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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

My money is going on Mickelson, how about yours?

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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!

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The Funky Golf Gear online shop sells designer clothes from the likes of Cutter & Buck, Stuburt, Cross, Cross Creek, Adidas & William Hunt, to name a few.

If you like to dress up to play golf you should take a look.

To receive an extra 15% discount add promo code ‘LGS2008′ to your basket.

This discount code is valid until 30th June 2008.

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Cutters are an American company that have made their name and built their reputation by producing top quality professional gloves for baseball and American Football.

Now they have used their expertise and quality designs to create a range of golf gloves.

The gloves are made from a combination of re-engineered ultra thin C-TACK^TM performance grip material and premium Grade A Cabretta leather which gives the glove a very soft, comfortable feel with an exceptionally strong grip.

The C-TACK^TM grip is placed on the thumb and three finger tips, as well as to the side of the palm to allow for perfect slip-free grip for all types of golf swing. Getting used to the glove I realised how this helped me hold the club with less muscle tension.

This is a great improvement for someone relatively new to the game like myself, though would be as useful to a seasoned pro.

The Cutters Golf Gloves comes in two designs - Tour (left) and Humid (below).

I have used the C-TACK^TM Humid over the past couple of weeks and found the grip to be excellent.

The back of the Humid glove is made of a breathable, lightweight material that, with the well positioned air holes, allowed my hand to breathe more readily and reduce a sweaty palm. This helped my game and was more comfortable on the hottest days.

The only difference between the design of the palms of the two glove design is the Humid Glove comes with an extra line of perspiration holes.

The C-TACK^TM Humid comes in a choice of grey or orange.

The gloves are currently not stocked by UK retailers but can be bought direct from the Cutters website.

I would certainly recommend this glove as a major breakthrough because of the quality of the grip that it offers without compromises at all on the perfect fit, comfortable feel or durability of a golf glove.

Try one & let us know how you get on.

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The interview takes place as John Daly plays a round of golf at his own course, The Murder Rock Golf Club in Branson, Missouri.

Can you imagine Tiger Woods being interviewed like this? Come to think of it, can you imagine any other PGA professional golfer being interviewed without his shirt on?

I first saw this video on www.TheGolfBlog.com

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Lawrie looked set to win without a sudden death play-off until Garrido finished with an amazing 30ft birdie putt to tie on 15 under.

Both Lawrie & Garrido birdied the first play-off hole, but then Garrido found the water.

This is the first victory on the European PGA Tour for Peter Lawrie, the 34-year-old from Dublin, Ireland at the 175th attempt; and after Damiern McGrane won in China two weeks ago and Darren Clarke’s victory in the Asian Open, that’s three Irish wins in a row.

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