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.

Shell Houston Open

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It’s April and before the Augusta showdown is the Shell Houston Open but we will not see Tiger Woods in action. The favourite for this tournament is of course the top players like Sergio Garcia, Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh and Padraig Harrington. I would count Vijay to be out of contention as he has not get that magic touch of his especially with his putting. Sergio can sometimes bring a lot of surprise. The spaniards to me is still the best driver and iron player in the world but his putting can let him down sometimes.

Not forgetting double winner in 2009 Geoff Ovilvy  can add another victory to his winning list this year. Phil Mickelson maybe the world number 2 player now and quite consistent.

But I am hoping that Camilo Villegas to win at Shell Houston

Jiyai Shin failed to win at Phoenix

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Jiyai Shin shot a 70 on the final round and lost to Karrie Web at the J Golf LPGA International in Phoenix. The Australian pipped the South Korean with 2 stroked after record an impressive round of 67. It was not to be the Miss Final Round for Jiyai this time around.

But it was all about the impressive play by Karrie Webb and seem not making any mistakes who started the day with just 1 stroke behind Jiyai Shin.

The LPGA world has so many potential players to be number one this year. Lorena so far has not been consistent enough to keep her position and the remaining players are always too close to each other in their games. But one player we know who will always shows some consistence and hunger for win is Jiyai Shin.

Tiger Woods still the world number one

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He is back and roaring to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in one of the most remembered comeback in recent golf starting with 5 strokes behind the third round leader Sean O’Hair. Once again the pressure was too much for Sean to handle when playing with someone like Tiger Woods.

With barely enough light for extra holes, Tiger sinked a 12 foot birdie putt to secure the win at the final hole. He has yet again proved that he is still the world’s best golfer.

This is a good start for the next event at Augusta and Woods is once again be one of the clear favourite to win at Augusta and another major.

Tiger could win at Bay Hill and defend the Arnold Palmer Invitational

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Tiger Woods could win the Arnold Palmer Invitational championship despite that nobody really give him any chance to win after watching him played at the earlier tournaments. Leading the table is Sean O Hair, five strokes ahead of Tiger and we all well know that what kind of pressure when one play alongside Tiger.

We do hope that Sean will maintain his cool and mental toughness and at least give a fair fight to Tiger. If Tiger wins he is a hot favourite for the Masters in weeks to come. But now we all know that Tiger is almost 100% back to his best form.

Tiger Woods is just 3 strokes back at Bay Hill

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Tiger Woods defending his Arnold Palmer Invitation title is just 3 strokes back the leader of Jason Gore on the first round with of 68. As usual Woods was everywhere, had his shot in the water, the trees but managed to scrambled with 8 consecutives 1 putt of which 4 are straight birdie putts.

If we are talking about the 2007 Tiger Woods I would put all my money that he will win this tournament. The first round leader Jason Gore has not been playing that well in the PGA lately and it is still too early to say if he is the favourite to win this tournament.

Ryo Ishikawa drove 2 balls into the par 5 sixth and made a nine. He finished the round at 76 and we really hope that Ryo will amend his mistakes n Friday and at least make it to the weekends rounds. Still I cannot see a clear favourite to win here, but it will be highly likely an unknown underdogs will emerge as the winner on Sunday.

Cheers.

Tiger to play at Arnold Palmer Invitational

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Five times winner at the Bay Hill Club Tiger Woods is making a comeback to play at the Arnold Palmer Invitational a few hours from now. Will he be able to defend the title? Every thing will be answerd this week. We do hope to see Anthony Kim put some challenge to Tiger when the play today.

I would think that Tiger will finish in the top 20. But he will be strong ahead of the masters next month.

Michelle Wie to come back

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Michelle Wie made some big headlines a couple of years ago, having earning more than 10 million dollars off the field and competing in the men’s events. Many will say that the young Michelle could not handle all the pressures and expectation when she decided to go pro.

A great player at the right age and drives some 300 yards for a lady golfer, obviously she has a lot to promise in the LPGA and ladies golf. But soon after that no much has been heard from the super star who has yet to win any single tournament yet.

In fact after just before the retirement of Anikka Sorenstam, many great players emerged whom we had not heard off, like Yani Tseng, Jiyai Shin who could be the real next best thing to happen in ladies golf. In fact these girls were not even thought to be in the world top 10, but their hard work and efforts paid.

We like to see Michelle come back again to prove herself in the LPGA. She is one of the natural talented players and good physique that any good players need to be the best in the world.

In the game of golf, we need more than just talent or physique, but there are other things which are more important like your mental strength either in the field or off the field. Michelle maybe a little bit unfortunate to be the one who just not able to make it, but we are sure that at this age she still has a very long way to go. What going to happen is up to Michelle to decide how she is going to go about it.

Ryo Ishikawa’s swing

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Japanese rising star and one of the world longest hitter has one of the best swing in the world. Being just a teenager, Ryo has the advantage to have a very flexible body in order to create a fast swing speed at impact. Below are the videos of Ryo’s swing. Hopefully those who still has the body flexibility can try to follow the swing, if not at least half of it.