One Asia Tour gets ESPN STAR coverage deal

Golfweek reports that ESPN STAR Sports has announced a five-year Asian regional television broadcast partnership with the OneAsia golf tour. In a statement released Thursday in Singapore, ESPN STAR said the exclusive agreement through to 2014 would include live coverage of OneAsia events in 24 countries and territories in Asia.

Nike to stand by Woods

25/12/10|Sporting giant Nike says it will stand by Tiger Woods despite the current media storm surrounding the embattled golfer. Nike has virtually built the golf section of its brand on the back of its sponsorship of Woods and the company has no intentions of rushing the World #1 back into competition until he is ready [...]

Feherty becomes U.S citizen

25/02/10|CBS golf analyst David Feherty has received his U.S citizenship in a ceremony on Tuesday in Irving, Texas. The Northern Ireland native who moved to the United States permanently in the late 1990s has been very vocal and active in his support for U.S troops and their families through charity work and also visiting soldiers [...]

On the tea: 3 Englishmen in World Top 10

Ian Poulter’s win in the final of the Accenture Matchplay Championships against fellow countryman Paul Casey was significant because it was Poulter’s first win on the US PGA Tour. However, the all-England final was also significant because it demonstrated the growing strength of English golf at the elite level. Just look at the numbers- A [...]

Know your rules- European Tour tells players

The European Tour took a positive step towards dealing with at least one of the many causes of slow play in the professional game by calling on its players to make more of an effort in learning the Rules of Golf so that they limit the use of rules officials to only the more complicated [...]

Glover leads SBS, Green & Ogilvy start well

One of the most interesting stats that the PGA Tour keeps is the “bounce back ability” stat. Basically, it measures the average number of times a player makes a birdie or better after a bogey or worse. Lucas Glover would probably do quite well in a category that measures recovery from a horrible start after [...]

Ogilvy ready for title defense at Kapalua

Australia’s Geoff Ogilvy is in a unique position this week at the US PGA Tour’s season opening SBS Championship at Kapalua. The 2009 Champion is the only player in this year’s 28 man field who has previously won this event. When asked about what this stat means to him, Ogilvy said: “Well, I learned that [...]

Daly’s Loudmouth pants to grace Sony Open

“Wild Thing” John Daly has been given a sponsor’s exemption to play in next month’s Sony Open in Honolulu on the US PGA Tour. This will be the fifth time the colorfully attired Daly has played this event at the Waialae Country Club. The Sony Open will be played from Jan 14 to 17. The [...]

US PGA Tour still rules rankings

This will hardly come as a surprise to golf fans but according to recent analysis, tournament winners on the US PGA Tour receive an average of almost 10 points more than tournament winners on the European Tour. According to the analysis, winners on the US PGA Tour received an an average of 52.51 points, compared [...]

Strong Field for Vic Open

The 2010 Subaru Victorian Open will be played at the Spring Valley Golf Club from 7-10 January and has attracted a high quality field. The Vic Open is the first event on the 2010 PGA Tour of Australasia calendar and boasts a field that includes crowd favorite and US Champions Tour rookie Peter Senior, 2009 [...]

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