Kaymer Surfaces As "True Gent" Looper
/The PGA Champion chooses a caddying gig for his girlfriend over the Chevron World Challenge. A photo has even surfaced.
Read MoreWhen you come to think of it that is the secret of most of the great holes all over the world. They all have some kind of a twist. C.B. MACDONALD
“That's still a work in progress with the PGA of America and the PGA Tour to try and secure an earlier date for the match."
/Nice spot by Mike Walker at golf.com who points out George O'Grady and Richard Hills' remarks about the next European Ryder Cup moving up to sometime in September, pending confirmation from the PGA Tour. Considering the PGA Tour hasn't announced at 2011 schedule yet, it would seem a bit premature to lock in 2014 when no TV deal has even been discussed yet.
European Ryder Cup director Richard Hills said that the date was still being negotiated with the PGA of America, but that the rain-soaked 2010 Ryder Cup in Wales, which took place in early October, was a factor in getting an earlier date.
“That's still a work in progress with the PGA of America and the PGA Tour to try and secure an earlier date for the match,” Hills said. “I think they all saw what happened, and the request is being listened to, but it is still a work-in-progress as TV schedules are agreed on that side of the pond.”
"The year 2010 will not be remembered for any particular playing accomplishment but rather for Dustin Johnson failing to realize he was sharing a bunker with dozens of spectators who had nowhere else to go on a depraved course that led mobs into hazards."
/I suspect that Frank Hannigan would just point us to his timelier-than-ever Golf Digest story after some of the rules-related groveling following Ian Poulter's unfortunate "lucky" coin incident Sunday.
Read MoreKaymer WD's From Chevron World Challenge With Hyperextended Pocketbook
/Martin Kaymer has pulled out on the eve of Tiger's event this week with no reason given.
Read More"There are always positives, but right now I'm not seeing them."
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If anyone spots a YouTube clip of Ian Poulter dropping his ball on his backflipping "lucky" marker, please send it along. Not much of a shocker that he was penalized and I must say the Dubai World Championship provided a fitting ending to a year of bizarro rules happenings.Freeconomics Comes To Dubai!
/This European Tour announcement is humorous on many levels, starting with the notion that the tournament's website was crashed by "massive volume of traffic" from possible ticket buyers even though no one has been showing up.
Read More"The Middle East may have the money to stage golf tournaments right now, but it’s not rich with golf fans."
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Alistair Tait paints a bleak picture of the outside-the-ropes scene at the European Tour's Dubai finale.
Fridays and Saturdays constitute the weekend here in the Middle East, so we can expect more fans for the next two rounds. But I’m guessing not many more.
The land outside the fairway ropes of the Earth Course here at Jumeirah Estates explains why the crowd was so sparse.
The course is situated in the middle of a huge construction site. With one exception – no construction is taking place.
Half-finished villas line most fairways. Ugly, concrete monstrosities with scaffolding, pipe work and steel supports exposed to the world dot the landscape. Players this week use a temporary clubhouse because the one that was half-finished last year is still half-finished.
The place is an eyesore. Very little, if any, construction has taken place since last year’s tournament. Even those villas that are finished are lying empty.
Iconic Trophies Highlight Golfing Year And George O'Grady's Love Of Posing
/I'm not sure what's more giggle-worthy, the European Tour Commissioner's pose or the garrish Dubai World Championship loot Lee Westwood's posing with. What's that in Westwood's right hand, a gold-plated mace? Is he going to be leading a high-end marching band?
Honest Assessments Of The Race To Dubai Forthcoming? **
/The UK writers have feasted on Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy's rejection of the PGA Tour and eagerly await Martin Kaymer's decision as another nail in the American tour's demise.
Read MoreCastle Stuart Lands 2011 Scottish Open
/Very exciting news. Renaissance Club gets it in 2012.
Martin Dempster reports.
Say It Ain't So: Poulter Says He May Have To Pick A Tour
/Frankly, I don't know if the PGA Tour could survive if the fashionista, Orlando resident and master Tweeter were to devote himself to Europe.
"Hopefully it won't get more difficult as I will have to make a decision myself," said Poulter ahead of his Singapore Open title defence this week.
"We are in the process of sending a note to Rory and his management."
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Steve Elling checks with the tour about Rory McIlroy's decision to not take his membership for 2011 and finds that Rory's plan of still playing 11 or 12 events is, well, not within the rules.
