PGA Golf Talk

The 2013 Canada Games in Quebec will now officially include golf. Golf will make its Canada Games debut as a demonstration sport at the 2009 Games in Charlottetown. According to the words of a representative of RCGA (Royal Canadian Golf Association), golf competitions with diversify the Games and “provide high-performance golf athletes across Canada with a major benchmark for excellence”.

Lorena Ochoa  showed amazingly good results with her 8 tour wins, 1 major, No. 1 year-end ranking, No. 1 money list, 69.69 scoring average, 21 top-10s, 1st in greens in regulation. In contrast, Woods succeeded in 7 tour wins, 1 major, No. 1 year-end ranking, No. 1 money list, 67.79 scoring average, 12 top-10s, 1st in greens in regulation. In fact, Ochoa was the first woman to eclipse the $3 million plateau and a short time later said bye-bye to the $4 million zone. So, unfortunately for Tiger, this year was definitely Ohoa’s year. Well, one cannot be a champion forever.

Eventhough Tiger Woods spent 10 weeks and four days without hitting a golf shot, it hardly became a problem for him on Thursday in the Target World Challenge when he struck just about everything where he was aiming, except for the last 18^th hole… Woods’s approach got into the hazard on the 18th hole and finished with a double bogey for a 3-under 69, leaving him one shot behind Jim Furyk in the final tournament of the year.

Tiger Woods, PGA tour champion and one of 15 top golf players in the world, will come back to action for the first time since hoisting the inaugural FedExCup. Woods is aimed to defend title and win his 4th Target World Challenge presented by Countrywide.

Australian Sim shot a 7-under 65 yesterday and took a one-stroke lead over long-hitting American player J.B. Holmes and 3 others after the 1st round of the Australian PGA Championship. Michael Sim’s, 23, rookie season on the PGA Tour this season was delayed by a stress fracture in his back. The golfer went out in 4-under 32 after he made birdies on 3 of the last 4 holes of the front 9 and a 15-foot putt for par on 9.

Demsey had nothing left but to stay aggressive. However, it all changed in the final round, as the Torrey Pines all of a sudden found himself inside the magic number thanks to 4 birdies on the back 9. 26 PGA Tour cards for the following 2008 season were distributed following the 6th and final round yesterday. Having shot an impressive 8-under-par 64, the thirty-five-year old Demsey moved from a tie for thirty-first into the eighth place.

Lickliter shot an even-par 72. He will go into today’s 5th of 6 rounds with a 3-shot lead over Allred (70) in the PGA Tour National Qualifying Tournament held at Winter Garden, Florida. The 38-year old, Lickliter was at 24-under 264. The Top Twenty-Five finishers and ties will earn 2008 PGA Tour cards. The next number of players nearest Fifty will get full Nationwide Tour exemptions. The remainder in the 166-man field will receive conditional Nationwide Tour status.