Golf Festival & Sport News

Vegas comes to a ‘First Sunday’ on the PGA Tour.

Comes the fifth and final day of the Bob Hope Classic in La Quinta (California) with the Venezuelan Jhonattan Vegas and Gary Woodland American (-24) sharing the lead again and ready to write his name in letters of gold on the PGA Tour a victory in his rookie year. Both 26 years old and two big hitters. None given budge. No one wants to loosen up. This may end in a tie endless …

“This is not over yet,” noted Woodland. “It will be another shooting. The conditions will be perfect again. The greens are impeccable. We’ll have to go with the hot putter and sign a card very low. ”

Woodland reflected a general sentiment. Today is a day of birdies, many birdies.

Read the rest of this entry »

The opening supplied by Tiger from his confessed infidelity and its faults in the ‘swing’, more erratic Phil Mickelson, first and second players in the world, laid bare a reality: gender equality is so marked among the rest of the elite more than half a hundred players compete for the titles separated by subtle differences.

The current course is well. With Tiger out of action, in this U.S. PGA by today after eleven holes to achieve a ‘birdie’, unable to get the pair in the third round, catching only five of fourteen streets, the list of candidates is enlarged and displayed forward names to memorize.

For example, South African Louis Oosthuizen won the recent slack unusual and opened his British Open record in ‘Grand Slam’, the Northern Irishman Graeme McDowell won the U.S. Open final, which also opened and ended their record 40-year European drought. Only a new success of Mickelson in the Masters in April, put some sanity to this parade of golfers of unquestionable quality of the outposts in the best tournaments. Read the rest of this entry »

Tiger Woods closed with one under par the first day of the fourth ‘major’ of the year, the PGA Championship, played at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin. Sergio Garcia has mortgaged your options with six shots over the 72 impacts of the field.

The world number one, who had in the Bridgestone Invitational the worst performance of his career on the PGA Tour (to finish 18 strokes over par), washed his image with a decent first day that it, not helped him placed leader.

Woods, who does not have guaranteed their presence in the Ryder Cup, trying to save what could be his worst season. The California, who was not accurate in the first nine holes (with two bogeys and a single ‘birdie’), amended its action in the following nine with three birdies, which offset his only lapse on the 16th hole.

The ‘Tiger’, which seeks the 18 majors of Jack Nicklaus, carded a 71 strokes, but fell short of Bubba Watson and fellow Italian Francesco Molinari, interim leaders thanks to its 68 impacts. Read the rest of this entry »