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Golf World at a Glance, Masters Tournament! - Tuesday, April 05, 2011

Hello all!

Masters week has just begun, so let’s check out what’s going on on the green.

For the first time, Tiger is not the book-keepers favourite. That honour goes to Phil Mickelson, the defending champion. The odds for Mickelson are an amazing 8 to 1, with Woods at 10 to 1. At least it’s not at 25 to 1, eh Tiger?

Want to experience the Master’s tournament first-hand? You just might have a chance! Starting yesterday, a viewer could register for the lottery to buy practice-round tickets for the 2012 Masters. However, for the first time in 47 years, daily tickets will be offered to the public through the masters.com website. However, tickets are limited. Still, what a wonderful opportunity for us golfing fans!

Augusta National had a 45 minute delay for tee-time this morning after workers needed time to clean debris from overnight storms before The Masters practice round. The storms toppled trees and some power lines across town, though there was no word on any damage to the actual green.

In other news, Lee Westwood survived his second emergency landing the other day (his first occurred in Switzerland en rout to Augusta from the Shell Houston Open. A cockpit fire forced his private jet to make an emergency landing just 30 seconds after take-off. Even with all his luck on the green in the past year, I wouldn’t want to be him in a plane!

Curious to know who’s teeing off at the moment? Knetgolf.com has the tee times for The Master’s Tournament below!

MASTERS TEE TIMES

Thursday-Friday

7:45 a.m.-10:52 a.m. — Jonathan Byrd, Ross Fisher, Sean O’Hair

7:56 a.m.-11:03 a.m. — Sandy Lyle, Alexander Cejka, a-David Chung

8:07 a.m.-11:14 a.m. — Jerry Kelly, Camilo Villegas, Jeff Overton

8:18 a.m.-11:25 a.m. — Ben Crenshaw, Brandt Snedeker, Kevin Na

8:29 a.m.-11:36 a.m. — Mark O’Meara, Anders Hansen, Heath Slocum

8:40 a.m.-11:47 a.m. — Dustin Johnson, Adam Scott, Nick Watney

8:51 a.m.-12:09 p.m. — Vijay Singh, Tim Clark, Aaron Baddeley

9:02 a.m.-12:20 p.m. — Gregory Havret, Carl Pettersson, Ryan Palmer

9:13 a.m.-12:31 p.m. — Martin Laird, Mark Wilson, Bo Van Pelt

9:24 a.m.-12:42 p.m. — Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler, Jason Day

9:35 a.m.-12:53 p.m. — Mike Weir, Hiroyuki Fujita, Retief Goosen

9:57 a.m.-1:04 p.m. — Padraig Harrington, Ryo Ishikawa, Bill Haas

10:08 a.m.-1:15 p.m. — Larry Mize, Rory Sabbatini, a-Jin Jeong

10:19 a.m.-1:26 p.m. — Martin Kaymer, Lee Westwood, Matt Kuchar

10:30 a.m.-1:37 p.m. — Hunter Mahan, Ernie Els, Francesco Molinari

10:41 a.m.-1:48 p.m. — Tiger Woods, Graeme McDowell, Robert Allenby

10:52 a.m.-1:59 p.m. — Arjun Atwal, Sergio Garcia, Robert Karlsson

11:03 a.m.-7:45 a.m. — Charl Schwartzel, Stuart Appleby, Charley Hoffman

11:14 a.m.-7:56 a.m. — Ian Woosnam, D.A. Points, Ben Crane

11:25 a.m.-8:07 a.m. — Craig Stadler, Kevin Streelman, a-Nathan Smith

11:36 a.m.-8:18 a.m. — Peter Hanson, Kyung-Tae Kim, Ryan Moore

11:47 a.m.-8:29 a.m. — Angel Cabrera, Ian Poulter, David Toms

12:09 p.m.-8:40 a.m. — Trevor Immelman, Lucas Glover, a-Hideki Matsuyama

12:20 p.m.-8:51 a.m. — Zach Johnson, Yong-Eun Yang, Miguel Angel Jimenez

12:31 p.m.-9:02 a.m. — Jose Maria Olazabal, Davis Love III, a-Lion Kim

12:42 p.m.-9:13 a.m. — Tom Watson, Ricky Barnes, Jason Bohn

12:53 p.m.-9:24 a.m. — Fred Couples, Luke Donald, Steve Stricker

1:04 p.m.-9:35 a.m. — Anthony Kim, Henrik Stenson, Steve Marino

1:15 p.m.-9:57 a.m. — Bubba Watson, Paul Casey, Edoardo Molinari

1:26 p.m.-10:08 a.m. — Stewart Cink, Jim Furyk, Yuta Ikeda

1:37 p.m.-10:19 a.m. — Justin Rose, K.J. Choi, Louis Oosthuizen

1:48 p.m.-10:30 a.m. — Phil Mickelson, Geoff Ogilvy, a-Peter Uihlein

1:59 p.m.-10:41 a.m. — Jhonattan Vegas, Gary Woodland, Alvaro Quiros

We’ll be back tomorrow with all your Master’s tournament info and news!

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Golf World at a Glance, March 10th, 2011 - Thursday, March 10, 2011

Happy Thursday to all our faithful customers out there!

We’ll start today with Tiger Woods. Tiger has been practicing to overhaul his swing, his third swing change in his career. However, it doesn’t look like things are going too well for the ex-champion. His new coach Sean Foley filmed Tiger’s new swings Wednesday morning during a practice that unfortunately produced staggeringly wayward shots. It doesn’t look like Tiger’s winning drought is going to end anytime soon.

Tiger hasn’t been playing a lot either lately, and when he teed off Thursday in the Cadillac Championship at Doral, it was only his 10th competitive round of the year, an unusually low number with the Masters around the corner. And what’s the reason? Family matters. Tiger says that being a divorced dad can be difficult, and that if you’ve ever been divorced and had kids, you’d understand. It just proves that his family life is developing along with his golf swing. Tiger is now fifth in the world, with Graeme McDowell in fourth, Luke Donald in third and Lee Westwood in second.

As for the golf world’s new #1, Martin Kaymer celebrated his rise without ever leaving America.The 26-year-old German has a home in Scottsdale, Ariz., which is where he spent last week after his runner-up finish in the Match Play Championship that allowed him to replace Lee Westwood atop the ranking. His brother, a friend, and his father flew in from Germany to congratulate him. There’s no better way to celebrate than a surprise reunion with loved ones.

The LPGA Tour has now signed a three-year deal with CME Group for it to be the title sponsor of the season-ending Titleholders tournament in Florida. CME has previously been involved with the LPGA Tour by hosting pro-am events and sponsoring the SolheimCup. The Title Sponsorship will be giving the LPGA a big boost in the sagging economy.

Miles Davis is taking over as executive director of the U.S Golf Association. The USGA announced Wednesday that it had selected Davis to be it’s seventh executive director, replacing David Fay, who retired in December after 21 years in charge. Davis has been the senior director of rules and competition since 2005. Congratulations on your promotion, Mr. Davis!

And now, for a little bit of sad news. Another big name in the golf industry has passed away. Frank Chrikinian, the longtime golf producer for CBS has passed away at the age of 84 at his home last Friday. Chrikinian helped turn the Masters into one of the most watched events in sports television. The television pioneer, who died after a long bout with lung cancer, was elected into the World Golf Hall of Fame in the lifetime achievement category just last month after it first became widely known that he was undergoing cancer treatment .Knetgolf.com sends our condolences to the friends and family of Mr.Chrikinian

And that’s it for today, hope you all have a lovely weekend.

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Golf World at a Glance; February 2nd, 2011 - Wednesday, February 02, 2011

Hello Everybody!

A snowstorm is currently hitting Toronto hard, and we at Knetgolf.com hope that everywhere snugly indoors, either curled up with a good book or in front of the television riding out thestorm.

Speaking of the television, The Golf Channel has shown significant increases in viewers these past three weeks, up 59% from the January of last year. While golf doesn’t solely depend on TV ratings, PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem says such good news never hurts. Hopefully, this will be an excellent year for the sport of golf!

Generosity is making the headlines today as both the PGA Tour and the LPGA Tour are donating money to charity causes. The PGA Tour has recently donated $150, 000 on behalf of the PresidentsCup and International captain Greg Norman to the relief appeal to help victimsin Australia’s Queensland state that have been rocked by devastating floods, killing 35 people and destroying over 30,000 homes and businesses. We’d personally like to thank the PGA Tour for giving so generously to a cause that needs it so much!

As well, for the first time in history an LPGA sanctioned event will be donating the winnings to charity. While there has been some controversy and criticism over the event, as not all of the winnings will be heading to charity. The top five players will each award $100,000 to their favourite philanthropic organization, while $500,000 will be going to LPGA-USGAGirls Golf. While some of the money is being used to offset the cost of the tournament,it’s still a worthy cause.

As always, we come back to Tiger Woods. Again, the poor man is taking blow after blow. Recently in Dubai of the United Arab Emirates, the plans for a Tiger Woods signature golf estate which would include a boutique hotel and palaces has been shelved and put aside as Dubai’s financial downturn continues. Not only that, but he has officially lost his spot as the most powerful athlete in the world, according to Bloomberg Business Week’s annual power 100 ranking, where this year Woods slid into third place behind Colts quarterback Peyton Manning and snowboarder Shaun White.

As Tiger’s rankings slowly slip, we turn back to Lee Westwood, considered the golf worlds number one. ThisThursday, Westwood will be defending his ranking against Martin Kaymer whenthey tee off in the Qatar Masters. Westwood, who rose to the No. 1 spot inOctober, needs to finish at least second in order to remain at the top,otherwise Kaymer will push him into second place. Kaymer, who won last month’s AbuDhabi Golf Championship, just might be our new No. 1.

However, there are some that say that Kaymer is already No. 1. Some claim that while Lee Westwood is considered number 1, he has not played in months and should not be allowed to coast through on his past achievement. If people choose to go by recent wins and point total, Westwood is in third place, with Graeme McDowell in second and Kaymer already wrapped in Glory in the first place.

Whichever you choose to believe, this year should be an interesting one as Golf top’s players vie for the number one spot.

And that’s it for today, wishing you all a very safe and warm weekend.

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Golf World At A Glance; December 29th, 2010 - Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Hope everyone had a very merry Christmas!

As the New Year approaches, we find as always that Tiger once again makes the headlines, and not in the most positive way. Proctor & Gamble Co. will not be renewing the endorsement deal with Tiger Woods, adding yet another company that has let Tiger go after last year’s revelations concerning his infidelity. Woods was part of a three-year “Gillette Champions” marketing campaign, and he has now been phased out with several other sporting celebrities. Woods has not been used in the actual campaign for some months.

As we wait for the weather to warm up and the golfing season to be in full-swing again, next year’s tournaments are in the work. Unfortunately once again for Tiger, the Australian Open will be preceding the Presidents Cup which could potentially put the Australian Masters opposite Wood’s own tournament in California. The Open will be held Nov 10-13, while the Australian PGA will be played 24-27, with the Australian Masters tentatively scheduled for Dec 1-4.

David Fay, the executive director of the U.S Golf Association is retiring after two decades as top dog. Fay’s announcement Friday came as somewhat of a surprise, though he turned 60 two months ago. He first joined the USGA in 1978 and became its sixth executive director in 1989, serving under 12 presidents. While a national search goes on to find Fay’s replacement, deputy executive director Mike Butz will take over. We at Knetgolf wish David Fay a long and happy retirement.

And can you be held responsible if one of your errant shots hit someone else on the green if you fail to call a warning shot? According to New York’s top court, you can’t! New York Court of Appeals dismissed a personal injury lawsuit Tuesday after a Dr. Azad Anand was hit on the head in October 2002 while looking for a stray ball fairway. The hitter of the ball was a Dr. Anoop Kapoor, whom had failed to yell “Fore” in advance of his shot from the rough. The knock on the head blinded Anand in one eyes. However, seven judges sided with the lower courts and it was found that Kapoor’s failure to yell did not amount to intentional or reckless conduct.

And finally, in the last post we mentioned how Graeme McDowell had been named the European Tour Player of the Year jointly with Martin Kaymer. He has now been voted Player of the Year by the Golf Writers Association of America, beating out Jim Furyk and Martin Kaymer. McDowell also received the Golf Writers Trophy from the British Association of Golf Writers. Congratulations once again to Mr. McDowell!

That’s it from us today at Knetgolf.com, hoping you all have a merry and safe New Years!

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Golf World At A Glance; December 12th, 2010 - Sunday, December 12, 2010

Christmas is coming! As the snow comes swirling down in Toronto, there’s lots of stuff happening in the golf world (not to mention Christmas shopping!).

Australia’s Peter Senior won the Australian PGA tour last Monday finishing with a 66, allowing Senior to slide into the record books as the oldest player to win a major professional tournament in Australia. Good for him!

The Bob Hope Classic has got a new sponser! Franklin American Mortgage company has agreed to sponsor the tournament for three-years. The Classic’s 52nd edition will be played January 17-23, and the sponsorship deal is a whopping $1.5 million dollars.

So what’s new with the PGA Tour? Rookies. After Tiger’s disappointing year, the PGA tour is leaning on the new generatio of players for the 2011 season. This was Wood’s first year without a tour title, and Commisioner Tim Finchem says he can’t recall greater interest in the group of rookies in his 17 years of running the PGA Tour. Rookies include Dustin Johnson, Ryder Cup Team Member Rickie Fowler, Lous Oosthuizen and Martin Kaymer.

Speaking of the Ryder Cup; European Team Membesr Graeme McDowell and Martin Kaymer are the co-winners of the European Tour Golfer of the Year Award. This is the first time in it’s 26-year history that the award will be shared after the wo tied in the voting by a judging panel of writers and commenters.

In the LPGA we have two particular stories of interest. Aree Song of South Korean wond the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament Sunday, shooting a 1-over 74 and beating out 17 year old Jessica Korda. Song earned one of 20 full 2011 tour exemptions. Nice one!

And finall, Danish golf cvetaran Iben Tinning ended her career after winning the Dubai Ladies Masters. Tinning has been playing for the last 15 years, since she was 19. Way to go out with a bang!

And that’s it for today.

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Golf World At A Glance; November 30th, 2010 - Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Hello everyone!

To all our American cousins in the South, I hope you enjoyed a hearty Thanksgiving, and snared up some great Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals. (For all you cyber-shoppers, Knetgolf is having a 20% off all golf ball sale for the next week!)

On to the news. We’ll begin, as always, with Tiger Woods, who according, to search engines, is still incredibly popular, being among the top celebrity searches of 2010, finishing ahead of Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, President Obama and Kim Kardashian. Not only that, but his private life and scandal was just as interesting to internet surfers as the iPad, bedbugs, and the BP oil Spill. Seems that even with his ever-present scandal hanging over his head, Tiger has become even more interesting to the general public. Speaking of the scandal (again) Tiger might want to turn the T.V off tomorrow night. This week’s episode of “Law & Order: Los Angeles” plot seems to mimic Tiger’s life, with a philandering golf- star and a club-wielding wife. The only difference? She’s ‘rescuing’ him from the swimming pool. That’s gotta sting for Tiger.

An up-and coming golf celebrity has nabbed the PGA European Tour’s Rookie of the Year. Matteo Manasserrio, a 17-year old Italian and the youngest player to win a tour event nabbed the title. Now that it’s official, congratulations!

While Manassero continues to climb, Graeme McDowell has failed to finish the year as Europe’s No.1. The golfer finally faltered after the third round of the Dubai World Championship after playing 5 straight weeks of golf. He admitted his loss though, suffering from a cold and ‘running on fumes’. Knetgolf wishes him a relaxing recovery.

As for European golfers speaking out, shortly after Tiger’s debut on Twitter, he was joined by No. 1 Lee Westwood, sparking humourous banter between him and several other high-profile golfers. His dry wit has so far been very popular with other tweeters; seems that Westwood is going to give Tiger a run for his money in everything!

And finally, some sad news. A maintenance worker at a Florida country club passed away Thursday after being removed from life support after being struck in the temple by a golf ball on Wednesday. Maurice Hayden was pulling weeds at Mayfair Country Club in Sandford when he was struck, and though he has passed, it was an accident and no charges are being laid.

And that’s it for today, wishing you all a very happy week.

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