Looking out the window it really started to rain heavily, so I’ll probably skip the driving range session that I originally planned for tonight. I cannot remember when it last rained here, we had weeks of pure sunshine and the dryest April since the recording of weather data. And remember, this is Germany, not Egypt.

It’s probably better this way, as we had a high risk of forest fires and the golf courses were hard as hell.

STEWART MOORE: We welcome 2007 Wachovia Championship winner Tiger Woods to the media center here at the Wachovia Championship. Tiger, great round, final round 69 ties the low round of the day, and in winning today you pick up 4,500 FedEx points and vault into No. 1 on the season-long list.
If you could maybe talk a little bit about your round today, if you could hit the birdies and the bogeys and what it means to finally win this tournament.

TIGER WOODS: I guess I got off to the most ideal start on that front nine. I was 5-under through 9. I felt like I was playing decent, but I was making everything, which was nice. The back nine, I struggled a little bit, missed a short one there at 10, which was a really disappointing bogey considering I only had 78 yards to the hole. It’s just inexcusable.
Then made a nice little comeback birdie at the next hole, 11. Then after that 13 was just not very good, a terrible 4-iron out to the right. Pitched it long, first putt I hit way too hard, and the second putt I pulled.
But my whole goal coming in after that was to try to get the lead through 15, and if I had the lead through 15, I figured if I parred in I’d probably win the tournament because these conditions you figure probably no one is going to play those three last holes under par.

So I had the lead after 15, and I figured if I just played the last three holes even par, I’d be golden.

Bei der Wachovia Championship spielte sich Bernhard Langer mit einer 69er Schlussrunde vom 26. Rang in die Top-Ten und beendete das Turnier mit 283 Schlägen (70+73+73+69). Sein Lohn: 151.200 Dollar und 600 FedEx-Punkte. Er belegt hier nun Platz 64.

Bei den regengeplagten Italian Open fiel Martin Kaymer vor allem mit seiner 65 in der zweiten Runde auf. Mit einem Gesamtscore von 204 Zählern platzierte er sich auf Rang 14 (gut 23.000 Euro Prämie), das ist seine fünfte Top-20-Platzierung in der aktuellen Saison. Sven Strüver beendete das Turnier auf Rang 37, Erol Simsek und Marcel Siem waren am Cut gescheitert.

2007 PGA TOUR FedExCup
64. Platz (Vorwoche 83) Bernhard Langer mit 9 Events und 2.358 Punkten und 3 Top 10, 4 Top 25
123. Platz (Vorwoche 117) Alex Cejka mit 8 Events und 960 Punkten und 1 Top Ten

2007 PGA Tour Money
67. (Vorwoche 86) Platz Bernhard Langer mit 9 Events und 530.619 Dollar
121. Platz (Vorwoche 118) Alex Cejka mit 8 Events 228.494 Dollar

2007 European Tour Order of Merit
57. Platz (Vorwoche 67) Martin Kaymer mit 11 Events und 153.874 Euro
116. Platz (Vorwoche 118) Sven Strüver mit 9 Events und 66.923 Euro
160. Platz (Vorwoche 154) Marcel Siem mit 6 Events und 45.231 Euro
264. PLatz (Vorwoche 255) Bernhard Langer mit 1 Event und 3.739 Euro

Monday, 07. May 2007
15.30 CNN, Living Golf
19.30 CNN, Living Golf

Wednesday, 09. May 2007
20.20 Eurosport, US PGA Tour, Wachovia Championship in Charlotte, NC (USA)
21.20 Eurosport, European Tour, Italia Open in Mailand
21.50 Eurosport, Golf Club

»Mien Fore« performance by John G. Boehme.

(via Pieter)

Vijay Singh gets this one in for eagle on the par 4 12th in Wachovia, the ball falls right into the cup! F****ing good shot!

Skandal, jetzt gibts schon Golf-Equipment im ‘Diskonter’. Wo bleibt da die elitäre Attitüde des Sports?

Obwohl, so schlecht schaut die garnicht aus, ich geh’ mal schnell in der Mittagspause rüber und schau mir die mal an!

Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods teamed up for the Pro-Am round of the Wachovia Championship. Here are some video highlights of their round:

Tee-off
Woods, Jordan play Nos. 2, 3 and 5
Woods, Jordan play Nos. 7 and 8
Woods and Jordan continue play
Woods and Jordan having fun

Or else, read the full story.

BANG! What a blistering start Joakim Bäckström had in his first round at the Telecom Italia Open:

Two eagles, six birdies and ten pars add up to a 62 and gives Bäckström a three shot lead over James Heath. The course record by the way is a 61 (-11), held by Ian Poulter and Angel Cabrera since 2002 Apparently, Bäckström shot the course record with his 62, the information that I got from the European Tour website wasn’t accurate.

Martin Kaymer is -3 through 18 (T16), Marcel Siem is s -3 through 8 (T16), Erol Simsek is -1 through 7, Sven Strüver tees off at 14:20. Speaking of Erol Simsek, who is this guy?

Don’t buy a putter until you’ve had a chance to throw it.

Never try to keep more than 300 separate thoughts in your mind during your swing.

When your shot has to carry over a water hazard, you can either hit one more club or two more balls.

If you’re afraid a full shot might reach the green while the foursome ahead of you is still putting out, you have two options: you can immediately shank a lay-up or you can wait until the green is clear and top a ball halfway there.

The less skilled the player, the more likely he is to share his ideas about the golf swing.

No matter how bad you are playing, it is always possible to play worse.

The inevitable result of any golf lesson is the instant elimination of the one critical unconscious motion that allowed you to ompensate for all of your many other errors.

If it ain’t broke, try changing your grip.

Everyone replaces his divot after a perfect approach shot.

A golf match is a test of your skill against your opponents’ luck.

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