Hyundai Tournament of Champions Preview and Picks

The 2011 PGA Tour season tees off on Thursday last afternoon from the Plantation Course at the Kapalua Resort in Kapalua, Hawaii for the Hyundai Tournament of Champions. It is called the Tournament of Champions because it is an invite for 2010 PGA Tour winners only and even the $1.12 million winner’s check is not strong enough to lure everyone to paradise. Only 34 players are in the field this week with notable names Lee Westwood, Martin Kaymer, Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy not part of it.

 

The new season is an early start right after the holidays so a lot of players extend their offseason instead of coming right out of the gates. Only one of the four Majors winners are teeing up this week as U.S. Open Champion Graeme McDowell is here. As for other European players who are not full time PGA Tour members, a lot of them prefer to play elsewhere and not use their limited visits here. Nonetheless, it is a strong field with a lot of big names for the 2011 opener.

 

The Plantation Course will play as a par-73, 7,411-yard test that uses elevation changes, doglegs and the ever-present winds. It is a very difficult test for the season’s first event because it is safe to say that most players are not at their best right now with a lot of rust needing to be shed. We have no current performances ... [More]

Hottest Female Golfers

The LPGA Championship begins today and for those who have no idea what this is, it is one of the Majors that the female golfers play. I normally could care less about this myself but the event is taking place a couple miles up the road from me at Locust Hill Country Club in Pittsford, NY. Therefore there is interest in it for me.

And I will be honest, it isn’t about the golf but it is about the chicks in the short skirts. I’m not talking about Laura Davies or Juli Inkster but the ones that we really like to look at.

At the top of the list for most is Natalie Gulbis as she was easily the hottest on tour at one point. She is still up there but she has been passed by a number of newer girls that have made it on tour.



Beatriz Recari is easily the hottest girl in the LPGA and she could rival a lot of the hotties in Hollywood. She is just a rookie and she is from Spain so not many people know her just yet. Don’t worry, you will.



Anna Rawson is next on the list. She is downright beautiful plus she is 5’10”. She was born in Australia and came to the states to play golf at USC. You know she belongs on this list when she was a model before a golfer.



This one will go either way for a lot of people – Michelle Wie. She came up as the Tiger Woods of ladies golf but never lived up to expectations. Injuries and her idiot parents kept her back but she is now starting to meet those expectations. And her legs go on forever.


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