Hello again and Happy New Year from The Sand Trap and Hittin the Links. We are back again bringing bringing you the best in golf in 2009. Well, golf fans, the 2009 PGA Tour season has officially started. Mind you most of us amateurs are still shoveling snow and practicing our putting on the living room carpet, but at least we now have something to watch.
In this newest edition of HTL we first explore what’s new in the John Daly soap opera, or at least why we Americans won’t have to deal with him for awhile, check out the college ranks, and then see what’s next for Vijay. Also we see when Seve plans to return, look at Davis Love III’s new world with a lifetime exemption, and find out what went down at the Mercedes Championship. Read on!
Hole 1: No Daly for Six Months
John Daly is talking about his life and the six month suspension the PGA Tour has imposed on him. [Link]
Hole 2: College Rankings
A quick glance at the world of college golf. See how your favorite college ranks. [Link]
Hole 3: So What’s Next, Veej?
After a solid 2008 we wonder what 2009 holds for Vijay Singh. [Link]
Hole 4: Seve Looks at Return
Seve Ballesteros looks to return to his duties as captain of the European Royal Trophy team in 2010. [Link]
Hole 5: Golf Fashion
With the war on dress codes heating up again in our forum, it seems only fitting to include a golf fashion link this week. [Link]
Hole 6: Kapalua No More?
The PGA Tour is possibly shopping around for a new home for their season opening Mecedes-Benz Championship. [Link]
Hole 7: Love’s 20th
Davis Love is still enjoying his 20th win and likely will be for the rest of his career. [Link]
Hole 8: Mercedes Championship
Geoff Ogilvy starts off his season on a winning note in Hawaii. [Link]
Hole 9: Pelotas Nuevas?
Sorry, I mean check out some new entries into the golf ball world. [Link]
It is good to Seve nursing thoughts of returning to the fold as the captain of the European team in the 2010 edition of the Royal Trophy. This year in his absence, under Olazabal’s captaincy, the European team for the first time failed to win the Royal Trophy and they were defeated comprehensively by an Asian team which didn’t even have its number one from last year. But of course it is good news as it means Seve can return to the help of affairs.
The interesting bit of information I find there is that of the PGA Tour thinking of changing the course for its season opener. That seems like a strange decision as the course looks just so exquisite when one sees it one television and I fail to understand why would they go shopping for a better setting. I fail to understand the business sense behind that.