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South African Golf Tour
South African Golf Tour2010-09-02 The Early Lead - Vuvuzelas banned from Euro 2012, Champions LeagueUEFA said it wants to make sure that the European tradition of singing at soccer matches is not drowned out by the monotonous, gnat-like buzzing of the plastic South African trumpets that were alternately UEFA feels that the instruments widespread use would not be appropriate in Europe," the organization said in a statement. "In the specific context of South Africa, the vuvuzela adds a touch of local flavor and folklore. "
2010-09-01 Els loses top FedEx spot Golf365 Golf NewsThe big South African has dropped down the FedEx Cup standings from first to fifth place at a moment in time when Tiger Woods, who led the first round at Richwood Country Club but finished 12th, has finally pushed his prize money for the year past the usd. 1-million mark. Only the top 30 golfers will make it into the final event of the FedEx Cup play-offs, The Tour Championship in Atlanta, but Woods believes the form he needs to get there from his current 65th position is coming back quick enough now to see him through. Get the latest golf news from around the world with Golf365. European and PGA Tours covered. - Golf365 golf news latest major winners davies european tour Tiger Woods Jim Furyk Harrington Daly Stricker Ryder Cup Masters US PGA Oosthuizen Mickelson Casey Poulter Rose
2010-08-28 RBS ends sponsorship of The Open golf championship - TelegraphPeter Dawson, chief executive of The RandA, said that there is "strong interest" in its "patrons programme" to sponsor The Open, which was won this year by South African Louis Oosthuizen. An RBS spokesman said: "For over a century we have enjoyed a close and mutually beneficial relationship with The RandA (golfs official body) and in the last nine years as an official patron to The Open Championship. It has been a privilege for RBS to play a small part in helping golfs development into the global sport it is today and the strong contribution it makes to our economy. " Royal Bank of Scotland has ended its sponsorship of The Open Championship after nine years of supporting the UK golf event. - Rbs the open golf nicklaus fred goodwin sponsorship The Open The Open championship Banks and Finance News by Sector Finance
2010-08-27 Mitchell poised to take over top job at LionsHave called for him to be replaced. Smit is still there, but obviously bruised, as shown by him this week trying to blame the messenger. On South African radio, Smit slagged off the media. "I think all these conspiracy theories are stories that have been made up by people who write about us, Smit said. I can ramble on about ructions in the team, the split in the coaching team or that I was supposed to retire after the game on Saturday, the stories go on and on. The guys who write dont know enough about this team, and they have to start thinking about these things. The reality is that the team love each other, they are like a family. Good to hear.
2010-08-26 TOUR Insider: Els startsPlayoffs atNo. 1, but will he finish thereAs the No. 1 player in FedExCup points heading in The Barclays, Els is in a unique position. While the 122 other pros participating in the Playoffs need to move up in the standings in order to win the FedExCup, the South African merely has to maintain his spot. If hes still No. 1 at the end of the Playoffs, then he gets the trophy, the usd. 10 million bonus check . and most likely, the Player of the Year award. PARAMUS, N. J. -- Ernie Els was great earlier this season. Then he was fortunate. And now Hes the guy everybody else in the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup wants to be a month from now. - 2010 The Barclays Mike McAllister Managing Editor PGA Tour
2010-08-24 Five Day Trips from Johannesburg, South Africa CheapOairIn Ormonde, in the southern suburbs of Johannesburg is South Africa and rsquo;s most important museum dedicated to the Apartheid regime and 20th Century South African history. It and rsquo;s stirring stuff and ndash; on entry, you and rsquo;re handed a card declaring you and ldquo;white and rdquo; or and ldquo;non-white and rdquo; and there are cages full of weapons used by the security forces, footage of apartheid, and 121 nooses hanging from the roof, representing the political prisoners who were hanged during the struggle. It and rsquo;s rightly Johannesburg and rsquo;s most visited attraction. Its week two of the andquot;Send me to South Africa CheapOairandquot; contest, and to whet your appetite for a win, were bringing you five things to do around the city of Johannesburg. - News Top 5 Travel
2010-08-20 Shiv Kapur leads field in Czech OpenKapur, who finished second at the South African Open earlier in the season, birdied six holes in a row from the second to seventh holes and turned in a stunning six-under 30. Then he suffered a lapse, bogeying the 10th and 11th, but again birdied the 16th and 18th to finish at six-under 66. The 28-year-old Indian, who lost in a play-off to Richie Ramsay in the South African Open Championship earlier this season, boasts a one shot cushion over Argentinean Tano Goya, whose 67 included six birdies and a bogey, and Ryder Cup hopeful Hanson. Republic) (IANS) Indias Shiv Kapur fired six successive birdies in his first seven holes to take a one-shot lead at the Czech Open 2010 with Peter Hanson and Tano Goya in second. - National Uttar Pradesh
2010-08-18 Michigan resident, broadcaster Mike Tirico talks great game on world tour The Detroit NewsMichigan resident, broadcaster Mike Tirico talks great game on world tour The Detroit News He went to Cranbrook; another Michigan guy. " Tirico said. "I had not been to South Africa or covered the World Cup, but I had the knowledge from others, like Lexi, who have, about how phenomenal it is, as an event. It lived up to that and beyond every expectation I had for it. The country did an unbelievable job of hosting, and its a beautiful country, and a people who are wonderful, and a history that is evolving, as we speak. Like his late colleague and friend, Jim McKay, for a previous generation, Tirico describes the action in a multiplicity of sports and provides a sense of gravitas that often transcends games to explain how it all fits in to society. - Detroit Michigan press More Sports News local news headlines Gregg Krupa
2010-08-16 Seattle Post-Intelligencer: GolfPace finished 72 holes at Conwy Golf Club with a six-under 282 to capture her second victory of the season. She also won the Deutsche Bank Swiss Open in June. Conwy, Wales (Sports Network) - South Africas Lee-Anne Pace closed with a two-under 70 on Sunday to win the Wales Ladies Championship of Europe by three shots.
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