TGA vurderer Skottland igjen

Noen ildsjeler har allerede startet forsiktig planlegging for neste års TGA, og håper å få med seg flest mulig medlemmer til V10 i Skottland i månedsskiftet april/mai 2010.

Vi søker å kjøre en moderat budget tour, med billige flybilletter og rimelig innkvartering. For å rekke både golf og sosialisering, satser vi på én dags avspassering (mandag eller fredag) i tillegg til helgen.

Vennligst benytt spørreskjema til venstre for å opplyse komiteen om dine helgepreferanser. Bruk kommentarfeltet nedenfor for å utdype ditt valg. Håper alle har mulighet til å bekrefte eller avkrefte innen utgangen av november måned, deretter bestiller vi ny golftur!

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TGA var tilstede på TPC Summerlin i Las Vegas (Justin Timber-lake Shriners Hospital for Children Open) og fulgte lederballene inn på PGA-turneringens fjerde og siste dag. Dog uten kamera!

Vel, kameraet var tross alt ladet til bristepunktet, klar til å forevige nærbilder av verdensenere og deres backspins rundt på de ondulerte greenene. Vår utegående reporter ønsket virkelig å dele av sine nær-kjendis-opplevelser med alle sine TGA-venner på bloggen, men nei...

Om TGAs utsendte ikke er helt nybegynner på en golfbane, er han åpenbart rookie som PGA-tilskuer. Mobiler og kameraer var selvsagt strengt forbudt! Og det var kanskje like bra? For ingen så noe ver-ken til Tiger eller andre A-kjendis-spillere denne helgen. Om de var i nærheten, satt de trolig ved roulette-bordene på stripa downtown i Vegas? Her på golfbanen under TPC Summerlin var de definitivt ikke

Noen halvkjente navn var likevel på startlisten, og backspin’ene var så absolutt irriterende imponerende nok. For ikke snakke om kanon-driver på 300 meter midt i fairway!! Egenproduserte bilder ble det likevel få av, kun et par selvportrett av vår mann, fra utenfor banen

Hvem som vant? Martin Laird. Etter playoff. Har du ikke hørt om han? Ranket som #134 på touren før turningen, vant skot-ten sin aller første PGA denne helgen. Og dro inn $756.000, slett ikke verst for fire dagers pleasuregolf i Las Vegas?

Også vår utsendte gjorde et tappert forsøk på å reise fra Vegas med pluss på saldoen. Historien forteller dog svært lite om hvordan det faktisk gikk, kanskje det avsløres under neste TGA?

One of my most consistent years

Didn't win at any majors, but I'm still thrilled with 2009 season

By Tiger Woods

I took a few days off last week, including visiting my golf-course design project at The Cliffs at High Carolina, to get ready for The Presidents Cup in San Francisco. It was a long stretch starting from the Buick Open through THE TOUR Championship. That was a lot of golf for me. The only reason I didn't play a lot earlier in the year was because I knew the FedExCup playoff series would be demanding, and I didn't want to put too much stress on my knee.

Overall, I'm absolutely thrilled about my PGA Tour season, which culminated by my winning the FedExCup for the second time. This has been one of my most consistent years on the PGA Tour. I won six times, finished second three times, placed in the top 10 in 14 of 17 starts, contended in three of four majors and had my third-lowest scoring average at 68.05. I don't think anyone could have foreseen that. Unfortunately, I just didn't get it done in the majors.

Starting out the year, I really didn't know what to expect. It was a slow process after my knee surgery, but the only anxiety I felt was how long it would take for me to feel explosive in my left leg. It was a heavy leg for a while. I was also uncertain about how I would recover, round-to-round.

The difference between how I started the year and now with my knee is night and day. Not even close. It's stable, explosive. It feels normal. I can do pretty much anything I want, and there is no pain. I'd have to say my best round of the year so far was the 62 I shot in the third round of the BMW Championship. I still have a lot golf left to play. I'm going to China, Australia and then I'll host the Chevron World Challenge in Southern California in December.

We finalized our field for the Chevron World Challenge last week, and it's our best ever. Two factors account for that: We changed our date to Dec. 2-6, and we are now awarding Official World Golf Ranking points. Both were instrumental in getting the players we wanted.

I'm very excited about returning to Northern California this week for The Presidents Cup at Harding Park, which is just up the road from where I went to college at Stanford. The Bay Area has always supported golf, whether it was the U.S. Open at Olympic Club, the USGA Junior Championship at Lake Merced or the WGC-American Express Championship at Harding, where I was fortunate enough to win in 2005. San Francisco is a great sports town.

As a junior golfer, I remember playing Harding when it was a clover field. When I came back and played it after the 2002 redesign, I couldn't believe it was the same course! I know they are rerouting it this week for The Presidents Cup, and I'm kind of curious to see what it looks like.

Most of all, I'm really looking forward to hanging out with the U.S. team. I was unable to play in the Ryder Cup last year because of my knee surgery and missed being with the guys.

The Presidents Cup is definitely more congenial, but we'll get after it starting Thursday. I think the reason it's friendlier is that 23 of the 24 players competing this week are full-time members of the PGA Tour. We see each other week after week. The only guy who isn't a regular member is Ryo Ishikawa.

I'm not sure who our captain, Fred Couples, will pair me with, but I know it will fun because I have so many good friends on the team.

At THE TOUR Championship, I gave Sean O'Hair a putting lesson on Wednesday before the first round. Usually, I don't offer advice unless someone asks for it, but he's a good friend, and that's what friends do. I just noticed something in his stroke and thought I could help. Mark O'Meara and I have done that for each other for years. Same with John Cook and Notah Begay III. Of course, I didn't know Sean would shoot 66 in the first round, and I had to go chew him out.

That's all for now. Looking forward to a great week in San Francisco and will check back with you next month.

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