Many fans are afraid that the strict dress codes that are set in at many golf clubs is keeping many Australian women out of the running and keeping them from going pro. Jack Newton is urging these Australian gold clubs to lighten up a bit.
Beth Daniels is one of the best pro women golfers that we have seen. In her 29 years of playing she has won 33 games, a major championship, and has even made it into the World Golf Hall of Fame. On the 18th hole at St. Andrews Beth Daniels decided that it would be her last and final game as a professional golfer.
Mike Weir has finally reached his highest position on the world golf ranking list in more than two years. He rose 18 positions to No. 30 after his victory at the Fry’s Electronics Open on Sunday. He finished one stroke ahead of Mark Hensby on Sunday for his first PGA Tour victory since the 2004 Nissan Open.
The crowd stood breathless as they waited for Jesper Parnevik and Justin Leonard stare each other off as they battled each other on the seventh hole during the Valero Texas Open on Sunday. Over the course of more than 5 1/2 hours, the front-runners staged a white-knuckle thrill ride that didn’t end until Leonard coaxed home a 10-foot birdie putt on the third playoff hole, ending the longest day in the tournament’s history.
Tiger Woods took home his 13th major at the Southern Hills bringing him closer to Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 major chmpionships. Now we are wondering when Tiger Woods will be beating that record. His fourth PGA Championship victory moved him one closer to the record, a chase that should dominate the sport’s attention over the next two, three, maybe four years, at most.
K.J. Choi has high ambitions and goals when it comes to her greatest passion, golf. And she was able to live up to those ambitions when she became the first golfer to complete the Jack Nicklaus-Tiger Woods double. Making a name for herself and being good at the game is bringing her closer to the goal of her dreams; “My life dream is to become the first Asian to ever have won a major,” Choi said. “And that’s something that I’m going to strive for very hard.”
At the age of 12, Alexis Thompson has worked hard to qualify for the U.S. Women’s Open and in doing so has made history. The seventh-grade schoolgirl from Coral Springs, Florida, is mingling with her idols such as world number one Lorena Ochoa, Swedish star Annika Sorenstam, Australian legend Karrie Webb and more at the 3.1 million-dollar LPGA event. “I’m just excited that I made it. This whole week is going to be really cool,” she said. “It has been an awesome experience already. I’m just going to act normal and play my game.”
It seems like the majority of people are hoping that Michelle Wie will take a break after the McDonald’s LPGA Championship. After injuring her wrists, Wie is finding it difficult to follow closely in the tournaments. She is finding that she is shooting more into the rough then she wants to and having a hard enough time trying to get it back out again. Not to mention she is having to call out her massage therapist in-between rounds.
World Golf Tour, in collaboration with PGA.com, introduced the Beta version of its new online golf game with the launch of the PGA.com Charity Challenge Tournament. For the first time ever, players will be able to get a taste of the world’s most authentic online golf experience and help children in need at the same time.
Phil Mickelson engineered a almost flawless final round to claim a two-shot win at the nine million dollar Players Championship on Sunday.
Rarely hitting a bad shot in a three-under-par 69 in perfect conditions at the Sawgrass TPC, Mickelson finished at 11-under 277 and collected 1.62 million dollars for his first victory at this event and his 31st on the PGA Tour.