宮里 藍 - Another Ai Win at HSBC Women's Open

Decidedly, Ai Miyazato is off to a stellar start in 2010. With her ten-under-par 278 victory this week at the HSBC Women's Champions, she became the first LPGA player in over four decades to start the the season with back-to-back wins. Her ultra-impressive, come-from-behind victory last week in Thailand started the sweep.Meanwhile Cristie Kerr reaffirmed her place as the USA's top golfer, and

HSBC Women's Champions - The Age of Possibilities

.Earlier today I came upon a 1999 profile of Juli Inkster in the archives of SI Vault. Described in the quaint parlance of the day, as a "Soccer Mom", Julie was in fact, a mother of two at that point, and had just won the 54th U.S. Women's Open at Old Waverly Golf Club. With that win she effectively advanced a couple of points toward her Hall of Fame goal and proved that her "comeback from the

Global Golf - Growth Guaranteed in China

A turn-around trip to the District of Columbia today... delayed both ways by an all-day deluge in the northeast... kept me away from this keyboard for what seemed like forever. I'm just in, and it's after midnight. The day was long, not to mention chilly and wet and gray.I was in the Nation's Capitol to begin work on a writing project with a distinguished financial writer, who's also an avid

You Can Win John Daly's Signed Slix at Oobgolf

.How often does one get the chance to win a sumptuous undergarment signed by a legendary golf champion? Like never, right? Well... except this once. So you're not going to want to miss it. The Prize: An autographed pair of Slix boxer briefs. They're part of the recently launched Slix line of men's underwear that's already received ample accolades from some very discerning gentlemen. The Golfer:

So Hot, So Pretty - HSBC Women's Champions

.While the PGA Tour is in Phoenix getting ready for the annual boisterous bacchanalia golf tournament known as the Phoenix Open, another tour on the other side of the planet is... collectively painting orchids on silk? I know. That comparison sounds totally Mars/Venus doesn't it? But peinture sur soie is just one of many activities top LPGA golfers are taking part in leading up the HSBC Women's

Accenture Match Play - Poulter's Patience Pays Off

.Through myriad matches and diverse opponents Ian James Poulter prevailed, defeating fellow Englishman Paul Casey to take the title at Accenture Match Play. Some immediately proclaimed it a huge win while others brushed it off as no big deal. Poulter himself was sanguine, and satisfied with a maiden PGA Tour victory that he felt had "...been a long time coming." And having written about Ian

Cristie Kerr's Two Eagles = Charity Dollars from Scratch

.Cristie Kerr and Scratch Golf form a decidedly dynamic pairing. A pairing that resulted in two eagle chip-ins on Saturday at the Honda PTT LPGA Thailand. The USA's number one woman golfer carded a 6-under-par 66 in the tournament's third round. Her eagles came on holes 7 and 18. It was a bogey free day that also included a couple of birdies, and earned the year's first on-course contributions

Ai Win! Ai Miyazato Wins Honda PTT LPGA Thailand

.She's been described as Japan’s golf wonder girl... and she did something pretty wonderful at the LPGA's season opener. Starting the final round five strokes behind Suzanne Pettersen, Ai Miyazato played a remarkable game of catch-up. She added an eagle to a slew of birdies and came up with a 9-under-par 63 today at the Honda PTT LPGA Thailand. With that, she won the season-opening event by one

Match Play Semi-Finals: Four Big Stars - No Americans

.Actually, that's not true... though it's been reported that way all over the place... In fact, Camilo Villegas is as American as apple pie. Except that he hails from the south... way down south in the southern hemisphere. But I know what they mean. When Stewart Cink was eliminated by Paul Casey this morning at Dove Mountain it market the first time in the 12-year history of the WGC-Accenture

As I See it: The Tiger Who Won't Go Away

golf pundit and author of a new book, Patricia Hannigan writes,It's been twelve hours since Tiger talked, and predictably people have been asking for my reaction. I've been hesitant to share it for fear of sounding... I don't know... naive? Something like that. You see, I came away from the Tiger Woods press conference feeling much the way I felt a couple of months ago when the scandal first

Match Play Shirt of the Day - Jeev Milkha Singh

.Yesterday's second round at Accenture Match Play was another day of surprise upsets and unlikely outcomes. That's what I love about the format. It gives you a different perspective on the players you think you know really well. For example, Watching Tim Clark or Sergio Garcia play in a normal tournament is one thing, but watching them go head to head ... like they will today ... is a different

Match Play Shirt of the Day - Thongchai Jaidee

.That prize had to go to Thongchai Jaidee, for the whimsical candy-striped chemise, pictured at left. The paratrouper-turned-golf champion, turned candy cane from Thailand won his match in style yesterday, annihilating Ross Fisher at 5 and 4. Fisher, who won the Volvo World Match Play Championship in Spain last October, was expect to take this match, however as evidenced in Dubai last week,

When Tiger Talks - The Long-Awaited Apology

.I hate weepy public apologies. I don't care who did what to who, I don't care if the mea culpa is coming from a male or female, and I don't care what's at stake. I just hate them. Even if they're sincere... which they certainly sometimes are... the on-camera tears make them seem contrived and superfluous and the well-documented sobs always detract from the seriousness.So I hope that's not what

Another First for The Molinari Brothers at Match Play

.They made history... twice... when they won the OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup last November. Francesco and Edoardo Molinari were the first pair of brothers AND the first Italians to ever win that event. And this week they'll add another page to their historical legacy...at the Accenture Match Play Championship... when they become the first set of brothers to take part in a World Golf

Pent-up Demand for the Real Return of David Duval

female golf pundit, "female golf pundit"I never knew much about David Duval.Having discovered golf only a few short years ago myself, I'd essentially missed his story. On occasion his name would come up... most recently at the US Open this past summer, when his T2 finish led to unfulfilled hopes of a comeback. More often though, it was in a post about another players's monumental reversal of

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Rickie Fowler & Ryo Ishikawa - Golf's Young Guns and Their Youthful Pebble Beach Style Statements ✂ ✂ ✂

.When it comes to fairway fashion, some golf writers are just plain clueless. Otherwise why would they refer to Ryo Ishikawa and Rickie Fowler as "Gumby and Smurf"?

Tri-Sanctioned Avantha Masters - Global Golf in India

☂Far from the misty fairways of Pebble Beach, the inaugural Avantha Masters is taking place in India. The venue is the DLF Golf and Country Club Just outside of New Delhi, and the course is an Arnold Palmer parkland design, that winds around several lakes. The Arivali Mountain Range forms a distinctive background. The € 1.5 million tournament is tri-sanctioned between the European Tour, the Asian

Rickie, Ryo & A Rainbow Over Pebble Beach

☼Attractive young professional golfers Rickie Fowler and Ryo Ishikawa, will be joined by attractive young actors Chris O'Donell and Lucas Black tomorrow morning for a round of golf at Monterrey Peninsula Country Club. The fetching foursome has an 8:33 tee time for the first round of 2010 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. To find them you'll probably want to look for an ambulating mix of teenage

A Facebook Friend's Pebble Beach Ryo Sighting

☂The Monterey Peninsula was chilly and gray for much of day yesterday. It rained on and off, and many of those practicing... or playing in the ProAm... wore dark, non-descript rain gear. Then there was Ryo... wearing the brightest shade of yellow ever seen anywhere in the universe. Trailed by photographers... and journalists scribbling on their little pads... it wasn't difficult to locate the

Contextual Irony and New England Golf Weather ☃

✽I dare say, one would need more than a few tips to "stay warm on the course" when it's 23-33° with heavy snow and wind, but weather.com offered them anyway. My favorite was Mind Your Dimples.

Ryo Ishikawa Shows The Golf World He's Ready

Any lingering doubts that Ryo Ishikawa's talents would travel were surely put to rest over the past few days on the sometimes-rain-soaked fairways of Riviera Country Club.Playing in the Northern Trust Open, his first US event of the year, the timid Japanese teenager comfortably made the cut and finished at T32; his career-best result on the US PGA Tour. ~ Stellar performance on Thursday and

Christina Kim, John Raser & New Media for Golf Fans

✩The TalentChristina Kim: Embulent, engaging and ultra-talented LPGA golfer. John Raser: Pro Golfer on the road to the PGA Tour.The ToolsUStream: a website platform for live video streaming of events online.Twitter: a social networking and microblogging service.iPhone: an internet enabled smartphone designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The Event The Twitter Open 2010: A livestreaming "golf match

The Awesome 2010 Omega Dubai Desert Classic

✾The final round at the Emirates Golf Club certainly lived up up to expectations this morning. In windy conditions with firm greens underfoot, the lead changed hands a number of times, most notably when things fell apart for Alvaro Quiros on the back nine. Alone at the top of the leader board after 13 holes, the sexy Spaniard appeared ready to take the tournament. Then came a crisis of

Dubai Desert Classic - Four-way into the Final Round

✽The gaggle of golfers sharing the lead at the Dubai Desert Classic represent 42 combined European Tour wins between them, setting the stage for an extremely exciting Sunday at Emirates Golf Course. At 11 under, in a four-way tie for the lead is Europe's number one Lee Westwood, along with two talented Spaniards; affable Alvaro Quiros and colorful Cigar Aficionado cover model, Miguel Angel

Northern Trust Open - Ryo Ishikawa Doesn't Disappoint

.Well you can't say I didn't warn you. I said I'd be obsessing writing about Ryo. ~ After all The Northern Trust Open marked a welcome return to the US for the 18 year old Japanese golfer. Hopes were that he'd play well and make the cut. Last year it didn't work out that way - the young player explained that his nerves got the better of him. I was hoping it'd be different this year... hoping

Molinaris & Manassero: Italian Golfers Shine in Dubai

.Three Italians are playing in Dubai this week and all three are off to a smashing start today in round one of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic. Elder Molinari, Edoardo shot a four-under-par 68 that gave him part of a six-way tie for the lead and just one back is another Italian... but this time it's not little bro Francesco. Sharing a five-way T7 with Alvaro Quiros among others, is 16-year-old

The Awesomeness of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic

.There's another stellar field set to tee off tomorrow morning in the Arabian desert. It's the Omega Dubai Desert Classic and the defending champion is Rory McIlroy who joined others in the par 3 challenge under the floodlights.Doesn't that look awesome? ..lot's more to come...Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images Europe

Lady Golfers Politely Defer to Gentlemen Golfers

.Yeah, right. OK. It's not like the girls are rude or anything but they're not exactly deferential either.This clip, from the always entertaining Heather Jones, presents in amusing detail, a classic Mars/Venus golf course encounter. It'll definitely look familiar to just about any woman who plays golf with other women on a regular basis. However, I'm not sure if any men will own up to seeing

Welcome Back to America Ryo Ishikawa. We ♥ You !

.Whimsically wonderful Ryo Ishikawa is back on US shores, and not a moment too soon. While the PGA Tour struggles with a simmering scandal and a weighty rules issue, the young Japanese champion will bring a welcome breath of fresh air... and a rainbow of riotous color... to the 2010 Northern Trust Open later this week. Ryo actually arrived several days ago, to indulge in one of his all time

Mickelson, PING & Golf's Polemical New Grooves Rule

."Golf is a game about suffering and despair, interspersed with glimmers of hope,'' opined Frank Hannigan, a contributing editor of Golf Magazine and former president of the United States Golf Association. ''It can be alleviated by going into a store and buying something."So begins an article by Jeffrey Lener that appeared in The New York Times on June 25, 1989. The piece has a retro feel to it.