New radar technology will allow the Golf Channel to provide exact measurements of golfers’ swings and ball movement during next year’s PGA Tour, the network said Wednesday. It will use the TrackMan Tour System, a Doppler radar technology, to measure a golfer’s exact, three-dimensional club movement and ball flight and provide precise data on ball launch, ball flight and ball landing, among other statistics. TrackMan, previously available only to Tour pros, will be used on two holes during Golf Channel’s live primetime telecast of the... 

A couple of Asian Tour titles by seasoned campaigners may not count for much but Indian golf was clearly on the upswing as the year gone by set the tone for a bumper 2008 with mega co-sanctioned events lined up in the country. Individually, however, it turned out to be an average season for the country’s top-ranked pro Jeev Milkha Singh, who could not come anywhere close to replicating last year’s phenomenal success, which yielded four titles. After the high of reaching 37th in the world rankings in 2006, Jeev had to settle for 77th at the end... 

Tiger Woods, a four-time PGA Champion and winner of 13 major Championships, made his first appearance at the PGA Learning Center in Port St. Lucie, Fla., Monday as the featured guest of Nike Golf’s media launch of the SQ SUMO2 5900 driver and 360 Clubfitting System. With the Nike swoosh symbol painted into the eastern hillside of the 35-acre PGA Learning Center practice range, Woods first entertained the audience with special insight into his thoughts on equipment and performance, and later during a half-hour spent hitting balls on the range with the... 

Holder and tournament host Tiger Woods, refreshed after a two-month break, will hunt his eighth title of the year at this week’s Target World Challenge. The world number one has not played competitive golf since the Presidents Cup in late September and is eager to return after working hard on his fitness. “I enjoy being mentally fresh and that’s one of the reasons I don’t play as much as a lot of the guys do,” Woods told reporters ahead of his final tournament of 2007. “This time I got a chance to work on my body and get... 

Liang Wenchong will be the first Chinese player to compete at the Open when he lines up at Royal Birkdale next July. The 29-year-old booked his ticket for the oldest of the world’s four majors by finishing top of the Asian Tour’s order of merit. Liang was voted the players’ player of the year at the end of an Asian season that included one victory and eight other top-10 finishes. He also claimed the lowest stroke average award with 70.41. Having led the money list since May, Liang was virtually assured of becoming China’s first Asian...