Matt Kuchar Wins The Players Championship

Matt Kuchar overcame late pressure from Luke Donald, Rickie Fowler and Martin Laird to shoot 2 under on the day for a 2 shot victory. The win takes Kuchar to world number 5 and 6th in the FedEx Cup rankings.

Fowler, Molinari and Booth all win.

For the first time in a while, 3 major tour winners this weekend have all been personal favourites of mine! Rickie Fowler won the Wells Fargo at Quail Hollow, Francesco Molinari the Open de Espana and Carly Booth won the Ladies Scottish Open.

23 year old American Rickie Fowler shot a 3 under par 69 on the final day to get himself into a playoff with Rory Mcilroy and D.A Points. The trio played the tough par 4 18th again with all players finding the tight fairway. After a drive of 326 yards Fowler stuck his approach to 4 feet and duly knocked it in for his first win on his 67th PGA Tour start since turning professional in 2009.. Fowler moves to 24 in the World Golf Rankings from 39. Despite losing in the playoff, Mcilroy leapfrogs Luke Donald to become world number one (again). His 3rd stint at the top and 5th week overall.

Quote me: Mcilroy on going back to world number one: "It's a little consolation, I would rather win the tournament, but it's good. I want to try to play well for the next few weeks and solidify my spot at number one."
Fowler: "It's been a wait, but I'm definitely still young, and hopefully this opens the door to many more." and "It's nice to be mentioned as a PGA Tour winner."
Fowler of Mcilroy: "We've always had a great camaraderie, been good buddies. I definitely respect him as a player, and I feel like he respects me as well".
Westwood finished the tournament strongly with a 6 under par 66. However, he was 7 under through 10...



Italy's Francesco Molinari carded a 7 under par final round to win the Open de Espana by 3 shots. Molinari began the day 4 shots behind overnight leader Simon Dyson but he fell away and Francesco carded the lowest round of the tournament. The win takes him to 29 in the world from 44. Carly Booth (i love her) won the Ladies Scottish Open by a single shot to win her first Ladies European Tour victory at just 19 years old! Incredible stuff. Looking at current odds and betting opinions at getfreebets Carly is beginning to leave the competition behind! The win gives her an exemption on tour until 2014. In other news, I bought some new clubs as well! A good weekend in all then. Hope all of yours were good too.

Dufner Finally Finds Breakthrough!

Jason Dufner finally got the monkey off his back on Sunday in New Orleans. The American defeated Ernie Els at the second extra playoff hole with a birdie. The win moves Dufner up 10 spots in the world golf rankings to 20th. Ernie Els is back in the top 50, rising 23 spots to 40th. Luke Donald also finished strongly with a birdie at the last to tie for third. The result moves Donald back to world number one above Rory Mcilroy. The pair have been leapfrogging each other for weeks! Looking forward to the Wells Fargo Championship next week now, an incredible field! Mickelson, Woods, Mcilroy etc. Tiger Woods is claiming that he has fixed his swing problems from Augusta, could be an interesting week...

Taylormade Rocket Ballz

I recently tried out the Taylormade RBZ (Rocketballz) Driver and 3 Wood. Had been told how amazing they were, especially the 3 Wood and they did not disappoint! Was hitting the Driver much straighter than my R9 460 and the 3 Wood was ridiculous! Hit it 285 on the launch monitor compared with 260 from my i15 3 Wood. The pros seem to be enjoying it too. Check out this Taylormade advert of Dustin Johnson being fitted for the 3 Wood. Good to see a pro tracer as well, love watching those videos!

Bubba Watson Wins 2012 Masters

The 2012 Masters didn't provide the two horse race between Mcilroy and Woods that the world had hoped for. It played out as a convential major as Westwood came up short after looking like a dead cert, Woods kicked his toys out of the pram and 'Get in the hole' was moronically shouted on every par 5 tee shot by the American contingent. However, there was nothing conventional about the eventual winner, Bubba Watson. Watson once claimed himself unteachable, a man who can manoeuvre the golf ball in ways which others simply can't and who has the ability to hit the ball nearer to 400 than 300 yards. Every one of his mannerisms I despise, his accent bugs me, his dependence in Jesus goes against my utterly atheistic tendencies. Despite all of this there was something incredibly infectious about the way he modestly reacted to pulling off one of the most remarkable shots in Masters history on the second playoff hole. A worthy champion in an unlikely form, but a worthy champion none the less in Bubba Watson.

Tiger Woods Wins The 2012 Arnold Palmer Invitational

Tiger Woods was the only player under par in the final 6 pairings on Sunday at Bay Hill. He fired a 2 under par 70 at a Bay Hill course which was playing much like a US Open.

Woods pure elation was evident as he walked onto the 72nd green in front of thousands of fans. The usually stern face of Woods cracked when reading his putt and 'that' famous smile etched across his face. The 14 time major champion proceeded in 2 putting for a 5 shot victory over Graeme McDowell.

The Northern Irishman showed the same class he always displays in saying "I think he really just kind of nailed home his comeback. Great to have a front-row seat watching maybe the greatest of all-time doing what he does best, winning golf tournaments."

Woods described his 72nd PGA Tour victory as "pure joy". His reaction personified that.

Thoughts now switch to Augusta where he will undoubtedly be favourite to get within three of Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 majors. I for one will be praying for a Mcilroy/Woods final pairing...

Cadillac Championship Final Round Highlights

Justin Rose held off Bubba Watson and Rory Mcilroy to win his 4th PGA Tour title and his biggest to date. Rose held a two shot lead going into the final hole and decided to power a hybrid long and right to avoid the water. He made a tap in bogey and assumed he had done enough to win. Bubba Watson needed birdie at the last from the group behind to reach a playoff. In true Bubba-style he curled a power fade from the trees in to 10 feet. Rose went to the range to hit some balls expecting a playoff but Watson missed the putt to hand the 31 year old Englishman the title. The win moves Rose up to 7th in the world rankings.