On Nov. 27, 2009, it was reported that Tiger Woods had crashed his Escalade not far from his home in Florida. In the year since, the man who was once one of the greatest, most revered, most iconic athletes of our time has undergone tremendous upheaval. His personal, public and professional lives haven’t been the same since, and won’t likely be ever again.
Here’s a look back at a year we, and Tiger Woods, will never forget.
Filed under: Golf Odds and Ends, Golf Tips
In this week’s edition of FanHouse TV’s “TaylorMade Tips,” 11-year tour pro Sergio Garcia drops by to demonstrate the finer points of striking the ball with your irons.
Click to watch:
Filed under: British Open, PGA
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Henrik Stenson has reached a point where he deserves to be known for more than stripping down to underwear and a golf club.
The 34-year-old Swede has six career worldwide victories, including the PGA Tour’s 2007 World Match Play title and the 2009 Players Championship, but nothing has given him more exposure than a single shot struck last year in South Florida.
During first-round play at Doral, Stenson’s wayward drive on the third hole landed in muddy terrain near a water hazard. Seeking an option to avoid soiling his clothes with mud, he took the natural alternative.
Off came his shoes, his socks, his shirt and slacks.
“Just the way God created me,” Stenson explained.
And that’s pretty much how he has been recognized since.
Filed under: British Open, PGA
Nobody likes to make double bogey. But Miguel Angel Jimenez‘s double bogey on 17 at St. Andrews on Saturday included what is likely the best shot we will see at this year’s British Open, if not all year. That should make him feel better.
Stuck against a stone wall, Jimenez turned around and fired a shot that ricocheted off the wall and landed back on the green. Just watch the video of the shot, via Waggle Room:
Filed under: British Open, PGA
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — What do you think of Louis Oosthuizen now?
When the unknown 27-year-old South African introduced himself to the British Open by zipping to a lopsided five-shot lead after two rounds of play, the obvious reaction was to yawn and ask for a Sunday afternoon wake-up call.
Early leaders in major championship golf are as predictable as smoke in the wind. And considering St. Andrews has been all but swept away this week by 35-40 mph gusts whipping in from the North Sea, Oosthuizen’s early success came with no small level of staying-power suspicion.
All the doubt did not mystically vanish Saturday, but then, neither did Oosthuizen. That means, now, it really gets serious.
Share After a steady, at times artful, round of 3-under 69, the player with one career European Tour victory is 15 under and four shots clear going into the last day.
“You know, I’m really happy with myself, keeping my emotions intact, playing the last round Saturday, leading and the way I played,” Oosthuizen said. “I could only control myself. If someone came through shooting 64, there’s nothing I can do. Tomorrow I’m going to do pretty much the same and just go out there and never get ahead of myself.”
