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Greg Norman's Earth Course Isn't Getting Good Reviews
Since it is apparently Green Is Universal week on the networks of NBC, that means environmental propaganda is shoved down people's throats for a week. Perhaps knowing NBC's plans was why the European Tour hosted its Dubai World Championship at the Earth Course at Jumeriah Estates. It is a resort...
Robert Allenby Skips Aussie Triple Crown, Leads in Dubai
Robert Allenby decided that he was going to skip the Australian Triple Crown. His stated reason was wear and tear from global gallvanting in recent weeks. His unstated reason was that Australian golf fans are happy to mock him at every opportunity. Well, so far, the strategy has paid off in the...
Race to Dubai Now Features 25% Smaller Purse, More Crowded Airport Parking
Lawrence Donegan breaks the news that we have been expecting for some time now: the European Tour is set to announce that it has reached an agreement with its biggest financier - Dubai-owner Leisurecorp - to save the Race to Dubai and Dubai World Championship. The downside? Both will feature...
9 Fascinating Golf Stories of 2008 - #8: The Race to Dubai
Here at Waggle Room, we're going to do the cliche thing around this time of year and do a countdown of the top such and suches of the year. For us, we're going to do the top 9 golf stories of the year. George O'Grady and the European Tour cast the die against the PGA Tour earlier this year with...
European Tour Increases Minimum Tournaments to 12
The players of the European Tour that spend the greater majority of their time on the European Tour and do not have many opportunities for the big bucks on the PGA Tour or through sponsor appearance fees had good reason to worry. With a potential flood of players in that latter crop coming the...
European Tour Mirroring LPGA Tour Woes
In about 60 days, the European Tour will begin its 2008-09 season and kick off the first year of the concept known as Race to Dubai. It is the European Tour's answer to the FedEx Cup and is basically a renaming of the pretigious Order of Merit. At the end of the season in November, the European...
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