Singh when you’re winning

In winning the Singapore Open Jeev Milkha Singh’s became the Asian Tour’s first single-season millionaire.

The Indian golfer’s one-stroke win over Padraig Harrington and Ernie Els after a final-round 69 at Sentosa Golf Club on Sunday was his third victory of the season, enabling him to all but clinch the Asian Tour’s Order of Merit for the second time in three years.

First prize in the $5 million Singapore Open was worth $792,500, raising his season total to $1.4 million. That’s $655,000 ahead of second-place Mark Brown of New Zealand, who missed the cut at Singapore.

There are four individual events left on the Asian tour’s 2008 schedule, including this week’s Hong Kong Open.

In a recent interview with The Caddy India’s Anirban Lahiri mentioned that Golf wasn’t massive in India. Well, if Singh can keep winning, then maybe a few more heads will be turned!

Scottish golf in decline?

The latest golf world rankings certainly make grim reading for Scottish golf fans. For the first time since the standings were introduced in 1986, there is no-one from the home of golf in the world’s top 100.

Alistair Forsyth has dropped to 102nd and with Colin Montgomerie languishing in 114th place, Scotland, according to the rankings at least, has become a golfing backwater at the top of the game.

Yet which country currently holds the World Cup? Which country now holds the world amateur championship – the Eisenhower Trophy? Scotland.

So perhaps the home of golf should not despair just yet, the state of golf in the country that gave the game to the world is not quite as bad as the rankings suggest.

It’s also worth remembering that it is not so long ago that the upper echelons of the world rankings were bereft of English talent. Now there are five Englishmen in the top 50. Lee Westwood is England’s highest placed player, currently residing in 11th.

Irish golf has enjoyed a stellar year at every level of the game in 2009. This is reflected in the fact that there are a record seven Irishmen in the elite field at Valderrama and the country has celebrated eight wins on Tour this year.

Let’s just hope 2009 shines on England and Scotland, because let’s be honest, Ireland don’t have much to worry about with Padraig at the helm!

Welcome

Hello and welcome to this blog dedicated to the game of Golf.

My aim is to provide a service for golfing enthusiasts where fans of the game can come and discuss all things golf.

I don’t want to regurgitate all the main stream news that you could easily get on bbc, i want to give my own opinions, insight and analysis as best i can!

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Golfing hero: Seve Ballesteros


Favourite current Pro: Padraig Harrington

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