Robert Karlson won the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters

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Robert Karlson played alongside the favourite and European No. 1 Lee Westwood played a perfect golf of 65 at the final round of the Commercial Bank Qatar Master at Doha today. Lee Westwood birdied the first 2 holes and looked the early favourite to take the title, but  2 bogeys on the first nine made him struggle a bit behind Dredge and Rumford.

Karlson played some superb golf at the second nine and birdied the final 72nd hole to sealed the victory with a final round of 65.

Lee Westwood won the Race to Dubai

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Lee Westwood won the Dubai World Championship here on Sunday to make him Europe no 1 player. He carded the new course record of  eight under 64 for a total 23 under par. Starting the with a 2 shots lead over Ross McGowan, Lee made no mistake through the whole 18 holes from tee to the green with all 100% fairway hits and green in regulation.

It is hard to find anyone who is so much in focus other than Tiger Wood but Lee showed that he too can be very as good as the best leaving everyone in the field with 6 shots. Next year it will be interesting to see if the Englishman can win a major championship and hopefully the British Open or the US Open.

Korea’s Bo Bae Song won the LPGA Mizuno Classic

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Bo Bae Song of South Korean won the Mizuno Classic by beating Lorena Ochoa and 3 others by 2 strokes in Shima Japan. Playing in the Japanese LPGA Bo Bae Song will receive the exemption to play in the USLPGA next year.

Japan idol Ai Miyazato failed to shine in the final day despite a very impressive first day no bogey rounds. Among the top Japanese finishers is Momoko Ueda who managed to finished tied 9th

Phil Mickelson won the HSBC Championship

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World No. 2 Phil Mickelson won the 2009 HSBC Championship by beating the world best including his playing partner world no. 1 Tiger Woods. It was one of the most interesting final day round in any competition with Woods lost 3 shots with a double and a bogey in the front nine before making charge later at the back nine, but it was a little too late for the world no. 1.

It was the big easy Ernie Els the top favourite at the final hole but he like what he did before hit his 2nd shot to the par 5 into the water and ended up bogey hoping that Phil will make mistake for a play off. Phil Kickelson proved that luck was on his side despite some amateur type of shot at the 16th where his 64 degree wedge went through the club but managed to save par for a putt outside the green. He needed just to par the 18th to take the championship.

Nick Watney and Ryan Moore was among the 2 relatively unknown players who managed to put a good fight with the world top rank players. We will sure to see more from the 2 americans and probably they will be in the team at the next Ryder cup.

The New Ping G15 Driver

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Ping just launched the new Ping G15 driver and said to be even better than the tour leading G10 driver. With a big 460 cc club size this driver will surely become the hot selling item just like the earlier version of the G10. Targetted for the mid handicap and the better players, this club is believe to give the maximum forgiveness and even have the draw version.

Next is to test this club at the range when there is demo day by Ping. If the feel is good and the distance is better, it is surely something that we could consider to replace some of the older clubs in the bag. This time Ping may find its way to the bag.

The new Taylormade Burner forged iron 2009

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Taylormade Japan introduces its all new Burner Forged Irons. Forged from premium soft S25C, the new Burner Forged provides wonderful feel and control coupled with performance. The Burner forged utilizes inverted cone technology and a new cavity design to increase the sweet area over the previous model reducing distance loss on miss hits. The new Burner Forged also has a multi functional sole made for versatility in any lie.

The new Burner Forged features a pearl satin finish to reduce glare and reflections. The iron features some offset to help players square the club at impact and closer to traditional lofts (26* 5 iron) for playability.

The set look quite similar to the earlier version of Taylormade R7 forged and should be available for the market very soon. It comes with the popular NS Pro 950GH shaft or the Mitsubishi Rayon Bassara for the graphite lovers. This will be the set golfers will love to own and of course myself being a fan of Taylormade.

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Rafael Cabrera-Bello won the Austrian Open Golf

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Spaniard Rafael Cabrera-Bello has just won the Austrian Open at Fontana GC  in Vienna. With 8 shots behind the overnight leader Benn Barham, Rafael shot his record lowest round of 60 to finish 20 under par for the tournament. It was really a sweet first victory for Rafael and the win has improved his Race to Dubai position to no 43.

Benn Barham did what he could and shot a round of 69 and the first victory will need to wait a bit longer. It is nice to see many first time winner in the European tour this year and certainly Rafael will be one of the the rising star in golf we hope to see in the coming years

Kenny Perry co lead the Augusta National

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On the day two, PGA winner Kenny Perry is leading at Augusta with 9 under par. Tiger Woods finished a disappointing even round on Friday and is trailing at two under par. We seems to forgot that Kenny Perry is very consistent with his game this season and he may well become the next Masters champion.

On Saturday is a moving day and we wil see if there is any movement on the leaderboard. Anthony Kim scored the lowest round and was back to contention after and impressive low round of 65.

There were many events happening too on the second round. Gary Player finally said goodbye to competitive golf after competing in the masters more than anyone else. Mr. Player was indeed a great player and he will always will as he made some great players like Trevor Immelman and the many great players from South Africa who are now playing the best golf of all time.

With the best talent that was loan to him as what Mr. Player said, he had made golf such a wonderful and beautiful game and created a lot of smiles on faces of the earth. To Gary Player, we thank you.

Prayad Marksaeng to challenge Masters at Augusta 2009

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It is just hours before the tee off of 2009 Masters at Augusta. Guys this is the Masters, the pinacle of golf tournament. One of the Asian star who will be competing in the Masters is Prayad Marksaeng. Prayad Marksaeng is a player who just want to win. For him it is just about winning and unlike some players who are fine by making the half way cut, Prayad wants to win tournament.

Prayad has won many tournament in Asia, Europe and Japan and now looking forward for some success in the US and the Masters maybe a tournament too big for him, but for man with this kind of determination, nothing seem to be impossible. Unlike most successful players, Prayad started his golf career from a caddie and at the same time need to do some odd jobs to support his interest in golf. Hard work and determination do pay as now Prayad is one of the world top players and he is playing his second Masters today.

We really hope that Prayad could well make the cut and be among the top 20 finishers in this Masters event. All the best to Prayad.

Wind affected Kraft Nabisco Championship

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Bad weather seems to hit PGA and LPGA golf. At the Kraft Nabisco Championship, we saw the ladies are struggling to do just everything. The desert wind was so powerful and the condition should have been called unplayable. The early starter of Christina Kim and Kristy McPherson enjoy the early round and finished top at 6 under when the late starters were badly affected the the wind.

World number one Lorena Ochoa finished tied 26th at 2 over. Bogeys and double bogey seems to be the normal score which saw Michelle Wie missing several short par putt and finished ta 64th but managed to make the cut.

The biggest casualty would be Ji Young Oh whose ball was blown by the wind and rolled off the green into the hazard at the 18th hole.  She chose to take the putt from the original position and ended up with a double bogey. It obviously proved that the condition is unplayable at that stage. How did the LPGA officials concluded that the condition is playble when golf balls move and roll off the green by the powerful wind. It should have been suspended. We feel very bad for Oh and hopefully the weekemd will bring good results for her.