http://forum.fantasybaseball.com/ This is a discussion forum powered by vBulletin. To find out about vBulletin, go to http://www.vbulletin.com/ . en Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:11:15 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forum.fantasybaseball.com/images/cyclic/misc/rss.jpg http://forum.fantasybaseball.com/ http://forum.fantasybaseball.com/showthread.php?t=9943&goto=newpost Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:20:39 GMT Denmark's Thomas Bjorn will have some great memories to back him when he tees off at the DohaTaylorMade R11 Irons
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It was here, after all, where, exactly a year ago, he would finally came in from a long spell out in the cold of invisibility with a going-away 4-stroke win that would spark his greatest season ever on the European Tour and bring him two more victories. TaylorMade R11 Irons
Looking back he should remember how he recovered from a miserable 74 to fire three stunning rounds of 65, 66 and 69 for a 14 under par total of 274 that enabled him to beat the big-hitting Spaniard Alvaro Quiros into second place.
The seasoned Dane showed his thrilling run in Qatar was no fluke when he went on to win the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles and the Omega European Masters in consecutive weeks before finishing ninth in The Race to Dubai.
It was his first Top 10 finish and his best since 2003 when he finished eighth in the European Tour's order of merit standings
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tournaments, but in Qatar I suddenly realised that when I do get into such positions, I am quite capable of getting over the line.
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"I've said before that if there was one downside of last season, it was that the consistency was not there for me. There was a little bit too much poor play but, balancing that up, the great stuff was really good. That's what you've got to take and then you can build into a new season, and I'm looking forward to this season as I feel myTaylorMade R11 Irons
is in a better place than it's probably been for a while."
Bjorn proved that last week with a solid showing in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship where he finished in a tie for third spot, only two shots adrift of champion Robert Rock and tied with Tiger Woods.
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on courses like Doha and Abu Dhabi and Dubai. They've got great history on our Tour, and that's what you want. This is a fantastic swing for us on three magnificent golf courses."
Bjorn will be joined in Doha by a high quality field which is headlined by the World's Nos 3 and 4 respectively, England's Lee Westwood and Germany's Martin Kaymer.
Also in the field with Bjorn will be last year's Qatar runner-up, Quiros and Sweden's Robert Karlsson, the two Qatar champions who preceded Bjorn, as well as South Korea's KJ Choi and Hunter Mahan of the United States. ]]> General Fantasy Baseball Topics zeaen http://forum.fantasybaseball.com/showthread.php?t=9943 http://forum.fantasybaseball.com/showthread.php?t=9942&goto=newpost Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:16:51 GMT Garrigus, who triple-bogeyed the last hole to fall into a playoff he would eventually lose at Memphis in 2010, had struggled on Torrey's poa annua greens and bogeyed his last two holes to miss the cut at the Farmers, so he was back home in Scottsdale, Ariz., watching the back nine at Torrey on TV.
"I left to get a massage at 3:30 or 4 o'clock," he said by phone Sunday night. "I saw Kyle make a five-footer on 15 for par. I thought it was a lock; Brandt made bogey on 17. It was a four-shot lead with three holes to play with Titleist 712 AP2 Irons
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Alas, just as Garrigus had buckled under the pressure of trying to win his first tournament in 2010, the enormity of what the winless Stanley was about to accomplish seemed to hit him all at once. He spun a wedge off the green and into the water, hit his fifth shot withTitleist 712 AP2 Irons
on the green and three-putted.
"I saw what happened and thought, 'I'm one of the only guys in the United States who can relate to how he feels,' because I've been there and it's brutal," Garrigus said. "He'll win. It's not the end of the world, but it sure feels like it at the time."
Garrigus won at Disney at the end of 2010 and dedicated the victory to Tony Kornheiser, the co-host of ESPN's Pardon the Interruption, who had suggested fans might never hear from Garrigus again.
"He didn't know what he was saying," Garrigus said. "I got some good pub out of it. It was a lot of fun." Titleist 712 AP2 Irons
Similarly, he believes the first win for the shell-shocked Stanley might not be far off.
"I wish I had his number because I would call him," said Garrigus, who tied for third at the U.S. Open last summer and will make his first Masters start in April. "I'm sure I'll see him soon. I'll tell him, 'You've got to get there to blow it.' That's what Chris DiMarco said to me: 'You've got to get there to blow it, and you'll be there again. Don't worry about it. It's just Titleist 712 AP2 Irons
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Lawrie birdie the same 18th hole to edge one shot clear of Donald, who had conjured up a 6-under 66 in one of the most impressive final rounds of the day and has once again edged further ahead at the top of the World Rankings list.
With 10,29 points the Englishman is now 2.29 points ahead of World No two Rory McIlroy who finished in joint 11th place after losing the Race to Dubai to the rock-solid Englishmen on Sunday (Callaway RAZR Hawk Neutral Driver)
Donald is now also the first ever money winner on both the US PGA and European Tours
In another significant Top 10 move in the rankings, Adam Scott has elbowed Steve Stricker out of the World No 5 spot leaving the Americans as very much the back markers among the World's Top 10 as the sun begins to set on the 2011 season
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The duo outscored the rest of the elite 12-man field on the first day at the Gary Player Country Club in South Africa, with Sweden's Robert Karlsson alone in third after a first-round 69.
A host of players lie a further stroke behind the Swede after two-under 70s - World No 1 Luke Donald, Germany's Martin Kaymer, Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell, Englishman Simon Dyson, lone American in the field Jason Dufner and South Korean Kyung-Tae Kim.
Dane Anders Hansen and Italian Francesco Molinari are two shots further back at even par, while Open champion Darren Clarke was the only man to shoot over par, carding a two-over 74.
Both leaders started slowly on Thursday, with Westwood, the defending champion, bogeying the first hole and finding himself level par after eight holes.( Ping G20 4-PW, GW Iron Set with Steel Shafts-Red Dot)
But that changed quickly after two superb shots at the long ninth paved the way for an eagle three before another birdie at the 10th suddenly saw him tied for second place.
Another bogey was to come after a three-putt at 12, but he got the shot back at 15 and then joined Schwartzel's lead with a curling 20-footer at the 18th.
Schwartzel looked even more of an unlikely leader early in his round, with a double-bogey at the ninth caused by hitting his third into the water leaving him on one over par.
But birdies at 10, 12, 13, 14 and 16 soon followed for the South African, who eventually came home in 31 to post the clubhouse lead.
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His error at the ninth came in the midst of a brief rain shower, and he said it was trying to compensate for those conditions that led to his downfall.
"I thought I had to hit it a little harder to get a decent second shot into the green," he added, "and I just pushed it right.
"To be fair, I very nearly got the lay-up out of the rough with my seven-iron spot on, but it just hit a little branch and fell back into the rough."( Ping G20 4-PW, GW Iron Set with Steel Shafts-Red Dot)
Third-placed Karlsson led for much of the day after racing to three under following a hat-trick of birdies from the second.
He had reached four under with three holes to play with Ping G20 4-PW, GW Iron Set with Steel Shafts-Red Dot, but missed a short birdie putt at 16 and then bogeyed the difficult 17th to fall back to three under.
Donald was also looking good for the first-round lead after three birdies on the back nine, but he found the water off the tee on 17, resulting in a double bogey that dropped him back down to two under, where he stayed after completing the last with Ping G20 4-PW, GW Iron Set with Steel Shafts-Red Dot.
Kaymer also found water at the 17th, and lost much of the momentum he had built up on the front nine as he struggled coming home to eventually finish on two under.

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Tourism Minister Robert Henderson said government over-estimated how much money the four golf courses would bring in.
He said there are a number of reasons for the shortfall.
"The weather wasn't quite what we would have liked to have seen in June, July and early August. It is pretty hard to golf in the rain so they cancelled their bookings would be one situation," Henderson said.
The P.E.I. cabinet approved the special warrant last week to Tourism PEI of close to $1.4 million — $1.1 million going to the golf courses to make up for the lost revenue.
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He also said it's not the first time the courses haven't brought in as much money as expected. When the budget is being drawn up this year, he said the projected revenue will likely be more in line with what has happened over the last few years.
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The South Korean star shot a sparkling 6-under 66 by Callaway - Women's RAZR X Iron-Hybrid Combo Set to take a one-shot lead over Australian Nikki Campbell and England's Felcity Johnson.
The duo fired matching 67s to in turn edge by a shot the three Australians in third place, Frances Bondad, Courtney Massey and Sarah Kemp
Ryu didn't try to hide the fact that she had battled to overcome some early nerves in this, her first competitive outing this season, but acknowledged that once she had found her momentum, she had a "lovely day" as she picked up three birdies on each of the two nines in her bogey-free round at a Royal Pines Course that was still soggy, but playable after heavy rain earlier in the week.
She said, enthusiastic as ever, "It was a great gallery, great caddie, it was a lovely day for me.( Callaway - Women's RAZR X Iron-Hybrid Combo Set)
"But I was really nervous because it was my first tournament of the year," she said, when explaining that the weight of expectation from her fans at home had initially weighed heavily on her until her first birdie helped boost her confidence and calm her down.
"I can't believe it. Yesterday the course was too wet, but today it was a lot better."
The caddy Ryu was talking about is Tom Watson, a 33-year-old Australian who has been working in Japan and this week is on trial prior to joining Ryu on a full-time basis
Watson, whose middle name is Jack after Jack Nicklaus, comes from passionate golfing family.
His father Peter played Callaway - Women's RAZR X Iron-Hybrid Combo Setwhile his mother Cheryl was born on the same day in the same year as American legend Tom Watson.
But Ryu credits his experience in Asia as one of his most valuable assets.
"Tom was a good advisor to me," she said. "He really knows the Asian culture, because he lives in Japan, so it's a lot of help to me. ]]> General Fantasy Baseball Topics fiona18_ http://forum.fantasybaseball.com/showthread.php?t=9937 http://forum.fantasybaseball.com/showthread.php?t=9936&goto=newpost Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:02:42 GMT Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano leads by one shot after the first round of the Commercialbank Qatar Masters in Doha. Ping K15 Hybrid... Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano leads by one shot after the first round of the Commercialbank Qatar Masters in Doha. Ping K15 Hybrid


The Spaniard shot a superb six-under-par 66 at a windswept Doha Golf Club on Thursday to take a one-shot lead over American John Daly, who led for most of the round after posting his 67 earlier in the day.

Korean K.J. Choi and Australian Jason Day, ranked 13th and 10th in the world respectively, both shot four-under 68s to share third place, while five players posted 69s - Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts, Scot Paul Lawrie, Sweden's Peter Hanson and Englishmen Richard Finch and Danny Willett. Ping K15 Hybrid


Daly, ranked 543rd in the world, looked almost certain to hold on to his lead as conditions out on the course grew progressively worse. Strong winds blew sand around and into the faces of the players, many of whom took to wearing sunglasses to limit the irritation. Cameramen and many spectators wore masks to stop the sand.

"I've sand in places I didn't know I had places," said Lawrie. Ping K15 Hybrid


But Castano, currently on course for a Ryder Cup debut later this year, defied the conditions to birdie four of his last five holes and take sole possession of the first-round lead.

He had nine birdies in all in his remarkable round, but also bogeyed on the fourth, the long tenth and the 13th.

"I would have taken level par," he said.

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"I think I just got lucky and holed some important putts. Putting is the most difficult thing on a windy day."

Daly, a colourful, often controversial two-time Major winner, surprised even himself with his 67, which featured five birdies and no dropped shots.

"It's one of the best rounds I've ever played in a wind like that," said the American.

"You feel like you are eating a lot of sand - it was brutal. I'm pretty shocked myself. I had five and a half weeks off and really didn't touch a Callaway RAZR XF Hybrid
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He added that a trip to the range to keep his game sharp certainly wasn't on his agenda.

"I don't think you can," said the 45-year-old. "I don't feel like eating anymore sand. It's hard to work on your game in this (weather)."

Daly no longer has a full PGA Tour card in the United States and last hit the headlines for walking out of the Australian Open in November after hitting a succession of shots into water.

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"This year I'm basing everything around the European Tour instead of the PGA Tour so hopefully I'll get in a lot more (events) on the European side,"

"The goal is just to try and get my card on the European Tour and maybe get in the top 60 (the leading money earners who contest the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai). That's kind of the goal."

Further down the leaderboard, the two highest ranked players in the field, World No 3 Lee Westwood and World No 4 Martin Kaymer, both shot 1-under 71s, while Sergio Garcia could do no better than a level-par 72.

Graeme McDowell had to settle for a 73, Hunter Mahan a 74 and defending champion Thomas Bjn a disastrous 79. Fellow stars Ross Fisher and Henrik Stenson fared even worse, shooting 81 and 82 respectivelyCallaway RAZR XF Hybrid ]]> General Fantasy Baseball Topics levina http://forum.fantasybaseball.com/showthread.php?t=9935 http://forum.fantasybaseball.com/showthread.php?t=9934&goto=newpost Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:55:39 GMT Northern Ireland's Royal Portrush and Scotland's Carnoustie have been chosen to host the British Amateur Championship in 2014 and 2015 respectively. Callaway Diablo Forged Irons


Portrush is the only course outside Scotland and England ever to have staged The Open - That was way back in 1951 and was won by Max Faulkner - but there are moves being made currently to see the Open return there.

Carnoustie, in the meantime, saw Paul Lawrie win the 1999 Open after Jean Van de Velde triple-bogeyed the final hole in trying to hit the ball out of the water and Padraig Harrington triumphed there in 2007 when he beat Sergio Garcia in a play-off.
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Mahan, of course, is the American who ended the last Ryder Cup in tears after losing to McDowell in the fateful game that ended up deciding the contest.
He makes a rare European appearance in Doha this week, preferring to play the majority of his Ping G20 4-PW, GW Iron Set with Steel Shafts-Red Dot stateside. Having completed the long trip from California, he's still feeling a little worse for wear.
"I feel as good as to be expected," Mahan said.
"It's something I wanted to do. I was just looking for the right opportunity and this came about.
"I do feel like golf is global now, especially with the European Tour having the top four players in the world.
"I really enjoy the opportunity to travel and see different parts of the world. It is out of your comfort zone, but I feel like that's going to make you a better player in the long run."
Though he'd like to play more in Europe, Mahan concedes that his globe-trotting could affect his Ping G20 4-PW, GW Iron Set with Steel Shafts-Red Dot .
"It may - I don't know - but I'd rather experience it than wonder about it.
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Mahan has no concerns about partnering McDowell and added that it won't be the first time they've played Ping G20 4-PW, GW Iron Set with Steel Shafts-Red Dot together since Celtic Manor.
"We got it out of the way real quick!" he said. "I've known Graeme since college basically. I don't really have any ill-feelings toward the guy or anything like that.
"The Ryder Cup is a lot of fun. It really brings out the competitive nature in everybody that you don't really see most weeks.
"It won't really add any spice. Hopefully we'll have an opportunity to rekindle that later this year."( Ping G20 4-PW, GW Iron Set with Steel Shafts-Red Dot)
Lee Westwood, Sergio Garcia, Jason Day and KJ Choi are the other world top-20 men in the field, while Mahan is joined by four fellow Americans who are all major winners - Ben Curtis, Todd Hamilton, Shaun Micheel and John Daly. ]]> General Fantasy Baseball Topics fiona18_ http://forum.fantasybaseball.com/showthread.php?t=9933 http://forum.fantasybaseball.com/showthread.php?t=9932&goto=newpost Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:51:47 GMT Ben Fox of the USA reaped the benefits of extra hours in the gym when he shot a sparkling eight-under-par 64 to share Thursday's first round lead at the Zaykabar Myanmar Open presented by Air Bagan. TaylorMade Burner 2.0 Iron Set


Fox posted a flawless round that contained eight birdies but he will have to share the lead heading in to Friday's second round.

He was matched at the Royal Mingalardon Golf and Country Club by Australians Scott Hend, who has won once on the Asian Tour and former European and Nationwide Tour player Wade Ormsby .

Chinnarat Phadungsil of Thailand, a three-time Asian Tour winner, was a further shot back, tied with Asian Tour graduate Kim Gi-whan of Korea.

Fox, who is searching for his first Asian Tour victory, credited some hard TaylorMade Burner 2.0 Iron Set
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Playing in his third year on the Asian Tour, Fox made a 25-feet chip-in birdie from the edge of the seventh hole to tie for the lead.

"It was one of my goals coming into the year to get off to a good start more frequently. It is nice to kind of do that in the first week. Obviously, you just don't plan on shooting eight-under, but it was a nice round. I got off to a good start and just kept TaylorMade Burner 2.0 Iron Set
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"This is the first round of the year and this is a nice round to put away because it is going to be a low score that wins the tournament. To put eight birdies out of the way, I'm probably going to need another 12 birdies in the next three days," said Hend, winner of the of the 2008 Pertamina Indonesia President Invitational.

Like his co-leaders, Ormsby was also bogey-free in a round which he described as boring. He earned his Asian Tour card at Qualifying School this year and hopes to get his career back on track after losing his playing status in Europe.

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"Asia is good. I played a lot out here through the co-sanctioned events previously. Asia is a lot closer to Australia so it makes it feel a little bit like half an Australian Tour! It is nice Tour and I'm looking forward to the year," he added.

Asian Tour rookie Kim of Korea made four straight birdies from the 14th hole but was disappointed not to share the lead after making his only blemish of the day on the ninth hole.

"That stretch of birdies was good because it gave me the confident to keep going. My putting was great. I sank all my putts inside 10 feet so that was good except on the last hole," said the 21-year-old, who campaigned in Japan last year.

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The 23-year-old fired seven birdies to end the day a stroke clear of early clubhouse leader So Yeon Ryu, fellow Korean Hee Kyung Seo and Holland's Christel Boeljon.

England's Felicity Johnson shares fifth place on 67 alongside American teenager Lexi Thompson and Australians Stephanie Na and Nikki Campbell.

Fellow Australians Frances Bondad, Courtney Massey and Sarah Kemp all shot four under 68s to finish the day in a share of ninth position and give the home galleries reason to cheer. TaylorMade - Burner SuperLaunch Rescue Combo Iron Set

Lee, who was the Korean LPGA player of the Year in 2010 and now plies her trade on the Japanese circuit, said Thursday's round was one where everything just worked.

"Good driver, good irons, putting was good. It was easy, easy today," she said.

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"I sunk my birdie putt and then I could finally relax," she said. "I think it was a really great round. It was a really lovely day for me."

"A lot of people have really high expectations for me so I am a little bit worried about TaylorMade - Burner SuperLaunch Rescue Combo Iron Set
she said. "I really try hard and I am really training hard but if I hit it bad, a lot of people are disappointed with me." ]]> General Fantasy Baseball Topics levina http://forum.fantasybaseball.com/showthread.php?t=9930 http://forum.fantasybaseball.com/showthread.php?t=9929&goto=newpost Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:42:13 GMT Hank Haney has hit back at his former pupil Tiger Woods' suggestion that his decision to write a book about him is "unprofessional".
Haney, who spent a very successful six years from 2004 to 2010 working alongside Tiger as his Nike Victory Red Pro STR8-FIT Tour Drivercoach, is set to release a book called 'The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods' in April of this year, and Woods did not mince his words when he was asked what he thought about it.
"I think it's unprofessional and very disappointing," Woods said, "especially because it's someone I worked with and trusted as a friend.
"There have been other one-sided books about me and I think people understand that this book is about money. I'm not going to waste my time reading it.( Nike Victory Red Pro STR8-FIT Tour Driver)
"I just think this book is very self-serving."
Haney, speaking to Ed Sherman of Chicagobusiness.com, said the book was merely an attempt to explain what it is like to coach someone like Tiger.
"I feel like it is a fair and honest book," said Haney. "I know he said it is "unprofessional." I don't know how you can make a comment like that without reading the book. I think I had an opportunity to write an unprofessional book, but I don't think I did. I feel like I wrote a fair and honest book."( Nike Victory Red Pro STR8-FIT Tour Driver)
When Sherman asked if Woods should be worried about anything in the book, however, Haney replied: "Maybe. The truth is the truth. There are quite a few things in there that people will find as surprises. I just wrote a fair and honest book. I said all along this wasn't going to be a takedown book. People that know me know that's not what I would do."

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