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Posts from category: Presidents Cup

GJAC Votes DeLaet, Hill, Meldrum, and Kirby as Top Canadians in 2009

The Golf Journalists Association of Canada, a group of 60 golf media members of which I’m part, today announced its top Canadian players for 2009. Some interesting results:
George Knudson Award for Best Male Professional of the Year:
Graham DeLaet,
Weyburn, Saskatchewan 
DeLaet split his time in 2009 between the South African Sunshine Tour and the Canadian Tour. He [...]


Presidents Cup Sunday Singles — Yang V. Woods; Weir Takes on Leonard

Sunday singles matches — all 12 of them — have been posted at PGATour.com. Interesting:
Here’s the list with some quick thoughts:
9:10 a.m. – Camilo Villegas INT (0-3-0) vs. Hunter Mahan US (1-1-1)
Villegas has been lousy all week. Americans off to a quick start.
9:21 a.m. – Stewart Cink US (0-3-1) vs. Adam Scott INT (1-3-0)
Surprising that [...]


International’s Backs Against the Wall On Last Day

A bunch of thoughts after spending the day watching the Presidents Cup:

One poster today said Mike Weir coughed it up to Tiger Woods this morning. Not sure I see it that way. Weir and Tim Clark aren’t exactly bombers and I almost thought they were a sacrifice to the Woods/Steve Stricker train that is rolling [...]


Day One at the Presidents Cup: Time to Integrate

Spent the later part of the day watching the Presidents Cup on my PVR — with all the commercials it is the only way to watch sports.
Here are some random thoughts:

The Weir/Clark pairing wasn’t well thought out, especially against Kim and Mickelson, who can both bomb the ball. Why not put Weir with Cabrera, or [...]


Sympatico Column: Weir Still Hoping Work Pays Off

I spoke with Mike Weir last week before he went to San Francisco to play for the International Team at the Presidents Cup. He was in good spirits, though I must admit he sounded tired. The essence of this week’s column in Sympatico is about whether Weir can use a successful Presidents Cup to kick-start [...]