Todays featured model: Lennox Lewis.

It is already an established event on the pro tour, as of this year the Red Bull Final 5 will be on the amateurs tournament calendar.

The idea is to set up a valuation that counts only the score on the final five holes of a round. That’s where stamina and concentration matter, things that are being enhanced by Red Bull.

The tournament series is to be set in about 150 german golf clubs. Special prizes are being given by Red Bull, the ten best players in the series will be invited to the Red Bull Final 5 finale. Which is taking place in none other club than Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina, site of the 2005 US Open.

So Tiger came back from around the cut line to win the Buick Invitational for a record fourth time, leaving Jose Maria Olazabal and Australian rookie Nathan Green behind in a sudden death play-off at the second hole.

On the European Tour, Sweden’s Henrik Stenson held his nerve to win the Qatar Masters by three strokes from England’s Paul Broadhurst. Vijay Singh didn’t look to good, finishing in tied 24th position at -2 for the tournament.

Both tournaments will be covered on Eurosport on Wednesday night.

Oh, and Abschlag on n-tv changes schedule, the new episode will be shown on Sunday at 18:30, whilst the old episode from the week before will be shown on Saturday at 18:30.

Monday, 30. January
22.30 CNN, Living Golf

Wednesday, 01. February
21.05 Eurosport, Wednesday Selection
21.15 Eurosport, US PGA Tour “Buick Invitational in San Diego”
22.15 Eurosport, European Tour “Qatar Masters in Doha”

Saturday, 04. February
08:30 Tele5, SI:Lifestyle on Golf
18.30 n-tv, Abschlag - Golf bei n-tv

Sunday, 05. February
18.30 n-tv, Abschlag - Golf bei n-tv

Premiere subscribers check the extended list on golferlink.de.

“The driver is fine,” Woods said about a new Nike driver in his bag. “It’s the dude holding it.”

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Today I received an E-Mail by a fellow golfer with a great idea. Great ideas have to be supported, so here we go:

Ich empfinde diese Zeit, in der man nicht oder zumindest nur in dicken Fellbekleidungen auf den Golfplatz gehen kann, als verschenkte Zeit. Mir kribbelt es schon wieder in den Fingern, aber rausgehen… puh ist das kalt!

Und genau deshalb habe ich mir etwas einfallen lassen:
Ich veranstalte ab dem 24. Februar eine Turnierserie mit dem Titel “westendgolf Indoor Matchplay Frühjahr 2006″.
Das Besondere daran, diese Turnierserie findet ausschließlich in der warmen Stube statt.

Vor kurzer Zeit haben in Berlin zwei Golf Indoor Lounges eröffnet, die es uns ermöglichen, auch im Winter unserem Hobby ohne Probleme nachzukommen. Ich selbst habe die Anlagen getestet und bin vollends begeistert.

Und da ich die Herausforderung liebe und gerne in Gesellschaft golfe, habe ich mich mit den Indoor Lounges kurzgeschlossen und kurzerhand diese Turnierserie organisiert.

Nun brauchen wir nur noch die Teilnehmer.

Wer also Lust hat, kann sich gerne unter http://www.westendgolf.de/html/indoor_m_f_2006.html anmelden und daran teilnehmen. Unter dieser Adresse gibt es auch alle weiteren Informationen.

Als Anlage erhaltet Ihr eine Turnierausschreibung, in der alle Fakten genannt sind.

Mit der Teilnahmegebühr von 40,00 EUR gibt es bei den Indoor Lounges bis zu 30,00 EUR Rabatt auf die Nutzungsentgelte während der Turnierserie und eine Abschlussparty mit kostenlosem Buffet und Getränken.

Can you imagine how high a ball bounces off the ice (formerly known as driving range)? Especially when it comes down after a well hit 8 iron to 130m? Let me tell you, it’s good fun!

Congratulations Chris DiMarco on winning the Abu Dhabi Championships last Sunday. Check out the report on Eurosport on Wednesday.

Tiger Woods will be back in the game on the US PGA trying to defend his title at the Buick Invitational. The European Tour stays in the desert and plays the Commercialbank Qatar Masters at the Doha Golf Club in Katar. But thats on the TV menu for next week, let’s see what we have this week:

Monday, 23. January
22.30 CNN, Living Golf

Wednesday, 25. January
21.05 Eurosport, Wednesday Selection
22.15 Europsort, European Tour, Golf Championship Abu Dhabi (UAE)

Thursday, 26. January
12.35 Arte, “Chic” among others with a report on Crossgolfers in Hamburg

Saturday, 28. January
18.30 n-tv: Abschlag - Golf bei n-tv

Premiere subscribers check the extended list on golferlink.de.

Well, what a lineup do we have for the inaugural Abu Dhabi Golf Championship starting tomorrow. Vijay Singh, Sergio Garcia, Colin Montgomerie, Chris DiMarco and John Daly are playing in the EUR 1,6 million European Tour event.

The championship is the first of a three tournaments in the Gulf and precedes the Qatar Masters and Dubai Desert Classic. The event at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club is the latest tournament to offer Ryder Cup points.

The humble clubhouse of the Abu Dhabi Golf Club

Visit the official tournament site or the European Tour website for more updates like tee times or news and reports.

Update:
The tournaments is underway, just look at the lineup of these flights:
08:15 MONTGOMERIE, Colin SINGH, Vijay GARCIA,Sergio
08:25 CASEY, Paul POULTER, Ian DALY, John

Check out the live leaderboard here!

One thing my darling wife learned about golf christmas gifts is to order them way ahead of december. My wish to have was the 2004 Ryder Cup DVD.

In Germany, this is only available as a UK import and needs 2-4 weeks to ship. In my case, it took six weeks and I got my christmas present in the middle of january. I am still extremly happy about it and already watched the first part of it last night. Great golfing moments.

What made me think though is the fact, that golf videos are so hard to get in germany. Ok, I didn’t execute a thorough search through all possible outlets, but at least on the internet there is hardly anything to find. Maybe I should do something about it and open up a decent online shop for these items.

Poor coverage again this week, as the Sony Open are only shown on Premiere.
Here’s whats left:

Monday, 16. January
22.30 CNN: Living Golf

Saturday, 21. January
08.20 HR: Golfen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
18.30 n-tv: Abschlag - Golf bei n-tv

Premiere subscribers check the extended list on golferlink.de.