27 year old Justin Rose was beaten at last years PGA Championship by Anders Hansen in an exciting play-off and so is keen to win this years’ PGA Championship that starts at Wentworth today.
Justin Rose won the European Order of Merit last year, and suggested that it was last year’s PGA Championship that was used as aspringboard to his success.
Rose was joint leader with Trevor Immelman after the first round of the US Masters this year but failed to capitalise on his good start.
This is Justin Rose’s first tournament in the UK this year and it sounds like he is revving himself up for Wentworth.
Rose is paired with last year’s US Open champion Angel Cabrera and 1994 champion Jose Maria Olazabal.
Here’s the moment when Richard Finch kept his nerve and placed the ball on th green with a prefect third shot, only to lose his footing as the momentum of his swing took him into the river!
It has become tradition at some golf tournaments to jump into the water after the win. But this is the first time I can remember the winner of a golf event jumping into the water with two shots remaining!
The tall blonde haired 30 year-old English golfer Richard Finch won the Irish Open today at Adare Manor with a final round of 70 to finish on 10 under, two shots ahead of Felipe Aguilar from Chile. This is Richard Finch’s second tournament win of the season following his success at the New Zealand Open in December .
Fellow Englishman Lee Westwood and Irishman Gary Murphy tied with Robert Karlsson and Maarten Lafeber for third place with seven under, while Northern Ireland’s young Rory McIlroy was six under.
On the final hole Finch played a very tricky shot perched awkwardly aside the water hazard. He made a perfect shot. The ball floated across the water to land on the other side of the green from the pin, as the follow-through took Finch himself into the water!
Luckily this was the 18th hole as Finch played his final two shots dripping wet from the waist down.
The 2008 US Open golf championship will be played at the Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, California and starts on 9 - 15 June.
Last year Angel Cabrera became the first South American to win the U.S. Open but this year, can anyone see passed the mighty Tiger Woods?
After stating at the beginning of the season that he was aiming to win all five major events this year, and losing by three shots to Trevor Immelman at the US Masters championship, Tiger will be fired up for this one.
The Torrey Pines Golf Course is a long course so big hitters should have the upper hand.
So if Tiger slips up or starts poorly and leaves himself too much to do on the final round, like he did at The Masters, who will be there to sneak a victory? How about big-hitter Phil Mickelson?
Ignoring the fact that he missed the cut last year, due in part because he was not 100% fit to play, he has previously been runner-up on four occasions.
Yesterday Sergio Garcia won the Players Championship at Sawgrass, USA. It was Garcia’s first PGA Tour title in three years.
Sergio Garcia was played exceptionally well all weekend and beat Paul Goydos at the first play-off hole, after they had both finished on 5 under.
Paul Goydos is 169th in the world rankings
Sergio Garcia became only the second European in the tournament’s 35 year history to win The Players, which is known as the fifth major. Sandy Lyle won The Players in 1987.
Today Garcia is $1.7 million richer. Not bad for a weekend of golf!
27 year old Justin Rose was beaten at last years PGA Championship by Anders Hansen in an exciting play-off and so is keen to win this years’ PGA Championship that starts at Wentworth today.
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