Golf
17 years old and a pro golfer
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 | Golf | No Comments
At the age of 15 Ryo Ishikawa was the youngest champion of any recognized tour in the world. Now at 17 he was invited personally by Arnold Palmer to play in a tournament. He has also accepted an invitation to play the Northern Trust Open on Feb 19, which will be his PGA Tour debut.
“I have been following your achievements in Japan and I am quite impressed with what you have accomplished at such a young age,” Palmer said in his letter. “I also understand that you have expressed an interest in taking your game to another level by playing some tournaments on the international scene with your eye on the future.”
Ishikawa is already ranked No. 60 in the world and just last year won the mynavi ABC Championship and was fifth on the Japan money list. He is getting one of the two exemptions the PGA reserves for international players. This will not be an easy win for the teen, Tiger Woods the defending champion at Bay Hill cold be back after his recovery from knee surgery. Ishikawa is also the youngest player to crack the top 100 players in the world.
Vijay out for five weeks
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 | Golf | No Comments
Golf super star Vijay Singh is scheduled to have knee surgery after this weeks Mercedes Championship and will be out for five weeks. Signh said he hurt his knee about three weeks ago at the Chevron World Challenge a tournament he won. “More than anything, it’s just wear and tear on the meniscus, and it just of gave out,” Singh said. He would like to be back for the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, at which he will play with his son.
U.S. Ryder Cup Captain
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 | Golf, Ryder Cup | No Comments
Corey Pavin is rumored to be the next U.S. Ryder Cup captain according to sources close the PGA of America. Pavin has been on two winning U.S. teams and was assistant captain two years ago. Pavin also won the US Open in 1995. The U.S. team has not won two Ryder Cups in a row since 1993 and have also not won on a European course since 1993. The 2010 Cup will be in Wales at the Celtic Manor.
NBA opening night
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 | General, Golf | No Comments
| Eastern Conference Standings | |||||||||||
| Atlantic | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | Div | Conf | |||
| Boston | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | – | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | |||
| New Jersey | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||
| Toronto | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||
| New York | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||
| Philadelphia | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||
| Central | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | Div | Conf | |||
| Chicago | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | – | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | |||
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||
| Indiana | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||
| Cleveland | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | |||
| Milwaukee | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | |||
| Southeast | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | Div | Conf | |||
| Atlanta | 0 | 0 | .000 | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||
| Washington | 0 | 0 | .000 | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||
| Miami | 0 | 0 | .000 | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||
| Orlando | 0 | 0 | .000 | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||
| Charlotte | 0 | 0 | .000 | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||
| Western Conference Standings | |||||||||||
| Southwest | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | Div | Conf | |||
| New Orleans | 0 | 0 | .000 | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||
| Dallas | 0 | 0 | .000 | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||
| Houston | 0 | 0 | .000 | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||
| Memphis | 0 | 0 | .000 | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||
| San Antonio | 0 | 0 | .000 | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||
| Northwest | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | Div | Conf | |||
| Denver | 0 | 0 | .000 | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | .000 | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||
| Oklahoma City | 0 | 0 | .000 | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||
| Utah | 0 | 0 | .000 | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||
| Portland | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | |||
| Pacific | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | Div | Conf | |||
| LA Lakers | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | – | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | |||
| Golden State | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||
| LA Clippers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||
| Phoenix | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||
| Sacramento | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||
Tiger Woods – Please Be My Caddie!
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 | Golf, Sports | No Comments
Not sure how many 6-hour rounds of golf Tiger Woods has played, but if Tiger Woods were my caddie, that’s what he would have to endure. I’d also recommend a contruction worker hard hat, just to avoid those seemingly impossible “sideways” shots that always scare my playing partners. How I do it, I’ll never know – it seems to defy physics, logic and common sense.
In any event, on Monday, October 20th, “Tee It Up With Tiger” sweepstakes winner John Abel got the chance of a lifetime. He had the greatest golfer of all time serve as his caddie for the back 9 of his round at the South Course of Torrey Pines in San Diego, California. Tiger Woods wore the green caddy bib and drove around in a “tricked-out” Buick golf cart to the delight of fans and golfers on the course. Woods played the role perfectly, handing clubs to Abel, cleaning them off after each shot, dropping the clubs back in the bag, helping Abel line up puts and even adivising Abel on tricky breaks and speed patterns of the greens. And for Abel, it was a dream come true…
Torrey Pines was the site of Woods’ final 2008 tournament before his season-ending knee surgery. At the event – the U.S. Open Championship – Woods defeated Rocco Mediate in a tense and exciting playoff to win his 14th Major Championship. Woods played in only 6 tournaments during the 2008 tour and he won 4 of them. Wood showed no signs of pain from the surgery during his 9-hole caddie session. He can already chip and putt and is on schedule to be ready to go in 2009 – maybe not right at the start, but definitely for that 1st Major Championship at The Masters in Augusta, Georgia.
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