Archive for the 2009 Turnberry Open Category


A Decade Of Memories In The Majors.

The 00’s have officially passed us by and with it goes one of the most memorable decades in major championship golf history. The dominance of Tiger Woods was a hallmark of the past ten years and while the great man did produce some of the most impressive golf in major history there were other players […]

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Year-End Awards Highlight Stars On All Tours.

The Hollywood Foreign Press announced their nominations for the Golden Globe Awards this week and the Academy of Arts and Sciences will be doing the same in a month or so. And while December is a hot month for movies, it is a decidedly slow one for golf. That being said it’s a great opportunity […]

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Seve targets 2010 Open return

It has been less than a year since Spanish legend Seve Ballesteros revealed to a shocked golfing world that he was suffering from a life-threatening brain tumour. The man who could devise spectacular escapes from almost anywhere on the golf course was facing the most difficult challenge of his life, with the stakes much higher. […]

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Mickelson to play in US PGA Championship

Phil Mickelson will return to major action at the US PGA Championship. The American has been on and off the tour over the past few months after learning that his wife, Amy, was suffering form breast cancer. More recently, it emerged that his mother was afflicted with the same condition and Mickelson missed July’s British […]

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Casey leads Race to Dubai

It is well past the half-way stage of the inaugural Race to Dubai of the European Tour that eventually ends in a US$20 million grand finale called the Dubai World Championship. There was a lot of hype leading up to its launch last year as European Tour organisers looked to lift a flagging product with […]

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That Cink-ing Feeling

Sinking to his knees after converting match point in his Wimbledon semi final Andy Roddick mouthed “I’m sorry.” In his moment of triumph the American immediately realised that his victory would cast him in the role of villain. By beating Andy Murray he had condemned British tennis fans to another year of misery. Elated by […]

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A Golfer For The Ages

It was, in the end, not age that withered him. Tom Watson, standing on the brink of golf’s most romantic victory on a course he might as well own, was struck down by the lack of belief in his putter that has haunted his career for so long. In a week when he spoke of […]

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Cink prevails to win Open as Watson fades in play-off

It was the kind of ending that was heartbreaking for most of fans but one that doesn’t begrudge hard-working Stewart Cink. A Tom Watson victory would have been a great fairytale. But as these things happen in golf, eight feet of putting length is a long distance between glory and despair. For Watson, it was […]

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Woods misses cut at the Open

For the first time in his career, Tiger Woods’ final round at the British Open didn’t necessitate wearing the famous red shirt. One of Woods’ trademarks is the donning of red tops in the fourth round of a tournament. But Woods will not have to wait that long at Turnberry in Scotland because he has […]

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59 Year-Old Watson Leads At Turnberry

If for some some reason you have missed the first two days coverage of the British Open and are only now tuning in you could be forgiven for thinking the tournament is in a rain delay and the networks are showing coverage of the 1977 Open at Turnberry. As it stands, after two rounds the […]

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Top 10 Report Cards

In my (admittedly) lackluster academic career through high school and university I always hated mid-terms. The end of year pressure I could deal with. I expected it. It was supposed to be there. It was the mid-year exams, those that seemed to creep up without warning right as you were getting comfortable that I hated. […]

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The Open Championship Returns to Turnberry

The Open Championship returns to Turnberry after far too long of an absense from the west coast of Scotland. The Open hasn’t been contested at Turnberry since 1994. Which means the last time the Championship was contested there, I was 10 years old, and had never even held a golf club. The Aisla Course is […]

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Woods on weather alert for Turnberry Open

Tiger Woods has been checking the weather forecasts for Turnberry in Scotland as he prepares for his first British Open tournament since 2007. The world number one, who missed last year’s event because of injury, said the unpredictable British weather is what makes the Open so special, forcing players to re-draft their game-plans even at […]

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Harrington, Kaymer triumph ahead of Open

Padraig Harrington wanted to play in the Irish PGA Championship mainly to get in some links golf and boost his confidence ahead of the British Open. He achieved both targets in emphatic style, winning the tournament for the third straight year and eyeing a similar feat at the Open, played this year at Turnberry. Although […]

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Red-Hot Kaymer Chases Three In A Row At Turnberry

When discussion arises about the next European golfer to win a major, the names that surface are usually pretty predictable. Garcia, Stenson, Westwood, Casey- so the list usually goes. And while most pundits are proclaiming Rory McIlroy the next superstar of European golf (and rightly so), another youngster has quietly been going about his business, […]

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