DOCSLIB.ORG

P16 Layout 1

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
P16 Layout 1 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2013 SPORTS EurAsia event could Photo of the day rival the Ryder Cup HONG KONG: Rival captains Miguel Angel take some time to get to Ryder Cup level.” Jimenez and Thongchai Jaidee have pre- dicted big things for the new Ryder Cup- ASIAN UNITY style EurAsia Cup to be held near Kuala Cowen said an important factor would Lumpur next year. Europe and Asia will be getting the Asian countries to unite in clash over three days at the Glenmarie Golf their team’s cause. “I don’t think there’s any and Country Club from March 27-29. “I shortage of desire out here,” he added. “I think this event is going to have a big guess the key will be the Asian countries future,” Spaniard Jimenez said in an inter- uniting and getting behind their team. “The view yesterday. European team have the Ryder Cup and “Asia has a lot of talent. Golf is growing have that experience already.” The new so much around the world now and partic- tournament is a co-sanctioned event and ularly in Asia. I think we are going to see Asian Tour chairman Kyi Hla Han said his some very interesting matches. “The Ryder players were itching to compete in it. “I Cup is such a magnificent event,” said talked to the top Chinese player Liang Jimenez of the biennial competition Wenchong the other week and he said, ‘I between Europe and the United States. want to play my way in to qualify for the “This is about to follow the same criteria.” EurAsia Cup’,” Han said. “He’s proud to be Thongchai, three times a winner of the representing Asia and that’s what we want. Asian Tour’s order of merit, echoed the The players want to compete in this match views of his opposing skipper. “I think in and be proud to be representing their the future this EurAsia Cup is going to be respective continents.” pretty close to the Ryder Cup,” the experi- World number 12 Graeme McDowell has enced Thai golfer told Reuters. “This is given the EurAsia Cup a massive boost by going to be a key competition for a long pledging to represent Europe in March. The time.” former US Open champion is one of five Ben Cowen, deputy director of the automatic choices in Jimenez’s team, along European Tour’s international policy, also with the playing captain, Welshman Jamie said his organization had high hopes for Donaldson, Frenchman Victor Dubuisson the biennial tournament. “The Ryder Cup and Spain’s Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano. started back in 1927 so that’s taken a long Four more players from the world rankings time to get to the position it’s in now as the and a captain’s pick will complete Europe’s Mohamma Al Attar performing a flip on Abdo Feghali’s car.— www.redbull.com leading golf team event in the world,” 10-man lineup. Thongchai will also be a Cowen said. “We hope the EurAsia Cup in playing captain. His team is to be made up the future will get half as big as the Ryder of the leading four players from Asia’s final Cup if not as big but there’s a long way to order of merit, the top three available from go on that. “This is just the first event and the world rankings and two captain’s Canucks overcome Hurricanes we hope it will develop swiftly but it could picks.— Reuters RALEIGH: Ryan Kesler scored two goals to lead the Vancouver Canucks to a 3-2 win over the Lauda expects Brawn to Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday. Tom Sestito also scored for the return to Formula One Canucks, and Jason Garrison had two assists. Backup goalie Eddie LONDON: Niki Lauda expects departing hopefully we can keep on going,” he Lack made 29 saves to help Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn to laughed. Mercedes finished second Vancouver earn its third win in 11 return to Formula One in some capacity overall this year, up from fifth in 2012, games. Kesler’s second goal once he has gone fishing and taken time with both Germany’s Nico Rosberg and capped a stretch in which the out. Triple world champion Lauda, who 2008 champion Lewis Hamilton winning teams combined to score three is non-executive director of the British- races. goals in 37 seconds. Jordan Staal based team, said he had tried hard to Lauda shone more light on the and Nathan Gerbe scored 10 sec- convince the 59-year-old to stay in behind the scenes maneuvering to prise onds apart for Carolina in the charge but would keep in close contact Hamilton away from McLaren at the end opening 49 seconds of the second period. Kesler answered 27 sec- with him anyway. of last season, with secret talks sched- onds later to make it 3-2. Carolina’s Brawn, one of the most experienced uled for the early hours before the Cam Ward made 27 saves. The and successful figures in the sport, and Singapore night race. “I had to see him in Hurricanes, who failed on six pow- Mercedes announced last week that he his room between two to four in the er-play chances against the NHL’s would be leaving at the end of the year, morning. I was never with a strange rac- best penalty-killing unit, have lost handing over his role to executive direc- ing driver in a room between two to four six of eight. tors Toto Wolff and Paddy Lowe. “I’m very in the morning,” he said. “I remember sad about it because I wanted him to very well the discussion because he was RED WINGS 4, SENATORS 2 stay another year,” Austrian Lauda told on pole position with McLaren, was basi- Daniel Alfredsson scored an reporters before the Autosport Awards cally winning everything and I asked empty-net goal and added an ceremony on Sunday night. him ‘Would you consider going over to assist in his return to Ottawa as “But he says he wants to go fishing. Mercedes?.’ Detroit beat the host Senators. So I really tried hard but he stays a con- And he said ‘Why should I go. This car Alfredsson, the former longtime sultant to me which I think is very good is winning, all I want to do is win, and captain of the Senators, wasn’t pri- OTTAWA: Joe Corvo #77 of the Ottawa Senators falls to the ice to block the puck as Daniel Alfredsson #11 and important. “He says he wants a rest. your car is not winning’. “I said ‘Shit, he’s marily responsible for Ottawa’s sec- of the Detroit Red Wings tries to get the puck during an NHL game at Canadian Tire Centre on December 1, So it’s very simple. I think he will not go right’,” grinned the Austrian. Lauda’s ond straight loss and fourth con- 2013. —AFP secutive at home, but he helped in pension (retirement), this is clear. I response was to tell Hamilton that if he contribute to the continuation of Hemsky scored 5 seconds before ed tally that gave Dallas a 1-0 lead in the second. Garbutt collided think he will come back, I don’t know stayed with McLaren, the team that had his ex-team’s woes. Like so many the second period ended, and in the second period. He also put with Bryzgalov, who left with an with the (governing) FIA or whatever he supported him since he was a youngster, times in their previous 27 games in Andrew Ference fired in a slap shot the Stars ahead in the third. upper-body injury and didn’t likes to do,” added Lauda. Lauda, who he would always be former boss Ron the post-Alfredsson era, something with 5:07 remaining in regulation Garbutt nearly had a hat trick but return. Bryzgalov, who made 28 attended a presentation to announce a Dennis’s baby. was missing for the Senators (10- to tie it again. Ryan Garbutt scored he was stopped on a breakaway saves, trailed 1-0 when he came new partnership with motorsports mar- “But if you make the Mercedes win 13-4). Defensive breakdowns led to two goals, including a short-hand- attempt by Bryzgalov with 3:41 left out.— AP keting agency JMI and was later handed after (Michael) Schumacher, you might goals, and there wasn’t enough a lifetime achievement award at the be a bigger legend than anybody else. offense to compensate. Drew Miller NHL results/standings Autosport event, said Brawn would be He woke up and said ‘Let’s talk about it’. scored twice, Johan Franzen added involved in the handover. So this really was the catch for him.” The a goal, and Jonas Gustavsson made Vancouver 3, Carolina 2; Detroit 4, Ottawa 2; Edmonton 3, Dallas 2 (SO). 29 saves for Detroit. Clarke Lauda, whose epic 1976 champi- next day Hamilton was heading for vic- Western Conference Detroit 14 7 7 78 73 35 MacArthur and Mika Zibanejad onship duel was turned into the movie tory in the race. Lauda feared a victory Pacific Division Tampa Bay 16 9 1 76 66 33 had goals for Ottawa, which won ‘Rush’ and released this year, was typical- and intense pressure from McLaren and W L OTL GF GA PTS Montreal 15 9 3 73 57 33 the first two meetings between the San Jose 18 3 5 92 60 41 ly blunt about the challenge ahead. Dennis, the boss for whom he had won Toronto 14 10 3 75 73 31 teams this season in Detroit.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Candidate Brief
    Candidate Brief Brief for the position of Chief Executive Officer, PGA European Tour February 2015 Candidate Brief, February 2015 2 Chief Executive Officer, PGA European Tour Contents Welcome from the Chairman ................................................................................................................. 3 Summary......................................................................................................................................................... 4 The PGA European Tour........................................................................................................................... 5 Constitution and governance ............................................................................................................... 11 Role profile .................................................................................................................................................. 12 Selection criteria ....................................................................................................................................... 16 Principal challenges ................................................................................................................................. 17 Remuneration ............................................................................................................................................. 17 Search process ...........................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • PLAYERS GUIDE — Shinnecock Hills Golf Club | Southampton, N.Y
    . OP U.S EN SHINNECOCK HILLS TH 118TH U.S. OPEN PLAYERS GUIDE — Shinnecock Hills Golf Club | Southampton, N.Y. — June 14-17, 2018 conducted by the 2018 U.S. OPEN PLAYERS' GUIDE — 1 Exemption List SHOTA AKIYOSHI Here are the golfers who are currently exempt from qualifying for the 118th U.S. Open Championship, with their exemption categories Shota Akiyoshi is 183 in this week’s Official World Golf Ranking listed. Birth Date: July 22, 1990 Player Exemption Category Player Exemption Category Birthplace: Kumamoto, Japan Kiradech Aphibarnrat 13 Marc Leishman 12, 13 Age: 27 Ht.: 5’7 Wt.: 190 Daniel Berger 12, 13 Alexander Levy 13 Home: Kumamoto, Japan Rafael Cabrera Bello 13 Hao Tong Li 13 Patrick Cantlay 12, 13 Luke List 13 Turned Professional: 2009 Paul Casey 12, 13 Hideki Matsuyama 11, 12, 13 Japan Tour Victories: 1 -2018 Gateway to The Open Mizuno Kevin Chappell 12, 13 Graeme McDowell 1 Open. Jason Day 7, 8, 12, 13 Rory McIlroy 1, 6, 7, 13 Bryson DeChambeau 13 Phil Mickelson 6, 13 Player Notes: ELIGIBILITY: He shot 134 at Japan Memorial Golf Jason Dufner 7, 12, 13 Francesco Molinari 9, 13 Harry Ellis (a) 3 Trey Mullinax 11 Club in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, to earn one of three spots. Ernie Els 15 Alex Noren 13 Shota Akiyoshi started playing golf at the age of 10 years old. Tony Finau 12, 13 Louis Oosthuizen 13 Turned professional in January, 2009. Ross Fisher 13 Matt Parziale (a) 2 Matthew Fitzpatrick 13 Pat Perez 12, 13 Just secured his first Japan Golf Tour win with a one-shot victory Tommy Fleetwood 11, 13 Kenny Perry 10 at the 2018 Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open.
    [Show full text]
  • Slice Proof Swing Tony Finau Take the Flagstick Out! Hot List Golf Balls
    VOLUME 4 | ISSUE 1 MAY 2019 `150 THINK YOUNG | PLAY HARD PUBLISHED BY SLICE PROOF SWING TONY FINAU TAKE THE FLAGSTICK OUT! HOT LIST GOLF BALLS TIGER’S SPECIAL HERO TRIUMPH INDIAN GREATEST COMEBACK STORY OPEN Exclusive Official Media Partner RNI NO. HARENG/2016/66983 NO. RNI Cover.indd 1 4/23/2019 2:17:43 PM Roush AD.indd 5 4/23/2019 4:43:16 PM Mercedes DS.indd All Pages 4/23/2019 4:45:21 PM Mercedes DS.indd All Pages 4/23/2019 4:45:21 PM how to play. what to play. where to play. Contents 05/19 l ArgentinA l AustrAliA l Chile l ChinA l CzeCh republiC l FinlAnd l FrAnCe l hong Kong l IndIa l indonesiA l irelAnd l KoreA l MAlAysiA l MexiCo l Middle eAst l portugAl l russiA l south AFriCA l spAin l sweden l tAiwAn l thAilAnd l usA 30 46 India Digest Newsmakers 70 18 Ajeetesh Sandhu second in Bangladesh 20 Strong Show By Indians At Qatar Senior Open 50 Chinese Golf On The Rise And Yes Don’t Forget The 22 Celebration of Women’s Golf Day on June 4 Coconuts 54 Els names Choi, 24 Indian Juniors Bring Immelman, Weir as Laurels in Thailand captain’s assistants for 2019 Presidents Cup 26 Club Round-Up Updates from courses across India Features 28 Business Of Golf Industry Updates 56 Spieth’s Nip-Spinner How to get up and down the spicy way. 30 Tournament Report 82 Take the Flagstick Out! Hero Indian Open 2019 by jordan spieth Play Your Best We tested it: Here’s why putting with the pin in 60 Leadbetter’s Laser Irons 75 One Golfer, Three Drives hurts more than it helps.
    [Show full text]
  • Competitor's Information Sheet
    COMPETITOR’S INFORMATION SHEET EVENT NAME THONGCHAI JAIDEE FOUNDATION 2020 DATE 10th - 12th July, 2020 HOST VENUE 13th MILITARY CIRCLE SPORTS CENTER MTB.13; Muang Lopburi, Lop Buri, Thailand 15000 Tel. +66 (0)36 411 611 Website: http://mtb13.rta.mi.th PRIZE FUND THB4,000,000 (1st Place: THB600,000.00) Withholding Tax 5% (15% Foreigner) Levy N/A FORMAT 54-hole stroke play competition beginning on Friday as the first round to Sunday as the final round, The cut shall be made after 36 holes; and Top 60 players and ties shall advance to the next 18 holes of competition, not including amateurs who made the cut. FIELD SIZE 144 (100 ATGT; 44 Invites) [Cut-Off - Top 60 Professionals and Ties] Category 1 - Top fifty (50) of the Official World Golf Ranking as of the tournament application deadline. Category 2 - The winner of any Order of Merit based on accumulated performances on PGA Tour, European Tour, Japan Tour, PGA Tour of Australasia, Sunshine Tour, Asian Tour, and One Asia Tour. Category 3 - The winner of the ATGT’s Order of Merit shall be able to compete in any tournament for five (5) years after the season when the golfer won this title. Category 4 - The winner of Singha Thailand Masters or All Thailand Championship shall be able to compete in any tournament for three (3) years after the season when the golfer won either title. Category 5 - The winner of two or more tournaments within a period of one year shall be able to compete in any tournament for three (3) years after the season when the golfer won such titles.
    [Show full text]
  • OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup Field Country Player Player Argentina
    OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup Field Country Player Player Argentina Tano Goya Rafa Echenique Australia Robert Allenby* Stuart Appleby* Brazil Rafael Barcello Ronaldo Francisco Canada Graeme DeLaet Stuart Anderson Chile Martin Ureta Hugo Leon China Liang Wen-Chong Zhang Lian-Wei Chinese Taipei Lin Wen-Tang Lu Wei-Chih Denmark Soren Hansen Soren Kjeldsen England Ian Poulter* Ross Fisher** France Thomas Levet Christian Cevaer Germany Martin Kaymer Alex Cejka* India Jeev Milkha Singh** Jyoti Randhawa Ireland Rory McIlroy** Graeme McDowell** Italy Francesco Molinari Edoardo Molinari Japan Ryuji Imada* Hiroyuki Fujita New Zealand David Smail Danny Lee Pakistan Muhammad Munir Muhammad Shabbir Philippines Angelo Que Marc Pucay Republic of Korea Y.E. Yang* Charlie Wi* Scotland David Drysdale Alastair Forsyth Singapore Lam Chih Bing Mardan Mamat South Africa Rory Sabbatini* Richard Sterne Spain Sergio Garcia* Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano Sweden Henrik Stenson Robert Karlsson Thailand Thongchai Jaidee Prayad Marksaeng United States Nick Watney* John Merrick* Venezuela Jhonattan Vegas*** Alfredo Adrian Wales Stephen Dodd Jamie Donaldson * PGA TOUR Member ** Special Temporary PGA TOUR Member *** Nationwide Tour Member OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup Pre-Tournament Notes Alex Cejka is representing Germany at the World Cup for the ninth time and third in succession. He has played in all three previous World Cups held at Mission Hills’ Olazabal Course, as well as the 1995 tournament at the Nicklaus Course. Cejka’s previous-best finish at the event was Germany’s tie for fourth in 1997 with Sven Struver at Kiawah Island, SC. This is the third consecutive year Cejka and Martin Kaymer have teamed together.
    [Show full text]
  • Official Media Guide
    OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OCTOBER 6-11, 2015 &$ " & "#"!" !"! %'"# Table of Contents The Presidents Cup Summary ................................................................. 2 Chris Kirk ...............................................................................52 Media Facts ..........................................................................................3-8 Matt Kuchar ..........................................................................53 Schedule of Events .............................................................................9-10 Phil Mickelson .......................................................................54 Acknowledgements ...............................................................................11 Patrick Reed ..........................................................................55 Glossary of Match-Play Terminology ..............................................12-13 Jordan Spieth ........................................................................56 1994 Teams and Results/Player Records........................................14-15 Jimmy Walker .......................................................................57 1996 Teams and Results/Player Records........................................16-17 Bubba Watson.......................................................................58 1998 Teams and Results/Player Records ......................................18-19 International Team Members ..................................................59-74 2000 Teams and Results/Player Records
    [Show full text]
  • European-Tour-Shafts-2014
    Driver Date Event Player Shaft Manufacturer Shaft Model Wt. Grams Jan 9-12 Volvo Golf Championship Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Jan 16-19 Championship Commercial Bank Qatar Jan 22-25 Masters Jan 30 - Feb 2 Omega Dubai Desert Classic Feb 6-9 Joburg Open Feb 13-16 Africa Open WGC Accenture Match Play Feb 19-23 Championship Feb 27-Mar 2 Tshwane Open WGC - Cadillac Mar 6-9 Championship Mar 13-16 Trophee Hassan II Mar 20-23 TBA Mar 27-29 Eurasia Cup DRB-HICOM Apr 3-6 TBA Apr 10-13 Masters Tournament Apr 17-20 Maybank Maylasian Open Apr 24-27 Volvo China Championship May 1-4 The Championship May 8-11 Madeira Islands Open May 15-18 Open de Espana May 22-25 BMW PGA Championship May 29-June 1 Nordea Masters June 5-8 Lyoness Open/Greenfinity June 12-15 US Open Championship June 19-22 The Irish Open June 26-29 BMW International Open July 3-6 Alstom Open de France Aberdeen Asset July 10-13 Management Scottish Open the 143rd Open July 17-20 Championship July 24-27 M2M Russian Open WGC - Bridgestone July 31-Aug 3 Invitational Aug 7-10 US PGA Championship Aug 14-17 Made In Denmark Aug 21-24 D+D Real Czech Masters Aug 28-31 Italian Open Sept 4-7 Omega European Masters Sept 11-14 KLM Open Sept 18-21 ISPS Handa Wales Open Sept 26-28 2014 Ryder Cup Alfred Dunhill Links Oct 2-5 Championship Oct 9-12 Portugal Masters Volvo World MatchPlay Oct 16-19 Championship Oct 23-26 Perth International Oct 30-Nov 2 BMW Masters Nov 6-9 WGC-HSBC Championship Nov 13-16 Turkish Airlines Open DP World Tour Nov 20-23 Championship Fairway 1 Date Event Player Shaft Manufacturer Shaft Model Wt.
    [Show full text]
  • Ernie Els 80 Zoom in for an Intimate Look at the Masters 130 18 Holes by Dan Winters with H.R
    APRIL 2016 GOLF DIGEST INDIA | APRIL 2016 THINK YOUNG | PLAY HARD | INAUGURAL COPY INAUGURAL COPY THE | RICKIE FOWLER: HOW TO HIT WEDGES TIGHT STICK IT MASTERS FROM ANY ISSUE 4 shots to save par by butch DISTANCE harmon new ranking | THE WORLD'S 100 GREATEST COURSES the world’s 100 greatest courses hero indian open 2016 india golf expo 2016 | april 20-21 HERO INDIAN OPEN 2016 anirban lahiri inside the ropes | INDIAN GOLF EXPO 2016 swing it like the big easy by david leadbetter | ANIRBAN LAHIRI ANIRBAN RICKIE ▶ rickie fowler and his three wise men see page 28 Exclusive Official Media Partner INDIA COVER_APRIL_FINAL.indd 1 29/03/16 2:15 pm how to play. what to play. where to play. Contents 04/16 46 58 40 Planet Golf Features Play Your Best India Digest 96 New Ranking: 28 Cover Story: 10 Tom Watson 40 Inside the ropes The World’s ▶ Old School My drill for grooving With Anirban Lahiri 100 Greatest Courses Three wise men, two a stroke you can repeat by bhaRath aRvind tattoos and millennial man 11 Driving Lessons 46 Hero Indian Open 2016 97 The Non-100 Rickie Fowler. Sergio Garcia’s keys to SSP Chawrasia delights A case for unrated by jaime diaz distance and accuracy short courses—the ones 100 European Tour 32 Stick it From Any Distance you play with new friends. 14 Jack Nicklaus Top 25 Under 25 & Try my new keys for by david owen Make the smart choice More... hitting great wedges. on a super-long par 3 by RicKie fowleR 108 Spotlight The Golf Life 15 Hank Haney U.S Groomed Golfers 50 ▶ Tiger’s Healthy Pause The do’s and don’ts Excel in India by jaime diaz of videoing your swing 22 The Core 112 Player Newsmakers Paddle boarding 52 Four Shots 16 How 4 Bar Games Update on Indian Golfers with Natalie Gulbis.
    [Show full text]
  • 2017 2018 the 2018 European Tour International Schedule
    THE 2018 EUROPEAN TOUR INTERNATIONAL SCHEDULE 2017 Nov 23-26 UBS Hong Kong Open Hong Kong GC, Fanling, Hong Kong 30-3 Dec Australian PGA Championship RACV Royal Pines Resort, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia 30-3 Dec AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Heritage GC, Mauritius Dec 7-10 Joburg Open Randpark GC, Johannesburg, South Africa 2018 Jan 11-14 BMW SA Open hosted by the City of Ekurhuleni Glendower GC, City of Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa 12-14 EURASIA CUP presented by DRB-HICOM Glenmarie G&CC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 18-21 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship Abu Dhabi GC, Abu Dhabi, UAE 25-28 Omega Dubai Desert Classic Emirates GC, Dubai, UAE Feb 1-4 Maybank Championship Saujana G&CC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 8-11 ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth Lake Karrinyup CC, Perth, Australia 15-18 NBO Oman Golf Classic Almouj Golf, Muscat, Oman 22-25 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters Doha GC, Doha, Qatar Mar 1-4 WGC - Mexico Championship Chapultepec GC, Mexico City, Mexico 1-4 Tshwane Open Pretoria CC, Waterkloof, South Africa 8-11 Indian Open TBA 15-18 Philippines Golf Championship TBA 21-25 WGC - Dell Technologies Match Play Austin CC, Austin, Texas, USA Apr 5-8 THE MASTERS Augusta National GC, Georgia, USA 12-15 TBA (Europe) 19-22 Trophee Hassan II Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Rabat, Morocco 26-29 Volvo China Open TBA May 5-6 GolfSixes TBA 10-13 TBA (Europe) 17-20 Belgian Knockout Rinkven International GC, Antwerp, Belgium 24-27 BMW PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England 31-3 Jun ITALIAN OPEN TBA Jun 7-10 Austrian Golf Open Diamond CC, Atzenbrugg, near Vienna, Austria 14-17 US OPEN Shinnecock Hills GC, NY, USA 21-24 BMW International Open Golf Club Gut Laerchenhof, Pulheim, Germany 28-1 Jul HNA OPEN DE FRANCE Le Golf National, Paris, France Jul 5-8 DUBAI DUTY FREE IRISH OPEN HOSTED BY THE RORY FOUNDATION Ballyliffin GC, Co.
    [Show full text]
  • EURASIA CUP CAPTAINS RENEW BATTLE in MACAU Miguel Angel Jiménez and Thongchai Jaidee Challenge for Venetian Macau Open Title
    Press Release EURASIA CUP CAPTAINS RENEW BATTLE IN MACAU Miguel Angel Jiménez and Thongchai Jaidee Challenge for Venetian Macau Open Title Macau, 22 July 2014: Miguel Angel Jiménez of Spain and Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee have announced they will be competing at this year’s US$900,000 Venetian Macau Open at the Macau Golf and Country Club from October 23-26, 2014. The two venerated stars of the game recently captained their respective continents to a dramatic tie at the inaugural EurAsia Cup in Malaysia earlier this year, with Thongchai dragging Team Asia back from the brink of defeat to claim an extraordinary draw against Miguel’s men on the final hole of the match. Jiménez and Jaidee are both multiple winners on the European and Asian Tours with an incredible 36 titles between them. The Tour veterans are showing no signs slowing down with both having won already this year. In May, Jiménez claimed his national Open, the Open de España for the first time in 27 attempts, in the process breaking his own record as the oldest ever winner on the European Tour at 50 years and 133 days. Not to be outdone, Thongchai clinching his second European Tour title at the Nordea Masters in June, fending off EurAsia Cup foes Victor Dubuisson and Stephen Gallacher in a play-off. Jiménez is no stranger to golf fans in Asia and enjoys an almost cult following thanks to his love of fast cars and fine Rioja. ‘The Mechanic’, as he is also known, is a four time winner of the Hong Kong Open (2004, 2007, 2012 and 2013).
    [Show full text]
  • 7 X 10 Paper 10 Pt. Body
    JOURNAL OF APPLIED MEASUREMENT, 7(1), Copyright© 2006 Rasch Analysis of Rank-Ordered Data John M. Linacre University of Sydney, Australia Theoretical and practical aspects of several methods for the construction of linear measures from rank-or- dered data are presented. The final partial-rankings of 356 professional golfers participating in 47 stroke-play tournaments are used for illustration. The methods include decomposing the rankings into independent paired comparisons without ties, into dependent paired comparisons without ties and into independent paired com- parisons with ties. A further method, which is easier to implement, entails modeling each tournament as a partial-credit item in which the rank of each golfer is treated as the observation of a category on a partial- credit rating scale. For the golf data, the partial-credit method yields measures with greater face validity than the paired comparison methods. The methods are implemented with the computer programs Facets and Winsteps. Requests for reprints should be sent to 2 L INACRE Rank-ordered data have characteristics that log (bVS / bEE) = BVS – BEE (1) align well with the family of Rasch measurement = log(7/6) = 0.15 models. Ranks are observations of elements im- plying qualitatively more, ordered along an im- A general form of this, similar to models plicit or explicit variable. A single set of ranks, proposed by Bradley and Terry (1952) and Luce called here a “ranking”, contains only enough in- (1959), is: formation to order the elements. If there are two log (Pnm / Pmn) = Bn – Bm (2) or more rankings of the same elements, then there where P is the probability that element n ranks may be enough information to construct interval nm higher than element m.
    [Show full text]
  • Asian-Golf-November-2018.Pdf
    NEW SOFTEST. LONGEST. STRAIGHTEST. AVAILABLE IN 7 COLORS SOFTEST CLAIM: BASED UPON INTERNAL BALL COMPRESSION TESTING PERFORMED AT WILSON INNOVATION CENTER ON 3/14/17. DISTANCE AND SPIN CLAIMS BASED UPON INTERNAL FLIGHT TESTING PERFORMED AT WILSON’S RESEARCH TEST FACILITY IN HUMBOLDT, TN ON 5/20/17. (90 MPH DRIVER TEST) 218 ISSUE NOVEMBER 2018 Greg Norman who is an old Asia-hand is very bullish about the future of golf in Asia and his assessment of the region is based on solid facts combined with his stepped up busi- ness activity on the Continent. Generally speaking, he is bullish about golf, PERIOD! It is most encouraging to hear a golf great and arguably one of the most respected entrepre- neurs in sports speak about golf with such optimism. It comes as a breath of fresh air after 16 years of the industry languishing in a state of laggardness. Read his full interview inside. Q EQUIPMENT FOCUS 12 POWER FOR THE FEET! Adidas giant has announced a change to the adipower range which essentially incorpo- rates a new forging process as part of the design. This feature is intended to provide extra stability for golfers throughout the swing. 40 A POUND FOR POUND CHAMP! Tour Edge has always been a little guy amongst the heavyweights in the club equip- ment sector of the golf industry. However, it 12 now proudly claims that its new EXS driver has no match – the marketing tagline says it all – “Pound for Pound, Nothing Else Comes Close!” Quite a bombastic boast from a small company! 46 WILSON UPS THE ANTE WITH A NEW BALL! The new Wilson Staff DUO Professional golf ball has been designed to take tour- level performance with great feel to new heights and it is expected to further advance the ongoing success of the famous DUO line.
    [Show full text]