Steve Eubanks: Interesting hints on Day 1 of practice - RyderCup.com. Phil and Tiger hung out a bit Tuesday, but were in separate groups during practice.
By Steve Eubanks, PGA.com MEDINAH, Ill. -- Shades of 2008 could be seen everywhere at Medinah on Tuesday as both teams ventured out for their opening practice rounds. Johnny Miller In Some Entertaining Golf Videos, Tips and Fun With Golf. Tree and Pond on Grassy Golf Course. Bubba Watson Shows Up At the Golf Channel After Winning The Masters, Awesome. Michael Allen, suddenly red-hot, seeks third straight win on Champions Tour. THE WOODLANDS, Texas -- Michael Allen studied the PGA Tour statistics last year, and one number jumped out at him.
Luke Donald finished atop the money list and also led the regular tour with the lowest bogey average (2.01 per round). Webb Simpson was second on the money list and also second in fewest bogeys per round (2.08). The Insperity Championship began in 2004 as the Administaff Small Business Classic. Allen knew that was no coincidence, and focused on consistency heading into his 2012 season on the Champions Tour. He has five top-10 finishes this year, including victories in his last two starts. He can become the first player since Fred Couples in 2010 to win three straight starts at this weekend's Insperity Championship at The Woodlands Country Club. "We all go out there and have times where we are not playing as well, and you keep making pars," Allen said.
"I don't really know what it is," he said. Jennifer Rosales Katie Futcher Lindsey Wright Caroline Hedwall tied for Mobile Bay LPGA Classic lead. Valero Texas Open offers good chance to move up in FedExCup standings. Louis Oosthuizen rebounds from Masters with big victory in Maybank Malaysian Open. South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen produced the perfect response to his playoff defeat at the Masters last Sunday by claiming the Maybank Malaysian Open title the very next week.
The 29-year-old former British Open champion, who missed out on a second major at Augusta National when he lost in sudden death to Bubba Watson, finished 17 under par at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club, three shots ahead of Scotland's Stephen Gallacher. The Maybank Malaysian Open kicks off a three-week Asian Swing in which the European Tour also will stop in China and South Korea. England's Danny Willett (71), Spain's Rafael Cabrera-Bello (71) and American David Lipsky (70) were tied for third on 12 under.
Oosthuizen admitted Saturday that the 30-hour journey from Georgia had made things tough, but he coped admirably with the jet lag this week and carded four sub-70 rounds. "I thought I was going to be a lot more tired," he said after clinching his fifth European Tour crown. Woods struggles on par-5s, unable to gain ground. By Ernie Els, Special to PGATOUR.COM Any time you miss a cut in a major, you’re obviously very disappointed.
To be honest with you, it’s never sat well with me and it never will. Augusta National was as magical as it always is and the golf course was in incredible shape. It was very tough, though. McIlroy in a familiar position. Mickelson ready to make Saturday move. Fantasy preview: The Masters. The Official Site of the PGA TOUR - PGATOUR.com. Karin Sjodin pulls even with Yani Tseng after 54 holes of windswept Kraft Nabisco. While the infamous Coachella Valley winds toppled the world's best golfers, Karin Sjodin thrived with a mix of patience and power.
That same blend has kept her on the LPGA Tour through seven seasons without a win, and now she's taking it into a final-round duel with Yani Tseng in the first major of the year. The Kraft Nabisco Championship began in 1972, and became a major in 1983. Rory McIlroy a No. 1 that gets no argument from those who saw him coming. Rory McIlroy made quite a first impression in America, even when he lost.
He made his pro debut on American soil in the Arizona desert at the 2009 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. As a 19-year-old, McIlroy advanced to the quarterfinals and threw everything he had at Geoff Ogilvy until losing on the 17th hole. At age 22, Rory McIlroy is the second youngest player, behind Tiger Woods, to assume the top spot in the world ranking.
Ogilvy, who went on to win his third World Golf Championship that week, recalls riding back to the clubhouse with his caddie, Allistair “Squirrel” Matheson, both of them realizing that the landscape was about to change. “I played so good that day,” Ogilvy said Sunday morning from his home in California. Never mind that Tiger Woods was No. 1 in the world by miles, and would go on to win seven times that year. “Since that first day I saw him play, he was a level above us,” Ogilvy said. It’s too early to call McIlroy the next Tiger. With McIlroy, there is no debate. Rory McIlroy wins the 2012 Honda Classic and takes over the world No. 1 ranking. Lindberg and Srisawang share lead in India.