Entries from December 2006

Biggest golf stories in 2006

Date December 28, 2006

It was a year of birdies and bogeys, incredible victories, monumental collapses, inspiring comebacks and shots off of rooftops. Tiger Woods continued to dominate men’s golf, Annika Sorenstam was dethroned, and both made headlines by missing cuts. 2006 also will be remembered as the year when the game lost several personalities and a pair of [...]

Golf review: January – June

Date December 20, 2006

January – The year started quietly for Tiger Woods but it eventually did become another year where he further etched his name in the annals of golf history. The games most dominant figure opted out of the traditional season opening Mercedes Championship in Hawaii and Stuart Appleby seized the opportunity edging out Vijay Singh after [...]

Scots youngster in pro golf squad

Date December 9, 2006

Fourteen year-old Scot Carly Booth has become one of the youngest players to be chosen to play for a Britain and Ireland squad. The announcement of the squad is ahead of the Vagliano Trophy and Commonwealth tournament next season. Booth – who, at 11, partnered Sandy Lyle to victory in the British Masters pro-am – [...]

Lack of Europeans gives young Kiwis a chance

Date December 2, 2006

Not enough European Tour players at the New Zealand Open? Try telling top Kiwi Michael Campbell. He launched a salvo at those who bemoan the shortage of Europeans at Gulf Harbour this week. The field contains 34 players who qualified for the Open out of the European circuit. “I don’t know why they’re so negative [...]