Golf News July 2006

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FRIDAY, 28 JULY 2006
	Glasgow Plans to Include Golf in Commonwealth Game
	Scotland, led by its sports minister Patricia Ferguson, is planning to include golf in the 2014 Commonwealth Games' program of events if Glasgow wins its bid for hosting the event. This is according to the report written by Mike Aitken at www.sport.scotsman.com. If the Scottish city wins its hosting bid and golf is included in the program, then it will be played in the Games for the first Read Full Story
WEDNESDAY, 26 JULY 2006
	Chart Your Game and Develop a Plan
	To be able to further improve your game, PGA's Director of Instruction Rick Martino suggests that you chart it and develop an effective plan. This is the advice that he gives in his column about improving your game at the PGA's website. According to Martino, charting your game can help you and your PGA Professional assess the weak areas of your game. That way, he can develop a program to Read Full Story
MONDAY, 24 JULY 2006
	Woods Defends Open Championship
	The 2006 Open Championship ended on an emotional note with an image of Tiger Woods hugging his caddie Steve Williams as he sunk his last shot to win this year's tournament. It was the first time for the world's number one golfer to win a major title after the demise of his father Earl a few months ago. He was quoted as saying that his father would have been very proud if the elder Woods had be Read Full Story
FRIDAY, 21 JULY 2006
	McDowell Leads First Round of Open Championship
	Irish golfer Graeme McDowell captured the lead yesterday in the first round of this year's Open Championship at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England. Graeme, who shot a six-under-par yesterday, is trailed by two other Europeans Greg Owen and Anthony Wall who both ended the round with a five-under-par. They are joined by defending champion Tiger Woods, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Keii Read Full Story
WEDNESDAY, 19 JULY 2006
	All Eyes on Woods and Faldo in British Open
	With this year's British Open just a day away, all eyes are on Tiger Woods and Nick Faldo who will play together in the first two rounds of the tournament. One can recall that there is tension between them because Faldo was critical of Woods' swing during the former's tenure as a golf analyst for ABC. Woods said that there won't be much talk between him and his staunchest critic, the Asso Read Full Story