The Mole was out early this morning at the Gary Player Country Club ahead of the Nedbank Golf Challenge, checking out the condition of the course – which, let me tell you, is immaculate – and he bumped into Rory McIlroy rubbing shoulders with Compleat Golfer’s national business manager James Ferrans.
The Mole stuck his head out of his burrow at the Gary Player Country Club and saw that all of the players had made their way to Sun City and are ready to get going at “Africa’s Major”. The course was another story...
Ireland’s Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell currently have a three-stroke lead over Sweden’s Robert Karlsson & Henrik Stenson who are the defending champions. Ireland shot a reasonable 68 in the second round foursomes at the Omega Mission Hills World Cup but didn’t maintain the form that saw them shoot 58 in the betterball competition yesterday, but they’re still looking strong.
Englishman Lee Westwood left nothing to chance shooting a course-record 64 at the new Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates to win the Dubai World Championship. He finished six shots ahead of compatriot Ross McGowan and more importantly, eight shots ahead of Race to Dubai leader Rory McIlroy.
Lee Westwood currently holds a two stroke lead at the Dubai World Championship. But more important than leading the tournament is the fact that he is five strokes ahead of the Race to Dubai leader, Rory McIlroy. Barring any major hiccups, he should win the event and the inaugural Race to Dubai as well.
The first competitive round of the season-ending Dubai World Championships was played on the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai, and Robert Allenby is the new course-record holder and leader after shooting an opening-round of 65.
The world No 1 justified his $3-million appearance fee in the Australian Masters this weekend by winning for the first time on the continent. But a rather bizarre claim has the Mole wondering whether Tiger is another hapless victim of America’s self-absorbed education system.
The rumour and speculation doing the rounds during the Australian Masters is that sponsors forked out a ridiculous $3 million to have Tiger Woods tee it up for the week. Now that he has won the event – he never looked like doing anything else all week – what’s going to happen next year?
It’s weird to think that fewer than 10 years ago, David Duval was the best player in the world. He and Tiger Woods were Nike’s flagship players and both had golf balls named after them – that’s how big they were. Now Duval has missed the cut at the Children’s Miracle Network Classic, the final event of the year, and looks set to lose his card for 2010.
A familiar name appears at position 125 of the US Tour moneylist – none other than former world No 1 David Duval. He’s going back to Q-School if he slips even one place down this week.
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