biggest star announced he was stepping away to sort out a private life that has run amok through tabloids and gossip magazines because of his extramarital affairs.
And that's why the "indefinite break" from golf that Woods announced two months ago didn't really start until Tuesday.
Truth is, little has changed during his absence.
At least so far.
The U.S. PGA Tour is only three weeks into its new season, three events that Woods usually doesn't play. Besides, not as many Americans watch golf during those weeks, from behind the ropes or on the sofa.

Torrey Pines, however, is different.

It's the first tournament on U.S. network television. It's where Woods and his chief rival, Phil Mickelson, typically start their seasons.
How much will the tour miss Woods? Now is the time to start keeping score.
The bigger question, which no one can answer, is when he will return.

Camilo Villegas makes a rare albatross (double eagle) at 2009 Chevron World Challenge

He got nothing to shout about in 2009 season. He only managed to earned USD1,804,981 with 42 spot in PGA this year. His best finished: T4 in WGC-CA Championship.

Then he did a rare thing golfers are able to do at 2009 Chevron World Challenge.



Not bad for the former 2008 BMW championship and 2006 "the sexiest player on tour" named by Golf Digest.

Undisputed Asian Tour Champion 2009

Thongchai Jaidee capped a magical season and continues to establish himself as one of Asia’s greatest players. He claimed his 11th and 12th titles on the Asian Tour with victories at the Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia Open and Ballantine’s Championship in Korea, making him the player with the most wins on the Asian Tour.

Besides being officially crowned as Asia’s new number one for a record third time, the popular Thai also swept aside the Lowest Stroke Average with 69.06 and topped the career earnings, breaking the US$3 million barrier

Total 2009 earning : USD981,931.80 and he is now breaking into the world’s top-50.

Again and similar to Jeev and Weng Chong, as an undisputed champion in Asia, he only can match Scott McCarron(picture) who is number 92 in LPGA in 2009 career earning. To make it worst, he earned slightly higher than Michele Wie in LPGA who is 15th in LPGA with total earning of USD$918,659. (as at todate Wie still incharge with -7 in day two in Omega Dubai Ladies Masters)


Frankly speaking, for me it is an insult to Asian Tour generally!!

Rock Star from the East.

Ryo Ishikawa (石川 遼; born 17 September 1991), also known by the nickname "Hanikami Ōji" (literally, "Bashful Prince"), is a Japanese professional golfer.
Turned professional in 2008 and won another Japan Golf Tour tournament, the mynavi ABC Championship. By the close of 2008 he had become the youngest ever player to reach the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings.
Ishikawa dominated the Japan Golf Tour for much of the 2009 season and has been the top-ranked Japanese player in the World Rankings. With four wins on the Japan Golf Tour in 2009, in September, Ishikawa became the youngest golfer ever to reach the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings..

Not bad... Not bad at all..

"Wienning Wie"

After 67 starts, Michelle Wie scored her first career LPGA title with victory at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Guadalajara, Mexico.
She fulfilled her promise with a 3-under 69 for a two-stroke victory over Paula Creamer in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational. She also finished off the victory in style, hitting a greenside bunker shot within a foot on the final hole to set up a birdie.
Wie last won was the 2003 USGA Women’s Amateur Public Links and she earned $220,000 to push her season winnings just over $900,000.

POULTER POWER AT THE "ASIAN MAJOR" BARCLAYS

England’s Ian Poulter held off a brave challenge from Liang Wen-chong of China to claim a thrilling one-stroke victory at the Barclays Singapore Open on Sunday for his first triumph in two years.

The Ryder Cup star battled to a one-over-par 72 at the Sentosa Golf Club to complete a wire-to-wire victory in the star-studded US$5 million event co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and European Tour for the first time.

It was Poulter’s eighth career European Tour win, which was worth US$833,330, and his first since winning the 2007 Dunlop Phoenix Open in Japan. However, the flamboyant Englishman needed to overcome a mid-round wobble with four bogeys over six holes to end his title drought.

Sigh... another blow to Asian golfer.