The European Tour returns to Australia in 2012

The European Tour will return to Australia in 2012 after three years of absence with the dispute over the Perth International Championship from 18 to October 21, organizers said.

"We have a three-year agreement with options for the tournament to continue, and our aim is to develop this tournament into a signature event in the Asia Pacific region is set in Perth," said Kim Hames, Minister of Tourism Australia state Occidental.

The last time the European Tour tournament held on Australian soil was in 2009 when he co-hosted the Australian Masters in Melbourne.

Alvaro Quiros wins the Dubai Champions Final

Alvaro Quiros historic win in the final European Tour that was played in Dubai. The Cadiz achieved in the Jumeirah Golf Estates most important victory of his career and the most outstanding Spanish golf in the last three years. Pablo Larrazabal also Spanish ended in tenth place, while Sergio Garcia did in the eleventh, nine strokes Quirós.

Alvaro Quiros achieved this victory in style, with an 'eagle' (two less) on the final hole of his round. Quiros was able to withstand the pressure that the Scot Paul Lawrie submitted from the outset, although the two were tied hole 13. The Spanish, who last week also reached the final round leading Open Hong Kong, however learned to keep a cool head in these momentous times and end their involvement with an 'eagle', two strokes less.

The Spanish golfer adds his second win of the season after Dubai gained in the Classic Dessert mid-February and his sixth victory on the European Tour since turning professional in December 2004.

The third place after Lawrie was for English Luke Donald , three strokes behind the winner.

Poulter, first leader of Australia Masters

Ian Poulter English in Australia leads the Masters, played at the Victoria Golf Club, after defeating the opening day, while his compatriot Luke Donald, world number one is four strokes.

Poulter finished the round with a card with 65 strokes, one less than the Australian Ashley Hall, and then figure a sextet to two impacts.

Donald is the expectation with 69 and defending champion Stuart Appleby, 70 made at the last minute after deciding that it was able to play. "I've been pretty good in the second half of the course. In the first nine holes are not stuck my putts," said world number one.

- Classification:
1. Ian Poulter (ENG) 65 (-6)
2. Ashley Hall (AUS) 66
3. Mahal Pearce (NZL) 67
. +. Kieran Pratt (AUS) 67
. +. Jarrod Lyle (AUS) 67
. +. Peter Lonard (AUS) 67
. +. Matthew Griffin (AUS) 67
. +. Matthew Giles (AUS) 67
9. Rod Pampling (AUS) 68
. +. Richard Green (AUS) 68
11. Phil Tataurangi (NZL) 69
. +. Luke Donald (ENG) 69

Tiger Woods, the recognized leader of the Chevron World Challenge

"I want to be the leader after four days," said Tiger Woods as discourse new and after leading by three strokes ahead of the Chevron World Challenge through his Californian who now Ecuador.

Tiger accumulated 26 official tournaments without a win. The last took place in November 2009 at the Masters in Australia and today, the Club of Sherwood played very solid, with two 'eagles', almost a third and five birdies to finish off a good result despite 67 shots double bogey on the par-3 15th hole.

"I know I'm playing better and it is wonderful to see me in this leadership position," said Woods, former world number one and now out of 'top'50'. Tiger, 8 below, three strokes ahead of his compatriot Matt Kuchar and Korean KJ Choi.

Alvaro Quiros is the sole lead in Hong Kong

Alvaro Quiros leads and solo Hong Kong Open golf tournament scoring for the European Tour, then complete the third round with 67 strokes (3 below). Quiros started the day sharing the lead with young Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland of 22 years, but it could just sign the par for the course and fell to fifth place.

Swede Peter Hanson, a coup, Korean YE Yang and Thai Pariya Junhasavasdikul, these two are now the persecutors of Quirós immediate absence of 18 holes for the final tournament.

The player Cadiz, 28, today carded three birdies and was exempted from bogeys on another good day of golf. After 54 holes, Quiros has only committed three errors, three bogeys on his back nine holes of the second round and walks with a firm step towards his sixth European Tour title, which would be the second of the 2011 season after winning the Dubai Desert Classic.

Miguel Angel Jimenez signed 72 strokes and went down to the eighteenth place, tied with an emerging José Manuel Lara.

Northern Ireland take advantage and Spain lost jobs

The Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell have a two-stroke advantage over Germans, South Africans and Americans, with the last tour of the golf World Cup in pairs, while Spain lost jobs and is seven shots behind the leaders.

McDowell and McIlroy endured the rush of Germans and South Africans, who tracks signed today with 61 strokes cards, the best of the day, and got two-stroke lead that may be critical in the face of the fourth and final day in the Chinese countryside Mission Hills.

The Spanish Alvaro Quiros and Miguel Angel Jimenez had their day and 68 hits dropped to twelfth place, unlike seven of the leaders. Mexican Jose de Jesus Rodriguez and Oscar Serna had a good performance and are in seventh place, tied with Italy, and five hits in Northern Ireland.
The fourth and final trip will take place tomorrow in the form of "foursomes" (alternate-shot ), as in the day Friday.

U.S. World Cup wins but Europe dominates rankings

Matt Kuchar and Gary Woodland were eleven years after the triumph for the United States in the World Cup finals in China golf, what came to offset the continuing European domination in the world ranking.

The first four places in the list are occupied by European golfers, with English Luke Donald to head for the twenty eighth consecutive week.
The Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy, the Englishman Lee Westwood and Germany's Martin Kaymer are, in that order, between the second and fourth.

Sergio Garcia is the best of the Spanish (seventeenth) to two-week European Tour Final in Dubai.

- World Rankings:
1. Luke Donald (ENG) 10.22 pts. on average
2. Rory McIlroy (IRN) 7.48
3. Lee Westwood (ENG) 7.35
4. Martin Kaymer (GER) 6.91
5. Dustin Johnson (USA) 5.69
6. Steve Stricker (USA) 5.68
7. Adam Scott (AUS) 5.60
8. Jason Day (AUS) 5.41
9. Webb Simpson (USA) 5.18
10. Nick Watney (USA) 4.97
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17. Sergio Garcia (ESP) 04.04
40. Miguel A. Jimenez (ESP) 2.97
46. Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (ESP) 2.81
50. Alvaro Quiros (ESP) 2.76.

Tiger gets the beating of his life

The United States team has begun to dominate the President's Cup and win by 4-2 to provisionally International dispute after the first six 'foursomes' at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Australia.

It has been a premiere biennial competition with some inequality, since all the victories were decided by large markers, while other two games ended in draws.

The focus was to see the performance of Tiger Woods, who played with a strong partner like Steve Stricker, who signed with a record of four wins in as many games in the 2009 edition, but the American duo streaked to a discreet level and was hit by one of the best international partners of the one formed by the South Korean KJ Choi and Australian Adam Scott.

Historical beating
Greg Norman Pupils gave only his rivals and options very clearly prevailed by a convincing 7 and 6 in a game that took the lead from the second hole, looking very fine with the putt and taking advantage the bad days of Fred Couples to give victory to the only international, Fallon once again in 'foursomes'.

Thus, visitors took three wins thanks to Bubba Watson and Webb Simpson, who could 4 and 2 with Ernie Els and Japan's Ryo Ishikawa, Hunter Mahan and David Toms, who defeated 6 and 5 to Koreans Kim Kyung- tae and YE Yang, and Phil Mickelson and Jim Furyk, who won by 4 and 3 to South African Retief Goosen and Australian Robert Allenby.

In addition, there were ties between Bill Haas and Nick Watney with Australian Geoff Ogilvy and South African Charl Schwartzel, winner of the Masters, after wasting two of the hosts took advantage after 14, and between Dustin Johnson and Matt Kuchar and Australians Aaron Baddeley and Jason Day, who lost two of lead in the final two holes by two bogeys.

Gonzalo continues its sweet time

Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano lives days of wine and roses in Asia. After his victory in Singapore last Monday, the golfer has not left Madrid the lead after two days and sent at the Dunlop Phoenix tournament probably the Japanese and International Circuit which has in its list of winners with Severiano Ballesteros, who won in 1977 and 1981, or Tiger Woods (2004 and 2005).

Gonzalo, author of six birdies in a row, four of them between 5 and 8 - and a bogey, he signed 66 hits, the best lap of the day tied, and leads in a blow to Japanese Hideto Tanihara. Gonzo, as I have dubbed the British, this week aims to get the top 50 world ranking, a group that plays all the big tournaments.

Pablo Larrazabal, meanwhile, reacted and worked his way up to No. 17 after signing a card of 68. In Malaysia, for its part, in one of two scoring tournaments on the European Tour, the day could not be completed by thunderstorms. Send the Swede Daniel Chopra at 13-under par, while the Spanish players are pretty retarded. Lara Garrido, with three under par, are the two best, although they are still lacking 15 and 16 holes to complete.

Fernandez-Castano: "I take a load off"

Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano won the Singapore Open after beating Filipino Juvic Pagunsan in a sudden death playoff. The Spaniard, 31 years old, won the 485,000 euros for the six million dollar prize in the tournament after a birdie tiebreaking of 199 strokes (14 under par) the day before.

"It's a great relief, especially after the way I played yesterday, which squandered a four-stroke lead. It was a tough year and I've taken a great burden. I have three years without a win and it means a lot for me, "added the Spanish golfer.

It was the fifth victory Fernandez-Castano on the European Tour, four of them in the playoff, and his first victory since winning the British Marters in 2008.

The world against America

U.S. defends crown in the President's Cup with an international team (excluding Europe) wanting to end the tyranny Yankee. Never before had come as two matched OX the biennial meeting and it seems the Royal Melbourne Golf (U.S. only time he has given) may be the ideal venue to defeat the Americans.

The Americans, led by Fred Couples, put everything in their arsenal to try what would be a meltdown after losing to Europe in the Ryder Cup goes also lost the President's Cup, a competition dominated by a clear 6-1, would be a setback for national pride. Nobody wants to miss the appointment and even Tiger Woods, who was not classified, has been one of the captain's choices to make clear the importance of the 'battle'.

Former world number one made his mark in the 2009 Cup in San Francisco in which he finished with a spectacular 5-0 in four days to remember the 'Tigre'. The good feelings left in his return to Australia Open optimism lead the American group with the lowest form of Mickelson and Furyk.

Lots of rookies
United States go with confidence but with some doubts about both rookie. Matt Kuchar, Dustin Johnson, Webb Simpson, Nick Watney and Bubba Watson face their first Presidents Cup, while only three men (Schwartzel, Day and Kim) played their first competition against the Americans.

The great hope of the international team, captained by Greg Norman, are Australians. Playing at home has a great influence and the present Australian golf is brutal with two men in the 'Top Ten' World Ranking: Adam Scott (7 °) and Jason Day (8 º). However, other countries also nurture this 'great team'. Nothing more, nothing less than the South African Charl Schwartzel (winner of the Masters 2011) and Ernie Els (seven President's on his back), Korean KJ Choi (winner of The Players, 2011), or the great promise of Asian golf Japanese Ryo Ishikawa , how good image left in the last edition of the President's Cup in San Francisco.

The format is similar to the Ryder Cup on Thursday begin hostilities (from 03.00 to 8.00 live on Canal + Golf) with six games of 'foursomes' (alternate-shot) on Friday will be the turn for 'fourballs' ( best ball). From 01.30 to 8.00 on Canal + Golf. Saturday will host five 'foursomes' in the morning and five 'fourballs' in the afternoon (from 21.00 am to 08.00). Sunday will decide the President's Cup with the twelve individual (00.30 to 07.00).

Wood Senden mark territory and lost positions

Australian John Senden, with a magnificent 63 card punches in the third run and a total of 204, commands the Australia Open golf, where Tiger Woods had a bad day and went from first to eighth, six strokes behind the leader.

Woods opened the third day of the Sydney tournament with three bogeys in a row, had only two in the previous two days, and finished with 75 hits, three over par for the course.

Only eight players did worse than the global one exnúmero.
Senden, facing the final day on Sunday with one stroke ahead of compatriot Jason Day, amazed the audience with an 'eagle' on the sixth hole and six birdies sign that allowed 63 hits.

Fernandez-Castano and Juvic Pagunsan played the triumph

Spanish golfer Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano and Filipino Juvic Pagunsan will be played in a play-off 'playoff victory in the Singapore Open, European Tour tournament belongs to, after bad weather has returned to condition the development of contest.

Both players finished tied at 199 strokes (fourteen under par) after defeating the third day, planned as the last from Saturday due to storms that are sweeping the Sentosa Golf Club.

The player kept a comfortable Madrid four-shot lead over rivals in Ecuador of its run, but its level decreased in the final and had three bogeys on holes 12, 14 and 15 who put his victory into question. Its performance contrasted with that of Pagunsan, who had five birdies and one bogey to tie for the lead.

Thus, when the weather allows both players will vie for victory in a 'play-off tie-breaker. The Spanish chases his fifth win on the European Tour and first since the British Masters in 2008, while for the Philippines would be his first success at this level.

Tiger could not prevent the triumph of Chalmers

Tiger Woods returned to show signs of being nearly invincible player two years ago, but despite his good performance could not prevent the victory of Greg Chalmers local in Australia Open courses.

Woods began the final journey to six strokes of the leader, but three birdies on the first nine holes made around the world directed their gaze toward the former world number one. A bogey on hole 11 fixed it immediately with another birdie at 12, while the 13 re-signed another bogey (one over par the hole).

A 'eagle' (two strokes less on a par five hole) made to revive the spotlight on Woods's game, but that ended the streak to end by signing a card of 67 strokes which earned him third place in the tournament after the Australian Chalmers, who excelled in two shots, and John Senden made one less in the total count.

Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano achieved the triumph of his career

Gonzalo Fernandez Castano won in the Barclays Singapore Open, after three years without a win. The golfer Madrid, 31, succeeded by a victory in the second playoff hole against the Filipino Pagunsan, playoff that had to play each Sunday afternoon and Monday morning Pacific island by storms. There were so many and so intermittent that Sunday, two of them, the contestants were only able to strike.

Back to Monday, the Filipino had a great opportunity to have gotten his first European Tour victory, but missed a putt of 2.5 meters. In the second playoff hole papers were exchanged and the Madrid golfer, one of the best competitors in the national scene, no mistake. Holed a birdie putt for a three-meter event billionaire and settlement of the Pacific. It is the fifth professional victory Gonzalo, which since its debut in 2005 had started an interesting sequence on the European Tour (Holland 2005, Volvo China 2006, Italy 2007 and British Masters 2008), which had been interrupted in the last three seasons.

Overwhelming pressure
The sample of the huge contudencia Gonzalo at decisive moments proves that four of his victories, all but the initiation in the Netherlands, came after a playoff.

The win also comes at a season that seemed lost to the Spaniard, after spending five months in ostracism by a herniated disc. Without excessive expectations began testing in August and has been in the Spanish season where he realized progress. "But with the swing ...", he regretted a few weeks ago. All problems were in his head. He was second in Castellón, twelfth at Valderrama and the biggest win of his career (720,000 euros to the winner) in Singapore reaffirms its back on the crest of the wave.

The win is enter in the top 60 world rankings, he puts in the final in Dubai and, provisionally, he also gets into the European team Ryder Cup Spanish, a golfer from a complete mental toughness, not looking beyond the immediate: the 'Manhattan of the Pacific "took a plane to Japan, where this week contest the Dunlop Phoenix tournament in which Pablo Larrazabal also invited.

Tiger Woods takes the lead

Tiger Woods confirmed that his recovery is on track to position itself as the new leader of Australia's Open golf, played in Sydney, after the second day.

Woods, former world number one, was firm in the long game and calm on the putts to sign a card of 67 strokes for a total of 135. It is the first time the U.S. led a tournament since the third round of the Chevron last year.

"I played really well. Although I've finished five under par for the course, could have been even with eight or nine," said Tiger, who has a one-stroke lead over Australian Peter O'Malley, who finished the day with 66 .

The local also Jason Day, who played in the same party that Woods signed 68 and is third on two hits in the U.S., whose compatriot Bubba Watson is one quarter to three.

Tiger gives good signals: start eighth and no bogeys

Tiger Woods offered signs of hope after the first quarter (18 holes) of golf Open in Sydney Australia, is eighth, three strokes of the leader-the local Jarrod Lyle, and without making bogey at all.

Tiger signed four birdies (68 hits), concentrated between holes 8 and 13, and free from errors. I did not since last January 27 in his first round of 18 holes of the season 2011 in the Farmers Insurance Open (San Diego).
Nearly nine months later, Tiger has begun in Sydney just as well as he did in his season premiere, while the remainder of rounds completed in 2011, the exnúmero one of the world and now at number 58 always signs at least a bogey on their cards. "I've been hitting as I have at home. Only what I have conveyed to the golf course," said Tiger after his return and statements which includes the tournament website.

Lyle sent with 65 hits, but tied for second place with 66 Americans Nick Watney and Dustin Johnson, third and fifth, respectively, in the money list PGA Tour.

The veteran Fred Couples, 52, whose caddy (Joe La Cava) accompanies Tiger now is fourth after the signing of 67 shots.

Good start for Fernandez-Castano in Singapore

Italian Edoardo Molinari and Englishman James Morrison 'destroyed' with respective 62 strokes (9 down) Sentosa Tanjong travel at the beginning of the Singapore Open golf.

Molinari and Morrison lead the standings with one stroke lead over Korean YE Yang, U.S. PGA champion 2009. The early leaders in Singapore 'fun' Tanjong difficulties with two memorable tours. Molinari, like Morrison, holed ten 'birdies' by a single bogey. The Italian, also signed a superlative 29 strokes on the back nine holes.

The 62 pair of hits better dimensioned edge 66 of Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano. The Spaniard made, yes, the Serapong, the other more difficult route and where the tournament takes place simultaneously scoring, too, for the European Tour and the very high figure of 204 competitors.

Bad start Spanish
Chestnut, with the third best card in the Serapong, is ninth in the table and clearly the best of a poor start to the Spanish golfers: Alejandro Canizares, with two under par (69 strokes), is ranked No. 54; Jose Manuel Lara (72) the 126 and Ignacio Garrido and Miguel Angel Jimenez (73) share the 140.

Paul Martin (74) and Pablo Larrazabal (75) were sunk in this massive tournament in which three American golfers survived after 18 holes. The Venezuelan Jhonattan Vegas signed 68 in the Tanjong and holds the thirty-second spot, while Brazilian Adilson Da Silva took a blow (69).

Colombian Camilo Villegas got into trouble by signing par for the course (71), which were the same shots that ended the American left-hander Phil Mickelson.

Yani Tseng challenges men

Yani Tseng, number one golf world is convinced she can do well with men. The Taiwanese, who is doing a season on the LPGA almost historical, has expressed his desire to play a PGA tournament in order to measure forces with the men's golf.

The tremendous domain in 2011 has come Tseng has become a dictatorship. He has now been eleven wins (including two majors) and is just two of the absolute record of the legendary Annika Sorestam. Site Statistics leads the couple of days under (50 of 51), birdies (333), greens in regulation (0.760) and, above all, made the drive yards (269 102).

Tseng For many it has outgrown the LPGA. Comparing his numbers with those of the men's tour, it seems clear that lost more than 20 yards from the tee (the average in the PGA is 290) may pose an additional difficulty. Just one fact: Brian Gay, last-ranked male player 'driving distance', has an average of 269.8 yards, just over Tseng. But the consolation is that Taiwan's Gay wins this year over one million dollars (position 82 in the FedEx Cup) hitting 'very weak' from the tee.

"I want to have fun"
Yani Tseng is very curious to see what her performance in a men's tournament. "If there is the possibility, I would play a tournament on the PGA Tour. I do not care about the results, because all I want is to have fun with the feeling of playing with boys to learn and improve."

Tseng's words did not fall on deaf ears and hours later received an invitation from Puerto Rico Open (included in the PGA Tour). Tournament director justifies "having here the world's No. 1 would open the door to many foreign audience. In addition, increase the collection of funds for our charities and open the door to the possibility that one day tournament held here LPGA Tour. "

After much thought, Tseng has decided to decline the invitation on the grounds that "now would be a distraction" too big for her. So we will wait to see how it ends the cracking of the player. Recall that the Taiwanese would not be the first woman to play in a men's tournament. Babe Zaharias, Annika Sorestam, Suzy Whaley and Michelle Wie and tried to measure forces with the 'boys', being the only Zaharias did make the cut in 1945. 4lv4r0.r

Tiger: "Steve should not have said it, but not a racist"

The American golfer Tiger Woods, who will participate in the Australia Open, said at the press conference prior to the tournament that his former caddy, New Zealander Steve Williams, "is certainly not a racist."

Williams, assistant Tiger in 13 of its 14 titles of 'Grand Slam', told a private dinner in Shanghai last Friday that "my goal was to put him the trophy for his black ass," referring to his former chief, and after obtaining award for the "celebration of the year."

"They said it incorrectly. Probably sounded hurtful, but life goes on. It's a comment that should not have done and he probably regrets. But Steve is not racist," said Tiger.

Williams apologized

to Tiger's excaddie was forced to publish on its website a statement to apologize for his words. "I regret the comments I made ​​in a festive and fun. I understand that could be interpreted as racist, but that was not my intention. I apologize sincerely to Tiger and anyone who has been offended," added Williams.

Tiger Woods will participate as a guest next week, also in Australia, in the Presidents Cup, which pits the United States with an international combined except Europe.