March

  • Ernie Els wins again; now favourite for Augusta

    Written by Golf World staff writer on Tuesday 30 March 2010

    Ernie Els survived a few nervous moments by making two clutch par putts to win the rain-delayed Arnold Palmer Invitational in a Monday finish for his second PGA Tour victory in a row after a two-year drought. Coming off a four-shot victory in the World Golf Championship at Doral two weeks ago, Els closed with a 1-under 71 at Bay Hill...

  • Ernie Els wins again; now favourite for Augusta

    Written by Golf World staff writer on Tuesday 30 March 2010

    Ernie Els survived a few nervous moments by making two clutch par putts to win the rain-delayed Arnold Palmer Invitational in a Monday finish for his second PGA Tour victory in a row after a two-year drought. Coming off a four-shot victory in the World Golf Championship at Doral two weeks ago, Els closed with a 1-under 71 at Bay...

  • Ernie Els wins again; now favourite for Augusta

    Written by Golf World staff writer on Tuesday 30 March 2010

    Ernie Els survived a few nervous moments by making two clutch par putts to win the rain-delayed Arnold Palmer Invitational in a Monday finish for his second PGA Tour victory in a row after a two-year drought. Coming off a four-shot victory in the World Golf Championship at Doral two weeks ago, Els closed with a 1-under 71 at Bay Hill...

  • Fancy a Masters wager on Tiger?

    Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 23 March 2010

    Tiger Woods is 5/1 to be booed on the first tee at Augusta after admitting to nerves before his much-anticipated return to golf. The world number one is 25/1 to kiss an anonymous blonde and 500/1 to fight a fan at The Masters next month. Ladbrokes spokesman, Nick Weinberg, said: “The eyes of the world will be on Tiger and...

  • Els returns home to Wentworth

    Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 19 March 2010

    Following on from his stunning victory in the WGC – CA Championship at Doral last weekend, which put him at the top of the European Tour’s all-time career money list, Ernie Els has confirmed his entry for this year’s BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Club on May 20-23.   It will be Ernie’s first tournament appearance in the UK...

  • March 16 Tiger to play in the Masters

    Written by Golf World Staff Writer on Tuesday 16 March 2010

    Tiger Woods has announced in a statement that he will return to the game at the Masters in 23 days time. He last played in November, when he won the Australian Masters, and less than two weeks after that crashed his car into a water hydrant at his Florida home, which led to revelations that he had been cheating on...

  • March 15 Ernie wins for first time in two years

    Monday 15 March 2010

    Ernie Els bagged his first win in two years, blowing away a stellar field by four shots in the WGC-CA Championship at Doral on Sunday. Els played the final 23 holes without a bogey on the Blue Monster course in Miami and closed with a six-under 66 for a four-shot victory over his South African protégé Charl Schwartzel. Els said: “I’m 40...

  • Fantasy League preview: WGA-CA Championship

    Written by TG Features Writer on Tuesday 9 March 2010

    The final event of the Today’s Golfer Winter Fantasy League is the WGC-CA Championship at the TPC Blue Monster at Doral, Miami. The Blue Monster lives up to its name at a whopping 7,266 yards and 11 water hazards in play. Because this is a World Golf Championship tournament it’s worth double points, making it even more important in deciding who wins the holiday to...

  • Fantasy League preview: Honda Classic

    Written by TG Features Writer on Monday 1 March 2010

    We stay on the other side of the pond for this week’s Fantasy League event: the Honda Classic at the PGA National Champion Course, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The course is regarded as one of the toughest on the PGA Tour calendar, with 26 water hazards coming into play on the 7,158-yard layout. USPGA Champion YE Yang will be defending his first...