Watching the final of the FedEx, Rory just stuck the ball in the water ! I dunno why but I find it tough to like him
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Ha interesting bump mate
That Paul waring I mentioned in the above post, he was -3 and tied second in a European event over the weekend,...not sure how he ended up
That's two lads I've played with/against doing welli own everton fans on the internet....that's what i doComment
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Finished 11th in the KLM that Paul Casey woni own everton fans on the internet....that's what i doComment
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Nice!
Casey suddenly remembered how to play golf.Comment
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Not a nice experience for him
Golfer Robert Allenby survives Hawaii 'kidnap'
Australian golfer Robert Allenby says he was kidnapped from a bar in Hawaii, robbed and beaten, before being dumped in a park.
Mr Allenby, 43, says he may have been drugged before he was taken from the bar on Friday. He was helped back to his hotel by a retired military man.
"I didn't think I was going to survive this one," he told the AAP news agency.
The golfer had been planning to fly out of Hawaii after missing the cut at the US PGA Tour's Sony Open.
Local television said the incident was being investigated as second-degree robbery.
"I was separated from my friend in the bar after we had paid the tab at 22:48 (08:48 GMT) and he went to the bathroom and next thing you know I'm being dumped in a park miles away," he said.
He said a homeless woman spotted him being dumped from a car, after being robbed of his phone and wallet.
The military veteran paid for a taxi for him back to the hotel, he said.
Pictures shown on the Golf Channel showed Mr Allenby with cuts on his nose and forehead and bruising around his eye.
His caddie Mick Middlemo told the channel Mr Allenby woke up groggy with no initial recollection of what happened to him.
Allenby is ranked 271 in the world and has won four titles on the elite PGA [Professional Golfers' Association] Tour.Comment
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After Woods saying how good he felt...
Tiger Woods cards worst round of pro career at Phoenix Open
Tiger Woods recorded the worst round of his professional career with an 11-over-par 82 in the second round of the Waste Management Phoenix Open.
While Scotland's Martin Laird led on 10 under, former world number one and 14-time major champion Woods was last in a field of 132 and missed the cut.
The 39-year-old was playing in his first PGA Tour event of the season.
"I've got to keep this in perspective. Sometimes that's hard to do," said Woods, who finished on 13 over.
Struggling with his chipping, he carded six bogeys, two double bogeys, a triple bogey and two birdies in his second round at TPC Scottsdale.
Woods duffed one chip from greenside rough and flew another straight over the flag and into a bunker. He also struggled from the fairway, leaving a chip from 20 yards off the green short.
Woods's worst: How he racked up an 82
Out: 10th (par 4) 4; 11th (par 4) 5; 12th (par 3) 3; 13th (par 5) 5; 14th (par 4) 6; 15th (par 5) 8; 16th (par 3) 3; 17th (par 4) 5; 18th (par 4) 5.
In: 1st (par 4) 4; 2nd (par 4) 4; 3rd (par 5) 5; 4th (par 3) 5; 5th (par 4) 3; 6th (par 4) 5; 7th (par 3) 4; 8th (par 4) 3; 9th (par 4) 5.
His previous worst round was an 81 in the 2002 Open at Muirfield, a round completed in a storm that made scoring difficult.
Woods, who carded a two-over-par 73 in his opening round, missed much of last season, including the Ryder Cup, after having back surgery in March 2014.
"We all have days like this," he said. "Unfortunately mine was in a public forum and a public setting, but we all have days like this and we take the good with the bad."
Laird, 32, who shot a second straight 66 in wet and windy conditions, said: "It was a very Scottish day today with the misty drizzle. The big thing was I drove well."
American Daniel Berger is two shots behind Laird on eight under, while another tour rookie, Justin Thomas, is third on seven under.
Phil Mickelson, a three-time winner in Phoenix, missed the cut after carding a second-round five-over 76.Comment
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The open have sold out to sky.... £10 mil for the rights
Go **** yourselfComment
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Expensive couple of days in Dublin for McIlroy.
Rory McIlroy’s lawsuit against Horizon Sports Management has been settled.
As part of the agreement, it is understood the golfer will pay the firm more than $25 million (€21.8 million) and possibly up to $30 million (€26.2 million), plus costs, as part of the settlement.
The payment is a once-off and concludes the legal dispute between the parties.
In the High Court on Wednesday, Counsel for the golfer told the court that the entire matter had been resolved. Judge Brian Cregan congratulated both sides on reaching an agreement and wished both Horizon and McIlroy success in the future.
Details of the settlement were not disclosed to the court.
A joint statement issued afterwards by both parties said the legal dispute between Rory McIlroy and Horizon Sports Management “had been settled to the satisfaction of both parties, who wished each other well for the future.”
The statement said the parties would be making no further statement.
Mr McIlroy was not in court on Wednesday. Horizon CEO Conor Ridge was present.
The agreement follows several hours of talks in the Four Courts complex by legal representatives for both sides yesterday in an attempt to avert a potentially long and bitter case over the multimillion pound contract dispute.
McIlroy was in court on Tuesday as the talks took place, supported by business executive Barry Funston, who oversees the golfer’s charitable work through the Rory McIlroy Foundation, and his cousin Brian McIlroy.
The dispute had been expected to have involved arguments over tens of millions in lost commissions and earnings from potentially massive sponsorship deals and wins on the course. It had been expected to last eight weeks.
It centred on McIlroy’s contract with Dublin-based Horizon and two other linked companies, the Malta-based Gurteen and Canovan Management, also based in the Irish capital.
The golf star, who took up the game as a youngster in Holywood, Co Down, and now has a home in Florida, claims the terms he signed were inferior to those given to other top 10 players including fellow countryman and major winning friend Graeme McDowell, who was in the same stable.
Since McIlroy’s split with Horizon in 2013 his business interests have been overseen by Rory McIlroy Incorporated, which is headed by Donal Casey, formerly of Horizon, his father Gerry and Mr Funston.
That rug really tied the room together.Comment
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Shame it wasnt double the amount....Comment
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Can't see Tiger ever getting back to winning tournaments let alone majors..........
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/golf/31432730
Tiger Woods is taking an indefinite break from golf, saying his game is "unacceptable for tournament play".
Woods, 39, withdrew injured from last week's event at Torrey Pines after just 12 holes, having missed the cut at the Phoenix Open the week before.
"I need a lot of work on my game and to spend time with people that are important to me," said the American.
"I enter a tournament to compete at the highest level. When I think I'm ready, I'll be back."
Woods plays from the rough with an awkward stance as he cards the worst round of his professional career in Phoenix
Woods, a former world number one who has won 14 majors, has withdrawn from three of his last eight competitive tournaments.
In missing the cut in Arizona last month, he recorded the worst round of his professional career with an 11-over-par 82 in the second round.
Finishing last in a field of 132, Woods said: "I've got to keep this in perspective. Sometimes that's hard to do."
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BBC golf correspondent Iain Carter:
"The fact that Woods has publicly recognised the standard of his game is unacceptable is telling. It is extremely rare for him to publicly acknowledge such vulnerability. The indefinite nature of this break is a worry for his legion of fans and the game at large. Even if he does find an improvement on the range, there are no guarantees that he will be able to sustain it under the pressure of competition."
"What we can now say is that we're witnessing the decline of Tiger Woods. You wonder whether this might actually be the beginning of the end, or maybe the middle of the end as far as Tiger Woods is concerned.
"If he manages to make himself competitive again then it will be one of the greatest successes of his career - if he doesn't then these sorts of questions will be asked with louder and louder voices."
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On his website, Woods said he regretted withdrawing from Torrey Pines and that his current injury was not related to last year's back surgery.
He intends to spend the next week practising at home and said he could return to action at the Honda Classic, which starts on 26 February.
"I won't be there unless my game is tournament ready," he added.
"I am committed to getting back to the pinnacle of my game. I do expect to be playing again very soon."Comment
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Woods's decline >>>>>>> Torres's declineComment
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It's really not - he got back to World Number 1 and held it for some time after the whole wife/strippers/Vegas stuff that came out.
His body seems to be a mess these days though, knee and back completely ****ed. Best player IMO that's ever played on the pro tour though.Comment
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Totally changed the face of golf for the better.....when I first started playing, aged around 11...1993 ish...just before woods....golf was seen as snobbish, bit oldfashioned and very inaccessible
No one and I mean no one in my school knew I played golf. I was at the time the only person in my school who played. Certainly to any kind of regular decent level.
Tiger woods came along, around the same time I'd qualified for a few county events and one national thing called the weetabix open. All of a sudden everyone wanted to talk golf with me and golf just exploded big time and imo defo for the better as I felt I lived and breathed the whole thing.....it seemed to literally go from permission drivers, cheap leathery bags on a ****ty trolly and horrible jumpers to fashionable clothes, ridiculous technology in equipment etc etc.
A lot of people seem to slate woods, but I think he's greati own everton fans on the internet....that's what i doComment
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Woods is without doubt the greatest player ever in the modern era and raised the game to a whole new level, having said that I am personally glad he never broke Jack's Major's record as on a human level Jack Nicklaus comes accross as an absoulte gent whereas Tiger has never come accross on the same level as Jack.Originally posted by PTP View PostComment
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Rory puts it in the pond and does this.
Good to see.
Thanks very much for being ‘This Mornings’ Farmer’Comment
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