WAS IT a coincidence, Lee Westwood was asked on Friday evening, that his good form has come along just as a new superstar – Sergio Garcia – was emerging on the European Tour? “Yes, it is a coincidence,” came the reply from the Englishman. I’m not regarding it as anything more complicated than that.”. “I [...]
The stories came back of Stead, his chin jutted determinedly forward, wrestling the helm downwind on the heavy weather run back from the Fastnet Rock, squeezing every last drop of speed from the boat hour by hour by hour. It is also the only way to get to the front of the Mumm 36 class [...]
I will go there with the mentality that pars are going to be very good.”His win in Ireland and second at Loch Lomond, with that first- round 62, have established the young maestro’s pedigree. In the last major he played, the 19-year-old won the low amateur honours but judged in the hard light of the [...]
Last year he watched the heroics of Rose, an England team-mate, on TV at home in High Wycombe. Rose, of course, is exempt from qualifying but today and tomorrow Donald will attempt to play in his first Open, via final qualifying at Panmure.Apart from putting one over on Garcia, he has other substantial claims to [...]
ALL HIGHWAYS lead to Carnoustie for The Open this week but for those less than enamoured at the prospect of a festival of golf, take the low road to Carnousie. I only watch odd bits of athletics on television and I haven’t seen her We’re just so busy, with work and with the children. With [...]
Of the rest, only Ashley Giles reached double figures.Craig White took 1 for 17 in eight overs and that, along with his 55 – the highest score on the day and the most assured innings, was enough to confirm him as man of the match. They were without Allan Donald, who has a recurrent ankle [...]
The crisis has been exacerbated by the non-appearance of funds (sponsorship money, TV revenue, etc) from Euro-pean Rugby Limited. The club’s administrators expected to receive a cheque from EFDR last week They are still waiting. “There are more creditors than anybody realised and the clubs now find themselves between a rock and a hard place. [...]
So much for the brave world of “nouveau cyclisme” which the head of the Tour had been preaching. With the first nervous week completed, and no sign of dirty washing on the Maginot Line, the Tour organisers might believe Cipollini is not the only victor so far.. THE HEADLINE in the local newspaper as the [...]
I’m not going to answer that question.”But none of the inner turmoil showed in his driving. When challenged that he had really been crying wolf these past weeks, he grated: “I’m not even going there. “I had too much understeer until we found the solution on my final run, by which time the track was [...]
Especially being so close, it would be very big, I’d say, if not for them it would be for me.”. When you get the applause and the cheers it is overwhelming almost. When you hole a putt, the roars are a hundred times higher than anywhere else.”It would mean a lot for a Swede to [...]