Tiger Woods will return to Melbourne in November to defend the JBWere Masters.
This year’s JBWere Masters will witness one of the greatest fields assembled in recent times for an Australian tournament with the defending champion joining international stars Sergio Garcia (Spain) and Camilo Villegas (Colombia) along with the 2006 US Open Champion, Geoff Ogilvy. It is understood Adam Scott and Robert Allenby will also play in the championship.
On his defence of the Gold Jacket, Tiger Woods commented: “I am pleased to be able to return to Melbourne to defend the JBWere Masters. The Australian galleries made last year’s event a great experience for all the players and I look forward to playing at The Victoria Golf Club in November.”
Last year’s JBWere Masters set a new benchmark for Australian golf with record crowds and television audiences and delivered in excess of $34 million to the Victorian economy.
The 2010 JBWere Masters will again be broadcast on Channel Nine and FOX SPORTS and will be played at The Victoria Golf Club from 11 – 14 November.
CRAZY GOLF
What is the craziest golf shot you have ever seen? The reason I ask is that a friend sent this video attachment to me today and it ranks up there with one of the all time freakiest putts ever made. Down three storeys of stairs and into a jam jar? Odyssey should be using this one to market their putters.....can't miss. Check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk35PZDEVwM
Speculation continues to grow that Tiger Woods will play the Masters after playing warm events including the made for TV, Tavistock Cup, and the Bay Hill Invitational.
Bay Hill is run by Woods' management company IMG, so they can screen everyone, including media, who goes through the gates.
So mark March 24 in the diary...they day before the first round at Bay Hill, as the day we finally hear from Tiger. Then we can all move on and enjoy the golf.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/os-tiger-woods-return-tavistock-0208,0,1837612.story
By Jeff Centenera
Golf Australia Assistant Editor
In what has been a great summer for Australian tournament golf, the final act will be a contest of one of the best leaderboards we've seen in recent times.
Out of the top 13 Australians in the world golf rankings, nine sit inside the top 12 at Coolum. This PGA Championship is shaping as an opportunity for one of them to grab prime bragging rights.
Incidentally, the player running second, Greg Chalmers, is not among those top dozen. He's hardly a spoiler though, and there's one thought we can't get out of our head - after the Australian Masters, when Chalmers appeared in the media centre, he was complimentary but couldn't mask his genuine disappointment that he hadn't beaten Tiger Woods that day. Don't expect the '98 Australian Open champ to take a backward step tomorrow.
By Jeff Centenera
Golf Australia Assistant Editor
A really gripping tournament is playing out at the Australian PGA, but one thought dominates above all others: what if Tiger's scandal had broken before his visit to Melbourne rather than after?
By Jeff Centenera
Golf Australia Assistant Editor
at the Australian PGA Championship
Yesterday, Victorian Matthew Griffin described representing Australia in the Eisenhower Trophy, one of the top amateur events in the world, as his greatest experience in golf. That may now have some competition, as the first-year pro moved into the halfway lead at Coolum.
The 26-year-old was the winner of this year's Fiji Open and the golf writers' Rookie of the Year Award. He had to miss the Australian Open last week to play the last Asian Tour event on the schedule to guarantee his card for next year.
Interestingly, Griffin has a degree in commerce and economics from Monash University. "Macro, definitely," when asked which area of economics he specialised in. "I'm interested in politics and interest rates and all that stuff."
Over the next couple of days, he'll have to contend with a few guys who have their own knowledge of the money supply - Geoff Ogilvy and Stuart Appleby are a shot back, while Robert Allenby and Adam Scott are also in range.
