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Never play golf with Claude Julien
Mar 26th
BOSTON — To err is human. But when an NHL referee clearly makes a mistake, he’s called everything but human.
New York’s lone goal in a 1-0 win over the Bruins Saturday afternoon at TD Garden came under scrutiny by Boston coach Claude Julien as soon it was scored by the Rangers’ Derek Stepan at 6:39 of the first period.
On the play prior to the whistle that led to an offensive zone face off for the Rangers, it was clear New York was off sides, but it was not called. Then, on the ensuing face off, the Rangers’ Vaclav Prospal jumped into the circle early, collected the puck and dropped it back to defenseman Michael Sauer. His shot from the point was tipped past Bruins netminder Tuukka Rask for what turned out to be the only goal of the game.
“It’s unfortunate the only goal that was scored maybe was a little bit of a controversial goal, but we had lots of opportunities to make up for it,” Julien said.
After the goal Julien was livid on the bench, and when asked after the game whether or not he was arguing the non-off-sides call, or the face off, Julien said both.
“It was a missed off-sides,” Julien said. “They make mistakes, but then the guy jumps in and passes it to the point, so it should have been blown down. At one point there’s one mulligan, but I didn’t feel like they needed two.”
Rask said he wasn’t concerned with any non-calls in the game.
“No matter what, [Stepan] made a good tip,” Rask said.
From espn.go.com
Double delightfor Philippines
Mar 26th
The Philippines, led by Chihiro Ikeda, dominated the 21st Thailand Ladies Amateur Open at Bangkok Golf Club yesterday.
They won both the individual and team titles in the 54-hole competition.
Ikeda, who took two gold medals at the 2009 SEA Games in Laos, fired a final-round 71 to finish on 2-under-par 214 for a one-shot victory over compatriot Dottie Ardina (70).
Ikeda won the Queen Rambhai Barni Trophy. It was another success for the Philippines in amateur golf after Ardina won the Queen Sirikit Cup in India recently.
Thailand’s best scorer was defending champion Pinrat Loomboonrueang (72) who finished fourth.
Ikeda, Ardina and Jayvie Agolo won the team event on 286 while Thailand _ Pinrat, Dolnapa Phudthipinij and Jaruporn Palakawong Na Ayutthaya _ came in second on 294.
“Although I won, I am not really happy with my performance,” said Ikeda who played in her fourth Thailand Ladies Amateur Open.
It is likely to be her last appearance in the annual event as she plans to turn pro later this year.
Raevadee T. Suwan, chairwoman of the organising committee, said that because the course was quite difficult, particularly its fast greens, participants were unable to shoot low scores.
From www.bangkokpost.com
Opportunity for all visitors to receive a free round of golf
Mar 26th
Every visitor to the National Golf Show will receive a free round of golf at the fantastic Nailcote Hall.
The midlands venue hosts the Open Par 3 Championships and annual Farmfoods British Par 3 Championship, meaning the complimentary rounds will see golfers treading the same fairways as the great Tony Jacklin, a host of former Ryder Cup players, European Tour stars and celebrities such as Sir Alex Ferguson, Jasper Carrott and Len Goodman.
To collect their free round all visitors have to do is visit Nailcote Hall on stand S24.
And the complimentary visit could be put to good use as practice for the new series of Open Par 3 Championships taking place at Nailcote Hall, the winners of which will be rewarded with a place alongside top professionals in the Farmfoods British Par 3 Championship.
Golfers will also have the chance of winning a fantastic golf break at Nailcote Hall as a daily prize on the show’s nearest-the-pin competition.
Free golf for every visitor makes the golfing extravaganza even better value for money with advance tickets costing just £7.50 and coming with a host of exclusive promotions to redeem at the event including a £50 voucher from Your Golf Travel.com and a further 10 per cent off the Watch Hut’s show prices.
The National Golf Show takes place from April 15-17 and a strong focus on visitor participation will mean golfers are greeted by a host of opportunities to swing a club, with free tuition from fully qualified coaches and the chance to win fantastic prizes on a variety of innovative fun and games among the show’s main features.
All the latest equipment from big brands will be available to test and buy as well as the latest training aids and apparel, with the show bringing together all elements of the golfing world.
For more information or to buy tickets call 0844 581 0801 or go to www.nationalgolfshow.com.
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From the19thholereport.com
Latest Daly spray leaves nothing to the imagination
Mar 26th
Through the years, we’ve learnt nothing should surprise about John Daly and his excesses in life, be it drinking, gambling, trashing hotel rooms – not to mention his four failed marriages. He wrote about much of it in his book, My Life in and out of the Rough, but a new book has been penned by his fourth wife, Sherrie, who has not been without controversy herself as she spent five months in jail for her part in a drug ring. According to early reviews in the US, sections of the book are in the “far too much information” category, such as the time he returned from Germany to his Arkansas home to check the progress of interior decorators. They’d painted the kitchen walls the wrong colour so, Sherrie writes: “In front of everyone, in front of his own mother, John whipped it out and started peeing all over the wall.” No doubt the book will sell, as there is a morbid fascination with the flawed genius who has never fulfilled his potential.
TIGER DISDAIN
It is not only this column that has developed a dislike of Tiger Woods, while admiring his skills as a golfer that have fallen by the wayside. Englishman Peter Alliss, the great TV commentator, writes in the latest Golf World magazine: “I’ve watched Tiger Woods since he was 15 and marvel at what he can do on the golf course. He has been amazing. And there was a time when he smiled and was more gracious. Now, even when asked reasonably sensible golfing questions, he looks like he has terminal piles. He gives nothing back.”
MEN CHIP IN
Last week, we wrote of the LPGA’s Founders Cup, subsequently won by Karrie Webb, which was played for charity with no prizemoney going to the players, and suggested the PGA Tour should do something similar. Nothing has been announced at official level but the men are showing they care. K.J. Choi has donated $100,000 and Bubba Watson $50,000. Others to hit their kick include Brandt Snedeker and Bobby Gates. With her victory in the Founders Cup, Webb moved up two places on the women’s world rankings to No.8 and, with two LPGA victories already this year, can’t wait for the first major, the Nabisco Championship that starts on Thursday (US time). She fancies taking another swim in the lake beside the 18th green at the Mission Hills course in California, which has become tradition since 1988. Webb won the Nabisco in 2006 after holing an eagle wedge shot on the 72nd hole to go into a play-off against Lorena Ochoa, which she won on the first hole. Webb says: “Mike [Paterson, her caddie] and I talk about that shot every time we play the hole. Probably my best memory in golf is there.”
TOUR GROWS
The OneAsia Tour that began life in 2009 with just five tournaments is back in action again this weekend with the Singapore PGA Championship, the first of 13 events this year. It is not yet a serious challenger to the Asian Tour but inroads are being made. Curious to see through the week that Ken Schofield, who was executive director of the European Tour for more than 30 years until his retirement in 2004, has joined the Asian Tour board.
WILD DAYS
In the 1970s there was the Murray Classic, a 54-hole event played at three of the best courses in the region – Yarrawonga, Cobram-Barooga and Corowa – and there were some wild times. I recall arriving at one of the clubs early in the morning when the face of an old five-cent poker machine was smashed in by a fist. Talk about frustration. Last weekend, at the NSW-Victoria Golf Writers State-of-Origin clash (won by NSW) at Corowa, the only damage done with the poker machines was by the machines themselves.
From www.smh.com.au
Wie stumbles, falls 9 back of Shin
Mar 26th
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By Ann Miller
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 26, 2011
CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif. » Jiyai Shin left everyone in the mud at the Kia Classic yesterday. Honolulu’s Michelle Wie sank in it over her final four holes at Industry Hills Golf Club.
Wie went into the rain-delayed second round in third place and had a share of fourth through 14 holes. But she bogeyed three of her final four holes to fall into a tie for eighth, far back of Shin.
Wie finished with a 2-over-par 75. Her two-day total of 3-under 143 leaves her nine behind Shin. The world’s second-ranked female golfer was four ahead of Sandra Gal when play was suspended with Gal halfway through her round.
Shin is six shots clear of everybody else after a phenomenal 9-under 64 yesterday. It was a career low in relation to par for Shin, who beat out Wie for rookie of the year in 2009.
The second round was delayed 3 hours to wait out the rain, which provided soft greens, casual water and a splash behind every shot and landing on the fairway. Half the field will try to finish its second round this morning, including four golfers in the top 10. The third round will follow after the cut is made.
Hilo’s Kimberly Kim is in danger of missing it at 6 over. She also struggled through the final holes, bogeying two of her last three to shoot 77.
Wie’s day was anything but boring from the beginning. The world’s 11th-ranked player drove the 282-yard 10th hole while Juli Inkster was lining up her putt in the group ahead. Wie’s ball rolled up the green to the top of the slope, then seemed to see Inkster and roll back down to the bottom level.
"I was so surprised it even got there," Wie said. "I was like, ‘My bad, I hit the cart path.’ I guess that’s one way of getting on the green."
The Punahou graduate whacked her eagle putt up the hill, but even that wasn’t hard enough. It rolled back down again. Her next putt barely made the top and stopped 5 feet short of the hole. She missed that, four-putting her first hole for bogey.
"It was a harder putt than I would have had with a wedge," Wie said. "I hit that (first) putt really hard."
Just like Thursday, she bounced back quickly, blasting another drive about 50 yards from the 11th hole and hitting her wedge within 3 feet for birdie.
A bogey on the 15th left her 1 over for the day and 4 under for the tournament when she made the turn. After tentative putts earlier, she drained a 15-foot birdie putt with authority at No. 2 to get back to 5 under, then launched another approach to 2 feet on the fourth to grab a share of fourth.
Bogeys at Nos. 6, 7 and 9 erased all that and more.
"One shot here, one shot there, just kind of grinding out there …," she said. "I got unlucky on a couple holes at the end, stuck on a branch on (No.) 9. A little unlucky and a couple bad shots."
Wie did interviews with The Golf Channel in English and J Golf in Korean after the bottom dropped out of her day. Then she said she needs a lot of patience and some low numbers this weekend to catch Shin.
The leader has played the front nine in 11 under the first two days. She already has five wins on the LPGA Tour, and 26 internationally. Maybe more impressive, Shin has finished in the top 10 in more than half her starts and finished last year ranked No. 1.
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Hotel and housing part of B.C. project
Mar 26th
With golf on the doorstep, a five-minute drive to downtown Kamloops, and a 35-minute drive to skiing at Sun Peaks or swimming at the beaches of the Shuswap Lakes, there are several development opportunities at Sun Rivers Golf Resort.
Among them is a 200-room hotel with conference rooms and elegant dining room.
The hotel site has been selected for its location, elevation and panoramic view of the Thompson Valley and Sun Rivers Golf Resort.
The site is about two hectares and will be fully serviced.
The hotel may expect to own and operate the golf course as a tourist destination attraction.
Varied parcels of land are also available for townhomes, adult community, golf cottages, timeshare or single lot subdivisions.
They are located throughout Sun Rivers for development by developers other than Sun Rivers Development Corp. -providing the proposal is in concert with the overall Sun Rivers master plan and the master development and servicing agreement.
Vacation home opportunities are also available at Sun Rivers.
From www.calgaryherald.com
GOLF: Laird cards a 7-under 65, leads by one
Mar 26th
ORLANDO, Fla. – Martin Laird loves when he can smash a driver, and that carried him a long way Friday at Bay Hill.
Laird reached three of the par 5s in two shots, converted one of them into an eagle, and wound up with a 7-under 65 and a one-shot lead over K.J. Choi and Spencer Levin in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
It wasn’t just the par 5s. Even without any wind in the afternoon, Laird hit driver on the 384-yard fifth hole to set up a simple pitch and another birdie. He closed his round with a 321-yard tee shot on the ninth and a 12-foot birdie.
Choi put in three hybrids to go with his driver and two fairway metals, all to get ready for the Masters. It paid dividends at Bay Hill with a tournament-best 64. Levin didn’t play his best in the morning, but his putting carried him to a 70. Levin made all four of his birdie putts outside 15 feet to stay atop the leader board until Laird’s late surge.
And Tiger Woods is still in the hunt.
Woods raised his arm on the ninth green as his 20-foot birdie putt rolled in for a 4-under 68, leaving him six shots behind going into the weekend.
Laird was at 9-under 135.
“I’m driving the ball really well and putting really well,” Laird said. “Ask any pro – that’s a pretty good combination to have, especially on a golf course this long, where you have to drive the ball in the fairway.”
Charles Howell III, who needs a win to play his hometown tournament in two weeks at Augusta National, had a 65 and was three shots behind with Hunter Mahan and Steve Marino.
Mahan turned his fortunes around quickly. He went out in 38 to fall seven shots behind, then ran off four straight birdies to start the back nine, and finished with a shot that hit the pin on the 18th for his seventh birdie in a round of 69.
Choi has never shot better than a 67 at Bay Hill, and he wasn’t expecting a low one Friday.
“I would never have thought that I would score 8 under today on a course like this,” Choi said. “I’m just happy that I’ve done that, and I just want to keep this rhythm going on for the last two days.”
Levin walked off the sixth green during his morning round and noticed he already had a six-shot lead. He didn’t make his first bogey of the tournament until the 14th hole of the second round, then dropped another shot on the 17th.
LPGA Tour
INDUSTRY, Calif. – Second-ranked Jiyai Shin shot a bogey-free 9-under 64, birdieing nine of the first 14 holes, to take a four-stroke lead in the rain-delayed Kia Classic.
Shin, an eight-time winner on the LPGA Tour, had a 12-under 134 total on the Industry Hills Golf Club course at Pacific Palms.
Sanda Gal was second at 8 under with nine holes left when play was suspended for the day because of darkness.
Seventy-two players, the entire afternoon group, were unable to finish the round after rain delayed the start three hours.
Michelle Wie followed an opening 68 with a 75 to drop nine strokes behind Shin at 3 under.
European Tour
MALAGA, Spain – Maarten Lafeber shot a 5-under 65 Friday to climb into a share of the halfway lead at the Andalucian Open.
Lafeber had four birdies and an eagle mixed with a lone bogey to join Rikard Karlberg and Jeppe Huldahl atop the leader board with an 8-under total of 132.
The 36-year-old Lafeber eagled No. 14 to help him move up 10 spots from the first round, when he shot 67.
Chip shots
• Two-time Masters champion Bernhard Langer has had thumb surgery because of a biking accident and will be out about two months. He will miss the Masters for the first time since 1983.
• Brett Wetterich put together rounds of 67 and 65 to take a three-stroke lead in the Louisiana Open in Broussard, La. Wetterich was at 10-under 132. Charles Warren and Andres Echavarria were at 135, and Sahuaro High School grad Rich Barcelo (65-71) led a three-person group at 136. Rincon/University grad Michael Thompson (67-73) and former UA golfer Chris Nallen (71-69) were at 140.
From azstarnet.com
Dragons gear up for another golf title chase
Mar 26th
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Dragons gear up for another golf title chase By Brad Hallier – The Hutchinson News – bhallier@hutchnews.com
The Hutchinson Community College golf team has already won two Jayhawk Conference tournaments. Considering just three have been played so far, the Blue Dragons are in good shape to win their fourth straight conference title and fifth in six years.
The one tournament the Blue Dragons didn’t win, however, could be the difference between a conference title and second place. A third-place finish at the third conference tournament in Andover helped Dodge City move into a first-place tie at the midway point of the conference season.
Now the race essentially comes down to a best-of-three series with Hutchinson and Dodge City, although Johnson County trails the co-leaders by three points in the conference standings.
“I could very well come to that,” HCC coach Chris Young said. “We go to Junction City on Monday, and that could go a long ways in deciding it. The team that finishes first will have an edge in confidence.
“We control our own destiny, but we’ve been in position before where we haven’t and still won it.”
The final three tournaments will be played in the next four weeks. The final two tournaments are at courses the Blue Dragons generally play well at – Hesston Golf Park and Sand Creek Station in Newton.
Dodge City and Hutchinson both have the individuals to ensure strong team scores. Dodge City’s Alex Tiong leads the individual conference race with 24 .5 points. Reigning conference champ, Chien Hau Tan of Dodge City, is two points behind.
Hutchinson’s Craig Howell (19 points), Sam Schulte (14 .5) and Mike Muller (14) are also in the top five. Schulte, coming off wrist surgery, could have a strong spring.
“He played with a broken wrist in the fall, so he’s playing better now,” Young said of the former Buhler standout.
Howell, Schulte and Muller will take three spots in the five-player roster Monday. Nick Seiler is the fourth, and the final spot will go to Niklas Ekbert or Ryley Haas.
While Hutchinson’s third-place finish leaves little room for error if it hopes to win the conference again, Young was confident his team was in good shape.
“We’ll be all right,” Young said. “I don’t mind where we’re at. We won two of the three against Dodge the first semester, but we’ve got to be consistent. If we don’t win Monday, we can’t shoot ourselves in the foot and not finish second.”
From hutchnews.com
Jiyai Shin takes Kia Classic lead
Mar 26th
Jiyai Shin, of South Korea, drives on the 11th tee in the second round of the LPGA Kia Classic golf tournament at Industry Hills Golf Club in Industry, Calif., Friday, March 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
“I jumped on the birdie bus,” Shin said.
The South Korean star, an eight-time winner on the LPGA Tour, had a 12-under 134 total on the Industry Hills Golf Club course at Pacific Palms. Seventy-two players, all of the afternoon starters, were unable to finish the round after rain delayed the start three hours.
“I think I’m really lucky to finish,” Shin said. “I played very well, so I’ll take a good rest.”
Germany’s Sandra Gal was second at 8 under with nine holes left when play was suspended for the day because of darkness. Amanda Blumenherst, the first-round leader, and Chella Choi were third at 6 under. Blumenherst had nine holes remaining, while Choi shot a 68.
“Because of the rain delay this morning, I was a little tired,” Choi said. “But it actually gave me more time to prepare and warm up, and things went well from there.”
Michelle Wie, returning to the tour after finishing finals at Stanford, followed an opening 68 with a 75 to drop nine strokes behind Shin at 3 under. Wie bogeyed three of her final four holes.
“Just kind of didn’t get a couple of holes going,” Wie said. “Just kind of mis-hit a couple of shots and missed a couple putts and I guess that’s the difference it makes. … You have to be on the right side of the fairway, because there are trees blocking out half of the green, so it’s really about management.”
Shin, trying to regain the top spot in the world from Yani Tseng, missed only one fairway and one green in regulation and finished with 25 putts. She made four birdie putts from 12 feet or longer.
“My goal was 3-under par, so I just kept thinking before the round to make a couple birdies and no bogeys,” Shin said. “I just kept focused for my shot. It was really easy, simple play.”
Blumenherst, a stroke ahead of Gal after the first round, was four shots behind when she started the second round late in the afternoon.
“I was not watching at all,” Blumenherst said. “I had no idea of what was going on. It’s just part of the game.”
Tseng, the winner of the season-opening LPGA Thailand and three other worldwide events this year, was 2 under for the tournament with five holes left. Karrie Webb, coming off her second straight victory Sunday in Phoenix, was 2 over – also with five holes remaining in the round.
The tournament is the tour’s first in the Los Angeles area in six years. Last year at La Costa in Carlsbad, Hee Kyung Seo won her first LPGA Tour title, beating Inbee Park by six strokes. Seo was in position to miss the cut following rounds of 77 and 73.
From www.goupstate.com
Wie falters in second round of Kia Classic
Mar 26th
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Wie falters in second round of Kia Classic
By Ann Miller
POSTED: 03:23 p.m. HST, Mar 25, 2011
CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif.>>Hawaii’s Michelle Wie bogeyed three of her final four holes today to fall into a tie for seventh and far back of leader Jiyai Shin halfway through the Kia Classic.
There was a 3-hour rain delay this morning at Industry Hills Golf Club. The second round is scheduled to finish tomorrow and the third round will start after the cut is made. The tournament is scheduled to finish Sunday.
Wie began the day at 5 under par and two off the lead. She started on the back nine, bogeyed the 10th and birdied the 11th. A bogey on the 15th left her 4 under at the turn.
She birdied Nos. 2 and 4 to get to 6 under and grab a share of fourth, but bogeys at Nos. 6, 7 and 9 gave her a 2-over-par 75. At 3-under 143, she had a share of seventh when she finished, with with about half the field still playing their second round at 6 p.m. local time.
Shin, ranked No. 2 in the world, finished soon after Wie and shot a 9-under 64. At 12 under for the tournament, she has a six-shot lead.
Hilo’s Kimberly Kim shot 77 and is at 6-over 152.
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