Sunday, November 8, 2009

Sunday bits. . .




Tiger had a lackluster even-par 72 in the final round of the HSBC Championship to lose by five strokes to Phil Mickelson. (Yahoo Sports)


Tiger has failed to win in 3 of his last four attempts when playing in the final group at the HSBC.
Tiger has finished in the top-10 28/31 times he has played in a World Golf Championship.


Ryan Moore, one of my favorite PGA Tour stars, who has repeatedly denied sponsor requests and chosen to remain sponsorship-less, just became partners with Scratch Golf  (ESPN Golf) (Bloomberg).


"Researchers found that golfers could reduce their handicap after a few months of using a night-time device that provides nasal positive airway pressure (NPAP) – a treatment that has been shown effective for curbing sleep apnea." (Irish Times)


Stephanie Wei, the former Duke University Women's golf standout, recently blogged on meeting Rickie Fowler (Wei Under Par).


TaylorMade is struggling to get their new wedge-line which feature exchangeable faces passed by the USGA. (Golfweek via Geoff Shackelford) See my previous post on the USGA's new wedge guidelines.


Check out The Golf Channel's new series, "Project '99," devoted to chronicling the major golf events from 1999 (The Golf Channel).


Gary Player is horse racing fan (LA Times). And, he's as cool as he has always been . . .


Jay Busbee of Yahoo Sports' Devil Ball Golf prepared a compilation of the 10 best shots of the decade from the LPGA Tour (Devil Ball Golf)


The Irish Supreme Court ruled in favor of exclusive membership at men's only country clubs (Yahoo Sports).


And, check out the 2010 PGA Tour Schedule.

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