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Westwood, who has never won a big tournament and has not played this week due to an ankle injury, will lead the world ranking for at least the next week and relieves Woods, who had 281 weeks in front of the classification

Tiger Woods will have the opportunity to regain his world title next week as planned participation in the Shanghai Masters starting Thursday.

After finishing his tour in Valderrama, Kaymer Westwood commented that “really deserves to be number one” and stressed that English is “one of the best people in the loop.”

He was “delighted” that the world number one it has a leading European player, and as announced on the eve of the Masters Valderrama, will continue to strive to be the world leader “sooner or later.”

Eric Landreville has become, over time, a safe bet on the Quebec professional golf scene. Canadian Champion Club Professional in 2007, its statistics are the envy of many.

And the 2010 season is no exception.

A few hours to begin the defense of his title in the Championship Adidas Eyewear, on the fairways of the club Boucherville, Landreville throne atop the Order of Merit Honda division and it lags by only 10 points out of first place the order of merit Sunice circuit Cart More Yamaha.

In his record also included a win at the Acura Classic, three top-6 and gains of $ 17 650.

“My season is still the most satisfactory one where I won my national title. But I confess that my game has rarely been as consistent this season,” admitted Landreville, who participates in the tournament after Wednesday’s 54-hole reserved professional title, professional managers, professionals and teachers as life members of the Quebec PGA.

The challenge of this event for the Heineken Premium Series is the order of $ 32 500, including $ 5,000 to the champion.

In 2009, Valleyfield, Landreville won the honors of the tournament by taking the measure of Pascal Edmond in the second playoff hole.

Landreville says at ease on the course to narrow fairways and fast greens to Boucherville.

“The course of Boucherville is an interesting challenge, he said. Anything can happen when up to two standard four (8th and 17th holes) with his tee shot.”

Marc Girouard (The Diamond) is another who began the tournament with optimism.

Masters champion Desjardins Financial Security and the Champions Cup Golf Wildlife earlier this season, Girouard is the treble control on a course that usually good.

“I love playing on fast greens,” he noted. The fact that this tournament is one of 54 holes I like at the highest point. I have nothing against shorter tournaments, but in my eyes, real golf tournament should look like a marathon. ”

Several other excellent golfers will Landreville Girouard and the eye.

Jean Laforce (Joliette) and Don Hachey (Beaconsfield), co-champions of the Classic Agnico-Eagle, Eric Laporte (Montcalm), Daniel Talbot (Country Club of Montreal), Claude Tremblay (Wood), Ben Boudreau (Parcours du Cerf ), Jean-Louis Lamarre (Beloeil), Pascal Edmond (Four Fields) and Hocan Olsson (Mount Bruno) will include the game, as well as the professional host Yves Tremblay.

New Zealander Steve Williams does not believe that one should fear losing his job as a caddy for Tiger Woods. Several rumors have surfaced in the media that their association of 11 years could reach term.

Williams said in an interview to a radio station in New Zealand on Wednesday that he and Woods are good friends and there is no chance that their working relationship is in danger.

“I think if he intended to replace me, I’d be the first to know,” he said. For my part, I think it is impossible to happen. ”

Williams said that Woods did not intend to replace the people part of his entourage close, even if he knows the difficulties on the golf course since his return to the game after many scandals about his private life was exploded.

His cart remains confident that Woods will return to its old form, especially if it decides to work on his swing with coach Sean Foley.

“It has not yet decided whether to hire him, but I liked what he had to say and the points he brought, Williams admitted. If Tiger decides to hire Sean I think it will get better. It might take a little time. ”

Woods finished in 28th place at the PGA Championship last weekend, a week after playing its worst 72 holes – plus-18 – Invitation to Bridgestone. Williams said that nobody should think that Woods has lost his skills and his aura.

Williams also said he hoped that the captain of Team USA at the Ryder Cup, Corey Pavin, selects Woods in training.

The argentine Ricardo Gonzalez took the lead in solitary Masters of Malmoe, evidence that the European circuit male of golf, ahead of English Lee Dowie, who had commanded the day before, after will this Friday the second day to travel with Swedish par 73.

Ricardo Gonzalez, who last week could not qualify for the British Open at the tour of Turnberry, returned to sign a card of 68, as Thursday, and it was a blow ahead of Dowie, who the day before it was exceeded by an impact.

This Friday, Dowie, 30 years, delivered a letter of 70, worse than the 67 of the day before, leaving a step back from Gonzalez, although it had to cope with a strong storm that prevented him from deploy all their repertoire.

The magazine “Forbes” places the golfer american Tiger Woods as the first in the list of athletes richest in the world.

According to the internet page of the magazine “Forbes.com”, Woods, after achieving the bonus of $10 million of triumph in the FedEx Cup, became the first sportsman in history comes to $1 billion.

Tiger Woods had already won $895 million when he started the season of 2009 and, according to the same source, by adding 10.5 million dollars with the sporting triumphs, plus bonus of the FedEx Cup and the $100 million that receives annually from the sale of image, joined the 1,000 million.

Only the legendary Michael Jordan, a former player of the Bulls in Chicago, and the seven times world champion of the Formula One, the German Michael Schumacher, are the other two athletes, according to “Forbes.com” are closer to Woods in regard to profits. Jordan achieved more than $800 million since he came in 1984 to the NBA, while Schumacher was left in the 700 during its activity as a pilot.

The president and co-founding of Nike Inc, Phil Knight, said that the scandal surrounding Tiger Woods is “part of the game” by signing sponsorship contracts with athletes and stressed that there will be no changes in the relationship of the manufacturer of shoes and sportswear with the golfer.

While some advertising agencies it withdrew its support for Tiger Woods, Nike anticipated this Monday that it will continue to sponsor despite the scandal by infidelity that is involved the u.s. golfer.

“Woods remains the best Golfer of the world,” said Phil Knight, who said that his company is going to continue to sponsor the astro american, a day after the signing Accenture decide break its relationship with the golfer. Read the rest of this entry »

Tiger remains the subject of fashion in the world of sport and gives for everything. The expectation generated by the news on the hectic life sexual golfer Tiger Woods is being used by the attacks of spam messages for “creep” in the computers, as has alerted the company SPAMfighter, signature specializing in the fight against spam.

The decision by the u.s. golfer, world’s number one, of abandon this sport “for an indefinite period” after going well beyond their marital infidelities, has led to the spammers to send millions of these emails garbage that have begun to flood the trays of entry of users.

This type of holders of newspapers and magazines “makes the spammers have the perfect excuse and information necessary to send millions of mail from spam”, denounced the company Spamfighter, dedicated to combating the junk. In fact, in December stood at the head of the “ranking” of “hooks” employees”.

SPAMfighter has warned, through a press release, that the spammers, disguised under the name of Tiger Woods, will continue to threaten millions of users for quite some time. When you click on a spam, users identify their e-mails as directions of work and this comes to the spammer to generate more spam and so on. Read the rest of this entry »

Mika Miyazato of Japan shot a 67, five under par on Friday, taking the lead by a stroke at Evian Masters LPGA.

Under a cumulative of 135, nine under par, Miyazato has a stroke ahead of the French Gwladys Nocera (67). Miyazato has recorded six birdies, while Nocera got an eagle and five birdies.

Miyazato, 20, has had to deal with two delays because of rain, a short in the morning and a longer mid-afternoon.

Nocera has prevailed 10 times on the European circuit feminine tournament in Evian by cons, it has never finished in the top 40 in five appearances.

The South Korean Jeong Jang is 137, one stroke better than a group of four golfers.

Defending champion Japan Ai Miyazato shot a 72, residing at six shots back.

Michelle Wie (77 for 145) initiated the day in a deadlock in sixth place, but has concluded in a tie for 46th – partly due to a quintuple bogey at the 10th hole.

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Alena Sharp of Hamilton has signed a card of 76, barely qualifying for the weekend to 147.

Standings after the second round:

1. Mika Miyazato (JPN) 135 (68-67)
2. Gwladys Nocera (FRA) 136 (69-67)
3. Jeong Jang (KOR) 137 (68-69)
4. Choi Na Yeon (KOR) 138 (68-70)
. Meena Lee (KOR) 138 (68-70)
. Hur J. (KOR) 138 (67-71)
. Morgan Pressel (USA) 138 (66-72)
8. Suzann Pettersen (NOR) 139 (69-70)
. Ahn Sun-Ju (KOR) 139 (66-73)
. Kyeong Bae (KOR) 139 (70-69)
. Jiyai Shin (KOR) 139 (70-69)
. Mi-Jeong Jeon (KOR) 139 (68-71)
13. Mayu Hattori (JAP) 140 (69-71)
. Momoka Ueda (JPN) 140 (69-71)
. Anja Monke (GER) 140 (69-71)
16. Yukari Baba (JAP) 141 (69-72)
. Yuri Fudoh (JAP) 141 (72-69)
. Yani Tseng (TAI) 141 (68-73)
. Ai Miyazato (JPN) 141 (69-72)
. Alexis Thompson (USA) 141 (69-72)
21. Juli Inkster (USA) 142 (71-71)
. Kim Song-Hee (KOR) 142 (67-75)
. Yoo Sun Yung (KOR) 142 (: 69-73)
. Vicky Hurst (USA) 142 (70-72),
25. Haeji Kang (KOR) 143 (69-74)

Disqualified:

46. Virginie Lagoutte-Clement (FRA) 153 (76-77)

Louis Oosthuizen is still the leader at the cottage at St. Andrews. After playing an opening round 65, the South African was chained with a 67 to return to minus-12. It holds five shots on the priority veteran Mark Calcavecchia, champion of the omnium in 1989.

The second round was not completed by some golfers because of darkness.

The leader after the opening round, Rory McIlroy, had a round of misery bringing a card of 80. He moved to minus-1 in cumulative. In his defense, it must be said that the Northern Irishman has to deal with more difficult conditions in the morning.

After a hiatus of a little over an hour due to strong winds, the game being resumed at the British Open taking place on the fairways of St. Andrews. These storms fairly complicated work of golfers who were unable to make their putts, hence their balls in the wind.

Author of a 66 Thursday, John Daly also had a difficult day with a 76 and is currently at a lower 2. The Englishman Paul Casey has entered the second round at least six as his compatriot Lee Westwood.

For his part, Woods is now eight shots behind the leader after 36 holes. Phil Mickelson meanwhile carded a 71 and it is normal after both rounds.

Canada’s Mike Weir is found to plus-5 in danger of not participating in rounds of the weekend.

Among the players who took the start in the morning, Spaniard Sergio Garcia and Australian Adam Scott are at least two, while the winner of the Masters Phil Mickelson is tied with normal after a second round 71.

The American Ricky Barnes, the second U.S. Open in 2009, played a front nine 32, but finished the round with a disappointing 71 for a cumulative 139.

A European, Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell returns to win the U.S. Open Golf, the second largest of the season, a triumph shone not a golfer of the Old English since Tony Jacklin Doing so in 1970.

Four decades have had to pass to break a curse. Northern Ireland has a new hero, and Europe a golfer to assume that across the Atlantic after winning in the tournament’s most charismatic to the great power of world golf.

In the final battle, McDowell, aged 30 and born in Portrush, attended the early American disaster 25 years and leader at the beginning, Justin Johnson (now 82 strokes), abstracted from the battle between Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods, and ignored sustained harassment Ernie Els and, especially, the Frenchman Gregory Havret.

McDowell won in Pebble Beach, California, with 284 strokes (par for the course), after delivering one last card of 74 to get the first ‘major’ of his career and the second for a Northern Ireland player, following the successes of the late in 1990 Frederick Daly, who in 1947 won the British Open. Read the rest of this entry »