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Mickelson in the Ryder Spotlight |
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Masters champion Phil Mickelson emerged as the star turn at the Ryder Cup on Wednesday for manifold reasons - because he did not show up to play, for changing his equipment so recently and because he is one of the few who does not regard the Europeans as underdogs.
The man who broke his major championship duck at Augusta this year decided a day off was in order - even if it raised eyebrows all around Oakland Hills two days before the bienniel match kicks off on Friday. |
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The Host for the Amex 2004 - Mount Juliet |
| There are the Majors and there are the very major championships in golf, namely the Tour Players, the Volvo PGA and the World Championship events. You can add to this list the respective end of season finales on both sides of the Atlantic, the Tour Championships, but in just a handful of years, World Championship Golf has taken its place in the Golfing calendar. |
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Golf: European Challenge Tour – Telia Grand Prix |
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Englishman Lee Slattery mastered gusting winds of up to 40 miles per hour to secure his maiden European Challenge Tour victory at the Telia Grand Prix, capping an unbelievable two month run of form that has seen him secure his 2005 European Tour Card in just nine events since July.
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Donald wins as others suffer |
| The way Luke Donald managed to take apart the Seve Ballesteros course at Crans-sur-Sierre this week might have left one wondering why so many of the other players had so much trouble.
Donald cruised to a relaxed five-stroke victory which mirrored perfectly his approach to the event, which was to keep it low key and try to have as much fun as possible.
The result was a four-day performance comprising rounds of 67-67-65-66 for a 19-under-par total of 265 that was almost as splendid as the weather at this spectacular resort normally given over to alpine skiing.
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Jimenez leads as others suffer |
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The big boys continued to batter the Crans-sur-Sierre course but for the Warwickshire men in the field it was a case of them beinbg battered by the course.
It is not long and it is not tight. But the tricky, rock-hard greens were proving to be more than some of the players could handle.
Paul Broadhurst certainly suffered even though he managed to match par with a 71.
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Powerade PGA Assistants' Championship |
| After an absence of 16 years, the Powerade PGA Assistants' Championship returns on 28 September to the fine parkland course of Coventry Golf Club at Finham Park.
The last winner there was John Oates, now head professional at Renishaw Park in Sheffield, with a four-round aggregate of 284, eight under par. Nowadays the championship is over three rounds.
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