Percy wins playoff to qualify for Open Championship

Note: We previously reported that Cameron Percy had qualified for the US Open. He has in fact qualified for the British Open Championship. We apologize for this error.

Australia’s Cameron Percy has qualified for the 2010 Open Championship by defeating Charley Hoffman and Bubba Watson in a playoff at the qualifier in Texas.
Percy birdied the [...]

Fly on the Wall:Steve Bann works on Hee Young Park’s pitching

A big thanks to Pure Golf Blog for the following content:
Welcome to the latest episode of our Fly on the Wall Series, where we eavesdrop on PGA Tour coach Steve Bann as he works with some of his professional clients.
In this episode, Steve is working with LPGA Tour player Hee Young Park on her pitching [...]

Goggin comes close in Phoenix

February 28th| Mat Goggin of Australia showed again why he is one of the most respected Aussie golfers on the U.S PGA Tour with a solid performance to finish T4 at the Waste Management Phoenix Open in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Goggin, who works with Pure Golf Training coach Dale Lynch, started the week [...]

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 to [...]

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 [...]

Leishman proves rookie season was no fluke

Sophomore slump? Don’t bother talking about anything of that sort to  Marc Leishman. The 2009 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year has started the 2010 season picking up right where he left off.
Leishman has made 3 out of 4 cuts with the highlight being a T2 finish in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. [...]

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 the [...]

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 event will [...]

Leishman crowned PGA Tour Rookie of the Year

Monday, December 21| Australia’s Marc Leishman has received the perfect Christmas present: a Rookie of the Year award on the US PGA Tour as announced by Commissioner Tim Finchem on Friday.
For at least a day, the Warnambool boy shared the golf media headlines with embattled Tiger Woods, who was awarded his 10th Player of the [...]

Pretty good in pink: Allenby wins PGA

December 13| Robert Allenby wore a pink shirt on Sunday in the final round of the Australian PGA Championship in honor of his late mother Sylvia. His form however was red hot, as he stormed to a four shot victory to claim his 4th Australian PGA Championship title.
The Victorian, who took a one-stroke lead into [...]

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