Gary Player News

The man who for so long has spoken in such glowing terms about his potential successor to the major championship victory record stated only that Woods' imbroglio is "none of my business" at a recent public function and, through his publicist, declined to be interviewed for this story.

Tiger Woods and PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem hold the Gary Player trophy following the final round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in August.

Golf, like any other field of human endeavour, is characterised by revolution. Walk down the line at the practice range of a major tournament nowadays, and the players look like they came out of a rugby team, and their equipment looks like it came from outer space.

THE Tiger Woods saga is a good reminder to everyone, sportsmen and all, that the fall from grace can be swift and painful.

Young Spaniard Pablo Martin had his lead halved to two shots after a third-round 71 in the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek Golf Club on Saturday.

Australian Robert Allenby has won the Nedbank challenge at Sun City in the North West province after beating defending champion Henrik Stenson from Sweden in a play off.

Ernie Els will compete for attention with crocodiles, hippos and lions when the 2010 Road to Dubai begins on Thursday on a golf course with a difference.

Jim Furyk ended more than two years without a victory Sunday when he holed key putts on the final two holes for a 5-under-par 67 and a one-shot victory in the Chevron World Challenge.

Robert Allenby defeated defending champion Henrik Stenson of Denmark on the third hole of a sudden-death play-off Sunday to become the first Australian winner of the Sun City Challenge.

I am ... happy; at peace with my life, health and family. Where were you born? Joburg.

Retief Goosen arrived at this weekend's Gary Player Invitational having played himself into a stupor of 33 tournaments this year to improve his game.

Australian Robert Allenby birdied three of the four par fives on his way to a 68 to take a one-stroke lead after the opening round of the Sun City Challenge on Thursday.

South African golf legend Gary Player has placed a "most exciting young player in the world" label on Irishman Rory McIlroy.

THINK of the Merseyside Derby and, in a flash, any number of sporting icons should come flooding into your thoughts.

Each year brought more recognition to Curtis Strange. He was the first PGA Tour player to earn $1 million in a season in 1988, then he became the first player in nearly a half-century to win the U.S. Open in consecutive years.

Raleigh's Jimmy Hamilton won his first PGA golf tour check in 1991. It was written in the amount of $2,765 for a 64th place finish in the Greater Greensboro Open.

The stars of this week's 10th anniversary of the Gary Player Invitational all arrived at The Links at Fancourt on Thursday, with the Grand Slam winner leading double US Open champion Retief Goosen and two of golf's most exciting young female professionals in the official practice round.

Grant Winter Devcember will be a big month for South African golf, with the Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City from December 3-6 followed in the fortnight after that by the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek and the SA Open at Pearl Valley - both part of the European Tour's 2010 Race to Dubai.

Having turned 50 last month, Fred Couples will make his Champions Tour debut in the Champions Skins Game in Hawaii in January.

Kiawah Island is a golf resort, and as such, you might gather that it is hot for golf! Located on a beautiful barrier island just a few miles off South Carolina , the resort has five award-winning championship golf courses: The Ocean Course , Turtle Point , Osprey Point and Cougar Point .