After dismissing Steve Willams as caddie, Tiger Woods is looking for a new bagman while his ex is already working for new boss Adam Scott.
Woods is now rumored to hire Shane Joel who has been caddying for Mark O’Meara, one of Woods’s oldest golfing buddies, for seven years.
O’Meara had made the suggestion to Woods that Joel would be a first-class replacement for Steve Williams, the New Zealand caddie Woods recently split up with after a 12-year relationship that harvested more than 70 victories world-wide, 13 of them in Major championships. Tiger Woods have confirmed that Joel was on his short list, but made no further comment.
So far, he has been using a business associate, Bryan Bell, the CEO of his golf design company, as a temporary caddy but there has never been any intention of them working like this on a permanent basis.
IAN WOOSNAM DISCLOSED RETIREMENT THOUGHTS
Ian Woosnam, the former world number one who spent 50 weeks at the top of the world rankings.
Former world number one Ian Woosnam has admitted he may retire from golf within the next two to three years.
The captain of victorious 2006 European Ryder Cup team and the 1991 Masters championship suffer from back problems. He needs a weekly injection in order to continue to play competitively.
“Without the injection I wouldn’t be able to play to any standard where I wanted to play, so I would have ended up giving up,” said the Welshman.
“The injection keeps me flexible and my back feels pretty good but I wouldn’t want to go on playing past 60.”
He also relealed his intention that he would take a year-by-year approach on how long he continues playing and see how the back is.
IRELAND YOUNG GUNS SET FOR OMEGA MISSION HILLS WORLD CUP
Star golfer Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell are confident that they can help Ireland to glory at this year’s OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup with Italy’s Molinari brothers set to defend the title.
U.S. Open winner McIlroy, ranked fifth in the world, picked Ryder Cup hero and partner McDowell, for the 24-27 November event in China, reprising a duo that was narrowly beaten in the 2009 event.
‘Graeme and I really enjoyed the experience at Mission Hills two years ago. We only missed out by a shot, and are looking forward to forming the Irish team again and trying to go one better this time,’ 22-year-old McIlroy said.
Masters winner Charl Schwartzel has also confirmed his participation in the biennial tournament and will pair up with last year’s British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen.
RORY MCILROY PLANS ON PGA TOUR RETURN
Golfer Rory McIlroy are leaning toward a return to the PGA Tour after forgoing his membership in 2011. He caused plenty of angst at PGA Tour headquarters last year when he decided to give up his PGA Tour membership and compete on the European Tour.
Rory are honest in admitting that after winning the U.S. Open and a bad perforrmance at the British Open , he realizes that he likes many of the courses in America has.
Andy Pazder, a PGA Tour vice president and chief of operations, said McIlroy was banned for one year for taking up membership after dropping it in 2010. That means even after winning the U.S. Open at Congressional, which would otherwise mean automatic membership Rory has to wait until 2012 to play full schedule at PGA Tour.
Ryo Ishikawa becomes a special temporary member on PGA Tour
Japanese teenager Ryo Ishikawa, one of the most exciting prospects in the game, has taken up special temporary membership on the PGA Tour for the rest of this year.
Ishikawa will consequently be able to accept unlimited sponsor’s exemptions for the remainder of the season, the PGA Tour said in a statement on August 17th.
The 19-year-old has competed in 10 events on the 2011 tour with earnings of $577,136 and, because his financial return exceeds that by the player who finished 150th in the 2010 money list, he became eligible for special temporary membership.
Ishikawa’s most impressive performance came at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio earlier this month where he tied for fourth after threatening to become the PGA Tour’s youngest winner in 100 years.
Asked after that tournament whether he was considering becoming a special temporary member on the PGA Tour, Ishikawa replied: “I don’t know any of the details at this point.
“I know that there’s a big event coming up for me … and hopefully I’d like to play well there in order to be a part of the PGA Tour. I’d like to play 100 percent on the Tour.”
As it happened, Ishikawa played poorly after the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, recording scores of 85 and 72 to miss the cut in PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club.
However, he has already done enough in the global game to suggest he could become one of the sport’s leading players in the years ahead.
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