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KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. – In Friday’s harrowing episode of “Survivor: Kiowah Island,” 83 tribe members were voted off the island and many of them fled the exits like men just released from indenture.
In one punishing 24-hour turnaround, the 94th PGA Championship morphed from a fun-filled birdie-fest into one of the hardest days in major championship memory that left many of the dazed combatants feeling as if they had just crawled across 7,676 yards of broken glass and beaten to a pulp.
“That’s because we were,” co-leader Tiger Woods said. “Sometimes you have slow days but the conditions aren’t brutal like this.”
Amid the chaos prompted by 40 kph wind, a bit of rain and the PGA’s sadistic set-up, 49-year-old Vijay Singh emerged as the king of the survivors, if not the leaderboard.
Sports enthusiasts are among the keenest fans of promotional merchandise, as they enjoy getting their hands on items that have their favourite club’s name and logo on them. So, if you’re trying to market your organisation to golfers, read our tips on the best gifts to give away.
Golf accessories
The most obvious way to promote your brand to golf fans is to hand out items they can use while on the course. One of the most important accessories for a golfer – particularly in the UK – is an umbrella. Spending a long time on the fairways trying to perfect your swing can mean you’re caught in the occasional rain shower. B Read more…
Carlos Tevez caddying during the final round of the Open has been described as “absolute madness” by the Royal and Ancient Club championship committee chairman, Jim McArthur.
The Manchester City striker Tevez caused a stir when he carried the bag for his Argentinian compatriot Andrés Romero on Sunday at Royal Lytham & St Annes.
Tevez, a 13-handicapper, admitted he could not give Romero any advice but enjoyed the experience nonetheless.
The move has drawn criticism from McArthur though, with the R&A committee chairman saying the issue needs to be looked into.
“He never put the bag down, even when he was standing on the green – it’s just absolute madness,” McArthur said.
“I think we need to look at this particular case. We
RORY McILROY romped to one of the greatest Major victories in history at Congressional but believes lifting the Claret Jug next Sunday at Lytham would be his “greatest achievement in golf”.
“To win that first Major was very important,” said McIlroy (23).
Just ask Luke Donald. The Englishman has been at the top of golf’s world rankings for a total of 52 weeks, and even if that period of supremacy has been accumulated over four separate spells it still adds up to a whole year of being the undisputed No 1 player on the planet. But he has never finished better than third in a major.
And nor would you say that he has been getting closer with every passing year. His two third places were at the 2005 Masters and the 2006 PGA Championship. His status as the best player never to win a major is established beyond all reasonable doubt. Only Lee Westwood comes close.
Down the years, Donald has fielded questions about his majors record with the same sort of calm precision he displays with a mid-iron in his hands. H