DVR Alert: Victoria Golf Club And The Aussie Masters

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As I noted in this week's Golf World Monday, the cure to your primetime golf viewing blues is here in the form Victoria Golf Club and the JBWere Australian Masters. And while an apperance by Luke Donald along with several good storylines should be enough to interest you, it's getting the chance to see Victoria that makes this a must watch event.
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Allenby-Ogilvy Reunion At Victoria Will Be Purely Accidental

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Martin Blake on the possibility of Presidents Cup mates Robert Allenby and Geoff Ogilvy finding themselves paired together at this week's JBWere Masters at the must-see Victoria GC.

According to the man who creates the groupings, the Australasian PGA Tour's tournaments director Andrew Langford-Jones, it is the last thing golf wants. ''They'll be on opposite sides of the draw, most likely, not together,'' said Langford-Jones yesterday. ''The focus should be on the golf, not on personality clashes.''

Allenby and Ogilvy, teammates in Greg Norman's International team in the Presidents Cup last month, had a public argument in a restaurant area on the last night of the Australian PGA Championship at Coolum. Ogilvy is furious Allenby was quoted as blaming him for some of his bad results at the Presidents Cup, where he was the only player of 24 in the field who did not score a point. It has been reported he demanded an apology from Allenby, who had suggested they settle the matter outside.

Talkin Golf With Rod Morri - Australia In Review

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Rod Morri pins me down on the central questions of the day: my (mostly positive) take on Australia golf, the Presidents Cup, and the merits of hand cream after a long, arduous 18 holes.

We go for fifty minutes, so apologies in advance. If you like podcasts, you can (and should) get Rod's free podcast on itunes. He has always gets great guests and asks sharp questions.

Allenby Almost Finds Real Greens; Chalmers Wins Playoff

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Greg Chalmers won for the second time in Australia this year, adding to his Australian Open win with a playoff victory over Robert Allenby and Marcus Fraser.

Allenby, who hated the greens at The Lakes three weeks ago and couldn't putt the "real" greens at Royal Melbourne defended the state of his game after his opening round of the Australian PGA, as quoted in an unbylined FoxSports.com story.

If anyone knows what the final quote means, please feel free to translate.

While Allenby admitted that not winning an early match-up robbed him of some confidence, he said the end result could have been vastly different with a bit of luck.

He also admitted that the criticism of him had got under his skin.

"I guess everyone said I played poorly, but if you think about it, I played pretty good with Retief (Goosen) on the first day," he said.

"I hit a lot of great shots, but I didn't get the win.

"Everyone's making me feel like I'm playing s***."

Now where would they get that idea?! People!

Allenby said his failure to strike a blow at the Presidents Cup was not based solely on his form.
It was a team event, he said, and as such he was relying on his teammates to perform.

"Sometimes it's not you. Sometimes other people are hitting you in the shin," he said.

"I'm just sick of people saying I'm in a slump.

"Go get your own slump. This is mine."

Even better, Allenby blamed his teammates for his Presidents Cup points shutout. Mark Hayes reports:

He said Retief Goosen had missed several makeable birdie putts after "I hit it inside 10 feet a few times" in Thursday's foursomes.

He said Y.E. Yang had left him playing alone too many times in the closing nine of Friday's fourball matches.

And that Geoff Ogilvy had "hit me in the tree three times off the tee and I had to chip out three times" in Saturday's foursomes.

That's probably what prompted this Ogilvy tweet Sunday: