Hamilton (Golf Canada) – Five more international stars have joined golf’s world stage as Trevor Immelman, Tim Clark, Camilo Villegas, Rory Sabbatini and Vijay Singh have confirmed their intention to compete in the 2012 RBC Canadian Open, July 23-29 at the Hamilton Golf and Country Club.
Headlining the list is Vijay Singh, a 34-time PGA TOUR winner who will compete in Canada’s National Open Championship for an 11th time. The native of Fiji, who won the 2004 Canadian Open, is a three-time major winner including the Masters (2000) and PGA Championship (1998 & 2004), and has competed in eight Presidents Cups (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007 & 2009).
Trevor Immelman is a 2-time winner on the PGA TOUR including the 2008 Masters. No stranger to international competition, Immelman has competed in two Presidents Cups (2005 & 2007) and four World Cups (2003, 2004, 2005 & 2007). The South African will compete in his fifth RBC Canadian Open.
Tim Clark, a native of South Africa and who won the 2010 PLAYERS Championship, will be competing in his third RBC Canadian Open. Clark, a former graduate of the Canadian Tour, has competed in the Presidents Cup on three occasions (2003, 2005 & 2009) as well as a pair of World Cups (2002 & 2005).
Rory Sabbatini is a six-time winner on the PGA TOUR and will compete in his sixth RBC Canadian Open. He has competed in the Presidents Cup (2007) as well as six World Cups (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2009) including South Africa’s winning team in 2003.
Rounding out the list is Camilo Villegas, a 3-time winner and crowd favourite on the PGA TOUR. The Columbia native has competed in the 2009 Presidents Cup, the 2006 & 2011 World Cups and will be playing in the RBC Canadian Open for the eighth time.
With the announcement of Singh, Clark, Sabatini, Villegas and Immelman, the international flavor of this year’s RBC Canadian Open continues to build with 18 countries represented including the United States, Scotland, Zimbabwe, Argentina, Brazil, India, Germany, New Zealand, South Korea, Venezuela, South Africa, Japan, Fiji, Sweden, Australia, England, Colombia and Canada.
The players join an RBC Canadian Open field that includes previously announced headliners 2012 PLAYERS champion Matt Kuchar, two-time Canadian Open champion Jim Furyk, 2012 US Open champion Webb Simpson, 2-time major winner Retief Goosen, Japanese sensation Ryo Ishikawa, World Golf Hall of Fame member Ernie Els and world No. 10 ranked Hunter Mahan as well as Paul Casey, Charl
Schwartzel, Jason Day, Brandt Snedeker, Kyle Stanley, Justin Leonard, Bo Van Pelt, Jonathan Byrd, Stuart Appleby and defending RBC Canadian Open champion Sean O’Hair.
“Less than a week out from this year’s RBC Canadian Open and we are very pleased with how our field is coming together,” said Tournament Director Bill Paul. “With a mix of PGA TOUR notables, international standouts and emerging talent, golf fans at Hamilton and across the country will be treated to a tremendous showcase of golf during the 103rd playing of Canada’s National Open Championship.”
PGA TOUR players have until Friday, July 20 at 5:00 pm ET to officially register for the 2012 RBC Canadian Open.
Canadian Tour Exemptions Confirmed; Michael Gligic and Patrick Cantlay given exemptions
Golf Canada and RBC congratulate Canadian Tour players Matt Hill and Cory Renfrew on earning exemptions into the RBC Canadian Open after finishing as the top two players of the Canadian Tour’s Order of Merit following this weekend’s event in Winnipeg. Hill, a former member of Team Canada and 2009 NCAA Division I individual champion, sits atop the Order of Merit thanks to a victory at the Dakota Dunes Casino Open. Cory Renfrew is second on the Order of Merit with a steady season to date highlighted by a victory at The Syncrude Boreal Open.
Golf Canada also confirmed that Canadian Tour player Michael Gligic of Burlington, Ont. has been offered an exemption into the RBC Canadian Open. Gligic, who currently sits third on the Canadian Tour’s Order of Merit, won the ATB Financial Classic in Edmonton earlier this season.
In addition, American sensation Patrick Cantlay has been given an exemption to compete in Canada’s National Open Championship. The recently turned professional was an amateur and collegiate standout prior to joining the pro ranks in 2012. The former world amateur No. 1 won the 2010-11 Nicklaus Award as the NCAA Division I Player of the Year (awarded by the Golf Coaches Association of America) as a UCLA sophomore. In 2011, Cantlay won the Gary Cowan Award as the low amateur at the RBC Canadian Open where he finished T9.
Four more exemptions into the field for the 2012 RBC Canadian Open will be handed out at the Final Monday Qualifier on July 23 at Heron Point Golf Links near Hamilton, Ont.
17 Canucks to Challenge For Canada’s National Open Championship
The addition of Hill, Renfrew and Gligic bumps the number of Canadians in the field to 17, including PGA TOUR players Graham DeLaet of Weyburn, Sask., David Hearn of Brantford, Ont., Stephen Ames of Calgary and Mike Weir of Bright’s Grove, Ont.; Web.com Tour players Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford, B.C., Matt McQuillan of Kingston, Ont., and Brad Fritsch of Manotick, Ont.; former Canadian amateur standout and recently turned professional Eugene Wong of Vancouver. Also competing via exemption will be Andrew Parr of London, Ont., Greg Doherty of Mississauga, Ont. and PGA of Canada professional Brian McCann of Mississauga. A trio of Canadian amateur golfers will also challenge for the title including reigning Canadian Men’s Amateur Champion and Team Canada National Team member Mackenzie Hughes of Dundas, Ont.; 2011 Canadian Men’s Mid-Amateur champion Rob Couture of Trenton, Ont.; and Team Canada member Albin Choi of Toronto who last week won the Ontario Men’s Amateur title. Each will be looking to become the first Canadian since Pat Fletcher in 1954 to win Canada’s National Open title.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
15 Majors, 15 different winners, none called Tiger..My guys to watch this week
Robin Thwaytes is a member of the Met Office, this week a very important guy at Royal Lytham and St Annes, he reports the weather, and has the constant attention of not just the fans and players but as you can imagine tournament officials, TV producers, technical staff not to mention the guys on air..
Here is what he has to say about this week as wee watch pictures of the grounds crew squeegeeing water off the greens.
I’m sure it won’t surprise anyone if I say that this is the worst run-up to the Open that any of us can remember. Certainly I’ve known nothing like it in my time. It’s been absolutely shocking since the beginning of May.”
As of today, one day before the Championship begins, the forecast for the four crucial days ahead is not as hideous as many might have feared – and, as we all know from grim experience this summer, that’s about as sparkling as the news gets. There will be rain overnight on Wednesday, but the strong winds between 20 and 40mph today will drop to a less daunting 5-15mph, and the picture is generally dry. Wonders will never cease.
Here are guys I expect to do well, considering their recent form, their ability to play links golf, and in particular Royal Lytham St Annes in this weather, where guys will be forced to play less than driver off the tee to avoid the penal rough, then will need accurate approach shots to avoid all the pot bunkers that protect what will be relatively soft, slow greens
Francesco Molinari
This young Italian has been 2nd two weeks in a row, and really threw last week's Scottish Open away. He is a straight driver of the golf ball and his putter is red hot. He is my dark horse this week.
Luke Donald, Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy
I really don't have to explain do I?? Any of these guys can and will win this event at some time in their careers... Question is will it be this week..??
Rickie Fowler
Here is what he has to say about this week as wee watch pictures of the grounds crew squeegeeing water off the greens.
I’m sure it won’t surprise anyone if I say that this is the worst run-up to the Open that any of us can remember. Certainly I’ve known nothing like it in my time. It’s been absolutely shocking since the beginning of May.”
As of today, one day before the Championship begins, the forecast for the four crucial days ahead is not as hideous as many might have feared – and, as we all know from grim experience this summer, that’s about as sparkling as the news gets. There will be rain overnight on Wednesday, but the strong winds between 20 and 40mph today will drop to a less daunting 5-15mph, and the picture is generally dry. Wonders will never cease.
Here are guys I expect to do well, considering their recent form, their ability to play links golf, and in particular Royal Lytham St Annes in this weather, where guys will be forced to play less than driver off the tee to avoid the penal rough, then will need accurate approach shots to avoid all the pot bunkers that protect what will be relatively soft, slow greens
Francesco Molinari
This young Italian has been 2nd two weeks in a row, and really threw last week's Scottish Open away. He is a straight driver of the golf ball and his putter is red hot. He is my dark horse this week.
Luke Donald, Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy
I really don't have to explain do I?? Any of these guys can and will win this event at some time in their careers... Question is will it be this week..??
Rickie Fowler
Fowler has been lauded as a star of the future ever since he turned pro in 2009 but it wasn’t until earlier this year that he won his first PGA Tour Title at the Wells Fargo Championship where he defeated Rory McIlroy and D.A. Points in a play-off. The colourful American showed a real affinity for links golf when claimed a 3-1 record at the 2009 Walker Cup at New Castle Co. Down and has since finished tied 14th and then tied 5th in his two Open Championship appearances. That progression might well continue this year. He grew up in playing in Texas, and learned to play the ball along the ground to beat the wind. His mastery of the punch shot will stand him in good stead this week.
Padraig Harrington
Harrington comes into the 2012 Open Championship seeking his third victory having won at Carnoustie in 2008 and then defended his title 12 months later at Royal Birkdale. The Irishman has only won once since at the 2010 Iskandar Johor Open in Malaysia but under the tutelage of new coach Pete Cowen has finished tied 8th at this year’s Masters and tied 4th at the recent US Open at the Olympic Club. Another big win is surely just round the corner. Paddy has a new spring in his step and is obviously enjoying his game again, needless to say he is a master og links golf.
Paul Lawrie
Lawrie caused a massive surprise when he won the 1999 Open Championship at Carnoustie but he has subsequently confirmed his class and over the last 12 months or so has probably being playing the best golf of his whole career. That run started when he won last year’s Open de Andalucia and this year it has continued with another victory in the Qatar Masters and several other strong performances. The Scot is renowned as a fine bad weather player so should shine when conditions are inclement. His rededication to the game now that his son's have grown up has been palpable, he has always been most comfortable playing in the UK. He has been putting beautifully.
Justin Rose
I like Rosey because he is not long off the tee for a tall guy, but is straight, so I expect him to be amongst the leaders in fairway's hit, which will be crucial this week because of the rough.
He shot to prominence when he finished tied 4th as an amateur at the 1998 Open at Royal Birkdale and has since developed into a serial winner of events of the calibre of the Memorial Tournament, the MBW Championship and the WGC-Cadillac Championship. There are a large number of experts who believe it is only a matter of time before he moves up to the next level by securing his first Major and there is no reason whatsoever why it shouldn’t happen at The Open
Phil Mickelson
Mickelson shot 64 65 at Castle Stuart in the Scottish Open last week before falling off to 74 on Sunday, so he is in form and I know he relishes bad weather.
He used to appear somewhat uncomfortable in a links setting but all that changed 12 months ago when he came very close to claiming the title at Royal St George’s. Mickelson himself says he has now come to terms with the vagaries of seaside golf in this country and anyone with his vast armoury of different shots around the greens has got to be a viable contender.
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Monday, July 16, 2012
Video highlights of the ten previous Opens at Royal Lytham &St Annes
This will be the 11th Open Championship at these old links in the NW of England, not far from the garrish illuminations that festoon the old holiday resort of Blackpool.
1926 the great Bobby Jones won his first of 3 with a score of 291
1952 Bobby Locke won his 3rd in 4 years and added another in 1957
1958 Australian master Peter Thompson won his 4th of 5 in a playoff with Dave Thomas (Wales)
1963 Lefty Bob Charles beat Phil Rogers in a playoff becoming the first lefty and Kiwi
1969 Tony Jacklin was in his prime when he beat Bob Charles by 2 shots at 280.
1974 Gary Player all in black was the only player under par, his 3rd Open, one in each decade
1979 Seve began his run as the world's most eciting player, slashing his way to his 1st of 3
1988 Seve continued his reign, beating Nick Price by 2 shots
1996 Tom Lehman has his day in the sun beating Ernie and McCumber by 2.
2001 David Duval and Tiger were in a struggle for world #1. It was Duval's week here.
to watch video of them all click here http://www.theopen.com/en/History/PreviousOpens.aspx?eventid=1963000&view=
Bryan Angus also on twitter@mummmbles and on www.isr1050.com and hosting the Breakfast Club at www.nextsportstar.com
1926 the great Bobby Jones won his first of 3 with a score of 291
1952 Bobby Locke won his 3rd in 4 years and added another in 1957
1958 Australian master Peter Thompson won his 4th of 5 in a playoff with Dave Thomas (Wales)
1963 Lefty Bob Charles beat Phil Rogers in a playoff becoming the first lefty and Kiwi
1969 Tony Jacklin was in his prime when he beat Bob Charles by 2 shots at 280.
1974 Gary Player all in black was the only player under par, his 3rd Open, one in each decade
1979 Seve began his run as the world's most eciting player, slashing his way to his 1st of 3
1988 Seve continued his reign, beating Nick Price by 2 shots
1996 Tom Lehman has his day in the sun beating Ernie and McCumber by 2.
2001 David Duval and Tiger were in a struggle for world #1. It was Duval's week here.
to watch video of them all click here http://www.theopen.com/en/History/PreviousOpens.aspx?eventid=1963000&view=
Bryan Angus also on twitter@mummmbles and on www.isr1050.com and hosting the Breakfast Club at www.nextsportstar.com
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Lot's of rain, little wind will leave Lytham and St Annes at their mercy..Round 1 tee times
So the dust has settled, the weekend scores are all in, Jeev Milkha Singh, Troy Matteson, Zach Johnson all winging their way to Blackpool as I write here on Sunday evening..
The all important weather forecast has rain in it for everyday but Friday, tomorrow is 100%, so the course will be soft, and the wind from the W is not scheduled to be a factor. You know that means Lytham and St Annes will be left very vulnerable this week to the world's best, most of whom are already abed in the holiday capital of northwest England..
Lytham memories, with that old tudor style clubhouse include Tony Jaclin in his heyday in 1969, Seve of course in 1979 and 1988, Gary Player with his caddie the Rabbit in 1974, Tom Lehman in 1996 and David Duval in 2001 when Ian Woosnam took a 2 shot penalty for 15 clubs in his bag and lost by 3 shots.
It has 3 par 3's on the front 9 and has been lengthened to cope with modern technology, but without the wind and all the rain I expect a week of low scores which let's everyone in.
Here are the practice times for Monday http://www.theopen.com/en/TeeTimes/PracticeDayTeeTimes.aspx
Here are the tee times for round 1 http://www.theopen.com/en/TeeTimes/TeeTimes.aspx
I'll be writing here all week, and hosting the Breakfast Club on www.NextSportStar.com from 7-9 M-F, so watch for me there along with Glenn Allen...
Bryan Angus also on twitter@mummmbles and at www.isr1050.com and hosting M-F, 7am-9 www.NextSportStar.com
The all important weather forecast has rain in it for everyday but Friday, tomorrow is 100%, so the course will be soft, and the wind from the W is not scheduled to be a factor. You know that means Lytham and St Annes will be left very vulnerable this week to the world's best, most of whom are already abed in the holiday capital of northwest England..
Lytham memories, with that old tudor style clubhouse include Tony Jaclin in his heyday in 1969, Seve of course in 1979 and 1988, Gary Player with his caddie the Rabbit in 1974, Tom Lehman in 1996 and David Duval in 2001 when Ian Woosnam took a 2 shot penalty for 15 clubs in his bag and lost by 3 shots.
It has 3 par 3's on the front 9 and has been lengthened to cope with modern technology, but without the wind and all the rain I expect a week of low scores which let's everyone in.
Here are the practice times for Monday http://www.theopen.com/en/TeeTimes/PracticeDayTeeTimes.aspx
Here are the tee times for round 1 http://www.theopen.com/en/TeeTimes/TeeTimes.aspx
I'll be writing here all week, and hosting the Breakfast Club on www.NextSportStar.com from 7-9 M-F, so watch for me there along with Glenn Allen...
Bryan Angus also on twitter@mummmbles and at www.isr1050.com and hosting M-F, 7am-9 www.NextSportStar.com
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Singh, Chapman, Johnson amongst your Sunday winners, final scores All Tours, All Canadians..
PGA TOUR
JOHN DEERE CLASSIC
COURSE: TPC Deere Run (7,268 yards, par 71).
TELEVISION: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 3-6 p.m., 8:30-11:30 p.m.) and CBS (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.)
CANADIANS: Matt McQuillan MC 73,71 David Hearn MC 74,65
Round 4 notes:
Zack Johnson won the John Deere on Sunday with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff. His 193-yard 6-iron approach from the bunker left of the 18th fairway ran up to less than a foot from the cup for an easy birdie, enabling him to knock off Troy Matteson, whose approach landed 43 feet from the pin.
"I saw it bounce on the green and hoped it would kick left," Johnson said. "I couldn't see the golf ball."
Johnson couldn't miss hearing the gallery, many of them friends, as the ball crept within a foot of the hole.
"I liked that crescendo from the crowd," said Johnson, who is from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, about an hour from the Quad Cities.
The kick-in birdie had seemed unlikely minutes earlier after Johnson followed Matteson into the water from the same bunker on the first playoff hole. Each settled for double-bogey 6, then went back to the 18th tee for another try
tee times and live scoring click here
http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboards/current/r030/#
CHAMPIONS TOUR - U.S. SENIOR OPEN
COURSE: Indianwood Golf and Country Club, Old Course (6,862 yards, par 70).
TELEVISION: ESPN2 (Thursday-Friday, 3-7 p.m.) and NBC (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.).
CANADIANS: Rod Spittle T28 +2 70,69,71 72 E Jim Rutledge T33 +3 72 72 73 66
Round 4 notes.
Roger Chapman is Pure Michigan. Seven weeks after claiming the Senior PGA Championship in Benton Harbor, Chapman surged from four strokes back with a final-round 66 to claim the U.S. Senior Open at Indianwood Golf & Country Club by two strokes over a quartet of major championship winners on either the PGA TOUR or the Champions Tour. Chapman took the lead for good with a birdie at No. 8 just after Bernhard Langer, the 54-hole leader, made bogey at No. 7. Langer had held a four-stroke advantage at the start of the day but got off to a rough start, making double-bogey at the par-4 2nd hole after an errant drive and a skulled bunker shot. Chapman increased his lead to two strokes midway through the final round after a 10-foot birdie putt at No. 14. However, his lead was briefly cut to one when Chapman made bogey at No. 16, 20 minutes after Tom Lehman had two-putted for birdie at the par-5 15th to get to 8-under for the tournament. Any chance his pursuers had was short lived when Chapman responded a career shot on the par-3 17th, rifling a 5-iron to within six inches of the hole for a kick-in birdie that moved his margin back to two strokes for good.
tee times and live scoring click here http://www.ussenioropen.com/scoring2012/dyn/alllb.html
EUROPEAN TOUR
SCOTTISH OPEN
COURSE: Castle Stuart Golf Links (7,050 yards, par 72).
TELEVISION: Golf Channel (Thursday, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; Friday, 12:30-3 a.m., 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; Saturday, 12:30-3 a.m., 8 a.m.-12:15 p.m., 2-5 p.m., 8:30-11:30 p.m.; Sunday, 8 a.m.-12:15 p.m., 2-6 p.m., 9-11:30 p.m.).
Round 4 notes:
In the end it was the Indian who beat the Italian.
Jeev Milkha Singh 67, has just holed a 15 footer for birdie on the first playoff hole to beat Francisco Molinari 72, who had just holed a clutch 15 footer of his own for par to force the playoff at the 72nd.
Singh didn't drop a shot all day and his 67 had him in the clubhouse at -17, seemingly out of contention for the win. However Marc Warren 71, Alex Noren 70, Soren Kjeldsen 72 along with Molinari all missed chance after chance to win the Scottish Open
Singh's win, his first in 4 years was sweet as he has been beset with injuries, including a wonky back and he now heads from Inverness down to Blackpool where he is now in the field for next weeks Open Championship.
Molinari struggled today and has now been 2nd two weeks in a row and will be my dark horse for Lytham and St Annes next week.
tee times and live scoring click here
http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2012/tournamentid=2012050/leaderboard/index.html?showLeaderboard=Y
EUROPEAN CHALLENGE TOUR
CREDIT SUISSE CHALLENGE
COURSE: Golf Sempachersee, Lucerne, SUI
CANADIANS: Andrew Parr T135 +8 75 75
Round 4 notes..
Gary Stal confirmed his status as one of the hottest prospects in European golf after the 20 year old Frenchman claimed his second Challenge Tour title in as many months at the Credit Suisse Challenge, beating compatriot Alexandre Kaleka in a play-off.
In a dramatic finale at Golf Sempachersee, outside Lucerne, Kaleka made a late charge thanks to three birdies on the back nine in windy conditions and his par on the 18th meant Stal needed a birdie to win in regular play.
The young man from Lyon left himself with a difficult putt for par, after his approach fell short at the front of the green and his birdie putt stopped six feet from the hole, but he showed nerves of steel to sink it and finish on 11 under par, tied with Kaleka.
He topped that off by showing true grit on the first play-off hole. After his second shot landed short of the second tier upon which the pin was placed, Stal left himself an extremely tough putt to win. But, following Kaleka’s missed birdie chance, he rolled it over the ridge and straight into the centre of the cup to rapturous cheers from the watching crowds
tee times and live scoring click here http://www.europeantour.com/challengetour/season=2012/tournamentid=2012750/leaderboard/index.html?showLeaderboard=Y
WEB.COM TOUR
UTAH CHAMPIONSHIP
COURSE: Willow Creek Country Club (6,953 yards, par 71).
TELEVISION: Golf Channel (Thursday-Saturday, 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Sunday, 7-9 p.m.; Monday, 12:30-2:30 a.m.).
CANADIANS: Stuart Anderson MC 76,77 Chris Baryla MC 72,75 Bryan DeCorso MC 69,73 Brad Fritsch T22 -9 64,70 73 68 Adam Hadwin MC 75,71 Richard Scott T9 -11 70,69 68 66 Ryan Yip MC 72,68 James Love T9 -11 66,68,69 70
Round 4 Notes...
All week long at the Utah Championship, Doug LaBelle II talked about his putting and the work he needed to do on the greens if he expected to win. Sunday, his most important putt was a five-foot, downhiller for par on the 72nd hole. When that putt dropped, it kept him at 15-under and gave the Scottsdale, Ariz., resident a one-stroke victory. His 18th-hole heroics kept him out of what would have been a five-man playoff
The victory was LaBelle's second on the Web.com Tour, six years in the waiting. He's played 94 Web.com Tour events since he won the 2006 Price Cutter Charity Championship, and he also made 57 PGA TOUR starts during that period, with only two top-10s
Canadians had a good week..Brad Fritsch 68 -9 T22 and James Love 70 -11 T9, Richard Scott 66 -11 T9. Scott is now only about $1500 out of the top 25 ...
tee times and live scoring click here http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboards/current/h026/
CANADIAN TOUR
CANADIAN TOUR PLAYERS CUP
COURSE: Pine Ridge Golf Club, Winnipeg, Manitoba
NOTABLES: David Byrne, Mitch Evanecz, Derek Gillespie, Matt Hill, Cory Renfrew, Roger Sloan, Nick Taylor
Round 4 notes..
Final Leaderboard (Bold denotes Canadian)
Chris Killmer, Bellingham, WA 66-64-70-69 (-15)*
Vince Covello, Philadelphia, PA 66-68-66-69 (-15)
David Lang, Toronto, ON 68-68-70-68 (-10)
Josh Habig, San Diego, CA 66-72-71-67 (-8)
Matt Richardson, England 69-67-71-68 (-8)
Mark Hubbard, San Jose, CA 68-67-75-67 (-7)
Trey Denton, Madison, MISS 68-71-67-71 (-7)
Jon McLean, Weston, FL 67-68-75-68 (-7)
David Dragoo, Carefree, AZ 69-69-72-68 (-6)
Ryan Williams, Vancouver, BC 69-69-71-69 (-6)
Matt Hill, Sarnia, ON 70-67-70-71 (-6)
Jose de Jesus Rodriguez, Mexico 67-70-71-70 (-6)
(July 15, 2012 - Winnipeg, MB) - Chris Killmer of Bellingham, WA is the 2012 Players Cup Champion after defeating Vince Covello of Philadelphia in a four hole playoff. The Players Cup is Killmer's first victory on the Canadian Tour and moves him to 5th on the Order of Merit after cashing $24,000 for the victory.
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scoring click here http://www.cantour.com/leagues/cantour_leaderboard4.cfm?clientid=3776&leagueid=11759&seasonnum=2012
eGOLF PROFESSIONAL TOUR
THE SOUTHERN OPEN
COURSE: Club at Irish Creek, Kannapolis, N.C., and Country Club of Salisbury, Salisbury, N.C.
CANADIANS: Cam Burke T38 -7 72,63,69,73 Lucas Leibel MC, Zach Schnurr MC, Ryan Terdik MC
Round 4 notes.
After finishing bogey-bogey in regulation to force a playoff with Michael Sims at the eGolf Tour’s eighth annual Southern Open, Drew Weaver of High Point, NC calmly rolled in a 30-foot birdie bomb on the first extra hole to claim his second win of the 2012 season, as well as the event’s $24,000 first-place prize. The win, a mere continuation of one of the greatest stretches of golf in recent memory, pushed Weaver’s 2012 earnings over the $100,000 mark, making the former Virginia Tech star the fastest player to the magical six-figure benchmark in tour history
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tee times and live scoring click here http://tarheel.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/tarheel12/event/tarheel1217/contest/1/leaderboard.htm
USGA
U.S. AMATEUR PUBLIC LINKS
COURSE: Soldier Hollow Golf Course, Midway, Utah
CANADIANS: Garrett Rank of Elmira, Ont. lost 4&3; Michael Blair of Burlington, Ont.; Ryan Werre of Redcliff, Alta; Jooho Lee of Coquitlam,, B.C.; Bryan Lichimo of North Vancouver
notes..
Final ( Saturday 7am)
tee times and live scoring click here http://www.usga.org/ChampEventScore.aspx?id=17179869204&year=2012&type=match2
Bryan Angus also on twitter@mummmbles and on www.isr1050.com and Morning Show Host @ www.nextsportstar.com
JOHN DEERE CLASSIC
COURSE: TPC Deere Run (7,268 yards, par 71).
TELEVISION: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 3-6 p.m., 8:30-11:30 p.m.) and CBS (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.)
CANADIANS: Matt McQuillan MC 73,71 David Hearn MC 74,65
Round 4 notes:
Zack Johnson won the John Deere on Sunday with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff. His 193-yard 6-iron approach from the bunker left of the 18th fairway ran up to less than a foot from the cup for an easy birdie, enabling him to knock off Troy Matteson, whose approach landed 43 feet from the pin.
"I saw it bounce on the green and hoped it would kick left," Johnson said. "I couldn't see the golf ball."
Johnson couldn't miss hearing the gallery, many of them friends, as the ball crept within a foot of the hole.
"I liked that crescendo from the crowd," said Johnson, who is from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, about an hour from the Quad Cities.
The kick-in birdie had seemed unlikely minutes earlier after Johnson followed Matteson into the water from the same bunker on the first playoff hole. Each settled for double-bogey 6, then went back to the 18th tee for another try
tee times and live scoring click here
http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboards/current/r030/#
CHAMPIONS TOUR - U.S. SENIOR OPEN
COURSE: Indianwood Golf and Country Club, Old Course (6,862 yards, par 70).
TELEVISION: ESPN2 (Thursday-Friday, 3-7 p.m.) and NBC (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.).
CANADIANS: Rod Spittle T28 +2 70,69,71 72 E Jim Rutledge T33 +3 72 72 73 66
Round 4 notes.
Roger Chapman is Pure Michigan. Seven weeks after claiming the Senior PGA Championship in Benton Harbor, Chapman surged from four strokes back with a final-round 66 to claim the U.S. Senior Open at Indianwood Golf & Country Club by two strokes over a quartet of major championship winners on either the PGA TOUR or the Champions Tour. Chapman took the lead for good with a birdie at No. 8 just after Bernhard Langer, the 54-hole leader, made bogey at No. 7. Langer had held a four-stroke advantage at the start of the day but got off to a rough start, making double-bogey at the par-4 2nd hole after an errant drive and a skulled bunker shot. Chapman increased his lead to two strokes midway through the final round after a 10-foot birdie putt at No. 14. However, his lead was briefly cut to one when Chapman made bogey at No. 16, 20 minutes after Tom Lehman had two-putted for birdie at the par-5 15th to get to 8-under for the tournament. Any chance his pursuers had was short lived when Chapman responded a career shot on the par-3 17th, rifling a 5-iron to within six inches of the hole for a kick-in birdie that moved his margin back to two strokes for good.
tee times and live scoring click here http://www.ussenioropen.com/scoring2012/dyn/alllb.html
EUROPEAN TOUR
SCOTTISH OPEN
COURSE: Castle Stuart Golf Links (7,050 yards, par 72).
TELEVISION: Golf Channel (Thursday, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; Friday, 12:30-3 a.m., 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; Saturday, 12:30-3 a.m., 8 a.m.-12:15 p.m., 2-5 p.m., 8:30-11:30 p.m.; Sunday, 8 a.m.-12:15 p.m., 2-6 p.m., 9-11:30 p.m.).
Round 4 notes:
In the end it was the Indian who beat the Italian.
Jeev Milkha Singh 67, has just holed a 15 footer for birdie on the first playoff hole to beat Francisco Molinari 72, who had just holed a clutch 15 footer of his own for par to force the playoff at the 72nd.
Singh didn't drop a shot all day and his 67 had him in the clubhouse at -17, seemingly out of contention for the win. However Marc Warren 71, Alex Noren 70, Soren Kjeldsen 72 along with Molinari all missed chance after chance to win the Scottish Open
Singh's win, his first in 4 years was sweet as he has been beset with injuries, including a wonky back and he now heads from Inverness down to Blackpool where he is now in the field for next weeks Open Championship.
Molinari struggled today and has now been 2nd two weeks in a row and will be my dark horse for Lytham and St Annes next week.
tee times and live scoring click here
http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2012/tournamentid=2012050/leaderboard/index.html?showLeaderboard=Y
EUROPEAN CHALLENGE TOUR
CREDIT SUISSE CHALLENGE
COURSE: Golf Sempachersee, Lucerne, SUI
CANADIANS: Andrew Parr T135 +8 75 75
Round 4 notes..
Gary Stal confirmed his status as one of the hottest prospects in European golf after the 20 year old Frenchman claimed his second Challenge Tour title in as many months at the Credit Suisse Challenge, beating compatriot Alexandre Kaleka in a play-off.
In a dramatic finale at Golf Sempachersee, outside Lucerne, Kaleka made a late charge thanks to three birdies on the back nine in windy conditions and his par on the 18th meant Stal needed a birdie to win in regular play.
The young man from Lyon left himself with a difficult putt for par, after his approach fell short at the front of the green and his birdie putt stopped six feet from the hole, but he showed nerves of steel to sink it and finish on 11 under par, tied with Kaleka.
He topped that off by showing true grit on the first play-off hole. After his second shot landed short of the second tier upon which the pin was placed, Stal left himself an extremely tough putt to win. But, following Kaleka’s missed birdie chance, he rolled it over the ridge and straight into the centre of the cup to rapturous cheers from the watching crowds
tee times and live scoring click here http://www.europeantour.com/challengetour/season=2012/tournamentid=2012750/leaderboard/index.html?showLeaderboard=Y
WEB.COM TOUR
UTAH CHAMPIONSHIP
COURSE: Willow Creek Country Club (6,953 yards, par 71).
TELEVISION: Golf Channel (Thursday-Saturday, 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Sunday, 7-9 p.m.; Monday, 12:30-2:30 a.m.).
CANADIANS: Stuart Anderson MC 76,77 Chris Baryla MC 72,75 Bryan DeCorso MC 69,73 Brad Fritsch T22 -9 64,70 73 68 Adam Hadwin MC 75,71 Richard Scott T9 -11 70,69 68 66 Ryan Yip MC 72,68 James Love T9 -11 66,68,69 70
Round 4 Notes...
All week long at the Utah Championship, Doug LaBelle II talked about his putting and the work he needed to do on the greens if he expected to win. Sunday, his most important putt was a five-foot, downhiller for par on the 72nd hole. When that putt dropped, it kept him at 15-under and gave the Scottsdale, Ariz., resident a one-stroke victory. His 18th-hole heroics kept him out of what would have been a five-man playoff
The victory was LaBelle's second on the Web.com Tour, six years in the waiting. He's played 94 Web.com Tour events since he won the 2006 Price Cutter Charity Championship, and he also made 57 PGA TOUR starts during that period, with only two top-10s
Canadians had a good week..Brad Fritsch 68 -9 T22 and James Love 70 -11 T9, Richard Scott 66 -11 T9. Scott is now only about $1500 out of the top 25 ...
tee times and live scoring click here http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboards/current/h026/
CANADIAN TOUR
CANADIAN TOUR PLAYERS CUP
COURSE: Pine Ridge Golf Club, Winnipeg, Manitoba
NOTABLES: David Byrne, Mitch Evanecz, Derek Gillespie, Matt Hill, Cory Renfrew, Roger Sloan, Nick Taylor
Round 4 notes..
Final Leaderboard (Bold denotes Canadian)
Chris Killmer, Bellingham, WA 66-64-70-69 (-15)*
Vince Covello, Philadelphia, PA 66-68-66-69 (-15)
David Lang, Toronto, ON 68-68-70-68 (-10)
Josh Habig, San Diego, CA 66-72-71-67 (-8)
Matt Richardson, England 69-67-71-68 (-8)
Mark Hubbard, San Jose, CA 68-67-75-67 (-7)
Trey Denton, Madison, MISS 68-71-67-71 (-7)
Jon McLean, Weston, FL 67-68-75-68 (-7)
David Dragoo, Carefree, AZ 69-69-72-68 (-6)
Ryan Williams, Vancouver, BC 69-69-71-69 (-6)
Matt Hill, Sarnia, ON 70-67-70-71 (-6)
Jose de Jesus Rodriguez, Mexico 67-70-71-70 (-6)
(July 15, 2012 - Winnipeg, MB) - Chris Killmer of Bellingham, WA is the 2012 Players Cup Champion after defeating Vince Covello of Philadelphia in a four hole playoff. The Players Cup is Killmer's first victory on the Canadian Tour and moves him to 5th on the Order of Merit after cashing $24,000 for the victory.
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scoring click here http://www.cantour.com/leagues/cantour_leaderboard4.cfm?clientid=3776&leagueid=11759&seasonnum=2012
eGOLF PROFESSIONAL TOUR
THE SOUTHERN OPEN
COURSE: Club at Irish Creek, Kannapolis, N.C., and Country Club of Salisbury, Salisbury, N.C.
CANADIANS: Cam Burke T38 -7 72,63,69,73 Lucas Leibel MC, Zach Schnurr MC, Ryan Terdik MC
Round 4 notes.
After finishing bogey-bogey in regulation to force a playoff with Michael Sims at the eGolf Tour’s eighth annual Southern Open, Drew Weaver of High Point, NC calmly rolled in a 30-foot birdie bomb on the first extra hole to claim his second win of the 2012 season, as well as the event’s $24,000 first-place prize. The win, a mere continuation of one of the greatest stretches of golf in recent memory, pushed Weaver’s 2012 earnings over the $100,000 mark, making the former Virginia Tech star the fastest player to the magical six-figure benchmark in tour history
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tee times and live scoring click here http://tarheel.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/tarheel12/event/tarheel1217/contest/1/leaderboard.htm
USGA
U.S. AMATEUR PUBLIC LINKS
COURSE: Soldier Hollow Golf Course, Midway, Utah
CANADIANS: Garrett Rank of Elmira, Ont. lost 4&3; Michael Blair of Burlington, Ont.; Ryan Werre of Redcliff, Alta; Jooho Lee of Coquitlam,, B.C.; Bryan Lichimo of North Vancouver
notes..
Final ( Saturday 7am)
| Kevin Aylwin,
New Smyrna Beach, wins 12 and 10 vs |
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| T. J. Vogel, Miami, Fla. | |
tee times and live scoring click here http://www.usga.org/ChampEventScore.aspx?id=17179869204&year=2012&type=match2
Bryan Angus also on twitter@mummmbles and on www.isr1050.com and Morning Show Host @ www.nextsportstar.com
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Choi wins US Open ..Final scoreboards.. all tours..all Canucks..
LPGA Tour
scoring click http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboards/current/s616/
Final Round Leaderboard (bold denotes Canadian)
Matt Hill, Sarnia, ON - 67-68-66-68 (-19)*
Will Strickler, Dallas, TX - 69-70-64-66 (-19)
Joel Dahmen, Clarkston, WA - 71-66-65-68 (-18)
Jose de Jesus Rodriguez, Mexico - 67-67-66-70 (-18)
James Allenby, Surrey, BC - 69-67-65-69 (-18)
Michael Gligic, Burlington, ON - 65-71-70-65 (-17)
Derek Gillespie, Oshawa, ON - 67-72-62-72 (-15)
(July 8, 2012 - Saskatoon, SK) - Matt Hill of Sarnia, ON outlasted former PGA TOUR member Will Strickler of Dallas, TX in a playoff to become the first Canadian-born winner of the Dakota Dunes Casino Open Sunday. Hill, a former NCAA Individual Champion and the 2009 Jack Nicklaus award winner, made birdie on fourth extra hole to clinch his first victory as a professional and take home $24,000.
scoring click http://www.cantour.com/leagues/cantour_leaderboard4.cfm?clientid=3776&leagueid=11757&seasonnum=2012
U.S. Women's Open
Site: Kohler, Wis.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Blackwolf Run, Championship Course (6,954 yards, par 72).
Purse: TBA ($3.25 million in 2011)
Winner's share: TBA ($585,000 in 2011).
Television: NBC (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.).
Canadians Lorie Kane T63 +19 76 73 82 76 Jisoo Keel (A) MC 81 77 Izzy Bisiegel MC 8174
Round 4 wrap up
Na Yeon Choi -7, Rolex Rankings No. 5Amy Yang -3, Rolex Rankings No. 13
Sandra Gal +1, Rolex Rankings No. 39
Suzann Pettersen +4, Rolex Rankings No. 6
Se Ri Pak +4, Rolex Rankings No. 33 and 1998 U.S. Women's Open champion
Lexi Thompson +5, Rolex Rankings No. 23
Michelle Wie +10, Rolex Rankings No. 40
Lydia Ko +12, (a)
Yani Tseng +14, Rolex Rankings No. 1
Na Yeon Choi first dreamt of playing on the LPGA Tour when at the age of 10, she watched Se Ri Pak capture the 1998 U.S. Women's Open at Blackwolf Run. On Sunday, Choi's dreams of becoming a major winner came true as she took home the 2012 U.S. Women's Open title on the same course where Pak captured her most memorable victory. Choi shot a final-round, 1-over 73 to take a four-shot victory over fellow South Korean Amy Yang and earn her first ever major title.
scoring http://www.lpgascoring.com/public/Leaderboard.aspx
Na Yeon Choi -7, Rolex Rankings No. 5Amy Yang -3, Rolex Rankings No. 13
Sandra Gal +1, Rolex Rankings No. 39
Suzann Pettersen +4, Rolex Rankings No. 6
Se Ri Pak +4, Rolex Rankings No. 33 and 1998 U.S. Women's Open champion
Lexi Thompson +5, Rolex Rankings No. 23
Michelle Wie +10, Rolex Rankings No. 40
Lydia Ko +12, (a)
Yani Tseng +14, Rolex Rankings No. 1
Na Yeon Choi first dreamt of playing on the LPGA Tour when at the age of 10, she watched Se Ri Pak capture the 1998 U.S. Women's Open at Blackwolf Run. On Sunday, Choi's dreams of becoming a major winner came true as she took home the 2012 U.S. Women's Open title on the same course where Pak captured her most memorable victory. Choi shot a final-round, 1-over 73 to take a four-shot victory over fellow South Korean Amy Yang and earn her first ever major title.
scoring http://www.lpgascoring.com/public/Leaderboard.aspx
PGA Tour
Greenbrier Classic
Site: White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: The Greenbrier Resort, The Old White TPC (7,274 yards, par 70).
Purse: $6.1 million.
Winner's share: $1,098,000.
Television: Golf Channel (Thursday, 3-7 p.m., 7:30-11:30 p.m.) and CBS (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.).
Canadians.. Stephen Ames MC T78 E 68 72 Graeme DeLaet T12 67 70 64 69 -10 David Hearn T12 69 68 67 66 -10 Jon Mills MC 72 75 +7
Round 4 wrap up
Rookie Ted Potter Jr.'s first PGA TOUR victory means a lot more than a big move in the FedExCup standings. The 28-year-old rookie can take a trip to Augusta National off his wish list
By making a 4-foot birdie putt on the third hole of a playoff Sunday to beat Troy Kelly in The Greenbrier Classic, Potter earned a spot in the Masters, something he listed as career goal, as well as a trip to the Open Championship in 2 weeks..
Ranked 218th in the world, Potter overcame a four-stroke deficit with four holes to play, finishing with his second straight 6-under 64 to match Kelly at 16 under. Kelly closed with a 66.
Graham DeLaet's 69 -10 and David Hearn 66 -10 both T12
scoring click http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboards/current/r490/
Rookie Ted Potter Jr.'s first PGA TOUR victory means a lot more than a big move in the FedExCup standings. The 28-year-old rookie can take a trip to Augusta National off his wish list
By making a 4-foot birdie putt on the third hole of a playoff Sunday to beat Troy Kelly in The Greenbrier Classic, Potter earned a spot in the Masters, something he listed as career goal, as well as a trip to the Open Championship in 2 weeks..
Ranked 218th in the world, Potter overcame a four-stroke deficit with four holes to play, finishing with his second straight 6-under 64 to match Kelly at 16 under. Kelly closed with a 66.
Graham DeLaet's 69 -10 and David Hearn 66 -10 both T12
scoring click http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboards/current/r490/
Champions Tour
First Tee Open
Site: Pebble Beach, Calif.
Schedule: Friday-Sunday.
Courses: Pebble Beach Golf Links (6,837 yards, par 72) and Del Monte Golf Course (6,357 yards, par 72).
Purse: $1.7 million.
Winner's share: $255,000.
Television: Golf Channel (Friday, 7:30-9:30 p.m.; Saturday, 2:30-4:30 a.m., 6:30-9:30 p.m.; Sunday, midnight-3 a.m., 7-9:30 p.m.; Monday, midnight-3 a.m.).
Canadians Rod Spittle T43 74 71 73 +3, Jim Rutledge T43 74 73 71 +3
Round 3 WRAP
1Kirk Triplett
70-70-66--206 (-10)
2Mark McNulty
68-71-69—208 (-8)
T3Brad Bryant
69-67-73---210 (-6)
Bill Glasson
69-72-69—210 (-6)
Jay Haas
72-69-69—210 (-6)
The Cat In The Hat is back. Kirk Triplett, a rookie on the Champions Tour, shot a final-round 66, the low round of the day, to come from four strokes off the pace and win his first title on the Champions Tour at the Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach. Triplett’s eagle at the par-5 2nd hole sparked him to a 5-under 31 on the front nine. He seized control of the tournament after making birdie at the par-4 11th hole and then used a key par save at the par-5 14th and a chip-in birdie at No. 16 to preserve the two-stroke victory over Mark McNulty.
1Kirk Triplett
70-70-66--206 (-10)
2Mark McNulty
68-71-69—208 (-8)
T3Brad Bryant
69-67-73---210 (-6)
Bill Glasson
69-72-69—210 (-6)
Jay Haas
72-69-69—210 (-6)
The Cat In The Hat is back. Kirk Triplett, a rookie on the Champions Tour, shot a final-round 66, the low round of the day, to come from four strokes off the pace and win his first title on the Champions Tour at the Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach. Triplett’s eagle at the par-5 2nd hole sparked him to a 5-under 31 on the front nine. He seized control of the tournament after making birdie at the par-4 11th hole and then used a key par save at the par-5 14th and a chip-in birdie at No. 16 to preserve the two-stroke victory over Mark McNulty.
scoring click http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboards/current/s616/
European Tour
French Open
Site: Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Le Golf National, Albatross Course (7,331 yards, par 71).
Purse: $3.97 million.
Winner's share: $661,835.
Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 8 a.m.-noon).
Round 4 wrap
Marcel Siem held off a stunning final round charge from Francesco Molinari to claim his second European Tour title at the Alstom Open de France.
Six behind overnight, Molinari double bogeyed the first but responded with nine birdies in a stunning 64 - the best round of the week at Le Golf National.
However, the Italian’s magnificent display - underpinned by fabulous iron play in blustery conditions - ultimately proved in vain as Siem held his nerve down the stretch en route to a 67 that saw him finish one clear on eight under
Marcel Siem held off a stunning final round charge from Francesco Molinari to claim his second European Tour title at the Alstom Open de France.
Six behind overnight, Molinari double bogeyed the first but responded with nine birdies in a stunning 64 - the best round of the week at Le Golf National.
However, the Italian’s magnificent display - underpinned by fabulous iron play in blustery conditions - ultimately proved in vain as Siem held his nerve down the stretch en route to a 67 that saw him finish one clear on eight under
tee times and live scoring click http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2012/tournamentid=2012048/leaderboard/index.html
Nationwide Tour (Web.com Tour)... off
Canadian Tour
Dakota Dunes Casino Open
Thursday-Sunday
Dakota Dunes Golf Links,
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Round 4 wrap
Final Round Leaderboard (bold denotes Canadian)
Matt Hill, Sarnia, ON - 67-68-66-68 (-19)*
Will Strickler, Dallas, TX - 69-70-64-66 (-19)
Joel Dahmen, Clarkston, WA - 71-66-65-68 (-18)
Jose de Jesus Rodriguez, Mexico - 67-67-66-70 (-18)
James Allenby, Surrey, BC - 69-67-65-69 (-18)
Michael Gligic, Burlington, ON - 65-71-70-65 (-17)
Derek Gillespie, Oshawa, ON - 67-72-62-72 (-15)
(July 8, 2012 - Saskatoon, SK) - Matt Hill of Sarnia, ON outlasted former PGA TOUR member Will Strickler of Dallas, TX in a playoff to become the first Canadian-born winner of the Dakota Dunes Casino Open Sunday. Hill, a former NCAA Individual Champion and the 2009 Jack Nicklaus award winner, made birdie on fourth extra hole to clinch his first victory as a professional and take home $24,000.
scoring click http://www.cantour.com/leagues/cantour_leaderboard4.cfm?clientid=3776&leagueid=11757&seasonnum=2012
European Senior Tour
Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open
Friday-Sunday, Golf Club Bad Ragaz,
Bad Ragaz, Switzerland.
Canadian Rick Gibson T11 -5 68 69 68
Round 3 Wrap
Tim Thelen’s Senior Tour dream continued with a second victory in just seven days at the Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open.
After holding off the challenge of Bernhard Langer, Peter Fowler, Barry Lane and Mark Mouland in Germany last week, the American resisted former Ryder Cup Captains Ian Woosnam and Mark James at the Golf Club Bad Ragaz to take home the €42,000 first prize.
“I could get used to this feeling,” said Thelen after signing for a final round of three under par 67 that gave him an 12 under total and secured a two-shot win over James 65, with Woosnam 67 a further shot back in third.
live scoring click http://www.europeantour.com/seniortour/season=2012/tournamentid=2012854/leaderboard/index.html
Round 3 Wrap
Tim Thelen’s Senior Tour dream continued with a second victory in just seven days at the Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open.
After holding off the challenge of Bernhard Langer, Peter Fowler, Barry Lane and Mark Mouland in Germany last week, the American resisted former Ryder Cup Captains Ian Woosnam and Mark James at the Golf Club Bad Ragaz to take home the €42,000 first prize.
“I could get used to this feeling,” said Thelen after signing for a final round of three under par 67 that gave him an 12 under total and secured a two-shot win over James 65, with Woosnam 67 a further shot back in third.
live scoring click http://www.europeantour.com/seniortour/season=2012/tournamentid=2012854/leaderboard/index.html
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Rube to retire his column after 32 years at the Globe and Mail
I always read the Globe Sports for Steven Brunt and Lorne Rubenstein, not that the other fine writers aren't worth a daily look, but Lorne and Steven are in a class of their own..
Steven finally packed it in as the Globe like other papers, started the trend of cutting costs, he of course was gobbled up by Sportsnet and is seen and heard on all of their platforms today.
Rube now has decided to join him after 32 years, saying " when I got to the U.S. Open at the Olympic Club [last month], I just found I couldn’t get engaged with the pro game any more. It was an easy decision to make that way. If I’m not engaged in the subject it’s not fair to the readers and to the paper." His last article will be posted after this year's RBC Canadian Open in Hamilton.
Lorne told me once he got started at the Globe in 1980 when he wrote the editor a letter asking if he would consider an article he had written. The editor made a good decision that day... here we are today, 32 years later , thousands of always compelling, often brilliant articles, awards galore, a Canadian Golf Hall of Fame Career, a Canadian Sports Lifetime Achievement Award... and he's hardly done..
When he started in 1980, Arnie won our CPGA Championship, it was in 1997 my 2nd year with Fairways that I finally met the man I'd been reading at the CPGA at Mandarin GC in Markham as we both followed a talented little lefty called Mike Weir. Weirsy lost that one to a player called Guy Hill. Rube wrote about it the next day with his usual combination of insight and articulation.
I call him the Laird, a form of respect in Scotland, following the summer of 2002 he spent staying above the post office in Dornoch, playing one of my all time favourite courses, Royal Dornoch, and writing about it in A Season In Dornoch, Golf and Life in the Scottish Highlands, and he captured what I had known for so many years so well, it has always been a bond between us..
Lorne is one of the last newspaper golf columnists, Dave Perkins another for the Star who only writes weekly now, as we plow on into whatever is next in the social media... Sad..
He is Canadiana, he always has an interesting angle, always makes sense, always well researched, has great contacts and uses them to write articles nobody else has. He is principled, articulate, loyal and considerate.
He is respected throughout the game from the starter at Don Valley to the Commissioner's office in Ponte Verde, and is comfortable in them both..
As I said he is hardly done, he will be on with me at www.nextsportstar.com tomorrow at 740am, where he'll tell you what his plans are for the future..
Whatever they are. I'll be reading them..
List of Lorne's awards
Rube won a National Magazine Award (1985) in Canada. The Golf Writers Association of America has presented him with four first-place awards for his writing. He is the recipient of awards from the Golf Journalists Association of Canada for his articles. Rubenstein was inducted into the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in 2007. He received a Canadian Sports Media Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009. The Golf Association of Ontario will present the first Lorne Rubenstein Media Award in May, 2012.
An exerpt from Moe and Me... Encounters with Moe Norman, Golf's Mysterious Genius
The American professionals soon let Moe know he annoyed them. He had come into a world where players conformed to a set of rules. They were trying to impress current sponsors and potential sponsors. Moe sometimes wore the same clothes a few days in a row. His pants were too short, and his shoes were torn. He stood out: his physical appearance, his sweat-stained visor, his white shirt blackened on both shoulders from carrying his clubs, his pants frayed at the bottom, his shoes split open, his speech patterns, his unusual stance, the swing itself, the speed with which he played, the fact that he never studied the line of a putt, and his antics. Moe sometimes hit balls off Coke bottles rather than tees, and when he did use a tee it might be as high as a coffee cup. He used a four-inch tee twice during the 1959 Los Angeles Open.
“I was putting on a show,” Moe said. “I was making the crowd laugh.” Maybe it was only his nervous energy coming out, but it was impossible not to notice him. Maybe that was helpful to the tour, which, after all, was entertainment, as well as a sporting competition. But players and officials didn’t see it that way. “They told me it was big business, this was the tour of the world, and they didn’t care how good I was. I still had to tee it up in the normal way.”
His insecurities poured out, but he did play some excellent golf. A story persists that Moe was leading the 1959 Greater New Orleans Open Invitational with seven holes to play, but I couldn’t corroborate this claim. Moe was two shots behind leader Bill Collins after three rounds and shot 72 in the last round. He tied for fourth, four shots behind Collins and seven better than Arnold Palmer. Moe won $1,100 and was on the cover of the March 20, 1959, issue of Golf World, the U.S. newsweekly of the game. He is shown in two photos. In one, he’s setting up to hit a driver, with the ball on the tee so high that the entire wooden clubhead would fit underneath. He’s wearing black-and-white striped socks and dark slacks. The other photo shows Moe holding four tees high in his right hand, balancing a ball on each of the two middle tees.
Tour players realized that Moe was a superb ball-striker, a marksman. However, many couldn’t go beyond his look and style. In the end, Moe played six PGA Tour events in 1959, making every cut, and returned for the next winter circuit, where he again played six tournaments and finished in the top twenty-five three times. But Moe felt humiliated at one tournament. He showed up at the home that Gus and Audrey Maue had rented in Daytona Beach. Maue was shocked when Moe knocked on his door, He was supposed to be playing in a tournament, Moe told Maue he was finished on the U.S. tour, but he wouldn’t say why.
Bert Weaver, an American pro, went to a Daytona Beach club two days later, after the tournament was over. Maue asked him what had happened. “He said that Moe put his ball on a big tee and that he hit it so well. Moe was playing to the gallery, and he was carrying his own bag. A player in his group called Moe aside and told him to fix his teeth and to get new clothes. Moe was insulted and said he’d never play the U.S. tour again.”
Many years later, I asked Weaver about what had happened. He couldn’t recall the details and said only that Moe was “unusual” and that the American pros all liked him once they got to know him.
But it was evident that some players didn’t like Moe, which is why he showed up at the Maue home. He never did play again in the United States. The Canadian Open was the only tour event he continued to play
Lorne's books..
Brantford (Ontario) Golf and Country Club, 1879-1979
Seasons in a Golfer’s Life, with Jim Nelford
1984 Summit (Ontario) Golf and Country Club, 1912-1987
1987 The Natural Golf Swing, by George Knudson with Lorne Rubenste
1988 Links: An Insider’s Tour Through the World of Golf, ..An Exploration into the Mind, Heart and Soul of Golf,
Touring Prose: Writings on Golf,
The Swing: Mastering the Principles of the Game, by Nick Price with Lorne Rubenstein,
1997 The Fundamentals of Hogan, by David Leadbetter with Lorne Rubenstein,
20002 A Season in Dornoch: Golf and Life in the Scottish Highlands,
2003 Mike Weir: The Road to the Masters,
2003 A Disorderly Compendium of Golf, with Jeff Neuman
This Round’s on Me: Lorne Rubenstein on Golf,
Moe and Me: Encounters with Moe Norman, Golf’s Mysterious Genius
Bryan Angus also on twitter@mumbles and at www.isr1050.com and co-hosting the Breakfast Club M-F 7-9am at www.nextsportstar.com
Steven finally packed it in as the Globe like other papers, started the trend of cutting costs, he of course was gobbled up by Sportsnet and is seen and heard on all of their platforms today.
Rube now has decided to join him after 32 years, saying " when I got to the U.S. Open at the Olympic Club [last month], I just found I couldn’t get engaged with the pro game any more. It was an easy decision to make that way. If I’m not engaged in the subject it’s not fair to the readers and to the paper." His last article will be posted after this year's RBC Canadian Open in Hamilton.
Lorne told me once he got started at the Globe in 1980 when he wrote the editor a letter asking if he would consider an article he had written. The editor made a good decision that day... here we are today, 32 years later , thousands of always compelling, often brilliant articles, awards galore, a Canadian Golf Hall of Fame Career, a Canadian Sports Lifetime Achievement Award... and he's hardly done..
When he started in 1980, Arnie won our CPGA Championship, it was in 1997 my 2nd year with Fairways that I finally met the man I'd been reading at the CPGA at Mandarin GC in Markham as we both followed a talented little lefty called Mike Weir. Weirsy lost that one to a player called Guy Hill. Rube wrote about it the next day with his usual combination of insight and articulation.
I call him the Laird, a form of respect in Scotland, following the summer of 2002 he spent staying above the post office in Dornoch, playing one of my all time favourite courses, Royal Dornoch, and writing about it in A Season In Dornoch, Golf and Life in the Scottish Highlands, and he captured what I had known for so many years so well, it has always been a bond between us..
Lorne is one of the last newspaper golf columnists, Dave Perkins another for the Star who only writes weekly now, as we plow on into whatever is next in the social media... Sad..
He is Canadiana, he always has an interesting angle, always makes sense, always well researched, has great contacts and uses them to write articles nobody else has. He is principled, articulate, loyal and considerate.
He is respected throughout the game from the starter at Don Valley to the Commissioner's office in Ponte Verde, and is comfortable in them both..
As I said he is hardly done, he will be on with me at www.nextsportstar.com tomorrow at 740am, where he'll tell you what his plans are for the future..
Whatever they are. I'll be reading them..
List of Lorne's awards
Rube won a National Magazine Award (1985) in Canada. The Golf Writers Association of America has presented him with four first-place awards for his writing. He is the recipient of awards from the Golf Journalists Association of Canada for his articles. Rubenstein was inducted into the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in 2007. He received a Canadian Sports Media Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009. The Golf Association of Ontario will present the first Lorne Rubenstein Media Award in May, 2012.
An exerpt from Moe and Me... Encounters with Moe Norman, Golf's Mysterious Genius
The American professionals soon let Moe know he annoyed them. He had come into a world where players conformed to a set of rules. They were trying to impress current sponsors and potential sponsors. Moe sometimes wore the same clothes a few days in a row. His pants were too short, and his shoes were torn. He stood out: his physical appearance, his sweat-stained visor, his white shirt blackened on both shoulders from carrying his clubs, his pants frayed at the bottom, his shoes split open, his speech patterns, his unusual stance, the swing itself, the speed with which he played, the fact that he never studied the line of a putt, and his antics. Moe sometimes hit balls off Coke bottles rather than tees, and when he did use a tee it might be as high as a coffee cup. He used a four-inch tee twice during the 1959 Los Angeles Open.
“I was putting on a show,” Moe said. “I was making the crowd laugh.” Maybe it was only his nervous energy coming out, but it was impossible not to notice him. Maybe that was helpful to the tour, which, after all, was entertainment, as well as a sporting competition. But players and officials didn’t see it that way. “They told me it was big business, this was the tour of the world, and they didn’t care how good I was. I still had to tee it up in the normal way.”
His insecurities poured out, but he did play some excellent golf. A story persists that Moe was leading the 1959 Greater New Orleans Open Invitational with seven holes to play, but I couldn’t corroborate this claim. Moe was two shots behind leader Bill Collins after three rounds and shot 72 in the last round. He tied for fourth, four shots behind Collins and seven better than Arnold Palmer. Moe won $1,100 and was on the cover of the March 20, 1959, issue of Golf World, the U.S. newsweekly of the game. He is shown in two photos. In one, he’s setting up to hit a driver, with the ball on the tee so high that the entire wooden clubhead would fit underneath. He’s wearing black-and-white striped socks and dark slacks. The other photo shows Moe holding four tees high in his right hand, balancing a ball on each of the two middle tees.
Tour players realized that Moe was a superb ball-striker, a marksman. However, many couldn’t go beyond his look and style. In the end, Moe played six PGA Tour events in 1959, making every cut, and returned for the next winter circuit, where he again played six tournaments and finished in the top twenty-five three times. But Moe felt humiliated at one tournament. He showed up at the home that Gus and Audrey Maue had rented in Daytona Beach. Maue was shocked when Moe knocked on his door, He was supposed to be playing in a tournament, Moe told Maue he was finished on the U.S. tour, but he wouldn’t say why.
Bert Weaver, an American pro, went to a Daytona Beach club two days later, after the tournament was over. Maue asked him what had happened. “He said that Moe put his ball on a big tee and that he hit it so well. Moe was playing to the gallery, and he was carrying his own bag. A player in his group called Moe aside and told him to fix his teeth and to get new clothes. Moe was insulted and said he’d never play the U.S. tour again.”
Many years later, I asked Weaver about what had happened. He couldn’t recall the details and said only that Moe was “unusual” and that the American pros all liked him once they got to know him.
But it was evident that some players didn’t like Moe, which is why he showed up at the Maue home. He never did play again in the United States. The Canadian Open was the only tour event he continued to play
Lorne's books..
Brantford (Ontario) Golf and Country Club, 1879-1979
Seasons in a Golfer’s Life, with Jim Nelford
1984 Summit (Ontario) Golf and Country Club, 1912-1987
1987 The Natural Golf Swing, by George Knudson with Lorne Rubenste
1988 Links: An Insider’s Tour Through the World of Golf, ..An Exploration into the Mind, Heart and Soul of Golf,
Touring Prose: Writings on Golf,
The Swing: Mastering the Principles of the Game, by Nick Price with Lorne Rubenstein,
1997 The Fundamentals of Hogan, by David Leadbetter with Lorne Rubenstein,
20002 A Season in Dornoch: Golf and Life in the Scottish Highlands,
2003 Mike Weir: The Road to the Masters,
2003 A Disorderly Compendium of Golf, with Jeff Neuman
This Round’s on Me: Lorne Rubenstein on Golf,
Moe and Me: Encounters with Moe Norman, Golf’s Mysterious Genius
Bryan Angus also on twitter@mumbles and at www.isr1050.com and co-hosting the Breakfast Club M-F 7-9am at www.nextsportstar.com
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