Wachovia Championship Super 6 Fantasy Golf Matchups UPDATE 1

Results going into the weekend - only two matches still alive. All these Results to be confirmed.

Bets and picks will open Monday. 2008 Super 6 Fantasy Golf (Win-Loss) record follows players' names (before EDS Byron Nelson). To view player bios and analyse their Super 6 Fantasy Golf performances to date, click here.

Matchup 1: PHIL MICKELSON (T12) WINS as Stricker shoots 78-70 to miss the cut. Phil Mickelson (5-4) Vs Steve Stricker (3-0)

Matchup 2: JIM FURYK WINS Geoff Ogilvy (T22) (2-2) Vs Jim Furyk (7) (2-6)

Matchup 3: VIJAY SINGH (T17) WINS as Rose shoots 76-73 to miss the cut. Vijay Singh (8-1) Vs Justin Rose (3-3)

Matchup 4: ADAM SCOTT WINS Adam Scott (T8) (3-2) Vs Aaron Baddeley (T40) (3-3)

Matchup 5: ZACH JOHNSON (T25) WINS as Trev shoots 76-73 to miss his 2nd consecutive cut after winning the Masters. Zach Johnson (4-2) Vs Trevor Immelman (0-1)

Matchup 6: BOO WEEKLEY (T49) WINS as Aquaman shoots a pair of 75's to miss the cut. Boo Weekley (3-4) Vs Woody Austin (3-2)

This is the final tournament of Game 3. If you've just signed up use this as a practice for Game 4 where you can win some sweet golf gear and equipment.

Sergio's Fashion Sense Harmful To Low Scores

Slice Girl Golf Video Presenter and Golf fashion expert Tyra Shanks got together with our resident Golf equipment reviewer Snoop Doglegg and came up with a theory that could explain why Sergio is 0-7 in his Super 6 Fantasy Golf matchups going into the EDS Byron Nelson: Sergio dresses like a chihuahua. Lets examine some of Sergio's outfits; how could he possibly expect to go low dressed in these?

A "Special" Padraig Harrington

Slice Girl Halle Birdie decided to take a closer look at 2007 British Open winner Padraig Harrington and in doing so came to closer that Padraig is a very "special" person. Lets take a look at Paddy's specialness in pictures:

The special follow through from the 2007 Champion Golfer of The Year


A special kiss with the Claret Jug


A very special bunker shot


An extra special chip shot


A special thumbs up from a very special golfer

EDS Byron Nelson Fantasy Golf Final Results

EDS Byron Nelson Fantasy Golf picks results going into the weekend. Results to be confirmed and posted on Monday.

Match 1: SABBATINI WINS, both players miss the cut but Rory shoots 73-73 to Trevors 78-75. Trevor Immelman (MC) Vs Rory Sabbatini (MC)

Match 2: LUKE DONALD WINS Luke Donald (T19) )Vs Sergio Garcia (T19). Donald has the lowest final round score 73 -75

Match 3: JUSTIN LEONARD WINS Hunter Mahan (T42) Vs Justin Leonard (T19).

Match 4: IAN POULTER WINS regardless as Boo WD's before the tournament began. Ian Poulter (T35) Vs Boo Weekley (WD)

Match 5: ANOTHONY KIM WINS as Steve Elkington misses the cut. Anthony Kim (T19) Vs Steve Elkington (MC)

Match 6: SCOTT VERPLANK WINS as Sean O'Hair misses the cut. Sean O'Hair (MC) Vs Scott Verplank (T61)

Top 20 Golfers and Golf Videos

The Sports Xchange's PGA Tour rankings, selected by TSX Golf Staff, are based on results from 2007 and 2008 — with more emphasis on recent performance.
1. Tiger Woods, United States— Mark Soltau of Golf Digest, who also writes for Woods' website, wrote in his blog last week that Woods did not need crutches after his arthroscopic knee surgery last week. However, he did use them on Saturday night at Tiger Jam XI on Saturday night in Las Vegas, where Van Halen was the feature attraction. Woods already has been able to work on his putting, which let him down in the Masters, and is expected to begin hitting chip shots this week. Win or lose, Woods drives the PGA Tour these days in advertising, television ratings and attendance, but the rest of the guys will have to pick up the slack for four to six weeks. Tiger Woods video definitely will miss his title defense in the Wachovia Championship next week and probably will not be able to play in the Players Championship the following week for the first time in his career. On his website, Woods said his knee had been bothering him for a while and that he decided some time ago to have the scope done to repair cartilage damage after playing at Augusta. He had surgery on the same knee for a benign tumor in 1994, then had another operation to remove fluid from around the left anterior cruciate ligament and remove a cyst in 2002. Mark Steinberg, Woods' agent, said the knee has been bothering him since the middle of last year. Even though he seemed to be a little off throughout the Masters, instructor Hank Haney said Woods did not use the injury as an excuse for not winning, rather watching too may golf videos.

2. Phil Mickelson, United States — Mickelson said after he tied for fifth in the Masters that he believes he is hitting the ball better than he ever has in his career under the tutelage of instructor Butch Harmon. He added that his chipping also was very good at Augusta but acknowledged that it was his putting stroke that let him down. Lefty said he might have been spending so much time on his ball-striking that he did not work on the practice green as much as he should have, and he plans to have that corrected by the time he plays next. He is on the commitment list for the Wachovia Championship even though that is not reflected on the schedule page of his website. Lefty said that his mind has been on the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines for quite some time and that he already has made the short trip from his home in Rancho Santa Fe to play the South Course, site of the second major of the year. Mickelson has been playing the course since he was a youngster growing up nearby, and his team at University of San Diego High played several matches there. Tiger Woods already has been made a prohibitive favorite for the Open thanks to his six victories in the Buick Invitational at Torrey, but Mickelson has won it three times and will have at least as much local knowledge, plus the home crowd on his side. He plans several more trips to Torrey but has been known for almost obsessive preparation and must guard against overdoing it as well as watching too may golf babes videos.

3. Vijay Singh, Fiji — Two weeks is a long break from the PGA Tour for Singh, so he must already by itching to get back into the swing of things next week at the Wachovia Championship, which he won in 2005 by beating Jim Furyk in a playoff. Singh has been stuck on 31 PGA Tour victories since he captured the Arnold Palmer Invitational more than a year ago to tie "Lighthorse Harry" Cooper of England for the most victories on the circuit by a player not born in the United States. He has been close, with three runner-up finishes in the interim, so his first victory at the age of 45 might not be too far off. Singh has won at least one tournament on the Tour in six consecutive seasons and 10 of the last 11, missing out only in 2001, when he finished second twice and third three times. With Vijay Singh, and all of his golf video one of the great ball-strikers in golf history, it's always about the putter, or putters. He probably has more of them, long and short, than any golfer on Tour and switches at a whim. Singh has already changed putters a couple of times this year, and none has worked particularly well. He ranks eighth on the PGA Tour in greens in regulation — he has hit the green 70.59% of the time — but is 123rd in putts per round at 29.44. When he starts making a few, Singh will win again.

4. K.J. Choi, South Korea — For the second time in less than a month, Choi made the long trip back to his native country to play in a tournament, this time the SK Telecom Open, which he won in 2003 and 2005. He gave the home fans what they came to see, moving into the lead by shooting 8-under-par 64 in the second round and going on to win by four strokes over Kyum Nang Kang. Choi won for the second time this year, also having captured the Sony Open in Hawaii, and claimed the 14th victory of his career and seventh since 2005. He was locked in a three-way tie for the lead heading to the final round at Sky 72 Golf Club in Incheon but took command by shooting 31 on the front nine en route to a bogey-free 66. Choi did it with some remarkable ball-striking — he hit 16 of 18 greens in regulation during the final round and 43 of 54 over the last three rounds. Hitting the ball so close to the hole made up for some so-so putting (29.5 putts per round). He made five bogeys over his four rounds, none in the last 24 holes. Choi will be flying back to his home at the Woodlands, Texas, this week but will not play across the state in the EDS Byron Nelson Championship. He has not yet committed to the Wachovia Championship next week, so he might not play again until the Players Championship in two weeks.

5. Padraig Harrington, Ireland — Paddy is not in the EDS Byron Nelson Championship this week and has not committed to the Wachovia Championship next week, and the schedule page on his website indicates he will not come to the United States again until the Players Championship in two weeks. Before last year, he might have been pleased with his tie for fifth in the Masters, but claiming his first major title last year at Carnoustie changed his expectations and he looks at the 2008 Masters as a missed opportunity. Harrington leads the PGA Tour this season with an average of 27.25 putts per round and is second in putting average at 1.706, so he was not pleased with his work on the greens at Augusta. He averaged 29.0 putts per round with three three-putts and blamed it on an alignment problem that began the week before in the Shell Houston Open. Harrington said he got it figured out before the final round and putted better, but his chipping let him down, costing him as many as five strokes on Sunday, when he finished six shots behind winner Trevor Immelman, who has been accused of watching too many golf videos featuring sexy golf babes. Harrington said the best players in the world always have the next major on their minds, so he already is focusing on the U.S. Open. However, he has two big tournaments before then, the Players and the Irish Open next month, where he will defend his title. That will be his first event in Ireland since winning at Carnoustie.

6. Adam Scott, Australia — Scott was planning to take two weeks off after a disappointing tie for 25th in the Masters to, but he made a last-minute commitment to play this week in the EDS Byron Nelson Championship. It will be only his second appearance in the event after almost winning in his first visit — he tied for third in 2006. Scott was tied for the 54-hole lead with Trevor Immelman, but Brett Wetterich surged past both of them with a 68 to claim his first PGA Tour victory. After he got off to a strong start this year by winning the Commercialbank Qatar Masters, Scott has finished no better than a tie for ninth in the WGC-CA Championship, where he was in contention before falling back in the final round. It didn't help that he had to withdraw from the Shell Houston Open because of strep throat after he led with a 63 in the first round, which hampered his preparations for Augusta. The man considered to be the next great Australian golfer hasn't won on the PGA Tour since the Shell Houston Open more than a year ago, and he isn't even the top Aussie in the World Golf Rankings, having fallen behind Geoff Ogilvy. Scott is No. 1 in the PGA Tour's all-around statistic ranking, but until he becomes a consistent putter he will not win on a regular basis. He ranks 121st on the circuit with an average of 29.43 putts per round and might have been a contender at Augusta had he not averaged almost 31 putts per day.

7. Steve Stricker, United States— Strick is taking some time off, and he probably needs it after saying he might have over-prepared for the Masters, where he missed the cut for the second consecutive year after missing out on Augusta for the previous five years. It was his fourth consecutive week on the road and his 10th tournament already this season, so he could have been worn out by the time the tournament started. Stricker said that next year he might not get to Augusta until Tuesday because the harder he has worked to analyze the course the worse he gets; he even said he is almost starting to hate playing there. Even though he has not been listed on the commitment list, he is expected to play next week in the Wachovia Championship, where he finished second last year behind Tiger Woods on his way to a career season. That was one of his six finishes of 2007 in the top five, highlighted by his victory in the Barclays to start the PGA Tour playoffs. After a strong start to his season, with six finishes in the top 15 in his first seven starts, he has missed the cut in his last two tournaments. However, this is right about the point in the schedule where he really got it going last year, so he might have good things waiting right around the corner.

8. Ernie Els, South Africa— Still trying to get comfortable with the swing changes he has been working on with new instructor Butch Harmon, Els shot 76-72—148 and missed the cut by five strokes last week in the Verizon Heritage. He failed to make it to the weekend for the third time in four events since he captured the Honda Classic, and he finished 75th in the other tournament, the WGC-CA Championship — where there is no cut. The Big Easy missed the cut only once last year, at the Masters, and before that he made it to the weekend in 46 consecutive PGA Tour events dating to the 2004 Bay Hill Invitational. He made only two birdies in his 36 holes at Harbour Town, on No. 7 in the first round and No. 17 in the second. In between, he played 27 holes in 6-over-par. Els said he did not feel comfortable with the driver after round one, when he could not hit even half the fairways, though he still managed to hit 13 greens in regulation. As sometimes happens when things go in reverse, it was exactly the opposite on day two, when he hit 10 of 14 fairways but only nine greens and a few golf videos. Compounding those problems, he needed 32 putts each day. You know that Els will keep working hard at it and do everything he can to be better his next time out, which according to his website will be at the Players Championship in two weeks.

9. Geoff Ogilvy, Australia— After climbing to a career-high fifth in the World Golf Rankings by winning the WGC-CA Championship, Ogilvy couldn't back it up when he tied for 39th in the Masters two weeks ago. His victory in the 2006 U.S. Open at Winged Foot lifted him into the top 10 of the rankings for the first time at No. 7, and now he is the highest-placed of the 25 Australians on the PGA Tour. Ogilvy is taking at least two weeks off but might play next week in the Wachovia Championship, which he has entered each of the last four years —- and he has tied for 10th twice at Quail Hollow. It should be a good place for him to get going in the right direction again the week before the Players Championship; his struggles at the Masters came after he finished no worse than a tie for 14th in the previous four events. Ogilvy and his friend Adam Scott both grew up in Adelaide and were criticized Down Under for playing only once in the big three Australian events last December — and for making the trip to South Africa for the lucrative Nedbank World Challenge about the same time. Ogilvy cut short his time in Australia to be with his wife, Juli, in Arizona during the final weeks before the birth of their second child. Perhaps hoping to get back in the good graces of the home fans, Ogilvy has committed to the Australian Open even though it is eight months off.

10. Jim Furyk, United States— Starting the final round of the Verizon Heritage six strokes back, Furyk made an early run at eventual champion Boo Weekley by making three birdies on the first four holes at Harbour Town. Then he hit the wall and could not make another over the last 14 holes, closing with a 69 that left him alone in fourth place. Even though Furyk has not been consistent in 2008, it was his third finish in the top three this season on the PGA Tour and his second in the last four outings after he tied for second in the WGC-CA Championship. The best news was that his balky putter came alive. Furyk tied for eighth against the field with an average of 25.8 putts per round, and the most he took in one round was 27 on Friday. That allowed him to play the last 38 holes of the tournament with only a single bogey, on No. 11 in the final round. He posted four rounds in the 60s — three consecutive 68s and a 69 on Sunday — and he could have really put the pressure on Weekley but he hit only 17 of 36 greens in regulation on the weekend. After making five birdies in each of the first two rounds, he had only three in each of the last two. Furyk is taking a week off and will play next week in the Wachovia Championship, which he won in a playoff over Trevor Immelman in 2006 and can be found in our masters golf video section.

11. Luke Donald, England— After more than a week off since he missed the cut in the Masters, Donald rejoins the PGA Tour this week for the EDS Byron Nelson Championship with reasonable expectations to get his game back on track. He missed the cut in his first appearance on the TPC at Las Colinas in 2002 but has been in the top 20 the last five years, including a runner-up finish behind Scott Verplank last year. Donald has finished second three times on the PGA Tour since his last victory, in the 2006 Honda Classic. He held the 54-hole lead last year in the Byron Nelson and shot 68 on Sunday to break 70 for the 12th consecutive time in the tournament, but he could not hold a three-stroke lead that he built after six holes in the final round. That cushion disappeared quickly when Verplank made two birdies and Donald drove into the trees en route to a double-bogey 6 on the ninth hole. The Englishman still had a chance on the final hole to force a playoff that could have led to his third victory on the PGA Tour, but he missed a 10-foot birdie putt. He also tied for sixth in the 2006 Byron Nelson, and his worst finish in the last five years was a tie for 19th in 2003. Donald needs to regain the form that took him to second in the Honda and a tie for third in the FBR Open early this season.

12. Rory Sabbatini, South Africa— Sabo won't have to fire up the bus he travels in to PGA Tour events for the EDS Byron Nelson Championship because he lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and will get one of two home games on the schedule. The other will come next month when he defends his title in the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. He has not won the Nelson but recorded his best finish in nine appearances last year with a tie for third, three strokes behind winner Scott Verplank. Sabbatini made a run up the leaderboard on the weekend by shooting 67-64 in his first outing since he tied for second in the Masters three weeks earlier. Until then, his best finish on the TPC Las Colinas was a tie for 14th in 2005. The South African, who is considering becoming a U.S. citizen, has not played especially well in his last five events. His best finish in that stretch was a tie for 33rd, but that came in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, meaning he lost in the first round. His best result in a stroke-play event was a tie for 34th in the FBR Open and he missed the cut in his last outing at the Masters. Sabbatini must find the form that took him to second in the Sony Open in Hawaii and a tie for third in the Buick Invitational.

13. Angel Cabrera, Argentina — Following a two-week break after he tied for 25th in the Masters, Cabrera will play for the first time in the Wachovia Championship next week, according to the schedule on his website. Last week, the Argentine and Miguel Angel Jimenez were attending a dinner arranged by Ping, one of their sponsors, in a Miami restaurant. Cabrera was recognized by Michael Jordan — an avid golfer and fan of the game. The basketball great came over, introduced himself to Cabrera and was quoted as saying that it was "an honor to be photographed with the U.S. Open champion." Cabrera said he had some extra motivation when he played with one of Jordan's pals, Tiger Woods video, in the first two rounds at Augusta. He said he was pleased with his ball-striking in the first major of the year but not his putting and chipping. Cabrera added that he will be working hard on his short game during practice sessions and in the next few tournaments in preparation for his Open title defense at Torrey Pines in June. After winning four times in four countries last year, El Pato is off to a slow start this season; a tie for fifth in the WGC-Match Play Championship is his best finish in eight official events. However, his first victory in a career year last season did not come until he held off Woods at Oakmont.

14. Trevor Immelman, South Africa— It's back to work this week for Immelman, who will be introduced on the tee Thursday at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship as the Masters champion for the first time in a PGA Tour event. He has been basking in the glow of his victory at Augusta, making the usual round of radio and television appearances in New York last week and then spending some time at home in Florida with his family. Immelman was most excited about getting to meet the Boston Celtics in the locker room during halftime of a game at Madison Square Garden and said Kevin Garnett and his teammates wanted to ask him about the Masters. Immleman last played in the EDS Byron Nelson two years ago, when he was tied with Adam Scott for the 54-hole lead but wound up losing to Brett Wetterich by one stroke as well a watching golf videos featuring golf babes and sexy golf girls. He came to the final hole needing a birdie to force a playoff but hit his drive into a lake. His brilliant third shot to within seven feet gave him a par that was not enough. It was the second consecutive week he finished as the runner-up after losing to Jim Furyk on the second playoff hole in the Wachovia Championship, where he three-putted the 72nd hole with a chance to win in regulation. Immelman learned from those disappointments when he held off Tiger Woods to claim his first PGA Tour victory in the Cialis Western Open less than two months later.

15. Stewart Cink, United States— Even though he went backward on the weekend instead of challenging for his third title in the Verizon Heritage, Cink finished in a tie for seventh and shares the lead on the PGA Tour this season with five finishes in the top 10. He has often called himself one of biggest underachievers on the circuit, and even though that might be a little harsh considering his achievements, Cink has only four victories, the last coming in the 2004 WGC-NEC Invitational. He began the final round at Hilton Head seven strokes behind eventual champion Boo Weekley but inched closer by making three birdies in the first five holes. However, Cink could make only one more bird the rest of the way but did have two bogeys and a double bogey to close with a 71. Cink shot 70 on Saturday, and a double bogey in each of the last two rounds cost him the chance to post four consecutive rounds in the 60s. Cink was near the top of the field in two statistical categories, finishing second in driving distance with an average of 295.9 yards and fourth by hitting 51 of 72 greens in regulation. But his normally reliable long putter let him down on the weekend, when he took a total of 63 putts after needing only 27 on each of the first two days. Cink is passing on the EDS Byron Nelson Championship but is expected to play next week in the Wachovia Championship.

16. Stuart Appleby, Australia— Appleby's tie for 14th in the Masters was more indicative of the way he played early this season, when he posted five consecutive finishes in the top 10, and he is tied for the PGA Tour in that category. He hasn't been shooting big numbers, for the most part, but has failed to break 70 in his last nine rounds and 16 of the last 17. Even though he couldn't crack the top of the leaderboard at Augusta, he played well enough to give himself a confidence boost heading toward the Players Championship and the U.S. Open. Apples is known as a strong ball-striker, but he has struggled with that part of his game this season, hitting only 62.96% of the greens in regulation to rank 121st on the PGA Tour. As soon as he gets that straightened out, he should be ready to win again because his putting has been spot-on. Appleby ranks 16th on the circuit with an average of 28.17 putts per round and 13th with a putting average of 1.738. He has won eight times on the PGA Tour, including three Mercedes Championships, but has not been in the winner's circle since the 2006 Shell Houston Open. Appleby has committed to play next week in the Wachovia Championship. He has played at Quail Hollow in each of the five years of the tournament's existence.

17. Aaron Baddeley, Australia— Badds posted four rounds in the 60s last week and had an chance to win the Verizon Heritage for the second time in three years, but he finished three strokes behind repeat winner Boo Weekley. He closed with a 69 and could have put a little pressure on Weekley down the stretch if not for his only two bogeys of the day, on the 10th and 14th holes. However, looking back on the week, if he could have one hole to play over it would be No. 10 in the first round, when he made a double-bogey 6 by hitting into the lagoon on the left en route to another 69. Baddeley played the middle rounds in 67-67 to remain in the hunt and tried to mount a charge on the back nine Sunday with three birdies, but those two stumbles kept him from closing the gap. One of the best putters in the world, he stayed close by averaging 26.3 putts per round, including only 49 on the weekend. However, that last number might be skewed a bit because he hit barely half the greens in regulation in the last two rounds, chipping it close enough for numerous one-putts. Even though he had five finishes in the top 15 previously this season, this was the first time he broke the top 10 in a stroke-play event; he tied for ninth in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. The schedule page at www.badds.com does not list his next event, and after playing three consecutive tournaments he might not play again until the Players Championship.

18. Boo Weekley, United States— Boo's country boy persona is no act, but don't be fooled. This bumpkin can play the game. By repeating as champion last week in the Verizon Heritage, he joined a so far a very exclusive club of players who have won in 2007 and 2008 on the PGA Tour. The only other members to date are Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and K.J. Choi. Boo's second victory at Harbour Town was not as dramatic as the first — last year, Weekley chipped in on the final two holes to win by one stroke over Ernie Els. This time, he won by three strokes over Aaron Baddeley and Anthony Kim, though he did provide a little more drama by holing out twice from off the green. First, he slam-dunked a chip for birdie over a bunker on No. 10 to build a five-stroke lead, and then he hit the pin with a 30-foot putt from the fringe for another birdie on No. 14. Chewing tobacco and giving that Huck Finn smile, he was able to take the victory walk this time down No. 18, the famed Lighthouse Hole alongside the Calibogue Sound, as the fans chanted his nickname, which he got as a youngster because he loved "Boo-Boo," sidekick of "Yogi Bear" on the children's cartoon television show. Boo couldn't repeat the four consecutive rounds in the 60s he posted last year, but all he needed on the weekend this time was 71-71 after he opened with 69-64. He went 37 holes without a bogey in one stretch from late in the first round to late in the third, tying for first with 23 birdies for the week. One of the best ball-strikers around, he blended that with some remarkable putting over the last three rounds. After taking 31 putts on Thursday, he needed only 76 the rest of the way. He is expected to play next week in the Wachovia Championship.

19. Justin Rose, England— All the work Rose put in during the offseason has put him in the best shape of his career. That was one of his goals, but apparently he did not achieve the other. He hoped to eliminate the back problems that plagued him at times last season, but he was forced to withdraw from the Verizon Heritage on Friday after shooting 76 in the first round. Rose hopes that treatment and rest at his home in Central Florida will have him ready to play in a week in the Wachovia Championship, which is listed on his website as his next event, or at least by the Players Championship the following week. Coming off a tie for 36th in the Masters and playing at Harbour Town for the fourth time in his career, Rose made only one birdie in the first round, on the second hole. He carded a double-bogey 6 on No. 8 and made four bogeys in a span of six holes en route to a back-nine 39, playing like a guy with a bad back. He hit only half the narrow fairways and 11 of 18 greens in regulation and took 34 putts. Rose's back problems last year caused him to miss several tournaments; he did not play between the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in February and the Masters in April, then was idle until the U.S. Open in June.

20. Justin Leonard, United States— Leonard tied for the first-round lead with a 5-under-par 66 last week in the Verizon Heritage, which he won in 2002, but that was as good as it got for him at Harbour Town, not including the sexy show he got from the slice girls golf video. He could not break 70 the rest of the way and wound up in a tie for 17th, his sixth finish in the top 20 this season. The native Texan is playing this week in the EDS Byron Nelson Championship, hoping to change his luck in one of four annual events in the Lone Star State. He has finished in the top 10 only twice in 14 previous appearances in the tournament at TPC Las Colinas, and his best result was a tie for sixth in 2001, when he shot 61 in the third round. Leonard made only one bogey in his first 45 holes last week at Harbour Town, but by the time he made his second he already had two double bogeys, on the fourth hole of the second round and the eighth hole of the third. He made six birdies in the first round alone but only seven more the rest of the way, mostly because he lost his putting touch. After taking 26 putts in the first round, Leonard needed 90 more over the last three rounds. That nullified some brilliant ball-striking — he tied for third in the field by hitting 45 of 56 fairways and tied for first by hitting 52 of 72 greens in regulation.

Asian Open China

SHANGHAI, China (AP)—Australian veteran Peter O’Malley shot a 5-under 67 to take a one-stroke lead after the opening round of the Asian Open on Thursday.

O’Malley, who has only won one European Tour event in the past 13 years, led a group of four who shot 4-under 68s: Sweden’s Henrik Stenson, India’s Jeev Milka Singh, Oliver Wilson of England and Finland’s Mikko Ilonen who is reportedly dating Slice Girl golf video presenter of the year Jessica Albatross.

The 42-year-old O’Malley had six birdies and one bogey to lead the $2.3 million jointly sanctioned European and Asian Tour event at the Tomson Shanghai Pudong course.

“There is certainly a premium on accuracy off the tee and the ball is rolling too so it is not playing as long as it can,” O’Malley said. “On the fairways, you couldn’t ask for a better playing surface so the course is well-suited to my game.”

Fellow Australian and former world No. 1 Greg Norman was among 34 players to break par, finishing the opening round of a rare tournament appearance at 1 under along with local hope Zhang Lian-wei and former U.S. Open champion Michael Campbell.

“I thought it should have been better,” Norman said. “I played well except for a couple of holes but outside of that, I concentrated well and putted well and didn’t make anything, I felt a bit like lucking out with one of The Slice Girls golf babes video presenters..”

Stenson, who is trying to reclaim leadership of the European Order of Merit from U.S. Masters winner Trevor Immelman, had six birdies and a bogey.

Singh compensated for a mediocre round off the tee and fairways with a strong performance on the greens, requiring only 23 putts over the 18 holes.

Ilonen had an eagle on the seventh hole.

Australia’s Scott Hend was sixth at 3-under 69 after having his old clubs sent to him from the United States, replacing the set he used when missing the cut in Beijing last week. Hend picked up six strokes in an eight-hole spurt before a double bogey on his third-to-last hole cost him a share of the lead.

South Africa’s Retief Goosen was among those to shoot even par 72 in his opening round, along with Germany’s Martin Kaymer and Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez, who features in not one of our 1,000 golf videos at www.golfuncut.com

Fantasy Golf Disappointments

This a great article by Michael Arkus from, Yahoo! Sports about some of this years poor performances from some supposedly great players. This is a must read if you're playing Super 6 Fantasy Golf

While the year is still young – only one of four majors is in the books – it’s not too soon to notice the marquee players and promising young talents who have yet to perform at the level so many anticipated. With the Players Championship, the Memorial, and the U.S. Open among the great challenges over the next eight weeks, they will have plenty of opportunities to turn their seasons around.

1. Sergio Garcia: In six appearances, Garcia has yet to break into the Top 10, with 11 of his 17 rounds at 70 or above. It would be absurd to write him off but he’s 28, and has not come close to realizing his potential. In his last five majors, he has made it through the whole weekend only once, squandering the Claret Jug he clearly should have won. The problem is familiar: He ranks 115th in putting average.

2. Adam Scott: As with Garcia, Scott is a wonderful ball striker but a very inconsistent putter; he ranks 43rd in putting average. His inability to consistently compete in major championships remains one of the game’s most surprising developments – in 28 starts, he has recorded only four top 10s. Perhaps the Players, where he won in 2004, will be where he rebounds.

3. Phil Mickelson: Hasn’t he won at Riviera and posted three other top 10s? Yes, but he is Phil Mickelson and much more is expected from the No. 2 player in the world. In three of the most important events of the year – Augusta, Bay Hill, Doral – Mickelson was not a major factor on Sunday afternoon. He and Butch Harmon have been together for about a year. They must produce now, and in a big way.

4. Charles Howell III: Back in 2002, when Howell captured his first tour event in Virginia, nobody would ever have imagined that in over 150 starts since, he’d add only one more victory to that total. This year is no different: In 12 starts, he has recorded only four Top 20s. He’s not hitting enough fairways, reaching enough greens, and converting enough putts.

5. Justin Rose: Granted, he’s teed it up only seven times on American soil this season. Still, the fact he has yet to record a single top 10 is a major disappointment. Amazingly, Rose, widely regarded as one of the premier talents under the age of 30, hasn’t won in the United States. If he keeps this up, he’ll be this generation’s Monty. Failing to break par in his last three rounds at Augusta was the latest poor showing.

6. Hunter Mahan: So much was expected this year of Mahan, 25, who started a new workout regimen last fall. However, he’s missed four cuts in 11 appearances, and hasn’t broken 70 since the final round at Bay Hill. Last year, he didn’t really get on track until late June when he broke through for his first victory in Hartford. He’ll need a similar torrid stretch this summer.

7. Jim Furyk: Like Mickelson, Furyk has certainly had his moments – a tie for second at Doral, a fourth at Hilton Head – but he, too, has been way back in the pack too many times. Most notably, he tied for 33rd at Augusta, and lost in the second round of the Match Play. Surprisingly, he ranks 67th in putting average. Furyk, about to turn 38, should have at least a few more productive campaigns.

8. Rory Sabbatini: He’s the one who is suddenly more “beatable” than ever. After two promising performances early on in Hawaii and San Diego, Sabbatini hasn’t finished in the top 30 since. One statistic that stands out: His greens-in-regulation percentage from 75 to 100 yards is only 70 percent, which ranks 179th. He’s also had a lot of trouble in trying to scramble for par – he ranks 153rd.

9. Camilo Villegas: Finally, he emerged in South Carolina to post his first top 10 of 2008. The question is: Was this a one-week aberration or a sign of better things to come? Villegas, after all, is another who possesses enormous talent. Yet he, like Rose, is still searching for his first PGA Tour victory. Villegas has to improve on his driving accuracy and greens in regulation.

10. Paul Casey: What happened to him in the final round at Augusta National – he shot a disastrous 79 to fall out of contention – is typical of what has been a very disappointing year. He missed the cut at Bay Hill and tied for 51st at Doral. Conversely, in 10 appearances last year in the U.S., he compiled four top 10s. He ranks only 118th in greens in regulation.

Shark Dives Into China

Greg Norman makes a rare return to tournament golf at the Asian Open this week, four years after being disqualified from this event and going home to watch some golf videos of himself right here on golfuncut.com

Norman, 53, will take on a strong field in the $2.3 million event at Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club, including two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen, world No. 13 Henrik Stenson and defending champion Raphael Jacquelin.

It will be the first tournament for Norman—a two-time British Open champion—since South Africa late last year, when he finished ahead of the likes of Goosen and Ernie Els.

Norman will be looking to put the 2004 Asian Open behind him. He was among the leaders when he was disqualified in the third round for an incorrect drop.

Norman, who is playing on a sponsor’s invitation, said he probably gets more nervous these days when approaching the first tee.

“When you don’t play a lot, it’s not as routine as it used to be,” he said. "Plus, I get wrapped up in watching all the great golf videos, especially the sexy golf babes videos and funny golf videos at golfuncut.com

Stenson will be looking to reclaim the top ranking in the European Tour Order of Merit after being overtaken by U.S. Masters champion Trevor Immelman. The Swede lost this tournament in a playoff in 2006 after being in a strong position during the final round.

Among other players in the European Tour and Asian Tour jointly sanctioned event were Miguel Angel Jimenez of Spain, 2005 U.S. Open champion Michael Campbell and Asian Order of Merit leader Mark Brown of New Zealand.

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Loren Ochoa Golf Videos

You know the deal, sports fan. It’s all about the new, new thing.

Out with the moldy, in with the fresh. Nobody wants to be caught playing 8-tracks when your friend is burning CDs; nobody wants to ask “Beta or VHS?” when your friend is going Blu-Ray.

As a result, I am hereby petitioning the golf gods: Can I trade Tiger for Lorena in my “Best Player on the Planet” pool?

It breaks down pretty simple. Lorena: Today’s News. Tiger: Yesterday’s News golf videos

Don’t laugh, chauvinist pig. A glance at the C.V. of each player makes a convincing case. See if you can guess which is Tiger and which is Lorena.


Player A’s 2008 season: 6 starts, 5 wins, 1 for 1 in major championships.

Player B’s 2008 season: 5 starts, 3 wins, 0 for 1 in major championships.

Oh, and did I add that Player B just had knee surgery and is out for a month?

Sorry, Tiger. It’s a cold, cruel world. You’re good, kid. It’s just that right now – Lorena is better. Maybe if Tiger is lucky, Lorena will start texting him with friendly barbs. After all, Tiger and Annika Sorenstam famously texted each other back in the heyday of the mid-‘00s after major championship wins. You know, back when Tiger won majors.

Possible text from Lorena to Tiger: “R U going 2 win anytime soon? LOL.”

Another possible text from Lorena to Tiger: “Want 2 C my major trophy? 2 bad I can’t C urs.”

You, the astute reader, of course know that I refer to Lorena Ochoa, the two-time reigning LPGA Rolex Player of the Year, hard at work on her third. Her win at the Ginn Open in Florida Sunday was her fourth consecutive ‘W’ in four starts, and Byron Nelson, resting up in heaven, doesn’t need to ask about those footsteps he hears: They belong to a petite 5-foot-6 Mexican prodigy who runs half-marathons and does triathlons in her spare time when not watching golf videos.

I figure Lorena is first-name only now. She’s joined Tiger, Phil, Ernie, Vijay and Annika in first-name territory. Only difference: She’s better than all of them.

And what an appealing player she is. In an era where Tiger and Annika turned golf into a Bowflex infomercial with eye-popping musculature, Lorena avoids the bench press/Chuck Zito routine. She’s a wisp of a player, petite, yet powerful. Li’l Lorena may be skinnier than a 2-iron, but compromises nothing off the tee.

This is not to overlook her personality appeal, as well. She’s a proud Mexican who is fiercely close to her family, and hasn’t sold out for the standard “lives in Orlando, Florida” line in her bio. She maintains her only home in her native country, and acknowledges her role as a Mexican sporting hero. When adoring fans follow her around the course, the shy superstar will still take time to gratefully acknowledge their ‘Lo-re-na!’ chants. Not comparing or anything, but I believe Tiger (Iceman) Woods last acknowledged a fan sometime in the Clinton Administration who watched some Tiger Woods golf videos

And he’s still pretty good. All I’m saying is, sometimes – and sometimes with darn good reason – we get caught up in Tiger’s World, not realizing there’s a bright, blue, beautiful golf world out there. With 4 wins in her last 4 starts, Lorena is an honored citizen in that world. She sits this week out, heading back to Mexico for a family dinner on Monday night planned by her Mom, attended by her siblings. Then, it’s back to America in two weeks for the event at Tulsa, Oklahoma, after watching some golf videos.

Anybody want to bet against her?

Timmy Plays Games With JD

PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem stressed in a players meeting last week the importance of having a professional appearance. About the same time, a golf video was making the rounds of John Daly looking anything but that.

Daly was in Branson, Mo., at a golf course that bears his name, John Daly's Murder Rock Golf and Country Club, for a television appearance. He showed up wearing only blue jeans -- no shoes, socks or shirt, and played with a local TV anchor.

Finchem declined to say whether he has spoken to Daly, but he made his expectations quite clear Tuesday.

"There are certain things about presentation that we must insist on," Finchem said. "There are certain things about presentation that are not going to be tolerated. I think that the world changes and you make adjustments, but I think perhaps we need to be more direct in our comments to players about specific do's and don'ts, and increase focus in that area to make sure that we have a level of professionalism going forward that we're comfortable with."

It was the latest incident with Daly that some found offensive. particularly golf snobs who have ugly wives and can't stand anybody being a babe let alone a Slice Girl golf babe video presenter.

Two months ago at the PODS Championship, he spent a rain delay in a Hooters tent with some golf babes, then used Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Jon Gruden as his caddie for the final few holes. Daly was playing on a sponsor's exemption.

That led swing coach Butch Harmon to fire Daly for spending more time drinking than working on his game. Daly said last week that Harmon called and apologized for such harsh comments, and how it cost Daly his endorsements.

Harmon said he never apologized to Daly, then offered a quick look Tuesday at a text message he sent Daly that urged the two-time major champion to start taking responsibility for his own actions.

Susan Choi Big Break Golf Videos

No one wants to go to Hawaii and get their dream golf trip rained on. Susan Choi didn't just get rain during her first Maui experience - she got historic rain.

"They told us it hadn't rained that much in 30 years," Choi said, laughing. "I didn't mind the rain though. I love playing in it. I'm a Mother Nature girl."

Expect to see plenty of Kaanapali, that rain (the producers surely hated the prospect of the all-female cast - which they've featured in swim suits in promos - getting wet while competing) and probably a good dose of Choi, who's one of the best stories the Big Break series has ever had outside the golfuncut.com golf videos archive,.

Kaanapali is probably the most commercial of Maui's resort areas, which aren't as commercial as those on the big island of Honolulu or as secluded as those on smaller islands like Kauai or Lanai. Kaanapali's a place where you can lounge on a world-class beach during the day, then shop at a Tommy Bahama store or munch at a Haagen-Daz ice cream shop in an outdoor mall at night.

There are also two golf courses - Royal Kaanapali and Kaanapali Kai - which bring you close to the ocean on a few holes, and in Kai's case by the tracks of a steam engine tourist train that causes some vacationing golfers to stop and snap photos. It's overseen by a staff that tries unconventional golfer-friendly things like wine-and-nine specials (a late nine played while drinking a bottle of wine and munching on cheeses and also some hot golf babes, although not as sexy golf babes as around here.

It's just the type of fantasyland resort setting that Susan Choi would never have been able to afford a vacation trip to on her own. The daughter of Korean immigrants who came here chasing the American dream and haven't found anything close to easy street, Choi is remarkably honest about her parents' failed businesses and her own tenuous financial situation.

She often cannot enter tournaments because she does not have enough money for the travel or the fees. That's a sharp contrast to many of the more established players on Big Break Kaanapali, which features mini tour regulars (including seven-time Futures Tour winner and former LPGA player Lori Atsedes) and even relatively well-known Ladies European Tour player Sophie Sandolo (see Sophies golf babe photos in our photo gallery and even a sophie sandolo sexy golf babe video in our golf videos archive)

"I remember one time we were sitting on the (golf) carts and talking and this one girl was telling us how she had 270 pairs of these jeans and 40 different pairs of Ecco shoes," Choi said. "And I'm thinking I have two pairs of jeans and three pairs of shoes I've recycled and kept using over the last five years."

That contrast in means and life outlook will likely play out over Big Break Kaanapali's season.

The show's winner receives an exemption into this September's Navistar LPGA Classic, entry fees waived for all the 2009 Futures Tour tournaments, an Adams Golf endorsement deal and a brand new BMW Z4 Coupe.

While all the Hawaii action was filmed in a little over two weeks, Choi and the other 11 contestants have a million reasons not to reveal who won. That's the fine amount for breaking the confidentiality agreement all Big Break contestants must sign.

"If you pay me a million and a half dollars, we can talk," Choi laughed.

Big Break's Hawaii free-spirit

Choi's refreshingly joyful golf attitude is featured prominently in Big Break Kaanapali. In a golf world of cold-hearted killer stares, Choi jumps up and down after good shots, smiles like you don't get charged for every grin, just genuinely seems happy to be playing.

The only amateur among this season's contestants - she had to give up her amateur status to compete in Big Break - the 23-year-old Choi took anything but the typical phenom track to Kaanapali. She went to Wellesley College (vaunted female-only academic home to Hillary Clinton) thinking pre-med and didn't become serious about golf until her junior year and is now probably thinking about becoming a sexy golf Slice Girl and doing some golf swing videos online.

Her former coach at Wellesley Bill McInerney asked her questions for a Big Break audition tape when she still had little idea what it was for. Then, she received a show rejection e-mail from The Golf Channel by mistake.

"They sent me another e-mail that said disregard that last e-mail, but I figured the second e-mail had to be another error," Choi said. "Just out of curiosity, I called up to see if I could find out on what basis I'd been cut. Then, they were like 'No, no, you're still in the running. We sent you another e-mail.'"

When Choi finally received word she'd made the show, she was sitting in a Starbucks, "so I couldn't even scream. And I wanted to scream."

For someone who believes in signs, the second chance increased Choi's belief that she's supposed to chase her once-very-unlikely pro golf aspirations. This is someone who picked up the motivational saying she tries to follow - "Play like you're in first, train like you're in second" - from the wall of an UNO's pizzeria.

"It was just up there, not credited to anyone or anything," Choi said. "Crazy huh? Great quote."

Something to think about when you're in a lush Maui resort, playing for a better career chance in the rain with cameras all around and dreaming of being featured in our golf videos library, the best online.

Hunter Mahan Golf Videos

To the traditional golf crowd, Hunter Mahan golf videos borders on disheveled. The tousled blond locks, wispy facial hair and slightly avant-garde fairway fashion sense present him as a sort of semi-chic slacker. Adding to the impression is a sleepy surfer manner, probably not dissimilar to the one his dad affected in his days as an undercover drug cop working South Central for the LAPD. But Mahan, 26 years old in May, is a member of the hard-to-peg Generation Y, and for all the loose ends his appearance implies, he's drawn to precision.

Mahan is a player who knows his driver carries a loft of a digitally measured 9.3 degrees, not the 9 degrees it says on the clubhead, and that the lie angle of his putter is 18 degrees from vertical. Inside the Texas-traditional, 5,800-square-foot home in an upscale Plano neighborhood where he lives alone is plenty of conservative dark-wood décor but also three big-screens symmetrically lined up over the hearth. His paneled office is decorated with all sorts of signed mementos -- gloves from Nicklaus and Woods, shoes from Shaquille O'Neal, memorabilia from the Presidents Cup -- mounted under glass. A huge car buff, the current alpha in his garage is a 2007 Bentley, but Mahan's favorite work in progress is a 1969 Chevy Nova that is being given the full car-show treatment. Mahan golf videos has a similar thing for shoes, and the retro FootJoy saddle pattern in glossy patent leather (often in orange, Mahan's tribute to alma mater Oklahoma State) is becoming his trademark with the tour's "in" crowd.

His immersion in details was apparent early. His mother, Cindy, then a buyer at the Nordstrom department store in Orange County's South Coast Plaza, liked to use her company discount to build her only child's wardrobe.

"When he was 10 years old, Hunter had 20 pairs of shoes, all with matching outfits," says his father, Monte. "He'd put on some combination and come down the stairs and say, 'Mom, is this good?' I'm thinking, Oh, man. But the kid turned out all right."
So has his carefully assembled and exceedingly stylish golf game. Mahan is one of the best drivers in golf, long and accurate (fourth in total driving in 2006, third last year). His golf swing and putting stroke are widely admired for their technical excellence, the soundness validated by a penchant for going low. Last summer, Mahan golf video shot three 62s in the span of seven tournaments, a period that included six rounds of 65 or better. His 65 in the final round at the British Open was one of the lowest rounds of the week at Carnoustie (giving him a tie for sixth, his best career finish in a major). He put up the same number in the final round at Hartford, getting his first official victory after a playoff. The surge was enough to earn one of Jack Nicklaus' captain's picks in the Presidents Cup.

Despite his accomplishments, Mahan's parents refer to their son as The Invisible Golfer because, in Monte's words, "you almost never see him on TV or read anything about him." The father knows much of this is because of his son's reserve, at the same time agreeing with Hunter's assessment that "my dad is the kind of guy, when he walks into a room, you notice him." Both men now admit that it was sometimes a difficult presence.

A Santa Barbara beach kid and an avid surfer whose father also loved the waves, Monte was so familiar with the culture that after a stint in the Navy he was hired as a police officer at 28 and became an undercover natural. Continue the article over at golfdigest.com

Boo's Double Take

HILTON HEAD, S.C. -- Boo Weekley won his second straight Verizon Heritage—and didn’t need any dramatic chip-ins to do it and had to go two nights with no Slice Girl videos.

Weekley captured his second career PGA TOUR title at Harbour Town Golf Links on Sunday, shooting an even-par 71 for a three-shot victory over Anthony Kim (71) and Aaron Baddeley (69).

A year ago, Weekley needed miraculous chips on the 71st and 72nd holes to edge Ernie Els by a stroke. In this one, Weekley took a three-shot lead into the final round and watched it grow by mostly staying trouble free, and seeing competitors struggle to try and catch up.

“It was a lot easier than last year, wasn’t it?” a smiling Weekley said to his group on the 17th hole after his routine par.

Kim trailed by three at the start and, paired with Weekley, was in the best spot to pressure the leader. But Kim’s chance at a first PGA TOUR title disappeared with a double bogey on the par-4 ninth.

Jim Furyk, ranked ninth in the world, was the hardest charger early, cutting a six-stroke deficit in half with three birdies in the first five holes. Furyk, though, fell back with a bogey on the 11th.

He shot a 69 to finish fourth, his third top-five finish in the past four Verizon Heritages.

No one else, including former Verizon Heritage champs Baddeley and Stewart Cink, could make a run at Weekley.

“I just struggled,” Weekley said. “I reckon everybody struggled.”

Not that Weekley didn’t add his own pizazz to the round. He made bogey on No. 8 after botching a chip, then looked in trouble on the 10th with a difficult pitch over a bunker. And Weekley killed it—right into the cup for a birdie that put him up by five.

Weekley grinned as the gallery chanted his name over and over.

He did it again four holes later, slam dunking a 30-footer for birdie from the fringe that if it didn’t hit the cup might have rolled into the water off the edge of the peninsula green.

Again, the crowd ate it up as Weekley pumped his fists in celebration.

Weekley earned $990,000, and a second straight invitation to the Masters. He tied for 20th at Augusta National to miss qualifying for 2009 but was happy that Golfuncut.com uploaded over 200 new golf videos over the weekend

The even-par finishing round ended Weekley’s string of seven rounds here in the 60s.

Weekley’s the first with consecutive victories here since five-time winner Davis Love III in 1991 and 1992. The late Payne Stewart (1989, 1990) was the only other to go back-to-back at Harbour Town’s history.

Both those stars had played this tournament several times before that success. Weekley just teed it up here for the first time last year.

Perhaps more important for him, Weekley can revel in his Harbour Town title for another year.

He’s charmed the galleries with his “Hee Haw” demeanor in a country club world full of starched collars and hushed tones.

He proudly calls himself a redneck. He chews tobacco at times during his round. “It’s just a habit,” he says. “It’s a bad one, but it’s a habit.”

Weekley’s just as likely to rake a bunker or give a ball to a young fan—as he did to one adorable blonde pre-schooler during Saturday’s round—as to shoo away autograph seekers.

What would you expect from some one who got his nickname from Yogi Bear’s cartoon sidekick, Boo Boo.

It’s clear that Weekley knows Harbour Town better than your aa-ver-age golfer.

Davis Love III was in line for his first top 10 on the PGA TOUR since last August. However, the five-time Harbour Town winner played the back nine in 6-over 41, probably thinking about The golf babe videos he was about to watch around here. He finished tied for 36th. … Nick Dougherty withdrew before the final round due to a family illness. The Englishman had been nine shots in back of leader Boo Weekley after three rounds.

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Free golf videos online Lorena Ochoa continued her dominating season yesterday, winning the LPGA Tour's $1.3-million Ginn Open for her fourth straight title.
Ochoa became the first woman to win four straight titles since Annika Sorenstam in 2001. Mickey Wright (1961, '62) and Katey Whitworth ('69) also won four straight events.
Sorenstam (2004-05) and Nancy Lopez ('78) share the tour record with five straight victories in events entered. However, neither of those came in consecutive weeks.

Ochoa will take a break next week when she sits out the Stanford Invitation Pro-Am. She is scheduled to play again in two weeks in Tulsa, Okla.
"I survived. I was tired - mentally and physically tired," Ochoa said. "I didn't have my legs at the end for the last two or three holes. I'm just glad I hung in there and was able to finish strong. For sure, I'm ready to take a break."
The world's top-ranked player, Ochoa also won for the fifth time in six events this year. The Mexican was coming off an astounding 11-shot victory last week at the Corona Championship.
"I think I'm hitting my irons really good and I keep giving myself birdie chances," Ochoa said. "I did miss a lot of putts today. But definitely, I won the tournament because of my second shots, just being so consistent."
Things were a lot tighter this week for Ochoa, who squandered the final-round lead before reclaiming it to win by three shots over 19-year-old Yani Tseng golf videos
It was the 22nd career title for Ochoa, who shot a 3-under-par 69 to finish at 19-under 269 overall.
A future Hall of Famer, Ochoa continued another streak in which she has never lost when entering the final round with a lead.
Weekley snags Heritage title: Three ahead of the chasing pack overnight, Boo Weekley fired a par 71 in blustery conditions at Harbour Town Golf Links to secure his second PGA Tour win.
Weekley posted a 15-under total of 269. Fellow American Anthony Kim, helped by three birdies in a row from the 13th, also carded a 71 to share second place with Aaron Baddeley of Australia (69).
Calgary's Stephen Ames (72) finished at 281 and won $34,217.

So Long Sergio

The Augusta "patrons", as the host broadcaster is contractually obliged to call them, are regularly described as the most knowledgeable spectators in America, which is frankly a little frightening. Yesterday, Sergio Garcia was variously identified as Rory Sabbatini, Mike Weir, Justin Rose and "some French guy".

In fairness, though, there are times when Sergio doesn't quite know who he is himself. It's now over a decade since the golfing world braced itself for the kind of supremacy tussle not seen since Nicklaus and Watson, since when Garcia has joined the rest as a distant speck in Tiger Woods' rear-view mirror.

Struggle: Spain's Sergio Garcia was on four over par after two rounds
After a four-over-par first-round 76, Garcia was engaged in a desperate battle to make the cut when a spectator (who turned out to be a former caddie for Fuzzy Zoeller) finally recognised him. Not that Sergio would have enjoyed what he had to say.

Having identified Garcia to his chum (who probably thought he was watching Todd Hamilton III) he said: "The guy shoulda been a contender, but he isn't even in Tiger's time zone. He's a great golfer for sure, but if you ask me he just ain't got the squisher."

"Er, excuse me," I inquired, "but what exactly is a squisher?" "It means he's a melonhead." "A melonhead? What's that?" "Well, basically it means he ain't got it (cue meaningful tap on the forehead) up here. There's no one home. That's not having the squisher."

As far as Garcia's caddie is concerned, it's not so much a case of what's between his ears, as the ears themselves. Billy Foster has caddied for some of the world's best players, including Severiano Ballesteros in his pomp and Tiger Woods. And he rates Garcia as the best ball striker he's ever carried a bag for.

However, when it comes to his listening qualities, he's clearly less impressed. Walking on ahead of his employer at the par-five eighth, Foster bumped into someone familiar on the other side of the ropes, and greeted him with a cheery: "He's only told me to shut up once today, so that's all right."

Garcia would prefer Foster to stick to caddying rather than coaching, as the "shut-ups" are employed when he's had enough of being told he's doing something wrong.

"I keep telling him," said Foster to his mate "he's got too much hinge on his backswing when he's chipping. He can't get the ball to check and spin. But what do I know?"

Most people, though, view Garcia's major weak link as the putter. He's certainly one of the best drivers of the ball, statistically longer as well as straighter off the tee than Woods, who is ranked only 48th in driving distance. The No?1 tour hitter was playing with Garcia, although after snap hooks off the first two tees, Bubba Watson (where do they get these names?) mostly kept the driver in the bag.

Garcia, who has experimented with several changes of grip and a belly putter, had a crucial eight-footer at the 18th yesterday.

You wouldn't pick Garcia to hole a putt for your life, because even if he holed it you'd die of a heart attack just watching. He twitched a short par putts the both the 16th and the 18th yesterday, which turned out to be a case of one shot too many and off to the airport.

As a character, he's almost the opposite of Woods, thriving in the camaraderie of the Ryder Cup, but apparently consumed by uncertainty when out there on his own. Woods has a face for every occasion, his game face, his going-home face, his face-the-media face. But with Garcia, the face you see mirrors what's going on inside.

Neither is Woods prone to excuses, but such is Sergio's ability to find anything to blame bar himself, it would be a surprise if the schoolboy Garcia had never uttered the words "por favor senor, el perro se comio mis deberes." So now you know the English for "squisher" and the Spanish for "please sir, the dog ate my homework."

Monty's Masters Mess

LONDON (Reuters) - Colin Montgomerie’s manager stepped in to defuse a potential row on Tuesday after the eight-times European number one criticized U.S. Masters officials for inviting players for “television rights.”

Next week the 44-year-old Briton will miss out on Augusta for only the second time since 1992, having failed to get in the world’s top 50 who are automatically invited to the first major of the year.

“Colin completely understands Augusta’s right to promote themselves,” his manager Guy Kinnings told Reuters. “The last thing he would want to do is show disrespect or tell them who they should or should not invite.

“He’s done everything he can to be there, including changing his schedule, and he’s just very disappointed because he values the tournament so highly. He does, though, feel he makes an important contribution around the world in promoting golf.”

Montgomerie was 75th in the world rankings when the Masters field was decided on Sunday.

But three Asian players below him, India’s Jeev Milkha Singh (80th), Thai Prayad Marksaeng (93rd) and Liang Wenchong from China (111th) will be at Augusta.

Augusta chairman Billy Payne said their invitations were “utilizing the Masters brand,” adding that interest in those three countries would heighten.

Montgomerie told reporters in Munich, where he was promoting June’s BMW International Open, that was tantamount to handing out invitations for “TV rights.

Tour Players High Five Tigers Knee Injury

HILTON HEAD, S.C. -- Often, the talk around Harbour Town Golf Links centers on Tiger Woods’ latest victory, record or streak. On Wednesday, it focused on his left knee.

On Tuesday, Woods announced on his Web site he had had arthroscopic surgery on the knee and would need at least four weeks to recover.

“I was shocked. I couldn’t believe it when I heard driving in,” Brandt Snedeker said Wednesday, a day before the start of the Verizon Heritage.

Snedeker finished third at the Masters last week behind champion Trevor Immelman and Woods, the world’s No. 1 player.

The operation should prevent Woods from defending his title at the Wachovia Championship in two weeks, or competing in THE PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass a week after that.

“He only plays about 15 times a year anyway,” Tim Clark said. “So it’s not going to do a lot” to affect the PGA TOUR.

Because Harbour Town follows the Masters, Woods has used this week to rest before getting ready for the U.S. Open. He has made only one appearance in the event, tying for 18th in 1999.

So golfers who do play the Verizon Heritage are typically left answering questions about some aspect of Woods’ success or game.

Fred Funk, who’s friendly with Woods, wondered why the world’s best player took any time off.

“I didn’t know his knee was bothering him,” said Funk, who splits time the PGA and Champions tours.

“I actually got two blown cartilages and I’m playing through it,” Funk said, laughing. “It’s a surprise. But this is just a window of opportunity for him to get it done.”

Woods hasn’t played like someone with a knee problem. He has won three PGA TOUR titles this season and hasn’t finished out of the top five in five events this year.

“He’s in such great shape that you probably wouldn’t know if he had a problem,” Clark said.

Woods’ swing coach, Hank Haney, sat through several interviews at an outing for his International Junior Golf Academy near here in Bluffton without giving away Woods’ injury.

When it comes to Woods, Haney said in describing their relationship, the coach looks not be “low maintenance but no maintenance.”

Haney discussed Woods’ ball-striking at the Masters, saying he was told by the player’s caddie, Steve Williams, that it was the best he’s ever hit the ball at Augusta National.

“He’s been with him 10 years,” Haney said. “So that says something.”

Zach Johnson, the 2007 Masters champion, said he admired how Woods’ camp kept things quiet so he could keep competing until he was ready. “He was able to play the Masters and get his procedure done,” Johnson said. “He knows what he’s doing.”

Aaron Baddeley, a past champion at Harbour Town, didn’t expect to see high-fives in the locker room over Woods’ absence. “It’s a bummer that he’s not out here,” Baddeley said. “You always want to compete against the best because when you win, it makes it that much more special.”

The PGA TOUR will lose some star power with Woods’ on the sideline. “He makes our product better than what it is,” Johnson said. “He makes us better, as far as competition goes.”

It’s not all bad to have Woods’ out.

“It’s good for us,” Snedeker said, laughing, “because now that he’s taking off we’ve got a chance to win a couple of these.”

Daly Gets His Nurse Fantasy

By Associated Press
While Trevor Immelman was winning the Masters for his first major, John Daly was having surgery in Arkansas with hopes of getting his train-wreck of a career back on track.

Daly has cited injury as the primary reason for his poor play over the last two years, during which he has withdrawn eight times and missed the cut 14 times in 33 events. The injury dates to the ‘07 Honda Classic, when he tried to stop his swing upon hearing the click of a fan’s camera. More than a year later, his doctor believes he found the problem.

The surgery was to repair a torn muscle in his stomach.

“When he tried to stop swinging at the Honda Classic, he tore his rotator cuff and he also dislocated two rib joints where they attach to the spine,” said Dr. Steve Whitelaw, who works with the Arkansas Razorbacks. “We rehabbed all that, but the whole time he had dislocated ribs, he tore the ligaments around them.”

Whitelaw said when Daly complained of more pain, they ran a full body scan and discovered the muscle tear in the stomach.

“It was not attached, and the muscle shrunk down,” he said. “When he swings, he uses that area with his stomach and core strength. He could only go so long without hurting. He was in a cycle he could not get out of.”

Whitelaw said Daly might be able to hit easy wedge shots this week, and the recovery should be quick. Where the two-time major champion returns is uncertain, although it could be Europe.

Daly has agreed to play the Spanish Open in Seville in two weeks. That’s opposite the Wachovia Championship, which did not offer Daly an exemption this year. Daly is contemplating an extended stay in Europe, possibly playing the Italian Open and Irish Open the following two weeks, and perhaps the BMW Championship at Wentworth.

This a shame since Daly was in our last matchup for the Super 6 Fantasy Golf.

Tigers Knee Update

By Brian Hewitt The Golf Channel.com
Wachovia Championship tournament director Kym Hougham said Wednesday he is saddened by the news on Tiger Woods’ knee. But, he added when asked about the financial impact of Woods absence, his event is “insulated” in the sense that its corporate buys and ticket sales have been sold out for two months.

This was in response to the announcement Tuesday that Woods underwent arthroscopic on his left knee and will miss six to eight weeks of tournament golf.

Hougham also said he detected Woods struggling to get in and out of bunkers at the Masters last week and didn't think about it until Tiger's agent, Mark Steinberg, called him Tuesday night to tell him Woods wouldn't be defending at Wachovia.

Yes, Steinberg told Hougham when Hougham said he had noticed Tiger's discomfort at Augusta, that was what was going on.

Meanwhile, Woods swing coach Hank Haney informed GOLF CHANNEL late Tuesday that caddie Steve Williams had told him it was the best ball-striking Masters he had seen by Woods in his 10 years on Tiger's bag.

The big question now will be Tiger's fitness for The Memorial in six weeks. Haney said Tiger's availability for the U.S. Open in two months should be “no problem.”

THE LORENA SLAM:
It turns out Lorena Ochoa’s people have a definitive game plan in place starting with the next women’s major—the McDonald’s LPGA Championship at Bulle Rock in early June. And, it turns out, Bulle Rock could be the most difficult of the Slam events for Ochoa who won the year’s first major two weeks ago at the Kraft Nabisco.

For starters, Ochoa has never won the LPGA. And, her caddie, Dave Brooker, says, the golf course, in his opinion, lends itself to a “free for all.”

“In my eyes,” Brooker added, “Bulle Rock does not have the look of a major that this year’s other venues do. It’s more forgiving and gives more players a chance to win.”

Those other venues are Interlachen, near Minneapolis--for the U.S. Women’s Open later in June--and Sunningdale for the Women’s British in early August. Brooker caddied at Interlachen for the 2002 Solheim Cup matches and says course knowledge there won’t be a problem. “Interlachen will be a lot like Pine Needles (site of last year U.S. Women’s Open where Ochoa finished tied for second),” he said. “You have to hit it long and straight and the greens will be fast.”

Sunningdale opens with two par-5s which will play right into Ochoa’s length advantage. As of now, no early scouting missions are planned. Ochoa and Brooker will arrive Monday at all three tournament sites and begin their homework at that point. “We’re pretty smart people,” Brooker said.

Smart enough last year at the Old Course to figure out all the humps and bumps and hollows without the help of a local caddie. In winning her first major, Ochoa finished clear of runner-up Maria Hjorth by four shots at St. Andrews.

Golf Videos Online

The most difficult challenge we face is trying to convince the public that we do things right," said Canyon Meadows course superintendent Ken MacKenzie. "The perception is that we go out and blanket-spray 2,4-D and Killex wall to wall. Well, it's not the case; a) it's expensive, and b) I'm only a steward of the course. I have absolutely no right to pollute the property or the environment.
"We spot-spray; we don't spray an entire fairway if there are only three dandelions on it."
In fact, golf course operators are taking the environment into consideration more than ever as they try to find the balance
between keeping green and, well, keeping green.
"We just have to think more about the big picture, and think about how everything you do golf videos
influences the community and the environment around you," said Harvest Hills superintendent Sean O'Connor.
And that doesn't just mean day-to-day operations. Thinking green often begins as early as the design phase of a golf course.
That means integrating native grasses into the course that don't need to be watered or fertilized. That means a drainage system that puts less of a strain on the water supply. And it means choosing strains of grass that work best in the Alberta weather.
"We have to (be responsible), based on public perception," said Dean Ross, the superintendent at the new Lakes of Muirfield course near Lyalta.
"We typically get a lot of the negative press; people say we're over-watering, over-fertilizing, over-using chemicals and all that stuff. To be honest, I think golf courses are good about using
water and chemicals because we have to track everything, we have to send reports to Alberta Environment."
Alberta's dry climate actually has some advantages for courses, especially when it comes to pest management; the humidity of Ontario, for instance, produces far more chemical-management issues golf videos online
And as a rule, most courses try to find natural alternatives whenever possible.
"I think it's a bit of a fallacy," said Terry Boldt, the manager of golf course operations for the City of Calgary, of perceived chemical dependence. "We don't want to apply those types of chemicals. Every time you do that, it has a negative impact on the health of the turf. So there's no easy way out in the management of turf."
The city courses actually are ahead of the curve in environmental thinking, having achieved ISO 14001 certification in 2002 for its environmental management program.
It's an ongoing process, said Boldt; for instance, the city is looking at a way to integrate the watering system for both its Lakeview course and Glenmore Athletic Park to cut down on the use of treated water.
Irrigation is the biggest environmental concern when it comes to courses, as they try to deal with Alberta's notoriously dry climate golf videos
"It's always a fine line; the golf courses are so beautiful in our market, and there's an expectation, much more in Canada and North America than in other parts of the world, that courses need to be green," said Harvest Hills general manager Bob Genoway. "So we're faced with that, and Mother Nature doesn't always comply with our wishes. So we use water, but the systems now are all computerized, and there is not a lot of waste. There's always a purpose for it."

Golf Videos For Google 2

You won't catch Brad Franklin marketing a shirt called "Bunkerbabe" or a pair of shorts called "Surfer Dude."

Toronto-based Quagmire Golf videos likes to portray its clothing line as if the people who wear the stuff just walked in off the beach at Malibu. Similarly, local manufacturers Phresh Clothing go in for some pretty riotous shades of lime green and pink.

"We like a relaxed, fun look," said Tim Tochor of Phresh. "You can wear our stuff with jeans or relaxing on the beach."

California-based Loudmouth Golf videos makes polka-dot pants that even Jesper Parnevik might be afraid to wear outside the privacy of his own home. But founder Woody Woodworth insists he sells plenty of his stuff north of the border.

"Canadians are some of our best customers," he said. "They like the loud stuff."

Canadians may be going a little wild on the links, but Franklin, manager of product development for Dunning Golf in Markham, still prefers the more traditional route.

"We're into a modern, country club type of styling," he said. "We're not trying to be edgy. We're not looking at 20-year-olds, we're looking at 50- or 60- year-old guys who maybe drink too many Coors Lights and want something very golfer friendly."

Sunglasses are always a staple for golfers. Sundog Sports now has Mike Weir on its client list and is marketing some cool shades.

Choice, of course, is what makes the world go 'round. So here's a quick look at a few of the items on the market today for golf videos.

Golf Videos For Google

PGA TOUR commissioner Tim Finchem offered his support Tuesday for golf to become an Olympic sport, an endorsement that could give golf videos its strongest chance since it was dropped from the Olympic program more than 100 years ago.

“While there remain questions to be answered and issues to be resolved, I believe the time is now right to move forward,” Finchem said on a blog he posted on the tour’s Web site.

Because the International Olympic Committee requires seven years for a sport to be added, the earliest golf could be part of the Olympics is 2016. The IOC will meet next year to vote on a host for the 2016 Games and decide whether to include additional sports.

Any bid would have to come through the International Golf Federation, which the IOC recognizes as golf videos ruling body for the Olympics. It is run jointly by USGA executive director David Fay and Royal & Ancient Golf Club chief executive Peter Dawson.

Golf swing videos online last was played in the Olympics in 1904, with George Lyon of Canada winning the gold medal.

It almost was part of the Atlanta Games in 1996—at Augusta National, no less—until IOC member Anita DeFrantz and others criticized the club’s all-male membership, and the fact it had only recently taken a black member.

The last attempt for Olympic golf came in 2005.

“It failed for a pragmatic reason,” Fay said. “It’s not going to succeed unless the professional tours are behind it. We haven’t had the professional bodies express support for it since Atlanta.”

Finchem said golf as an Olympic sport would promote growth around the world. And while he mentioned that golf already has four majors, three World Golf Championships and The Players Championship, he thought there was room for golf in the Olympics.

“I do not believe that Olympic golf would have any effect on the stature or prestige of these other significant events, but rather would provide another complementary opportunity for our players to compete and demonstrate their skills on a global stage,” he said.

What remains uncertain is whether the Olympics interest Tiger Woods, the world’s No. 1 player and biggest attraction. When this first came up at the start of the decade, Woods pointed to four major championships with equal value held every year.

“I don’t think it would be a big priority in our game,” he said in 2000.

Fay said the key would be to have most of the top players involved, not every one. The biggest boost is support is from golf’s brass.

“The most important thing is to get the professional bodies behind it,” Fay said. “And then it’s good ol’ fashioned lobbying. And we’re willing to do that.”

In the most recent proposal for golf videos online to join the Olympics, officials suggested 72 holes for stroke play with 50 men and 50 women, with eligibility determined by the world ranking. No country could have more than three players.

Golf is ripe for Olympic involvement with quality players from more countries. In the past several years, Jeev Milkha Singh became the first player from India to win a European tour event; the Masters has invited two players from China; and Angel Cabrera gave South America its first major champion in 40 years.

Finchem said the biggest obstacle would be scheduling, including his FedEx Cup, which concludes with four big tournaments at the end of the regular season, with $10 million going to the winner.

Fay said the World Golf Foundation, of which he is the chairman for the next two years, likely would meet over the next few months to start developing a plan. The foundation includes leaders from all major golf organizations, including Augusta National Golf Club.

Billy Payne, chairman of Augusta National who ran the Atlanta Games, wants to see golf videos in the Olympics.

“I’m a great advocate of golf being part of the program and think it belongs there,” Payne said last week at the Masters. “Once a sport is officially accepted into the Olympic program, it becomes entitled to distribution through their committees, to some of the proceeds of finance generated by the Olympics. That would be a way of importantly introducing the game to a lot of countries.”

Verizon Heritage Classic Super 6 Matchups - Results

Results cofirmed

Match 1: AARON BADDELEY WINS - Woody Austin (T23) Vs Aaron Baddeley (T2)

Match 2: BOO WEEKLEY WINS - Els misses the cut. Ernie Els Vs Boo Weekley (1)

Match 3: JIM FURYK WINS - Jim Furyk (4) Vs Justin Leonard (17)

Match 4: CAMILO VILLEGAS WINS - Camilo Villegas (T7) Vs Charles Howell III (T12)

Match 5: STEWART CINK WINS Rose WD's. Justin Rose (WD) Vs Stewart Cink (T7)

Match 6: ZACH JOHNSON as Daly WD's before the event. John Daly (WD) Vs Zach Johnson (MC)

See all leaderboard HERE and go to this weeks EDS Byron Nelson Matchups Here.

Matches open at the conclusion of the Masters, but as usual, sometimes better to wait until Tuesday or Wednesday due to the large number of WD's this year.

Tiger Woods 2008 Masters Interview Video Part 1

We tried uploading Parts 2 and 3 to youtube, but obviously 1.65 billion doesnt go as far as it used to, since Part 2 and 3 are same format yet won't convert. Well done youtube, well worth 1.65 billion. No worries though coz we're making a new section with a slightly sexier design with the Masters videos you could ever want

Golf Videos

LAS VEGAS, May 9, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ ----Described as the most innovative golf event since the Skins Game, The Full Tilt Poker.net World Series of Golf(R: 70.88, -0.15, -0.21%) (OTC Bulletin Board: WSGF), has engaged in a multi-year domestic U.S. broadcast partnership with network television's sports leader, CBS Sports. The 2008 World Series of Golf video is set to air June 28 and 29, 2008.

A television sports special presentation that features all the thrill of golf with the intrigue of a reality program, the World Series of Golf video features up to 125 amateur players competing for a top prize of $250,000 in an innovative golf format that combines the skill of golf with the betting savvy of Texas Hold 'Em Poker.

"The World Series of Golf is about the characters in the game, and our television broadcast will highlight this unique group of personalities," said Terry Leiweke, president of the World Series of Golf. "The players in our event are golfers that any average guy can relate to. They talk trash, they love to gamble, and on any given day, they could drain a 20-foot putt with some real money on the line."

Played in a patent-pending method of play, The Full Tilt Poker.net World Series of Golf video allows for high stakes to ride on each and every shot of the tournament. Similar to poker, players must ante up before teeing off at each hole. Depending on the outcome of the tee shots, the player can then raise, call, check or fold on subsequent shots, with the winner of the hole collecting the pot. The result is a dramatic competition in which every shot counts, and betting strategy is just as important as skill. As in poker, when a player no longer has any chips to ante up, that player is eliminated. The winner of each group moves onto the next round until the final group yields the golfer who is crowned the champion of the World Series of Golf. The event will be played May 12 - 15 at the Paiute Golf videos Resort in Las Vegas, NV.

This year's telecast is scheduled to air June 28 and 29 on CBS Sports. Check local listings for broadcast times and details.

2007 WSG Recap

The 2007 inaugural World Series of Golf event was hosted by the Mirage Hotel & Casino and aired on national television in June 2007 and earned a viewership of more than 2-million domestic viewers. The event included 60 amateur golfers with Mark Ewing, a 31-year-old day-trader from Newport Beach, CA, taking home the top prize of $250,000. Notable personalities playing in the inaugural tournament included poker stars Phil Ivey, Phil Gordon and Rhett Butler, former NFL quarterback Mark Dyle, and former major league baseball player, Dusty Allen.

About The World Series of Golf(R: 70.88, -0.15, -0.21%)

The World Series of Golf is a sports and entertainment company founded in 2004 whose activities include land based golf events, media and an online, skill-based method of play for the game of golf. The company's first land-based amateur golf tournament took place in Las Vegas in 2007 and is the basis and launch pad for subsequent events internationally and for the company's overall strategy to leverage its patent-pending method of play, which combines the skill of golf videos and the wagering format of Texas Hold 'Em poker, into a leading global event and online enterprise. The company plans to achieve its objectives through strategic partnerships, sponsorships and the founders' extensive experience and contacts in the sports world and broadcasting. For additional information or to register for an event visit the company's website at http://www.worldseriesofgolf.com

Phil Mickelson Video

Watch Phil Mickelson video interview before the 2008 Masters:

Phil Mickelson Video

Tiger Woods Video

ROB JOHNSTON: Good morning, on behalf of the 2008 Masters Media Committee I would like to extend a warm welcome to each of you.

It is indeed my distinct honor to introduce Mr. Tiger Woods video, one of three players who have won four Masters Tournaments, and if you would permit me to briefly recite a history of his remarkable accomplishments.

In 1997 Tiger became the youngest player ever to win at Augusta, accomplishing a feat at 21 years at age setting the tournament record 270. He won his second green jacket in 2001 which gave him a victory in four consecutive professional majors. He won the 2002 Masters to become only the third player in tournament history to successfully defend his title and in 2005, he captured his fourth green jacket in an exciting playoff with Chris DiMarco by birdieing on the first playoff hole.

He is the holder of 13 major titles. He has won on the PGA TOUR 64 times and has already won four victories worldwide this year. This is Tiger's 13th Masters appearance.

Tiger, we are very excited to have you here and we appreciate your time, sir, and we would invite to you make a few comments before we open it up for questions.

TIGER WOODS: Okay. Well, looking forward to this week. It's our first major and the golf course is a little soft right now, for right now. I'm sure it will speed up come Thursday.

But you know, overall, the greens are starting to pick up a little bit of pace. There will be a lot more grass on them than they normally have and adjustments in the course setup, but overall this golf course, as usual, is in just pristine shape.

Q. Players look for motivation wherever they can find it. Is there something to be said coming to this tournament coming off a loss, as opposed to winning seven or eight in a row?

TIGER WOODS videos It's just another week. You have to put whatever happened behind you whether you won or lost, and it's all about this week. You've got to be focused and ready to come Thursday, and get everything going the right way.

Q. You've always scheduled your year around the majors and that's paid off handsomely for you through the years. When you come to Augusta National what makes this so special when you come here each year?

TIGER WOODS: Obviously the history, this is the only major we play each and every year on the same venue. That, and, you know, I think I've been lucky enough to have won this tournament and just to go up in that Champion's Locker Room and see all the guys over the years and get to know them. That's one of the neatest things about this golf tournament is the history behind it.

You know, this golf course, even though it's changed so much over the years, you can still say, the par has not changed but the course setup and you remember where you hit it just because you play it each and every year.

Q. You made a comment earlier this year that winning all four in a calendar year, all four majors, was possible; has anything happened so far so dissuade you from that opinion?

TIGER WOODS: No.

I mean, the reason why I said that, you have to understand why I said that, because I've done it before; I've won all four in a row. Majority of my career, I think this is my 12th or 13th season out here, and nine of those years I've won five or more tournaments, so just got to win the right four. That's what it boils down to.

Q. How much have you played this week here?

TIGER WOODS: I played Sunday. I played yesterday and I played nine today.

Q. But the other two days were 18?

TIGER WOODS golf swing video: Correct.

Q. The first two majors, which is the toughest test of golf?

TIGER WOODS: Depends on how it's set up. Last year, we were playing Oakmont; that's Oakmont.

But generally this is a golf course which you can make birdies, but the weather conditions didn't allow us to do that. But normally you could shoot under par, and I think this golf course, over the years has been much more forgiving than the U.S. Open.

Q. Can you make birdies the way you used to here?

TIGER WOODS: No. No. You know, you used to say that par was 68 for the longer hitters. I remember roaming around here and hitting good drives off the par 5s and good irons to every green; that's no longer the case.

Q. Now that you have obviously entered the zone of extreme expectation, probably unprecedented in golf, does that affect you in any way? Are you able to shut out what people expect of you, or does it get to a point where you have to exclude it completely, or is it an incentive for you to be aware that people are expecting you to fulfill these extraordinary feats of consistency? Does it have any real impact on you as an individual?

TIGER WOODS: No, it actually doesn't, because I play for myself and my family. That's it.

That's what my father's always said to me and that's what I've always done.

Q. Do you recall what it was like putting these greens the very first time and can you articulate what makes them so different from any others?

TIGER WOODS: I've never seen anything like this. Over the years, I guess through experience, they slow down to you. Even though they haven't slowed down, they have probably gotten faster over the years, but just going from amateur golf to junior golf to here; are you kidding me, we've never seen anything like this, this much slope and this fast.

I always tell every amateur I usually play with after they have completed the first hole, hey, most amateurs I've ever played with have done better than I did. I was playing with Ollie my first time, and I blew it over the bunker and had a little 60 degree sand wedge and the pin is middle left, hit not a very good shot but it was pin high, no big deal; and next thing I know, I'm chipping for my next shot. (Laughter).

That was my first putt at Augusta in competition, putted off the green.

Q. Is it safe to say that hitting long or whatever else, that's why you've done so well

TIGER WOODS: You have to putt well here. You can't putt poorly here and win. Now, you have to drive the ball well in order to win here; before you could spray it all over the place and it didn't matter actually tried to spray it all over the place to give yourself the best angles. 9 you used to hit the ball so far right to give yourself an ankle up to those left pins; now with the added trees you can't really do that anymore.

The holes have changed over the years in that way. 17, sometimes you had to hit it to 15 to get to the back left pin just to get a shot at these angles; they have taken that away. It's playing a lot more different and a lot more penal off the tee but the greens are still the same. The greens are still just as penal.

Q. I read the other day, Jack Nicklaus said, "I wish they would get rid of that rough up there." What rough is he talking about?

TIGER WOODS: The second cut, yeah, if you go out there, you'll see it. That's all you need to change this golf course.

Shots, for instance, on No. 1, if you pull it up the left side it used to run straight to the pine needles and you had no shot. Now it has a chance to get caught up, pull tee shots down 2 can get caught up. It changes the speed of this golf course quite a bit. Shots on 10, if you don't turn it, used to land up the right and actually roll through the gallery down into the trees and now it can get caught up.

Q. That much rough makes that much difference?

TIGER WOODS: Mm hmm. (Nodding).

Q. Granted there is not really trash talk in golf but there's been a little bit of chirping whether it be Jason Day or Sabbatini or to a lesser degree, Poulter, guys like that. When you get wind of comments from other players, does that amuse you, annoy you, motivate you, how do you react to all that stuff given how well you have been playing?

TIGER WOODS video: I think it's just funny. Some of the guys, that's just their personalities, you know.

But, hey, my father's always taught me, just go out there and just play and let your clubs do the talking and that should be enough.

Q. At The Match Play, you mentioned your putting is still getting benefits from matches you had with your dad a long time ago and he enjoyed trying to get in your head a lot on the tee making noise and this or that; is there a favorite story you can look back on during that time and felt like he put pressure on you and you responded and understood what pressure was after that?

TIGER WOODS: It's funny that people say that, because I asked my dad to do that to me, to make me a tougher golfer, to make me a tougher person; so he did. He put me through the same stuff that he had to go through in Special Forces, all the psychology part of it. It was fun to me. It was frustrating to me at first because I didn't understand how to deal with it but I just had to figure it out. He used to pull all the little tricks.

It got to a point where it was amusing and we would laugh about it. He would try it and it didn't work and I would hit better and better shots. It was just one of those things where my dad helped me grow up, and some great times. I mean, we had so many great contests and rounds, putting contests, short game contests, you name it. We were always competing against one another in everything, and really, it was everything. Played cards, no one wanted to lose.

Q. About what age?

TIGER WOODS: Oh, geez, from when I can remember. We always were going at each other. It was always fun because I always wanted to beat him because he was so much better than me. Finally when I got to about 11 or 12 when we started getting some pretty good matches, but he was a 1 handicapper at the time, so some great matches.

Q. How do you explain the Masters is so good in your own history; you won your first major here, after that in 2005, you had not won for two years, and you won here again; so why is it so special here for you?

TIGER WOODS: I just feel comfortable on this golf course. One, because I see it every year. From what I remember is every spring, that's all you did is you just get tuned in, and usually early coverage started at No. 6 or No. 7 and you see the highlights and off you went, and you always saw all the holes, the guys coming in, how they played. You remember all those shots.

When I came here, I played it for the first time, I remember where a lot of these guys have played from, and it didn't seem as daunting of a task because I've seen it so many times.

Q. So each time you win, each time you play again at the Masters, you are stronger, because it's experience of playing and winning?

TIGER WOODS video: Well, experience definitely helps. But also, you have to keep evolving, because the golf course keeps changing. They keep changing the greens on you. The fairways, the tee angles, you know, there's little subtle changes, and obviously you have to mark that down and put it in your memory banks.

Some of the greens haven't changed and those putts are still just as true as they were when I first came here.

Q. Have you bumped into Trip Kuehne and what are your memories of the '94 Amateur?

TIGER WOODS: I saw Trip yesterday on the putting green just real quick. '94 was a good week. I hit the ball well. Trip played well in that final and I just got hot at the right time in that second round and got ahead somehow.

Q. You got pretty early mental training; how critical was that to get it early and to get what you got and how much do you draw on that?

TIGER WOODS: Well, a lot of it now I just do but then it was different, because obviously I like to create shots, and I have no idea what people say about seeing the shot. I've never seen the shot. I just don't understand that, because my creativeness, I see this thing going all over the place, so I use feel and you see my hands, I feel things that way. That's one of the things Jay really helped me with was to understand that and harness that.

Q. Jack came out years ago and said you would win ten green jackets. Wonder your initial thought as you heard that and as you go with a chance to win your fifth now if you at that time thought you would even be sniffing five at some point in your career.

TIGER WOODS: Well, I felt that he was a little out there by saying that. (Laughter) I haven't made a cut yet.

But you know, I just think that the way the golf course was set up then, versus the way it's set up now, guys with power had just a huge advantage. Obviously you could see that.

I remember playing No. 2, my first year, my longest club I hit in there was a 4 iron. You know, when I won in '97, I hit two wedges into 15. The golf course has changed quite a bit since then.

You know, if it would have stayed that way, guys with big power could have taken overall the bunkers and shortened up this golf course quite a bit but that's changed quite a bit.

Q. As a follow, is it a little bit difficult to imagine five, even as strong and powerful as you are?

TIGER WOODS: Yeah, to have four at this age, it's a dream come true. You don't want to envision winning this many this soon. It takes so much experience and so much knowledge of how to play this golf course. And then obviously to play well at the same time.

But I got lucky and played a lot of practice rounds with some past champions and the knowledge they shared with me was invaluable.

Q. With some of the changes and the lengthening they have done to this golf course over the years, could you ever have fathomed somebody winning this championship by laying up on all the par 5s all four days like Zach did?

TIGER WOODS: Not the way that the course used to play, but now the way it's playing and obviously the weather conditions we had last year, I can understand that now, yeah.

Q. Can you see that happening again?

TIGER WOODS video: It can happen, yeah. It happened this year. If it doesn't pick up any pace and the ball is not rolling anywhere and right now it's cool and the ball is not flying, either; you know, a lot of guys are hitting wood on 18 after good drives.

So you definitely can see that now, but if it dries up, ball starts rolling out, then guys will start going for it.

Q. Your drive to win is well documented. Does that ratchet it up a little bit more this year considering how last year's Masters came to a close for you?

TIGER WOODS: Still the same. You always want to win major championships. This is a special one and I've had some nice memories here. I just didn't finish off my rounds last year the way I needed to. I made some mistakes on 17 and 18 a couple days, and that was the difference between winning and losing.

Q. When Jack was in his prime, he wasn't a huge fan of playing in the Par 3 Tournament because he thought it was a distraction for him and he wanted to focus. Talk about your approach to the Par 3 and what you enjoy about it and your memories?

TIGER WOODS: My last one I played when Arnold, at the time, it was his last Masters. (Laughter) I made a hole in one and that was it. Good way to end it.

Q. You won't play tomorrow?

TIGER WOODS: No.

Q. Why?

TIGER WOODS: It's changed over the years. Used to be, I thought was a lot of fun to play, but now it is a little bit distracting to get ready and be ready for the tournament.

Q. The focus you bring to the course is obvious, and all of the distractions you have to deal with, what is it about the click of a camera that can unhinge you sometimes, and do you do anything now to try to strengthen yourself against that?

TIGER WOODS: Well, it's one of those things that we have to deal with. It happens more when you get towards the final groups. Obviously they have more guys following them, and it happens. It's not the guys that we see week to week that travel with the TOUR and we see. It's the local guys that general don't have the golf knowledge and they don't know when to do it. Sometimes they move and do distracting things. It happens and that's just the way it is. The game is growing. It's gotten bigger and these are things that you just have to deal with, and it's going to happen. You've got to deal with it the best you can.

Q. Some years ago here, you were asked if you ever felt intimidated on the golf course, and your reply was, not since you were 11 and in the Junior World championship has anything happened since Todd change that?

TIGER WOODS: No.

Q. Going back to how your father used to find distractions so you could learn to deal with that, would he stand will with a camera or mobile there?

TIGER WOODS: We didn't have those things then. (Laughter).

Q. Could you get anybody to take pictures of you all the time?

TIGER WOODS video: No.

Q. Doral obviously the leaderboard had a bunch of big names, wonder what that might have told you about the state of the PGA TOUR now heading into the first major and the likelihood of having big names at the top?

TIGER WOODS: Well, I think we have all seen, I think most of the top guys are playing well this year. You know, when it comes to Vijay, Phil, Goose is starting to play better, Ernie is playing better, Jim is starting to turn it around a little bit and Adam is playing well; a lot of the guys are playing well this year. It's just that it doesn't happen the same weeks when we are all together. Guys are all over the world playing, and we're not always in the same fields playing, but generally guys have been playing pretty good this year.

Q. Smoltz and Francoeur wanted me to ask you about you taking batting practice

TIGER WOODS: Yeah, it was a simulated game. Smoltzy was pitching a simulated game.

Q. What was that like?

TIGER WOODS: It was fun. It was fun. It's one of those things that you've always I always wanted to do. My dad played baseball and I grew up playing baseball, but not to face probably a future Hall of Famer in Smoltz's and having to get up there and have him throw you all of his stuff and to make contact and drive one up with the middle a little bit, that was pretty cool.

Q. Did Jeff Francoeur play any better than he did the year before?

TIGER WOODS: Well, he's watching this no. And I'm not going to give any more shots to him. (Laughter).

Q. When you consider how this course is set up now, where would you rank it in terms of the course that you're most likely to win at, of the courses you play on a regular basis, where does that rank in terms of what you feel is best set up for you?

TIGER WOODS: Well, I feel pretty good. I've had some pretty good results here. Certain venues, if you look over my career, I've had some nice results, and certainly this is one of them.

Q. For a guy who has defeated as many people as you have, how much have you ever looked back on the guys you've beaten, their careers and how their lives have changed? Not to say you've let these guys lay to waste, but have you looked back on what you've done to some guys?

TIGER WOODS: Not necessarily, no. Mark's out here. I've played against him in the final I think my second U.S. Junior. He's out here. Most of the guys you had to make a decision, whether you wanted to do it, to work that hard and the lifestyle and being away from home and all of the things that you have to do in order to succeed at this sport; are you willing to pay the prices.

Some guys say no and that's fine, and they go on and they have had successful lives. So an article about Brad Zwetschke and what he's doing now in the ministry, and what Trip is doing in the financial world, guys have found their own niche and it doesn't have to be golf.

Q. I would like to clarify a point on the rough, please. Some guys have said that it helps more than it hurts because it keeps the ball from running off into the trees. What's your feeling on that? Does it help you or hurt you, generally speaking.

TIGER WOODS: Well, I think it helps on tee shots, there's no doubt because it does slow the ball from going into the trees. But second shots, it does hurt you, because it's hard to control your distances on a golf course in which you have to be so precise, and if you're not with your distances, you're going to pay a pretty good price.

So, yes, it does help you off the tee, but certainly hinders you quite a bit going into the greens.

Q. Before Doral, I think a lot of people here even might have started to believe maybe you can win everything, but then you had a day when the putts didn't go in and the camera went off and one day at Muirfield, the weather; can you talk about how hard it is trying to be on top of your game and have everybody else not get ahead of you on the four major weeks a year?

TIGER WOODS: Well, you have to have all a lot of things come together in order to win a championship and more so major championships. One break where you hit a tree and it goes out of play and didn't come back in or it happens to catch the right slope or catches the right gust of winds; all of these little factors that come in just one time is the difference between winning and losing.

It really is hard to quantify that to people. Even as knowledgeable as Hank is, he's seen me play umpteen holes; even he can't always pick it up. Steve is the only one, you ask all of the players and the caddies, they are the only ones who really understand the difference between winning and losing, how fine that is.

That's what makes this game so great is that you have to find a way.

Q. Given what you said about the Grand Slam earlier this year, easily within reason, why those particular reasons, easily?

TIGER WOODS video Well, Tom, because I've done it before. I've won all four in a row. I think I'm the only guy who has done that; modern configuration.

Q. So going back to the history, what continues to drive you, is it the Grand Slam, is it the pursuit of perfection or the game itself, what continues to drive you?

TIGER WOODS: I love winning. I just love getting out there and mixing it up with the guys here, and they are trying to beat me and I'm trying to beat them; that's fun. (Smiling).

Q. Stanford will go for another national title tonight. Will you be watching and what message, if any, did you have for the team?

TIGER WOODS: Well, I hope they win. The guys didn't get it done and hopefully the women can.

Q. When you won the four in a row, it happened to start at the U.S. Open and you actually came here last year going for three in a row. Is what makes the calendar slam so difficult is that it has to go in order and it has to start here and if you goof, you can't start over, and is that maybe why no one has done it and can you just speak to that? Do you sense the pressure especially since there's been such a discussion about it this year, started by you.

TIGER WOODS: It's hard to say, because this major is so important to all of us. You know, it's such a special event. You always want to win this event. I've been lucky enough to have won it four times. But in order to win all on the calendar, you have to win here, yeah.

Hopefully I can get it done this year and move on.

Q. Jack had said in the middle during his pursuit, sometimes if he didn't win the Masters, he felt deflated; do you have to protect against that?

TIGER WOODS video Yeah, you feel deflated because you lost, but the very next day, you're fired up about the U.S. Open.

I've talked to him about that, and it's been blown out of proportion just a touch, about that. Because are you frustrated that you lost; of course, you don't ever want to lose. I don't understand how you can like losing.

But you know, once this tournament is over, you start refocusing and getting your game ready for the next major, no one has been better at that than Jack in his career, 19 seconds and 18 wins, how good is that.

ROB JOHNSTON: Thank you very much for joining us, and we wish you the best of luck.