Injured Creamer aims to compete in LPGA Corning Classic

Golf glamour girl, Paula Creamer has been passed fit to compete in the LPGA’s Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic at Highland Meadows Golf Club, where she is the defending champion and also to play in next week’s US Women’s Open. The certification fame from the hand and wrist specialist she consulted on Monday in Toledo, Ohio.

Creamer was forced to withdraw from the Wegmans LPGA tournament last Friday due to injury; she was diagnosed with tendonitis and inflammation of the joint capsule of her left thumb. The specialist she saw gave her an injection of cortisone and providing she can withstand the undoubted pain she’ll suffer in the course of playing golf, the specialist believes there will be no lasting injury.

Creamer had injured her hand during the second round of the Wegmans and left the tournament sporting a heavily strapped left hand. After some light putting following the injection, Creamer intends to try and play nine holes ahead of her title defence, and she will be hopeful of making the lineup following a disappointing season thus far that has been blighted with illness and injury.

Creamer is already an eight-time winner on the LPGA, although she hasn’t mustered a win so far in 2009. She has recorded one runners-up finish and three third places and currently lies fourth in the world rankings and eighth on this month’s money list.

The Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic tournament brings together nine of the top ten woman golfers in the world and names joining Creamer in the lineup include Natalie Gulbis, Lorena Ochoa and Juli Inkster.

Senior Open Championship - Sunningdale Golf Club Review

The Boys Are Back in Town – Golfing greats line up for Senior Open Championship at Sunningdale

The 2009 Senior Open Championship takes place on the Old Course at Sunningdale from 23-26 July. With some of the world’s top players already confirmed, this event looks set to be one of the most popular on the Seniors circuit. Following on from Bruce Vaughan’s playoff victory at Royal Troon in 2008 we’re looking forward to a tournament which could see record crowds descend on one of Europe’s top golf courses.

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Le Touquet Golf Review

We stayed at the Hotel Red Fox, right in the centre of the town.  We had been told the accommodation was “basic”, well if that is basic then I’ll have it every time.  The room I stayed in was large with a very good two basin en-suit bathroom.  The rooms were very clean and the breakfast was self service with more than enough selections to fill you up for the day’s golf ahead.  The Hotel was very accommodating to allow us to use the dining room for our end of tour presentation. Read more

Dougherty claims keys to BMW International Open

England’ Nick Dougherty made it three career wins after he held off a determined late charge from Argentina’s Rafa Echenique to claim the BMW International Open on Sunday. It was his first tour victory in two years and is undoubtedly his most high profile.

Starting three shots behind the overnight leader, Retief Goosen, Dougherty carded four birdies in his opening five holes to draw level, and with nine birdies in all – including a trio of birdies at 13,14 and 15 - tempered slightly by one solitary bogey, posted a final round 64.

However, it wasn’t quite as comfortable as he would have liked after the Argentinian, Echenique, holed his 243-yard second shot at the par-five last hole to record an albatross. The three strokes gained meant he had carded a 62 and a European Tour record-equalling inward 27 to force Dougherty to make at least level-par for his closing three holes.

Dougherty made par on sixteen and seventeen, but had struggled with the last hole all week, having twice found the rough and water once on his three previous rounds. However, he managed to find the fairway from the tee and held his nerve to win.

Dougherty’s round was the lowest final tournament winning round of the season, and his 22-under-par four-round total is the lowest 72 hole score so far this year. The win secures Dougherty a place at next month’s Open Championship at Turnberry, as well as spots at several other high profile events.

Goosen, who had held the overnight lead going into the final round could only manage a one-under par total of 71 to finish on 18-under-par, while veteran Bernhard Langer – in second place overnight and bidding to become the oldest tournament winner in the European Tour’s history – also carded a 71 to finish in a share of eighth place.

No mistakes this time as Perry wins Travelers Championship

Although he threw away a glorious opportunity to don the US Masters’ green jacket, Kenny Perry made no mistake at River Highlands, Connecticut to lift the Travelers Championship, following a tournament record four-round total of 258.

Perry, who finished bogey-bogey at Augusta in April, before losing in a sudden-death playoff against Angel Cabrera tore the River Highlands golf course apart in the closing round, shooting a 63 to finish three strokes ahead of Paul Goydos and David Toms and make it a 1-2-3 for veterans; all three are in their 40s.

In fact, all through the week, Perry systematically dismantled River Highlands and tied the course record of 61 on the opening day. But even though, he held the half-way lead, Perry found himself trailing Goydos by a shot heading into the final round. As a result, Perry posted a front-nine score of 32 and stood on the par-4 15th hole with a five shot advantage over Goydos and apparently coasting to victory.

However, Goydos wasn’t done with and made a 20-foot put out of the fringe for an eagle, before also making birdie on 16. Perry meanwhile had birdied 15, but following Goydos’ birdie on 16 may have just began to feel that there was work still to be done. However, he closed Goydos out on the 17th where that rival missed out on a birdie putt, while Perry made his birdie after his approach landed him within 8 feet of the hole.

Perry recognized he was thinking about his Masters collapse as he played the back nine, and told himself to play aggressive.

“I knew that I had to keep making birdies,” he said. “I wasn’t going to let up. I wasn’t going to play defensive golf. I learned something from that mistake.”

Perry collected just over $1million for the victory, and takes his career tally for tournament wins to fourteen, just six short of the target of twenty he has set himself before he is eligible to join the seniors. The win also means Perry has won five times in the space of a year - the most of any player on tour - and has twelve top-ten finishes in the same period. He also moves to the head of the FedEx Cup standings.

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