At one point over the last 29 months, Tiger Woods fell all the way down outside of the top-50 in the World Golf Rankings. But on Monday, after his eighth win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Woods regained the top spot for the first time in more than two years.
Woods has now won three of his five total starts in 2013, and will next play at the Masters in the second week of April. Continue reading
Most of the time on this blog we talk about the last event and happenings on the PGA Tour, but it’s time to give the ladies some love. In particular, one lady who is having an incredible start to the 2013 LPGA Season, becoming the new No.1 ranked player in the world.
American Stacy Lewis was the 2012 Rolex Player of the Year on the LPGA, and came into 2013 with some momentum.
After a win in Singapore a couple of week ago, Lewis followed that up with a win in Arizona for the second-straight event.
The victory vaulted her from No.3 to No.1, dethroning Yani Tseng’s reign at the top of the Rolex Rankings. Tseng was No.1 in the world for more than two years, culminating in 109 weeks at the top. Continue reading
Tiger Woods has certainly dominated his fair share of venues in his career, and none more so than when he goes to Bay Hill.
The PGA Tour rolls through Orlando this week for the Arnold Palmer Invitational, where woods is a seven-time winner and the defending champion. Though unlike last year when he came in searching for his first victory in more than two years, Woods has won four times since that victory last year.
Two of those wins have come early in this season, back at Torrey Pines in the end of January, and the WGC Cadillac Championship two weeks ago. Continue reading
It’s the most recognizable venue in all of golf, and perhaps one of the most recognizable in the world of sports. Every year, the greatest in golf come to compete in the first Major championship of the year in Augusta, Georgia.
The 2013 Masters is right around the corner, as the first Major championship of the 2013 season. Play will begin on Thursday, April 11 and run through Sunday, April 14.
Bubba Watson will be the defending champion, defeating Louis Oosthuizen on the second playoff hole to capture the green jacket and his first Major victory. Continue reading
Picture yourself on a nice relaxing morning or afternoon going around the golf course. After all, even a bad day on the golf course is better than a good day at work right?
We might have to ask Mark Mihal that question though after his incident with a sinkhole in the middle of Annbriar Golf Club in southern Illinois.
Yes, we said that right. A sinkhole! Continue reading
There is no question that Tiger Woods is playing great golf right now, and is capable of winning on the biggest stages. That was exhibited this past weekend at TPC Blue Monster where he won the WGC Cadillac Championship. It was the seventh time he has won this tournament, and the 17th World Golf Championships victory in his career.
Woods will have the chance to get back to the No.1 ranking in the world with a win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in two weeks, in which he will be the defending champion at a venue he has also won at seven times total. Continue reading
One of the hotly debated issues in the world of golf going on right now centers around the anchored putter, and the United States Golf Association attempting to define the stroke on the putting green.
The anchored putters, or ‘long putters’ are nothing new to the game of golf. In fact, players have been using them for more than a quarter century.
But the recent trend of players switching to the anchored putter, and winning big tournaments has been chipping away at the issue of the putting stroke. So much so that the USGA has brought it under serious consideration to ban the practice of an anchored putter entirely. Continue reading
Sure, the majority of focus in the world of golf will be set at TPC Blue Monster for the playing of the WGC Cadillac Championship, and rightfully so. After all, we have the top-ranked players in the world going toe-to-toe over four days in this special event with no cut.
But that is not the only event on the PGA Tour going on this week. Continue reading
No.1 ranked golfer in the world Rory McIlroy will come into this week for the WGC Cadillac Championship from TPC Blue Monster having to answer some tough questions.
These questions will stem from McIlroy’s withdrawal from the Honda Classic last Friday, in which he was the defending champion. Continue reading
Play got underway at the 2013 Honda Classic on Thursday, the first stop of the four-tournament Florida swing coming up over the course of March.
PGA National proved to be a worthy opponent for the field during the first round, though some players were able to go pretty low. Continue reading