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Although in Spain the concept of leagues neckties sports is not too rooted, with the notable exception of the football leagues driven by certain print media, it is estimated that in the United States. States there are more than 30 million players and its industry moves more than four billion dollars.

The basic concept of the leagues neckties is simple: there are to choose a group of players that grant points to your team depending on their performance in the field. As you can imagine, this concept is easily extrapolated to any sport and enough to choose the appropriate statistics for “quantify” that performance. In basketball, the usual categories that give points are the points, rebounds, the attendances, the theft of balloon, the stoppers, etc. , while in baseball are taken into account the races achieved, the average batting, the percentage of wisdom of the launchers, etc.

Despite the fact that this phenomenon has experienced a remarkable expansion thanks to the Internet, the first leagues neckties were organized in environments academics and students already in the 1960S and centered in baseball, sport plagued with statistics and fertile ground for this type of hobbies. Subsequently, in the 1980S, these games came out of the university, arrived in the street and went from baseball to other sports, but it was the emergence of the Internet in everyday life in the mid 90 which cemented definitively this fondness, facilitating the technical means that prevented its popularization. The immediate transmission of results and statistics opened new possibilities, and the leagues (and the business matched) proliferated to a dizzying pace, like its media coverage. It is the Rare web page specialized not devote part of its space to speak of the best weekly elections for this type of leagues. Of course, was a matter of time they reached the golf.

For years i have been organizing several leagues neckties of golf on the Internet through various web and wanted take advantage of this article to invite all the readers of Chronic Golf to participate in the fifth edition of the league of Yahoo of golf. Taking advantage of the juncture, as i speak of the system of the league fantastic, i will give you the registration of which we have launched, for if you want to liza your knowledge golf (or simply your intuition) against a good number of rivals and friends. I assure you that to participate in these leagues are beginning to see the tournaments on television with other eyes.

In other words, is the World Cup in golf version? Play Europe against America, and passion is the same as that put Colin Montgomerie and company when they play for the coveted Ryder. In 2015, the Solheim could saturate for the first time in Spain thanks to two candidates have formed strong and solid, which presented the Tourist Board of the Costa led Sol and Murcia. Nine sites aspire to hold an event in clear upward dynamic, but only one will win.

Of the nine projects, six of them have already announced the field where the duel would take place between European and North American if elected, one of the Murcia Region, which be played at La Manga Club. The remaining fields of candidates to host the event options are Prosper Golf Golf Resort (Celadna, Czech Republic), Gut Kaden Golf und Land Club (Hamburg, Germany), Sporting Club Berlin (Berlin, Germany) and Q Hotels Forest Pines Resort ( North Lincolnshire, England). Read the rest of this entry »

Sunday ended the Dubai World Championship, a tournament worth 7.5 million euros in prize money, contest last season in the Race to Dubai European Tour golf.

The final victory corresponded to Swede Robert Karlsson, but still more was the title for the German Martin Kaymer who took the Race to Dubai, which means being the best European player of the year, also taking a hefty premium of 1.3 million euros.

Karlsson overcame a tiebreaker to English Ian Poulter, who had taken command of the tournament in the second round.

Poulter ended the final day with 70 hits, while Swede Karlsson impacts did with 67 after scoring five birdies, the last in the hole 18 -, an eagle and two bogeys.

The first playoff hole ended even, while in the second Poulter made a bogey and Karlsson scored a birdie that gave him the tournament title.

Great performance also met Cadiz Alvaro Quiros, who finished third in big comeback after a slow start the first day.

Quiros shared the third place with England’s Lee Westwood, both with 275 hits, one of the first. Read the rest of this entry »

Briton Lee Westwood on Monday became the new number one in world golf, the ousting of the place to Tiger Woods.

The American, who had stayed 281 weeks in a row in front of the world rankings, is having a disastrous season, but despite this he also managed to stay on top.

With many sports extra problems that have kept him sidelined, and far from his best, Woods could reclaim the throne this weekend, when they dispute the World Golf Championship in Shanghai (China).

At 37 years old Westwood, who is considered the best European golfer of recent years, successfully attaining the No. 1 ranking, but his reign could be short-lived.

Are also lurking Tiger Woods, the German Martin Kaymer, who is conducting a phenomenal season, “and American Phil Mickelson, all separated by a few points, and all present in the Shanghai tournament that begins Thursday.

“He has earned and deserves. Has made an impressive season, “were the words of Miguel Angel Jimenez when asked about Westwood. Read the rest of this entry »

The young player made history Navarre Beatriz Recari Sunday by winning the CVS / pharmacy LPGA Challenge, a tournament for the American women’s golf circuit.

The Spanish player beat by just one stroke ahead of France’s Gwladys Nocera in this tournament that was played at the Blackhawk Country Club in the town of Danville (California).

Recari, 23 years old, and is making its first forays into the American LPGA circuit, completed the final lap of Sunday with 70 hits, 2 under par, after making 4 birdies and 2 bogeys, and culminating with a total of 274 impacts.

For its part, France Gwladys Nocera finished his last round with 70 hits, after scoring 4 birdies and 2 bogeys, and finally becoming one stroke behind the winner.

They shared the third position the Americans Karine Icher and Michele Redman, both with 276 strokes, while the U.S. finished fifth Cristie Kerr and Wendy Ward with 277 impacts. Read the rest of this entry »

Italy’s Francesco Molinari leader remained one more day of HSBC Champions, which is being held in Shanghai (China), and continues to pulse with the Englishman Lee Westwood, while the Spanish away from victory.

The player Alps and the new world number one were not as stellar as in the first round, but managed to lose both of the pair of travel of Sheshan International Golf Club, with respective cards 70 hits (-2).

Molinari was on Friday its first two bogeys, which compensated with four birdies while Westwood made three birdies and a ‘bogey’ to stay on the impact of leadership and increase their income to their pursuers by number one.

Thus, the U.S. ranked Tiger Woods is five strokes after signing Francesco Molinari par for the course (72), like his compatriot Phil Mickelson, who made 71 (-1). For its part, Germany’s Martin Kaymer regained feeling and with a distance of 69 (-3) is one stroke more than two Americans. Read the rest of this entry »

Tiger Woods lasted one week his lead in the golf world rankings, followed by England’s Lee Westwood and German Martin Kaymer, who has taken the third place by American Phil Mickelson and stars in the only change of positions among the top ten.

Woods, who has 281 weeks in a row in front of the standings, will return to competition in early November Martin Kaymer, winner of the US PGA championship, was fourth last week at the Grand Slam Cup, proves that brings together the winners of the Big Four of the season in two days at Port Royal Golf Course, Southampton (Bermuda), where the victory took Ernie Els. The South African has won none in 2010 and participated in place of Phil Mickelson, who stands out through injury.

The U.S. Open Champion Golf, Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell, hopes to have a good result and plan to leave with a winning attitude in the season-ending event in the United States, the PGA Grand Slam of Golf, to be held in Bermuda and where every year involving the winners of the four majors.

Along with the British ‘hero’ of the last European Ryder Cup will be Germany’s Martin Kaymer, who won the PGA Championship, while Phil Mickelson missed the U.S. and South African Louis Oosthuizen, winners of the Masters and the ‘British’, respectively , and will be replaced by South African Ernie Els and American David Toms. The San Diego will not participate in the tournament suffering from arthritis, while the South African ganadorel Bermuda will not play due to an ankle injury.

McDowell has its sights set on victory in the prestigious event four players, but said the home you’re looking to enjoy two days of competition in the field of Port Royal Golf Course in Southampton, as much as possible.

“It will be a great experience to be there this week. There will be an element of fun in it, but I’m also looking to try to make a show as a big winner in ‘major’,” said

Kaymer, after a fourth day fought entirely in Saint Andrews and wind conditions and cold, excelled in three blows to England’s Danny Willett (-14) and four with fellow Briton John Perry (-13), who faced last journey as a leader.

Winner in Abu Dhabi, U.S. PGA and KLM (Netherlands), member of European team who recently won the Ryder Cup (managed 2.5 points in games with partner) and about age 26, Kaymer was confirmed as a the current best players in the world and a worthy successor to his compatriot Bernhard Langer.

The Englishman Lee Westwood, who started in fourth place, just two strokes of the second, failed in his attempt to snatch the first place in the world (he’d better be among the first two) to make Tiger Woods 73 strokes (1) , which he sank to the eleventh place finish.

Kaymer and Willett, who shared the penultimate game, soon began to put pressure Parry, who started with two-stroke lead and, together with Spanish Alvaro Quiros closed course. Thus, already after the first hole, the German, with a birdie (one under par mark), matched with the then leader, who started with a “bogey” (-1). Read the rest of this entry »

The absence of the last day for completion, one of the news is that England’s Lee Westwood, with an excellent third on the golf course Carnoustie, making 66 shots (-6, the best card of the day), still maintains his hopes to snatch the first place in the world to Tiger Woods.

The seven birdies (one under par for the hole set), and only a “bogey (1) of Westwood in the third day, have aupado of the thirty-second place to fifth, five shots off the lead but Parry only three of a second place finish that would be enough to be the new world number one.

Four birdies de Quiros

Parry began his journey on the Carnoustie with a four-stroke lead over Swede Martin Erlandsson (Carnoustie), who started as second. The Briton was irregular, making 71 shots (-1), but the duvet was fatal and terrible impacts 79 (7) have sunk and removed all options to end the top. Read the rest of this entry »