Thursday, 3. September 2009
14:30 CNN International, Living Golf
19:30 CNN International, Living Golf

Saturday 5. September 2009
09:00 CNN International, Living Golf
19:30 CNN International, Living Golf

Sunday 6. September 2009
05:00 CNN International, Living Golf
09:30 CNN International, Living Golf
17:00 CNN International, Living Golf
23:00 DELUXE MUSIC, GOLF Lounge

Hat tip to Kiki for pointing out, that the new PGA Tour iPhone App also offers live streaming of the tournaments (WiFi required). I almost missed out on that. Sensational feature and briliant quality (no comparison to the inacceptable Formula 1 livestreaming of the RTL app).

Here are some screenshot to give you an impression:

A very useful feature is the “30′ rewind button” that let’s you see that last shot again. Brilliant.

And when can we see something similar from the European Tour?

Germany’s Martin Kaymer has been ruled out of action for at least six weeks after sustaining a foot injury in the United States.

The current Race to Dubai leader and World Number 12 is due to have surgery on Thursday (August 26).

“Obviously this is a very unfortunate situation but I have a top medical team around me which will provide the best treatment to get me back to the competition,” said the 24 year old.

“I will do everything to recover as soon as possible in order to secure a good position in The Race to Dubai.”

(Source: PGA European Tour Website)

Honesty on the golf course is overrated!

Yesterday, I was out on the driving range practicing. Next to me stood an older guy, probably in his fifties, cocky behaviour, overweight, yet wearing white pants and shirt a little too tight for him. His blonde girlfriend was some 15 years younger than him and she was wearing the biggest Gucci sunglasses ever.

The guy, let’s call him the viagra stallion, had the newest equipment: TiCad trolley, leather cart bag, all new Taylormade Driver and Woods, bright and shiny. He was whacking away with the big stick, probably trying to impress his girlfriend. Problem was, he didn’t hit a single proper shot. He scattered the balls left and right, only a few made it past the 100 meter marker. Instead of taking a break or swinging slower, he tried to hit it even faster.

I couldn’t avoid to grin and he had probably noticed, giving me an angry look. So I decided to put him on a little bit, matching every shot of his. He – all the time playing driver – shot 100 meters, I took PW and shot 100 meters, he made it to 150 meters, I took my 6 iron. One very bad shot barely rolled to the 50 meter marker, so I grabbed my lobwedge and my ball gently rolled past his.

It was driving him mad, you could tell. He barked “I’m done!” at his girlfriend, and stumped away, her hurrying up to catch up with him. Walking back from the chipping green, I saw them again on the first tee. He furiously stared at me, I just smiled and waved at him.

His drive went 100 meters into the right rough. Dude, here’s a video for you!

Wednesday, 26. August 2009
22:30 Eurosport, US PGA Tour, Wyndham Championship
23:25 Eurosport, European Tour, KLM Open
23:55 Eurosport, Golf Club

The 2009 Solheim Cup starts today at Rich Harvest Farms near Chicago. Counting the twittering team members, the US Team has a clear advantage. But this obvioulsy doesn’t count in the course. For the European Team, it is the first time without Annika Sorenstam that they encounter the american girls.

European Team veteran legend Laura Davies carries the right spirit going into the tournament:

“To overcome the crowds and the American team…the satisfaction on Sunday night would be beyond anything I’ve achieved,” said Davies.

“We’re 7-3 down and I’d love to play in at least four more and try and make it seven-all.

“If we don’t do it (win on US soil) in my time playing in the Solheim, then it would be a huge hole in my career.”

“That would be my dream and obviously that would constitute a couple of wins in America, which is the ultimate as far as I’m concerned.”

I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you. Follow the tournament via the official website, the facebook page or via twitter.

I received a package from Sweden recently from John with a nice notebook in it. John wrote:

“Being a father of three, reading your blog is as close to the golf course I get.”

I hope your life-golf-ratio improves towards the golfing side in the near future, John. Thanks for the nice present!

Wednesday, 19. August 2009
23:05 Eurosport, Golf Club

Well, that was an unexpected finish at the 91st PGA Championship. The first Tiger meltdown in a final round of a major?

Martin Kaymer had his best major finish in his young career with a tied 6th place, his first top 10. I just had a look at the Final Results and Prize Money, and the $ 233.125,00 Martin earned indicate something spectacular.

Entering the PGA Championship, Martin Kaymer trailed Paul Casey 145.786,00 Euros in the Race to Dubai. Paul unfortunately had to withdraw from the tournament and wasn’t able to to something about the prize money. Martins prize money at the PGA convert to 164.659,55 Euros, which puts Martin 18.873,56 Euros ahead of Paul and makes Martin the new leader in the European Tour Race to Dubai!

CONGRATULATIONS!