Be Nice To Golf Bags: Pants Petition Says ‘Let Golfers Play In Shorts’
You know what f**king sucks? Wearing pants. Especially when you’re trying to golf.If Johnson Wagner wants to wag his Johnson while he’s playing, who am I to stand in his way? That’s what the fine men and I’m assuming additional men over at Ashworth golf apparel think, and they’ve issued a “Pants Petition” asking the PGA to allow golfers the right to wear shorts. An...
Justin Rose, Johnson Wagner, Justin Leonard Take Part in Ashworth Golf’s Pants Petition Video (Video)
PGA golfers want to take their pants off.
Justin Rose, Johnson Wagner, Justin Leonard, Sean O’Hair and Retief Goosen are tired of the PGA’s rule that they can’t wear shorts. So they’ve paired with Ashworth Golf on the “pants petition.”
The five golfers participated in a video begging the PGA to start allowing them to wear shorts out on the course when the weather calls...
On Tap this Week: 5/2/13
At the beginning of the year, most looked at the Wells Fargo Championship as an opportunity to see the world’s best battle it out on a premier track. But as we come closer to the first tee shots, it doesn’t look like either of those things are going to happen. What on Earth do I mean?!? Well, keep reading.
Tournament: Wells Fargo Championship
Location: Quail...
Elite Golfers Head To China For Volvo Open
The European Tour heads to Tianjin, China for the 10th edition of The Volvo China Open. Last year's event featured a final round battle between two of the Tour's young stars as Nicolas Colsaerts and Branden Grace dueled throughout the day. Grace eventually prevailed to claim his 3rd victory of the year and become just the second player in European Tour history to win three...
Tampa Bay Championship Fantasy Preview
First things first; chalk another win up for Tiger Woods despite another lackluster finish. There, I said it. Two dominant performances with two sub-par finishes…or wait, above par finishes? Whatever. On to this week!
This week we have a new tournament name but it’s the same ole’ Transitions Championship. It’s still played at Innisbrook – Copperhead Course and still plays...
Grace on the rise, in contention
It's probably not a popular course of action to stand there as an unheralded young lad and take down not one, but two national heroes in a playoff.
But it may go a long way in explaining why Branden Grace is where he his, which is a long way from where he was.
Is: The 30th-ranked player in world.
Was: No. 271 at the end of the 2011 season.
Now moving up 241 spots in less...
South Africa Host An Inaugural Event
The Africa Open is this week's stop on The European Tour. This is the fifth of six tournaments that will be played in South Africa and is a co-sanctioned event between the European and Sunshine Tours. This will be the fourth year for this event and all of the champions are Major winners and include Charl Schwartzel in the inaugural event while Louis Oosthuizen is two-time defending...
Harrington, Goosen start new year
Retief Goosen and Padraig Harrington won't have minded seeing the back of 2012. For the multiple major winners, it was a year probably best forgotten.
Goosen struggled with a lingering back injury and didn't play a tournament for the last four months following the PGA Championship.
Harrington's struggles with his game continued, finishing in the top 10 on the European...
Harrington, Goosen hope for happy new year
Retief Goosen and Padraig Harrington both won't have minded seeing the back of 2012. For the multiple major winners, it was a year probably best forgotten.
Goosen struggled with a lingering back injury and didn't play a tournament for the last four months.
Harrington's struggles with his game continued, with his tie for ninth at the season-ending Dubai World Championship...
Wide-Open Fairways For Volvo Champions
The Volvo Golf Champions is this week's stop on the European Tour. This is the third of six events to be played in South Africa this season and the first event to kick off the 2013 calendar year. With the largest purse offered among the South African events, and a stringent eligibility standard that is open to last year's European Tour winners, past champions of the event...
Michael Campbell- Can a Kiwi fly again On The PGA Tour?
Michael Campbell is one of the greatest golfers to come out of New Zealand. He has won 15 professional events to date. Seven have been on the European Tour, seven on the Australasian Tour and one memorable Major. Sunday, 19 June, 2005 will be a day that Michael Campbell will remember for the rest of his life, not to mention most of the sports loving population of New Zealand. He...
The Race To Dubai Champion Is Crowned
The entire victorious 2012 European Ryder Cup team will be on hand for the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The top 60 players in the standings on the European Tour have punched their ticket for this prestigious event, the culmination of the season-long Race to Dubai. Jumeirah Golf Estates' Earth Course will once again be the site of this...
Grace looks to cap breakout season
After winning four times in his breakthrough season on the European Tour, South Africa's Branden Grace can cap it with a title he prizes above all: his home country's national open.
Scotland's Richie Ramsay is the only international player to win the historic South African Open in the past decade, making home players Grace, former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel and...
Grace aims for home title at South African Open
After winning four times in his breakthrough season on the European Tour, South Africa's Branden Grace can cap it with a title he prizes above all: His home country's national open.
Scotland's Richie Ramsay is the only international player to win the historic South African Open in the last decade, making home players Grace, former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel and...
Goosen undergoes back surgery
Two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen has undergone back surgery to alleviate pain that has hampered him this season. Goosen said the surgery had "gone well," but did not give any details about his timetable for recovery.
"I am looking forward to returning to the Tour fully fit and, in the meantime, I plan to put my feet up, enjoy watching the golf on TV and relish...
With Less Than An Hour To Go Before His Tee Time Tiger Woods Has Some Numbers To Shoot For At Firestone
The Bridgestone Invitational got off this morning and a few players taking advantage of the good conditions today. Tiger Woods is set to tee off this afternoon and some guys have already played some pretty good golf. The leaders at present are K.T. Kim and Lee Westwood both at 4 under par. Westwood has 6 holes left to play and Kim has two hole remaining in his first round. Retief...
Olympic Club greens improved for US Open
It is an image the folks at Olympic Club would love to forget.
Payne Stewart, the Ozark hillbilly in the dapper plus-fours, had been leading the 1998 U.S. Open since almost the opening shot. Then, on Friday afternoon, Stewart struck a birdie putt on the 18th green that came within a whisker of going in. But rather than stopping an inch or so from the hole, the ball began rolling...
Branden Grace leads by 3 at China Open
Branden Grace of South Africa shot an 8-under 64 and has a three-shot lead after three rounds of the China Open on Saturday.
The 23-year-old South African moved to 18-under 198, three shots ahead of defending champion Nicolas Colsaerts of Belgium.
Grace started the third round one shot off the lead, but gained four shots in three holes, sinking a 15-foot eagle putt on the sixth...
RETIEF GOOSEN Plays His Way Out Of Contention At Transitions Championship
It looked as though we might have seen the Retief Goosen of old after yesterdays round at the Transitions Championship. It is very difficult to win golf tournaments while you’re battling on the PGA tour. Goosen has been in terrible pain, just for him to go out and swing a club is amazing. You could see from his start today Goosen was having problems. Retief opened his final round...
Furyk – Goosen Top The Leaderboard At Transitions Championship
Retief Goosen played through his back pain today to shoot a 65 in his third round at the Transitions Championship today. Joining Goosen a top the leader board is another familiar face Jim Furyk made his way to 11 under par after shooting a 66 in his third round. Both Goosen and Furyk know how to win a golf tournament. Jason Dufner held the overnight lead, he played well today but...
A Golf Extravaganza, The Tavistock Cup!
The ninth annual Tavistock Cup takes place this week at Lake Nona Golf and Country Club. This two-day event, first played in 2004, came from a conversation that posed the question of who would win an event played by the professional players at two Florida based clubs, Isleworth and Lake Nona. From that "what if" conversation has blossomed a unique event that not only pits...
Goosen chasing berth in Masters
Retief Goosen was about ready to give up.
His lower back was in so much pain that he decided to withdraw next week from Bay Hill so he could get treatment. A double bogey late in his round knocked him nine spots down the leaderboard, which he figured was the end of his hopes to get into the Masters.
One day later, everything changed.
Goosen ran off three straight birdies on the...
The PGA Tees Off In Florida
The third event in the four-event Florida swing tees off this week at the PGA Tour's Transitions Championship at Innisbrook in Palm Harbor. Sandwiched between the WGC at Doral and Arnold Palmer's Invitational at Bay Hill, this tournament always draws a spectacular field with a good share of international players. Previous winners have included K.J. Choi (twice), Vijay Singh...
Another South African on the rise
Seems Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen aren't the only South Africans capable of giant-killing these days. Branden Grace looks ready to join those two major winners.
Grace's past two weeks have been the stuff of dreams. On Jan. 15, he won the Joburg Open for his first European Tour victory. This past week, he celebrated his second after defeating boyhood heroes Ernie...
Els and Goosen Overcome by Grace
Branden GraceA MONTH AGO SOUTH AFRICAN BRANDEN GRACE was in European Tour Qualifying School. Less than two weeks ago Grace was ranked 258th in the world. Now the 23-year-old sits atop the European Tour money list and is ranked No. 92 in the Official World Golf Ranking after knocking off boyhood idols Ernie Els and Retief Goosen in a sudden-death playoff at the Volvo Golf Champions...
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