Want To Live Longer? Play Golf

Cal on June 3rd, 2008

Based on data from 300,000 Swedish golfers, a researcher at the Karolinska Institute has found out that people who play golf can expect to live 5 years longer.

Golfers have a lower death rate than non-golfers, with the effect being greater for golfers from blue-collar professions than for those from white-collar, and the lowest rates are found in the group of players with the lowest handicap. A perfect excuse to play more…

Article: ‘Golf – a game of life and death. Reduced mortality in Swedish golf players’, B. Farahmand, G. Broman, U. De Faire, D. Vågerö & A. Ahlbom, Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 30 May 2008.

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Shadow Caddy have started distributing a three wheeled electric golf buggy that follows you around.
“Forget everything you thought you knew about electric golf caddies. An all new product and all new technology has arrived! The Shadow Caddy® is a three wheel electronic caddy that, like a human caddy, carries the golfer’s clubs for them, […]

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Prize Money for The Masters 2008

Cal on April 14th, 2008

Always a popular thing for people to look for, so for a full list see Augusta.com.
The top 10 were:
1 Trevor Immelman $1,350,000
2 Tiger Woods $810,000
3 Stewart Cink $435,000
3 Brandt Snedeker $435,000
5 Padraig Harrington $273,750
5 Steve Flesch $273,750
5 Phil Mickelson $273,750
8 […]

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LPGA Sectional Qualifying

Cal on September 19th, 2007

Each year, the LPGA Tour holds two

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Leaney was the fourth alternative, but managed to score an invite after the man ahead of him (Jason Bohn) withdrew, and the first two alternatives gained spots due to other results on the weekend.
John Daly made history in 1991 by winning the tournament after being the ninth alternative, and you have to wonder if Leaney […]

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Looking For A Golf Blogging Job?

Cal on August 8th, 2007

Head over to the jobs board at Problogger.net and check out this ad for a Golf Blogger.

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FedEx Cup Standings - 7th August 2007

Cal on August 7th, 2007

We’re nearing the end of the “qualifying” rounds for the FedEx Cup and here are how the Australians are doing:

Rank
Player
Events
Points

9
Adam Scott
14
10,673

15
Aaron Baddeley
17
9,402

22
Geoff Ogilvy
17
7,701

23
Robert Allenby
19
7,536

35
Stuart Appleby
19
6,276

44
Rod Pampling
21
5,471

55
Nick O’Hern
17
4,915

64
Stephen Leaney
19
4,549

65
Peter Lonard
23
4,504

68
Nathan Green
22
4,465

69
John Senden
20
4,464

85
Steve Elkington
21
3,543

116
Steve Allan
15
2,437

118
Mathew Goggin
22
2,408

125
Gavin Coles
19
2,174

137
Andrew Buckle
17
1,771

149
Mark Hensby
19
1,466

171
Paul Gow
18
954

181
Jarrod Lyle
16
808

244
Paul Sheehan
11
52

What is the FedEx Cup?
From the Mercedes-Benz Championship (January 4-7, 2007) to the Wyndham Championship (August […]

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1 Marc A Leishman VIC $30,805.00
2 Ashley Hall VIC $25,935.00
3 Andrew R Bonhomme QLD $25,747.00
4 Tim S Wise VIC $23,154.00
5 Scott D Draper QLD $19,072.50
6 Kim Felton WA $17,777.50
7 Aaron Townsend NSW $12,142.50
8 Steve Collins WA $11,323.75
9 Edward Stedman NSW $10,597.75
10 Tristan Lambert NSW $10,185.00
11 Paul Marantz NSW $10,102.50
12 Ryan J Haller QLD $9,737.50
13 Chris […]

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2007 Masters Tournament - Prize Money

Cal on April 10th, 2007

If you are looking to see how much each player won at the 2007 Masters tournament, have a look at ESPN.com.
Or have a look at augusta.com, and have a browse around the site as well. Some very good stuff there!
If you are looking for the 2008 results, have a look at this post.

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2007 Masters Tournament - Wrap Up

Cal on April 10th, 2007

Firstly the TV coverage. Channel 10 bought the rights this year, and I was hoping things would be different. Not really. They ended the coverage at 9am, no matter how many groups were left on the course. We missed live footage of several Australians on Saturday morning (Australian time), and didn’t […]

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