Tiger Woods Dumps Golf Caddie Steve Williams

If change is what one needs to create a turnaround in one’s fortune, then dumping Steve Williams may be inevitable. However, many would agree that it is debatable whether Tiger Wood's caddie, golf coach, etc the underlying causes for his dismay performance?

Certainly obvious is that business relationships including those in sports are pretty fragile. In Steve’s case, even though he has been with Tiger Woods for 12 years and 250 tournaments that brought about 72 wins, the professional relationship can be discarded overnight.

Anyway, as they used to say, “life goes on…Steve will soon get his new boss.” Meanwhile, let’s give him our best wishes.

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Tiger On The Prowl

Did one local dailies put it aptly when the news headline said, “Tiger Back In the Prowl” ? The papers were referring to Woods optimism after charging one shot clear in the first round of Chevron World Golf Challenge, as he continues to seek a break-through.

When asked on Thursday if he is back to his best after a series of dismay performance since his private life got the world’s attention, Woods replied: “It’s a process.”

Woods, whose last tournament victory was at the 2009 Australian Masters, further added, “I was putting together streaks of holes – two, three, five holes of this – and then I’d lose it for a little bit. I needed to get to a full round and then eventually a full tournament. Today was a full round, so that’s a good start.”

Let’s hope he gets his first golf victory before year 2010 comes to a close ;-)



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Ryder Cup 2010 | Tiger Woods Coached By Golf Instructor Sean Foley

Tiger Woods will be going into this year’s Ryder Cup as one of the four wild card picks on the 12-man team. Not to his liking; nevertheless, Woods insist that he will play and compete in Ryder 2010 with the same intensity as he has played in the Majors.

“Whether I was a person who was picked or a person who earned their way on the squad, it doesn’t change the overall goal. It’s still the same and that’s to go over there and win,” he said.

Only time will tell whether Woods, who is currently being coached by golf instructor Sean Foley, will give a better show at next month’s Ryder Cup.

His game seems to be improving as he continues to work on his golf swing and mental condition – finishing joint 11th at last week’s Deutsche Bank Championship. “I’m pleased at the progress I’ve made in my game working with Sean,” he told the press.

Anyway, let’s watch how he will fair at this weekend’s BMW Championship in Lemont, Illinois.



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Recovery For Tiger Woods At Deutsche Bank Golf Tournament 2010

Further optimism is seen for Tiger Woods game, after regaining some form at the recent Barclays tournament to finish at a respectable 12th placing. He notched birdies on the second, fourth, sixth and seventh holes on Saturday, after a dreadful first day at the Deutsche Bank Championship 2010.

“To start off that way, that was nice,” he said. That, however, wasn’t the tone on the first day: Woods, who ranked 65th in the FedEx Cup standings, started to shoot a one-over 72, only ahead of five players in the 99-man golf tournament. “I just didn’t have it today,” he told the Press after the first round. But it’s not  just “today” – Wood’s game has been in the doldrums for quite a while: many people naturally felt that his domestic problems that led to his recent divorce from Swedish wife, Elin, were sapping his mental strength and thence his focus on the game.




Leading the golfers on 64 at the Deutsche Bank tournament were Australia’s Jason Day and American Zach Johnson. Day expressed that “everything kind of clicked” at this event, while the obviously delighted Johnson felt the good start will create the momentum for the rest of the golf tournament.



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Barclays Golf 2010 Prize Money | Tiger Woods In Ridgewood Country Club

This year’s Barclays Golf is expected to be stiff. Held from August 26 to 29 in Ridgewood Country Club, Barclays will see Tiger Woods competing for a share of the prize money of $7.5 million. He is expected to qualify for the Playoffs even though his final standing is still dependent on this week’s results at Wyndham Championship. It will be Woods first time playing in Barclays at this venue.

First established in 1967, and initially known as Westchester Classic, the Barclays may also see Vijay Singh competing. The only four- time winner, Vijay Singh won the tournament in 1993, 1995, 2006 and 2008. Vijay is also the only golfer that won more than twice at this prestigious event.

The two-time winners are Jack Nicklaus (1967, 1972), Seve Ballesteros (1983, 1988), Ernie Els (1996, 1997), and Sergio Garcia (2001, 2004).




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WCG Bridgestone Invitational 2010 Prize Money | World Golf Championship Leaderboard

Is Tiger Woods, the champion of four of the recent five WCG Bridgestone championships, in danger of losing the number one position to fellow golfers Lee Westwood or Phil Mickelson? The stakes are high as it is not just the prize money of $8,500,000. Pride and status are intertwined in such high profile tournaments.

Pressure is surely mounting on Tiger Woods as he has not won a tournament since November. But the scales are still tipped in favor of Tiger Woods; afterall, he has one of the most illustrious career in the history of golf when he has been the leading player for the at 270 weeks and for an overall total of 612 weeks.

Regardless of the outcome, this year’s WCG Bridgestone Invitational should be exciting.



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Centrifugal Force In The Golf Swing

Ever wondered why professional golfers like Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Lee Westwood swing so easily, and yet generate so much power in their golf swing? The secret lies in their ability in controlling and harnessing the centrifugal force in the golf swing. That is done by increasing the centripetal force, i.e. pulling the club head, which, in turn, translates into faster golf head movement during the downward swing of the club.

Watch how Billy Bondaruk, 2006 PGA Teacher of the Year Top Golf Instructor in the NE PGA does it so  this instructional video.