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BLOG FROM SOUTH AFRICA: New balls please!

06/07/2010
I dont know how much Adidas pay FIFA to use the Jabulani, but surely it cannot be enough to justify the damage it has caused to this World Cup. Without doubt the controversial ball is the biggest single reason for the poor quality of football seen so far. Of course there have been many poor performances by teams and players, most spectacularly those fallen giants Italy, France and England. Some of the surfaces have not been conducive to neat passing football, and there have been plenty of tea…
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Westwood leads British challenge

09/04/2010
Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter finish in genuine contention but British golfers enjoy a mixed opening round of the US Masters in Augusta.
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Woods 'failed to be a role model'

08/04/2010
Augusta chairman Billy Payne criticises Tiger Woods ahead of the opening round of the US Masters.
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'Vintage' Woods can win Masters

23/03/2010
Tiger Woods is in "vintage" form, driving the ball further than ever, and is capable of winning the US Masters, according to his practice partners.
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Westwood in contention in Dubai

05/02/2010
European number one Lee Westwood carded his best round at the Emirates Club to move one off the lead at the halfway stage of the Dubai Desert Classic.Westwood's bogey free 65 was his lowest in 50 rounds at the course and took him to seven under with Welshman Stephen Dodd and Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez. Defending champion Rory McIlroy found water at the last for a double bogey and his 70 leaves him one further back. Asian number one Thongchai Jaidee leads after a 66 containing no dropped shots…
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Ballesteros handed R&A accolade

11/11/2009
Golfing great Seve Ballesteros has been given honorary membership of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club at St Andrews.The 52-year-old, who overcame a brain tumour that required four operations, is synonymous with the Old Course, having won The Open there in 1984. He plans to return to the home of golf in 2010 when The Open Championship celebrates its 150th anniversary. "I am greatly honoured," he said. "St Andrews and the town will always retain a very special place in my heart." Ballesteros was…
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Woosnam set for senior title push

05/11/2009
Ian Woosnam will bid to win successive Senior Order of Merit titles at the Castellon Championship this weekend.The 1991 US Masters champion goes head to head for the seniors' crown in Spain with fellow former Ryder Cup captain Sam Torrance. Welshman Woosnam leads the Order of Merit by €19,380 from England's Glenn Ralph with Scotsman Torrance in third. Woosnam said: "It's been a good battle between myself and Sam and it should be an exciting finish in Spain." The former world number one last yea…
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Munich title for Dougherty

28/06/2009
England's Nick Dougherty, returned to winning ways in the BMW International Open in Munich on Sunday - and with it earned a place in next month's Open. The 27-year-old from Liverpool at one timehad a four-stroke lead cut to one by Argentina's Rafa Echenique, but kept his composure to finish 22 under par on 64.Dougherty returned to golf after being devastated by the sudden death of his mother 14 months ago, immediately after his US Masters debut. After his victory in Germany on Sunday he raised…
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Weir takes early lead in US Open

19/06/2009
Mike Weir of Canada took the lead in the first round of the US Open with a superb 64, one short of the tournament record, to give him a six under-par total despite a double-bogey. In a competition delayed by one day because of Thursday's rains, Weir held off a strong challenge from Sweden's Peter Hanson to take the overnight lead.At one stage it looked as if Hanson might share the clubhouse lead, when he and Weir were both on four under in the closing holes of the day. But the 2003 US Masters c…
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