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Discounted Open Championship Tickets available for just one more week

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Spectators have just one more week to take full advantage of discounted season tickets for this year’s Open Championship to be played at Royal Birkdale in the week from July 13-20.

Until Thursday, January 31, a season ticket will available at the discounted rate of £180.

Golfblogger UK Golf Review of the Year 2007 - A Year of Major Surprises

Posted by admin under My Golf Returns, The Four Majors

Overview of the golfing year 2007

It was a bit of a strange golf year with Tiger Woods (pictured below) appearing at times to be struggling and hitting it off the planet, and coming in for a lot of criticism, but still strong enough in all departments to beat the opposition when not in top gear, before starting to swing it really well again.

Tiger flexed his muscle with seven PGA Tour victories during the 2007 season in finishing US PGA Tour Number 1

 

Henrik Stenson cuts back playing schedule with a view to better preparation for the four majors

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Henrik Stenson, frustrated after his 2007 campaign faded after a storming start, has cut back his playing schedule for this year.

Profile: Henrik Stenson, Sweden
Born: 5.4.76
Birthplace: Gothenburg, Sweden
Residence: Dubai
European Tour International Schedule Victories: Total 3
Other Tournament Victories: Total 3
Best 2006 Performances: 1st The Commericalbank Qatar Masters, 2nd Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, 2nd BMW Asian Open
Turned Professional: 1998
Teams: World Cup 2005; The Seve Trophy 2005; The Royal Trophy 2006 (winners) The Swede, who won the biggest title of his career at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship last February, believes competing in fewer tournaments will help his preparation for the four majors.

Number 13 - unlucky for some, but not Tiger Woods

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Tiger Woods won the 13th major of his career with a two-stroke stroke victory over Woody Austin in the US PGA Championship at Southern Hills, Oklahoma.

Crowd enjoys Daly’s erratic play at 2007 U.S.PGA Championship

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If Tiger Woods is a Rembrandt, John Daly is a paint-by-number Elvis on black velvet. Tacky, for sure. Yet there’s something oddly endearing about it, and you can’t help but gawk.

Especially when Daly pulls stunts like he did Friday on No. 10 at Southern Hills.

Graeme storms into lead at 2007 U.S.PGA Championship at Southern Hills

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Englishman Graeme Storm has taken the early lead at Southern Hills, heading the field at the USPGA Championship after posting a five-under 65, while Australians Geoff Ogilvy and John Senden are just four strokes off the pace.

As the temperature hovered around 37 degrees celsius, American John Daly made the early running in the hot conditions, coming into the clubhouse after taking the lead through a three-under 67.

2007 U.S.PGA Championship Tee-off Times

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Tee-off times as follows……

Garcia does the maths - Rose to play percentages

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Sergio Garcia’s status as a world-class player has never been in doubt but now he can be marked down as a world-class glutton for punishment. “Give me a one-shot lead on the last hole on the tournament right now and I would take it,” he said yesterday when asked about his prospects of winning the 89th PGA Championship, which starts today at Southern Hills .