2012年4月27日星期五
Dunfner strives for his first PGA Tour title
"I had a couple of easy birdies," Dufner said. "I don't think I missed a fairway or a green. Just had some tough reads. The greens are kind of tough to read. Sometimes you get competing grains, competing slopes, so you get a putt that might break to the right, but the grain is going left. That can be kind of difficult to judge. Then 18, I had just a really good number for my 5-wood to get somewhere on that green and had a putt that was down grain and breaking to the left with the grain, so that was a nice way to finish the day."
Greg Chalmers holed out for an eagle on the par-4 first and also finished with a 64 to join Steve Stricker and Ernie Els at 10 under. Stricker and Els shot 68.
Knox and Chalmers matched the course record.
Second-ranked Luke Donald rebounded Mizuno MP 53 Irons from an opening 73 with a 65 to reach 6 under. Donald, tied for 22nd, needs to finish sixth or better to regain the top spot in the world from Rory McIlroy.
Knox, a Nationwide Tour graduate playing in his ninth tournament, had seven birdies and an eagle — on No. 18 — along with one bogey.
"You never plan on shooting a 64, it kind of happens and I'm happy it did," Knox said. "I haven't played well this year so far, but it's been the best year of my life."
"I played really solid all the way through 11 and then missed that put and kind of lost my thought process there for a little bit," Stricker said. "Felt like I let a really good one slip away today."
Donald also holed out from the fairway on the first hole, marking the first two eagles on the hole since the tournament was first played at the course in 2005.
Stricker had four consecutive birdies beginning on the seventh to move into a tie with Dufner, then missed a 2-foot birdie putt on the 11th that would have given him sole possession of the lead. Stricker stumbled home with bogeys on the 12th and 15th.
Watson walked over toward Leonard, put on a new golf glove, signed it, then took it off and gave it to Leonard and shook his hand. Watson's caddie, Ted Scott, drew laughter when he instructively TaylorMade R11S Driver pointed farther down the fairway and said, "We're glad you're all right, but if you could just angle your head a little differently …"
Watson, away from his wife and recently adopted son after taking a two-week break following the Masters, eagled the seventh and birdied the eight, but bogeyed the 10th when he missed the green from 47 yards on his approach. He also three-putted the 12th for another bogey, moving him to 1 under, one above the cut line.
Watson's tee shot on the second hole at the TPC Louisiana drew blood from the back of Radd Leonard's head.
"I saw it coming and it looked like it was hooking right at me. I wanted to see that big hook, you know, and I got to see it. I turned and ducked and it still hit me," Leonard said. "It gave him a good discount golf clubs, anyway."
"Mentally, I've lost focus just about every shot, so I'm trying to figure it out," Watson said. "I want to be home with my son and wife. I know it sounds like a cop-out but I'm not playing very good because I'm just really not into it."
Dufner took the second-round lead in the Zurich Classic
“I think that can hold true,” said Dufner when asked if putting himself in position on such a regular basis of late was eventually going to make it easier to win.
“Hopefully, maybe, this will be the week. I’ve had a lot of really nice finishes here and feel pretty comfortable playing this golf course.”
"I had a couple of easy birdies," Dufner said. "I don't think I missed a fairway or a green. Just had some tough reads. The greens are kind of tough to read. Sometimes you get competing grains, competing slopes, so you get a putt that might break to the right, but the discount golf clubs grain is going left. That can be kind of difficult to judge. Then 18, I had just a really good number for my 5-wood to get somewhere on that green and had a putt that was down grain and breaking to the left with the grain, so that was a nice way to finish the day."
Dufner, a proven performer over this layout with three top tens in his last three starts at the TPC Louisiana, has been in solid form this season after missing the cut in his opening event in Hawaii.
Three players are tied just one shot further back namely Ernie Els, Steve Stricker and Australia’s Greg Taylormade Rocketballz Irons Chalmers who has played well in this event in each of the past two years and appears headed for another good finish over this layout.
Chalmers made a stunning start to his round today playing his first four holes in five under which included an eagle at the first after he holed a pitching wedge from the trees. He finished with a round of 64 to be two off the lead.
“It’s been a difficult weekend for me the last month and a half or so. I haven’t quite played as well as I would have liked but I know that my game is still pretty good.
“It’s such a long way to go,” said Chalmers after he finished his round." It’s my lowest round in awhile. I’m really excited about that. But we’re going to get out there tomorrow and do it all again and see if I can back it up with a low round tomorrow. There’s — I’m tied for the lead. I guarantee you I won’t be by the end of the day. There’s a lot of things going on this golf course."
“Obviously there’s a lot of different things that go into winning besides hitting the golf ball. So I’ve been trying to think about what I can do better mentally, what I can do better Mizuno Mp-63 irons emotionally out there and learn some — learn from some things that I maybe struggled with here the last five, six weekends playing out here.”
"It's been a difficult weekend for me the last month and a half or so," Dufner said. "I haven't quite played as well as I would have liked, but I know that my game is still pretty good.
"I've been trying to think about what I can do better mentally, what I can do better emotionally out there and learn from some things that I maybe struggled with. Obviously, there's a lot of different things that go into winning besides hitting the golf ball."
On Friday, he capped his bogey-free round with a 30-foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th to reach 12 under.
2012年4月19日星期四
Tough time at Texas Open
With a 73.665 scoring average last year, the AT&T Oaks Course -- set in the rugged Texas hill country -- was the hardest of the 22 par-72s on the PGA Tour.
But then what was wrong with the old Texas Open that's survived 16 U.S. Presidents? Tournament venues should change to raise sponsor, player and fan interests, but it might not always be a good thing if those tweaks change the character of the tournament.
When it was held at the La Cantera Golf Club in 2003, Tommy Armour III set the PGA Tour 72-hole record relative to TaylorMade R11S Driver par with a 26 under total. Mike Souchak had set the record at the tournament in 1955 when he shot 27-under par at Brackenridge Park.
On Monday, Na returned to the scene of the crime wielding a chainsaw in a playful spoof of that fateful Thursday one year ago. Yet in many ways, his 16 on No. 9 was a true testament to the difficulty of the Greg Norman-designed course: an outlandish example of how a very hard course can make fools out of the best players in the world.
Over the years, many have called for the PGA Tour to force its players to enter all of its events at least once every four years, a rule that the LPGA already has in place. That way Tiger Woods would have to play less prestigious events like the Valero Texas Open and in places like Reno. But a provision like that would probably cause anarchy on the PGA Tour. Tiger might give up his PGA Tour card and just play a very select worldwide schedule if the tour tried to force him to play events he didn't like.
Prior to the tournament's move from La Cantera after 15 years to the TPC San Antonio in 2010, Cameron Beckman in an article for Sports Illustrated warned that the new venue in his hometown would send shock waves through players accustomed to shooting low scores at the tournament.
"I've probably played the new course about two dozen times, more than any other tour pro, I believe," Beckman wrote. "One day, three friends -- all low-handicap players -- and I decided to play it from the back tees, about 7,500 yards. I shot a 38 on the front nine and played Taylormade Rocketballz Irons pretty darn well. They shot 43, 45 and 46. We stopped right there.
On paper, Kuchar should be the favorite to win this week. Come Sunday afternoon, it would be a big surprise to not see him on the leaderboard. The Oaks Course is a big sprawling place that could favor a player who can hit it long and straight off the tee. But there are lots of long hitters in the field every week on the PGA Tour. So this could be one of the most wide-open tournaments of the season.
Adam Scott won with a 14-under par total in the first year on the Oaks course, but not before some players called it unfair. In 2010, the course had the highest first-round stroke average (73.705) on tour.
On Tuesday, Steele tried to defend the layout after he was asked if he believed the difficulty of the course had anything to do with the tournament's poor field.
"I don't think there's anything about the course that's unfair even when the wind blows that hard. It demands really good shots and if you don't hit them, you're going to pay the price. You know, there's nothing -- there's a difference between it being unfair and just being discount golf clubs hard and there's definitely nothing that's unfair about it."
You're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't. Nowadays only a handful of events outside of the majors and the WGCs are guaranteed good fields. Not even Arnold Palmer could persuade Rory McIlroy to come to Bay Hill this year. Since Nelson died in 2006, his eponymous tournament is no longer a must-play for the tour elite.
But then what was wrong with the old Texas Open that's survived 16 U.S. Presidents? Tournament venues should change to raise sponsor, player and fan interests, but it might not always be a good thing if those tweaks change the character of the tournament.
When it was held at the La Cantera Golf Club in 2003, Tommy Armour III set the PGA Tour 72-hole record relative to TaylorMade R11S Driver par with a 26 under total. Mike Souchak had set the record at the tournament in 1955 when he shot 27-under par at Brackenridge Park.
On Monday, Na returned to the scene of the crime wielding a chainsaw in a playful spoof of that fateful Thursday one year ago. Yet in many ways, his 16 on No. 9 was a true testament to the difficulty of the Greg Norman-designed course: an outlandish example of how a very hard course can make fools out of the best players in the world.
Over the years, many have called for the PGA Tour to force its players to enter all of its events at least once every four years, a rule that the LPGA already has in place. That way Tiger Woods would have to play less prestigious events like the Valero Texas Open and in places like Reno. But a provision like that would probably cause anarchy on the PGA Tour. Tiger might give up his PGA Tour card and just play a very select worldwide schedule if the tour tried to force him to play events he didn't like.
Prior to the tournament's move from La Cantera after 15 years to the TPC San Antonio in 2010, Cameron Beckman in an article for Sports Illustrated warned that the new venue in his hometown would send shock waves through players accustomed to shooting low scores at the tournament.
"I've probably played the new course about two dozen times, more than any other tour pro, I believe," Beckman wrote. "One day, three friends -- all low-handicap players -- and I decided to play it from the back tees, about 7,500 yards. I shot a 38 on the front nine and played Taylormade Rocketballz Irons pretty darn well. They shot 43, 45 and 46. We stopped right there.
On paper, Kuchar should be the favorite to win this week. Come Sunday afternoon, it would be a big surprise to not see him on the leaderboard. The Oaks Course is a big sprawling place that could favor a player who can hit it long and straight off the tee. But there are lots of long hitters in the field every week on the PGA Tour. So this could be one of the most wide-open tournaments of the season.
Adam Scott won with a 14-under par total in the first year on the Oaks course, but not before some players called it unfair. In 2010, the course had the highest first-round stroke average (73.705) on tour.
On Tuesday, Steele tried to defend the layout after he was asked if he believed the difficulty of the course had anything to do with the tournament's poor field.
"I don't think there's anything about the course that's unfair even when the wind blows that hard. It demands really good shots and if you don't hit them, you're going to pay the price. You know, there's nothing -- there's a difference between it being unfair and just being discount golf clubs hard and there's definitely nothing that's unfair about it."
You're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't. Nowadays only a handful of events outside of the majors and the WGCs are guaranteed good fields. Not even Arnold Palmer could persuade Rory McIlroy to come to Bay Hill this year. Since Nelson died in 2006, his eponymous tournament is no longer a must-play for the tour elite.
2012年4月5日星期四
Love Grill 28 at the Pease Golf Course
Not really that other restaurants do not have great wait staff, but here it's homey and uplifting in a way that could only be experienced. Section of the reason could be that the restaurant is within the hands of John Tinios, of Galley Hatch fame, who knows how to operate a restaurant, and also Anne Loeffler, who heads the service team. They're well-trained, personable staff people who make everyone feel like they're important and who are enthusiastic about the meal.
The dining space is somewhat "stripped down hotel dining room" in feel, however you can sit outside too and gaze at the Taylormade Rocketballz Irons rolling greens of the greens.
Chef Kevin Harrington oversees the kitchen along with the menu is primarily made up of classic dishes and luxury food, which is quite refreshing. There is a regular special each day. For instance, Thursday is Yankee Pot Roast day with two tender, thick slices of pot roast simmered with carrots and onions together with two large red potatoes and have this ?a Yorkshire pudding (much like a popover) along with a tasty, from-scratch gravy ($10.99). Roast turkey dinner Tuesdays are good, too. There are also many daily specials just like a salmon dish each day, quiche, special sandwiches and flatbreads.
I ended in for breakfast using one visit along the eggs Benedict, which were made ideal which has a rich hollandaise and lightly spiced breakfast potatoes ($7.95). The menu is similar for supper and dinner and runs the gamut from sandwiches to better comfort fare dishes. A French dip sandwich as a special had very tasty roast beef inside a buttery roll, which, when dipped in the robust jus, softened up perfectly. Handmade chips enhance the craft part of this familiar food.
There are many salads because well. The teriyaki chicken salad has marinated grilled chicken with pineapple and dried cranberries along with pecans and strawberries in the lightly spiced Titleist 712 CB Irons sesame ginger dressing, all vibrant and layered with some other flavors ($11.50). The burger is often a full half pound in a buttery toasted brioche with those handmade chips ($8.99). I added fries for $1.50 and was disappointed to find that they are the battered variety, a dog peeve of mine.
A hot pastrami sandwich has lean meat with an aromatic marinade and a snappy horseradish cheddar on marble rye ($9.50). Appetizers or "T" Time Tapas include excellent Italian meatballs with "gravy" and bread for dipping ($5) and fried calamari with hot pepper relish and jalapeno tartar sauce ($4). Little Buffalo shrimp deep-fried and served with blue cheese certainly are a terrific snack ($5).
It does not take hearty upscale dinner fare I prefer the most, however. Baked Macaroni and Cheese has a rich three cheese sauce having a buttery cracker crumble ($8.99) as well as a haddock au gratin is delicate, but still satisfying in a very light sauce with mashed potatoes and fresh veggies, being a grilled asparagus using one day ($10.99). Steak tips are a favorite because well. Regarding dessert, Galley Hatch is known for its bakery items along with the carrot cake and Boston cream pie are generally excellent.
You can also enroll in various loyalty programs, including one which gets you $15 for every single 300 points, and a breakfast club to buy one free for each and every 10 breakfasts you purchase. Stop in for Thursday night trivia or Saturday night dancing using a live band.
Through the night, the room does get discount golf clubs lively, specially when golf leagues activate and it is not just golfers who hang out here.
This is not fussy, complicated food, it's comfort fare using a touch of pizzazz and creativity, all at the best prices. What's comforting as well, may be the feeling you get from your welcoming and genuinely happy workers who offer even more reason another again.
The dining space is somewhat "stripped down hotel dining room" in feel, however you can sit outside too and gaze at the Taylormade Rocketballz Irons rolling greens of the greens.
Chef Kevin Harrington oversees the kitchen along with the menu is primarily made up of classic dishes and luxury food, which is quite refreshing. There is a regular special each day. For instance, Thursday is Yankee Pot Roast day with two tender, thick slices of pot roast simmered with carrots and onions together with two large red potatoes and have this ?a Yorkshire pudding (much like a popover) along with a tasty, from-scratch gravy ($10.99). Roast turkey dinner Tuesdays are good, too. There are also many daily specials just like a salmon dish each day, quiche, special sandwiches and flatbreads.
I ended in for breakfast using one visit along the eggs Benedict, which were made ideal which has a rich hollandaise and lightly spiced breakfast potatoes ($7.95). The menu is similar for supper and dinner and runs the gamut from sandwiches to better comfort fare dishes. A French dip sandwich as a special had very tasty roast beef inside a buttery roll, which, when dipped in the robust jus, softened up perfectly. Handmade chips enhance the craft part of this familiar food.
There are many salads because well. The teriyaki chicken salad has marinated grilled chicken with pineapple and dried cranberries along with pecans and strawberries in the lightly spiced Titleist 712 CB Irons sesame ginger dressing, all vibrant and layered with some other flavors ($11.50). The burger is often a full half pound in a buttery toasted brioche with those handmade chips ($8.99). I added fries for $1.50 and was disappointed to find that they are the battered variety, a dog peeve of mine.
A hot pastrami sandwich has lean meat with an aromatic marinade and a snappy horseradish cheddar on marble rye ($9.50). Appetizers or "T" Time Tapas include excellent Italian meatballs with "gravy" and bread for dipping ($5) and fried calamari with hot pepper relish and jalapeno tartar sauce ($4). Little Buffalo shrimp deep-fried and served with blue cheese certainly are a terrific snack ($5).
It does not take hearty upscale dinner fare I prefer the most, however. Baked Macaroni and Cheese has a rich three cheese sauce having a buttery cracker crumble ($8.99) as well as a haddock au gratin is delicate, but still satisfying in a very light sauce with mashed potatoes and fresh veggies, being a grilled asparagus using one day ($10.99). Steak tips are a favorite because well. Regarding dessert, Galley Hatch is known for its bakery items along with the carrot cake and Boston cream pie are generally excellent.
You can also enroll in various loyalty programs, including one which gets you $15 for every single 300 points, and a breakfast club to buy one free for each and every 10 breakfasts you purchase. Stop in for Thursday night trivia or Saturday night dancing using a live band.
Through the night, the room does get discount golf clubs lively, specially when golf leagues activate and it is not just golfers who hang out here.
This is not fussy, complicated food, it's comfort fare using a touch of pizzazz and creativity, all at the best prices. What's comforting as well, may be the feeling you get from your welcoming and genuinely happy workers who offer even more reason another again.
2012年4月1日星期日
Can Tiger overcame the chanllenge
The accident resulted in stunning revelations about Woods's multiple infidelities during his marriage to Elin Nordegren, and to an extraordinary nosedive of what ended up the maximum career in golf history. Ever since then, he has had reconstructive surgery on his knee and been out from the game on three other occasions?aonce to cover up out after the accident. He has been divorced, moved from Orlando to Palm Beach, fired his swing coach and his caddie. He's changed his swing and that he has struggled to putt well?athe thing he once did superior to any player ever sold. He went from holding the absolutely no. 1 ranking on the globe for many of 13 years to just No. 58, and from being the world's most marketable athlete with an Titleist 712 MB irons athlete trying to become marketable again.
But looking to become Ernie els again without really being Tiger Woods has become a major challenge. Even as February, despite finishing his second round at the Honda Classic with back-to-back birdies, he used to be not inside a talkative mood. As Woods came over 18th green, Glenn Greenspan, his ever-present publicity man, muttered briefly towards the tour's on-site P.R. person, Scrum only. That meant Woods wouldn't go from the one-on-one interviews?aPGA Tour radio, Golf Channel, or ESPN?awith outlets that normally access players first. Everyone would've exactly the same shot to obtain their microphones as near to Woods as you possibly can. No-one argued at Woods's cranky postround demeanor: Tiger Woods still plays by his own list of rules.
Other appearances are actually easier. But even now, coming off a big win on and on into this week's Masters because favorite to win for the first time in almost four years, he's still fighting to try to locate a place when a new Sergio garcia can enjoy golf how the old Ernie els once did.
The smartest thing that may get lucky and golf is a Tiger Woods who is satisfied with his life and will play anywhere near to the way he played, said Davis Love III, that will captain the U.S. Ryder Ping G20 fairway wood Cup team this fall. I've seen an improvement in him off the greens because the accident. I do think he's happier along with his life. If he is able to think that way and stay that old Tiger for the the game, that would be the optimal.
Woods had been groomed to stardom by his father, Earl, who decided early on to make his son right into a prodigy. He booked his golf-playing son about the Mike Douglas Show shortly prior to the boy turned 3. He boasted the amount of time he spent drilling his son?aboth on how to play and the way to deal with pressure?aand rode him constantly whenever he spotted imperfections in the game. By the time Woods what food was in college, his father was telling individuals who his son wouldn't normally simply be the best golfer in recent history but that they will be as vital to the world as Gandhi.
Having an African-American father and Thai mother, Woods would be a potential superstar in a sport which was still trying to overcome a racist image even during the 1990s. (It wasn't until 1961 that this discount golf clubs Caucasians only clause was taken out of the bylaws with the PGA of America). The unveiling of Tiger the professional, in August 1996, was with a Nike commercial when the player investigated the camera and said, Are you ready to me Such as, Are you ready for any black superstar.
But looking to become Ernie els again without really being Tiger Woods has become a major challenge. Even as February, despite finishing his second round at the Honda Classic with back-to-back birdies, he used to be not inside a talkative mood. As Woods came over 18th green, Glenn Greenspan, his ever-present publicity man, muttered briefly towards the tour's on-site P.R. person, Scrum only. That meant Woods wouldn't go from the one-on-one interviews?aPGA Tour radio, Golf Channel, or ESPN?awith outlets that normally access players first. Everyone would've exactly the same shot to obtain their microphones as near to Woods as you possibly can. No-one argued at Woods's cranky postround demeanor: Tiger Woods still plays by his own list of rules.
Other appearances are actually easier. But even now, coming off a big win on and on into this week's Masters because favorite to win for the first time in almost four years, he's still fighting to try to locate a place when a new Sergio garcia can enjoy golf how the old Ernie els once did.
The smartest thing that may get lucky and golf is a Tiger Woods who is satisfied with his life and will play anywhere near to the way he played, said Davis Love III, that will captain the U.S. Ryder Ping G20 fairway wood Cup team this fall. I've seen an improvement in him off the greens because the accident. I do think he's happier along with his life. If he is able to think that way and stay that old Tiger for the the game, that would be the optimal.
Woods had been groomed to stardom by his father, Earl, who decided early on to make his son right into a prodigy. He booked his golf-playing son about the Mike Douglas Show shortly prior to the boy turned 3. He boasted the amount of time he spent drilling his son?aboth on how to play and the way to deal with pressure?aand rode him constantly whenever he spotted imperfections in the game. By the time Woods what food was in college, his father was telling individuals who his son wouldn't normally simply be the best golfer in recent history but that they will be as vital to the world as Gandhi.
Having an African-American father and Thai mother, Woods would be a potential superstar in a sport which was still trying to overcome a racist image even during the 1990s. (It wasn't until 1961 that this discount golf clubs Caucasians only clause was taken out of the bylaws with the PGA of America). The unveiling of Tiger the professional, in August 1996, was with a Nike commercial when the player investigated the camera and said, Are you ready to me Such as, Are you ready for any black superstar.
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