Tiger out of Charlotte
Tiger Woods announced today that he’ll miss the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina. The tournament is scheduled for May 5-8.
Woods injured his left knee hitting that tough shot from the pine straw under the Eisenhower Pine at the Masters a few weeks ago.
“I personally contacted tournament officials and expressed my regret in not being able to play. This is an outstanding event, but I must follow doctors’ orders to get better.” ~Tiger Woods
The injuries include a grade 1 mild medial collateral ligament sprain in the left knee and a mild strain the left Achilles tendon. Woods will rest the injuries, undergo cold water therapy and soft tissue treatment. There is no definite date scheduled for Tiger’s return, quoted to be in “a few weeks.”
I’m getting a bit frustrated with the bad weather here. The high today is slated to be 42 and it is currently snowing. It hailed last night. If April showers bring May flowers, what does April snow bring?
So my game is still not happening much unfortunately. I’ve only logged nine holes in the last 1.5 weeks, and that was during very cold and muddy conditions.
The bad weather is also creating quite a backlog of product reviews. I apologize to those who have sent in gear to test, but when there’s snow on the ground it is tough to test out the latest irons, drivers, putters, golf balls, golf gadgets or GPS devices!
Hang with me and hopefully the weather will turn for the better soon.
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Is it better for golf to have dominant players like Tiger Woods or Greg Norman ranked #1 for weeks, months or years? Or is it better to have what seemingly is a weekly change of the #1 ranked player in the world? I remember the NFL and NBA wanted parity and they got it, for better or worse. Haven’t decided myself just yet.
Lee Westwood reclaims #1
The only change in the top 15 world golf rankings are in the #1 and #2 spots. Lee Westwood has moved up to #1 from #2, following his victory in the Indonesian Open on the Asian Tour.
Martin Kaymer moves to #2
Martin Kaymer moved from #1 to #2, after having the #1 position for eight weeks.
Top 10 in Official World Golf Ranking as of Monday, April 25, 2011
|
Rank
|
Player
|
Pt.s
Avg.
|
Tot.
Pts.
|
# of
Evts.
|
|
1
|
Lee Westwood, Eng |
7.65 |
359.70 |
47 |
|
2
|
Martin Kaymer, Deu |
7.52 |
376.21 |
50 |
|
3
|
Luke Donald, Eng |
7.37 |
383.49 |
52 |
|
4
|
Phil Mickelson, USA |
6.52 |
293.40 |
45 |
|
5
|
Graeme McDowell, Nir |
5.84 |
321.19 |
55 |
|
6
|
Tiger Woods, USA |
5.72 |
228.61 |
40 |
|
7
|
Rory McIlroy, Nir |
5.64 |
298.98 |
53 |
|
8
|
Paul Casey, Eng |
5.59 |
245.97 |
44 |
|
9
|
Steve Stricker, USA |
5.48 |
224.59 |
41 |
|
10
|
Matt Kuchar, USA |
5.21 |
276.22 |
53 |
The Callaway vs Acushnet (parent company of Titleist) patent case has been going on now for about five years. It has been like a boxing match with each heavyweight fighter seemingly getting knocked out, only to gain consciousness at the last second and deliver a near-knockout blow of their own.
Callaway scored a big victory in 2007, forcing Acushnet to stop selling the current revision of the ProV1, though that took nearly two years to happen. Acushnet was forced to change the golf balls at that time. I remember those few months when my buddies were stocking up on ProV1’s, just in case the new versions weren’t as good. Acushnet later won an appeal on that ruling, and the court game was back on.
This past time around, Acushnet won as the judge upheld a jury verdict from March 2010, determining that the four patents in dispute were invalid. Callaway was denied a request for a new trial. Callaway has the option to appeal, but apparently will start a new suit for alleged infringement of other patents.
Acushnet’s Press Release Below – Click read more if you can’t see it
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