Golf’s Major Meltdowns – Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

We all know the pressures golf can pile on your shoulders, especially when you have a good score going when you reach the 18^th tee! Imagine how you would feel if you were in a similar situation but with the added distractions of thousands of people watching from the side of the fairways, hundreds of thousands of dollars in the balance and a whole nation watching from the comfort of their arm chairs! Not many of us would be able to cope with such scrutiny but the pros seem to have the knack for doing so…well most of the time anyway! Following Kyle Stanley’s meltdown on the final hole of last week’s Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines we thought we would take a look at five of the biggest meltdowns golf has ever seen. You wouldn’t wish a meltdown on anyone but they do make for good TV! Read more

Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championships

This week the European Tour heads to the Middle East and the Abu Dhabi Golf Club. Fresh from a winter break, golf’s biggest stars are going to go toe to toe in the season opener. Luke Donald will be looking to carry on where he left off in 2011 and tighten his stranglehold on the world number one spot; Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood will be looking to knock Luke of his perch and a certain Tiger Woods will hope to prove to his many doubters that he is back in shape and on course to resume his assault on Jack Nicklaus’ Major Championship record at this year’s Masters. Read more

Golfing Young Guns – Who will be the next Tiger Woods?

While Tiger has been the ‘Pharaoh of the Fairways’ since the late 1990s, he has suffered a severe dip in form and even though there are signs of improvement it remains to be seen whether he can dominate the game like he once did. With Tiger off the top spot the golfing world is ready and waiting for someone else to grab the reigns and although Luke Donald has had a tight grip on the top spot for some time one gets the impression that one of the following golfers will explode into life sooner rather than later and leave the comparatively old Donald and Co trailing in their wake. Read more

2012 Major Championships – Ready for Launch

Who will be heading up the leaderboards at this year’s Major Championships? Let’s have a look into our dimpled crystal ball… Read more

A look back at the 2011 Golf Season

Despite the absence of the man who has defined golf over the last decade and a half, 2011 was a barnstorming year of golf. We were treated to some of the finest displays by the top guys on tour throughout the year as well as an unprecedented number of breakthrough wins. Despite infinite highs during the season the golfing world also experienced a terrible loss, following the tragic passing of the legendary Seve Ballesteros.

One could argue that Tiger’s absence made the game more exciting as rookies one left, right and centre and the battle for the world number one spot raged on right through the year with not just two, but four or five guys scrapping it out to reach the summit of the golfing world. However potentially the greatest golfer to ever play the game was never far from the headlines and typically he had to have the last laugh by winning his first event in two years at the Chevron World Challenge.

As golf fans look forward to 2012 where we will hopefully see a resurgent Tiger take on the ‘new breed’ for the first time, we take a look back at the good, the bad and the ugly from 2011. Read more

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