“I’ve had a tough run and I really wanted to play well.”
Ernie Els, the Rolls Royce of golf, looked every inch the classic model admired by all when he closed with an immaculate, six under 66 to win the WGC-CA Championship by four shots from his South African protégé Charl Schwartzel at blustery Doral.
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Thailand’s Boonchu Ruangkit romped to a record-breaking 11-shotThailand’s Boonchu Ruangkit rewrote the European Senior Tour history books when he romped to a stunning 11 shot victory in the Chang Thailand Senior Masters presented by ISPS.
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Padraig Harrington is chasing his first WGC victory in Miami.The Formula One season begins in Bahrain today but you can almost hear the engines roaring ahead of the final round of the WGC-CA Championship at the Doral’s Blue Monster circuit. We want to see an imperious drive from the winner, but secretly, we’re just waiting for the crashes, the shunts and shaking fists.
Gentlemen, start your engines.
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Boonchu Ruangkit continued his superb form to lead the Chang Thailand Senior Masters. Denis O’Sullivan and Jimmy Heggarty went backwards but home hero Boonchu Ruangkit surged ahead in his bid for back-to-back European Senior Tour victories in Thailand.
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“My father always told me, ‘If you can’t win, play well five months of the year; make sure you play well midseason; if you’re going to pick a time to play well, play well through the four majors.’”
Is he back? Who? Tiger? No, Padraig Harrington.
It’s too soon to say that Harrington has started to mine the kind of form that will make him a force at Augusta in a month’s time, but a four under 68 left the Celtic Tiger just four shots off the lead at the halfway stage of the WGC-CA Championship in Miami.
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Boonchu Ruangkit tried kick-boxing as a young man but gave it up after being knocked out cold in his third bout.
Denis O’Sullivan put last week’s poor performance in Brunei behind him to notch six birdies in an opening round of three under par 69 in the Chang Thailand Senior Masters in Nakhonpathom.
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Padraig Harrington has played more World Golf Championships than any other player. But will it be 33rd time lucky for the Dubliner at Doral?
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The ninth green at County Sligo GC with Ben Bulben in the backgroundThe best players in the world will be at Augusta National for the Masters but the top class field that will assemble at County Sligo for the “Radisson Blu Hotel” West of Ireland Championship will argue that they have the better gig.
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Laura Davies at Portmarnock Links last year.Defending champion Laura Davies opened her title defence with a five-under par 68 in the Handa Women’s Australian Open at Commonwealth Golf Club.
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Padraig Harrington insisted he’s not feeling under pressure to perform despite his winless streak and his slow, slide down the world rankings.
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Rory McIlroy took another giant step in his career when EA Sports announced he would feature with Tiger Woods on the cover the world No 1’s new PGA Tour ‘11 video game.
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Jack Nicklaus when he was 20 years old
Rory McIlroy can’t wait to tee it up with major winners Phil Mickelson and Retief Goosen in the WGC-CA Championship at Doral.
But it will be hard to impress the 20-year old Holywood starlet following his power lunch with 18-time major champion Jack Nicklaus at the Bear’s HQ in West Palm Beach last week.
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Padraig Harrington will try anything to become a better player. Here he’s pictured working on his putting at the Titleist Performance Institute.Padraig Harrington confessed that a failed experiment put him right off his greens at last week’s Honda Classic.
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Padraig Harrington will join Taoiseach Brian Cowen for the annual St Patrick’s Day celebrations at the White House.
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Tiger Woods’s yacht Privacy
Tiger Woods won’t be at Doral’s Blue Monster for this week’s WGC-CA Championship
But Ireland’s Celtic Tiger Padraig Harrington reckons the controversy surrounding the disgraced world No 1 could lead to a long-term financial bonanza for golf when the world No 1 returns to the game.