John Senden Scores An Albatross
It’s hard enough getting a birdie or an eagle for a lot of players, never mind an albatross.
John Senden managed this one at the at the second hole of the 2009 Deutsche Bank Championship in the second round. Not sure why the Americans refer to it as a double eagle though.
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Daniel Gaunt (ranked 1210) Qualifies For The Open
Proving that there’s hope for almost all of us, Daniel Gaunt has qualifies for The Open Championship. Ranked 1210 in the world, and struggling a bit, the Victorian gave himself 3 weeks to make some money from professional golf or give up the game. Let’s hope this is a good kick start to getting his [...]
2009 U.S. Open Prize Money
Deciding how to spread a cool US$7 million amongst the final days players at the 2009 U.S. Open can’t be an easy task I’m sure… Anyway, the breakdown comes out as follows: (Australians in bold) 1 – Lucas Glover $1,350,000 T2 – Phil Mickelson $559,830 T2 – David Duval $559,830 T2 – Ricky Barnes $559,830 [...]
Adam Scott – Leading Australian At 2009 U.S. Open
Surprising everyone, except perhaps himself, Adam Scott is sitting at two under about halfway through the second round and is tied for sixth. Watching the telecast this morning, and what limited shots there were of him, he seemed very relaxed, even sharing low fives with Sergio after both birdied the 12th in their first round. [...]
Stuart Appleby on Twitter
Okay, who isn’t on Twitter at the U.S. Open? You can follow Stuart over here. His latest entry – My pools drier then BethPage right now. Wetter then an otters pocket. Poor spectators will be in slop by the end of tomorrow.
2009 U.S. Open Golf
Not a great start to the U.S. Open at Bethpage Black. Only half the field has got a start and they are spread from the 2nd to the 11th, before play was halted due to torrential rain. Ian Poulter has a good photo of the practice putting green that you could probably row over… Actually [...]
Virtual U.S. Open Championship
Missed qualifying for the 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black? Want to see how you would go if you were to play the course? Well now you can. Sort of. From the 25th May 2009 to 21st June 2009 you can go to the official site of the U.S. Open and play qualifying rounds for [...]
Australians On Tour Wrapup – PGA Tour
This week The Year In Golf and Aussie Golfer have a look at the PGA Tour. It was fair to say that after 2008, big things were expected from the Aussies in 2009. Unfortunately they failed to materialise, with only two wins being put on the board in 2009. We had to wait until March [...]
PGA Tour School 2008 – First Stage Oct 21 To 24
Australians in the First Stage: October 21 to 24 East Valley Golf Club – Champions Course Adam Wilcox Dean Kinney Jens Nilsson Matt Melrose Michael Etherington Scott Draper Dayton Valley Country Club No Australians Florence Country Club Andrew Tschudin Brendan Chant Crandon Park Golf Course Matt Ballard The Clubs of Kingwood – Forest Aaron Townsend [...]
PGA Tour School 2008
The demanding test of Tour School has started, and there are quite a few Australians hoping to make it to the main tour next year. The school is run over three qualifying stages (well four if you count the pre-qualification) from the 21st October to the 8th December. Dreams and hopes. Check out PGATour.com for [...]
