Imagine Golf - Blog RSS (News) http://www.imaginegolfclub.com/ An RSS feed of blogs from Imagine Golf. en-gb info@imaginesportsclub.com info@imaginesportsclub.com <![CDATA[Shock call-ups for European Ryder Cup team]]> http://www.imaginegolfclub.com/blog/jeff-dawson/shock-callups-for-european-ryder-cup-team-427.htm European Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie has surprised the golfing world by omitting World No. 8 Paul Casey and World No. 23 Justin Rose from his team to face the United States for the competition that starts on October 1 at Celtic Manor in Wales.

These two were favourites for the pick ahead of Padraig Harrington and Luke Donald but Monty has decided that the experience of Harrington and the guile of World No. 11 Donald more worthy than the qualities possessed by Rose and Casey. Edoardo...

By Jeff Dawson

]]> Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:16:28 +0100 <![CDATA[Divorce for Woods wins for Atwal and Hanson]]> http://www.imaginegolfclub.com/blog/jeff-dawson/divorce-for-woods-wins-for-atwal-and-hanson-402.htm

Tiger Woods once again stole the headlines this weekend, but, as has been the case recently, it wasn’t for his golf as his private life took another twist with the announcement of his divorce from wife Elin Nordegren.

This news from the courtrooms overshadowed an historic win for Indian qualifier Arjun Atwal who became the first golfer from his country to win on the PGA Tour following a one-stroke triumph at the Wyndham Championship in North Carolina. Woods’ antics also...

By Jeff Dawson

]]> Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:12:03 +0100 <![CDATA[Brilliant and totally unpredictable]]> http://www.imaginegolfclub.com/blog/jeff-dawson/brilliant-and-totally-unpredictable-368.htm

First of all, an apology to you all. If you followed my tip and took a gamble on Ian Poulter for the USPGA Championship title then I'm sorry! But learn from this and don't follow my predictions in the future!

So, what a final day it proved to be yesterday when Martin Kaymer eventually ran out winner following a play-off with the unpredictable and thoroughly brilliant Bubba Watson.

I admit that Watson isn't someone I had heard much of before this tournament. But...

By Jeff Dawson

]]> Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:50:55 +0100 <![CDATA[Woods has doubts over Ryder Cup spot]]> http://www.imaginegolfclub.com/blog/imagine-golf-club-news-desk/woods-has-doubts-over-ryder-cup-spot-346.htm Tiger Woods continued to struggle for form since his return to the sport earlier this year by shooting his worst professional score ever - a staggering 18-over par! And more surprisingly, this four round championship shocker came on a course where he set a blistering course record a decade ago - 39 shots better off than he was this weekend.

Woods endured this debacle during the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at the Firestone Country Club - Hunter Mahan running out as victor on 12...

By Imagine Golf Club News Desk

]]> Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:06:26 +0100 <![CDATA[St.Pierre Hotel And Country Club]]> http://www.imaginegolfclub.com/blog/quick-getaway/st-pierre-hotel-and-country-club-342.htm Long before the Celtic Manor was even in nappies (metaphorically speaking, of course), St.Pierre was playing host to some of golf’s biggest events. With a Solheim Cup, Curtis Cup and eight British Masters to its name, St.Pierre has been there, done that and got the t-shirt just for good measure. Think of it as the Celtic Manor’s wiser and more mature older brother, if you like.

A former parish, St.Pierre is situated in South West Wales’ Monmouthshire county, and with two top qual...

By Quick Getaway

]]> Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:30:03 +0100 <![CDATA[This Much Is True]]> http://www.imaginegolfclub.com/blog/the-wish-list/this-much-is-true-341.htm What is it about 2010 and cool golf shoes? First there was the Ecco Golf Street Shoe, then the J.Lindeberg Bridge, and now this beauty from TRUE Linkswear. Unlike the bigger brands, TRUE don't believe in  technological baloney or bogus claims about making you a better player.

In fact, the people at TRUE think that today's golf shoes are over engineered, hampering your game...

By The Wish List

]]> Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:55:36 +0100 <![CDATA[The Week In Golf 17 - 23 August]]> http://www.imaginegolfclub.com/blog/the-week-in-golf/the-week-in-golf-17-23-august-340.htm August 17, 1980 - Curtis Strange won the Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic with a two stroke victory over the equally excellently-named Gibby Gilbert. Strange is considered to be one of the greatest golfers of the '80s, winning 16 PGA Tour events that decade. During that period he also won back to back U.S Opens in 1988 and 1989. Unfortunately, his career went the way of the shellsuit and Timmy Mallett and his successes were confined to that era. He never won another PGA event...

By The Week In Golf

]]> Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:54:35 +0100 <![CDATA[caddy shack]]> http://www.imaginegolfclub.com/blog/weird-world-of-golf/caddy-shack-338.htm We at Imagine Golf just love this film!

Caddyshack heralds the directorial debut of Harod Ramis, who has also been involved in the making of Groundhog Day and Ghostbusters, among manyothers.

Bill Murray puts in a stupendously gormless performance, Chevy Chase is brilliant and Rodney Dangerfeld steals the show completely.

Coarse, cheap, tacky and infantile it may be; an undoubted classic it certainly is. The 30-minute 'Making Of' documentary, with interviews...

By Weird World Of Golf

]]> Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:03:09 +0100 <![CDATA[Golf Betting - The 2010 Open Championship ]]> http://www.imaginegolfclub.com/blog/golf-betting/golf-betting-the-2010-open-championship--337.htm After a five-year break, The Open returns to St Andrews, the Home of Golf. Steeped in history, St Andrews' Old Course has evolved somewhat over its six centuries of being, but the spirit and atmosphere remain the same. Not that the course needed a stamp of approval, Jack Nicklaus provided one just for good measure, saying: 'I fell in love with it the first day I played it. There's just no other golf course that is...

By Golf Betting

]]> Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:15:20 +0100 <![CDATA[The Week In Golf August 10-16]]> http://www.imaginegolfclub.com/blog/the-week-in-golf/the-week-in-golf-august-1016-336.htm August 10, 1975: Jack Nicklaus secured his fourth PGA Championship title. His 1975 win at Firestone came by virtue of a four-under-par round of 276, enough to defeat Bruce Crampton by two strokes. It was on the same day in 1980 that Nicklaus captured his fifth PGA Championship. His 1980 triumph, a seven-stroke victory over Andy Bean at Oak Hill Country Club, tied Nicklaus with Walter Hagen's record of five USPGA wins.

August 11, 1974: Lee ‘Super Mex’ Trevino finished...

By The Week In Golf

]]> Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:01:01 +0100 <![CDATA[The Week In Golf July 5-12]]> http://www.imaginegolfclub.com/blog/the-week-in-golf/the-week-in-golf-july-512-331.htm July 5, 1975: Art Wall Jr beat Gary McCord by one stroke to win the Greater Milwaukee Open, aged 51 years, 7 months, and 10 days old. The 1959 Masters champion became the second-oldest player ever to win a PGA Tour event and it would be Wall's 14th and final PGA Tour victory.
July 6, 1877: the world said 'bonjour' to the greatest French golfer of all time. Arnaud Massy was the son of a sheep farmer, worked on a sardine boat and caddied at Biarritz golf course for a bit of extra...

By The Week In Golf

]]> Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:06:44 +0100 <![CDATA[Ave Garia]]> http://www.imaginegolfclub.com/blog/the-wish-list/ave-garia-320.htm What is it with those Scandinavians and talent? Not only have their golfers taken over the fairways, it seems their designers are doing the same just for good measure. Case in point? Ikea, and the Garia golf cart. The work of Danish designer, Andres Lynge, this is the Rolls Royce of golf carts. Actually, it's more a mix of some of the other finest car makes in the world.

Spec wise, the Garia would get even Jeremy Clarkson all hot under that oversized collar of his. Manufactured...

By The Wish List

]]> Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:39:00 +0100 <![CDATA[The Week In Golf August 2-9]]> http://www.imaginegolfclub.com/blog/the-week-in-golf/the-week-in-golf-august-29-318.htm August 2, 1953: The incredible Babe Zaharias further amazed the world at the All-American Open in Chicago. Babe, who was playing her first competitive round since cancer surgery in April, managed to complete her 72nd hole and finish 15th, despite having to sit on a collapsible seat between shots. Elsewhere, on this day in 1912, Philadelphia's Johnny McDermott, the youngest US Open champion in history, successfully defended his US Open title.

August 3, 1975: Gene 'The...

By The Week In Golf

]]> Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:53:20 +0100 <![CDATA[The Ultimate Golf GPS For Your Phone!]]> http://www.imaginegolfclub.com/blog/equipment-news/the-ultimate-golf-gps-for-your-phone-329.htm  We've alredy told you about how impressive and easy it is to use the GolfLogix GPS-8 rangefinder powered by Garmin
Each unit holds up to 20 courses and you can choose from the 23,000 mapped courses available.

 

It just keeps getting better. Imagine Golf Club members who own a Smartphone also have the added opportunity of downloading a FREE trial of the GolfLogix application. This latest development in GPS software gives you all the opportunity of using the best ...

By Equipment News

]]> Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:18:28 +0100 <![CDATA[Week In Golf June 28-July 4]]> http://www.imaginegolfclub.com/blog/the-week-in-golf/week-in-golf-june-28july-4-327.htm June 28, 1958: Mickey Wright captured the first of what would be four US Women's Open titles, beating Louis Suggs by five strokes at Forest Lake CC in Detroit, Michigan. She won the following year's title at Churchill Valley CC in Pittsburgh, before winning again in 1961 and then 1964. without doubt one of the greatest female players ever to grace the fairways, Wright won 82 events on the LPGA Tour, six shy of Kathy Whitworth.

June 29, 1903: the great Willie Anderson...

By The Week In Golf

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