Peer pressure often gets a bad rap, but what about when it’s power is used to promote positive outcomes? Marianne’s guest is journalist Tina Rosenburg. She explores how a range of different programs are using the power of social connection to better our world in her book “Join the Club.”
Tiger Woods will make his 2012 US PGA Tour debut at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am next month.
For Woods, who is kickstarting his 2012 campaign at the Abu Dhabi Championship on 26-29 January, it will be his first appearance in the tournament, which runs from 9-12 February, since 2002.
“It will be fun going back,” Woods said on his website. “It’s always been one of my favourite spots.”
The winner of 71 US PGA Tour titles and 14 major championships last played at Pebble Beach in the 2010 US Open, when he tied for fourth.
Woods ended the 2011 season by winning the Chevron World Challenge, an unofficial 18-man event he hosted, to end a two-year winless drought while he struggled for fitness and form, with his private life in tatters.
Harry Redknapp has reassured Steven Pienaar and the rest of his fringe players that they can break into the Tottenham first-team in the second half of the season.
Tottenham face Everton at White Hart Lane on Wednesday knowing a victory will put them level with second-placed Manchester United and three points behind Premier League leaders Manchester City.
Redknapp is likely to recall the likes of Rafael van der Vaart, Luka Modric and Gareth Bale after resting them for Saturday’s 3-0 FA Cup win over Cheltenham.
That could mean a return to the bench for Pienaar, who has started just five league games for Spurs and been linked with a return to Everton on loan, but Redknapp has told the 29-year-old that he can still force his way into his first-team plans.
“Players like Pienaar and (Niko) Kranjcar are good players and they can get in the team,” Redknapp said.
BRENDON King has branded tomorrow’s trip to Arlesey Town (3pm) as a huge test of character for his in-form side.
Weymouth, who beat high-flying AFC Totton 3-1 last Monday, have taken 10 points from their last four games and are odds on to continue the momentum at Hitchin Road this weekend. <