Kuchar wins Players Championship
14 May 2012
Matt Kuchar looked beyond the edge of the 16th green at a scene packed with enough stress it could wipe away even his smile.
Across the water was an island green that was awaiting him Sunday in The Players Championship. The guy dressed in all orange and pumping his first was Rickie Fowler after making a 20-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th to cut Kuchar's lead to two shots.
Kuchar stepped over his 15-footer and answered with a birdie just as big.
''Yeah, absolutely I saw the putt,'' Kuchar said. ''Watched the thing disappear and he gave a big fist pump. I knew it got him to within two shots and he could birdie 18 to bring it within one. That could have changed the whole scenario of how I would have approached and played 18. So I was really excited to drop that birdie on 16. That was big.''
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Charles Tour grows another event for 2013
9 May 2012
The Charles Tour, a joint initiative between the New Zealand PGA and New Zealand Golf, has secured the Lawnmaster Classic as a sixth event for 2013.
The tournament will be the hosted by the highly regarded Manawatu Golf Club. It will be staged from January 29 to February 3.
"The professionals around the country will welcome this new event", said Jim Clelland, National Events Manager for the PGA. " The Manawatu Golf Course, known to many as Hokowhitu, used to be on the course circuit for such events as the NZ Open and also hosted the Metalcraft professional event on a number of occasions, hosting such players as Peter Thompson, Kel Nagle and Bill Dunk as well as our own Sir Bob Charles, John Lister and numerous others. Dunk won the 1964 event, setting a course record 65 in the second round and banking the princely sum of 200 pounds."
Ewan Westergaard, the President of the Manawatu Golf Club, is pleased to see the golfing elite return to the Manawatu - Wanganui province after significant investment in the course's facilities.
