The Sand Trap
SirShanksAlot
GolfReview.com
"So when I got back to London from the Far East I asked Callaway to make me up a set of 'muscle-back' irons."Didn't Phil switch a few weeks back and win maybe Ernie can do the same this week with his new irons. He'll have to put four good rounds together but he has to be at favorite in his country and with his record at this event. His new irons worked pretty good in the first round as Ernie had a 69 to be only two shots off the lead held by Adam Scott and Trevor Immelman. Here's how everyone did at the Gary Player Country Club:He added: "My previous set were cavity-backed and I felt I needed something that would perhaps give me more control over the ball.
"I spent some time at the factory getting fitted and fortunately I did get a chance to hit quite a lot of balls at Wentworth (where he lives for most of the year).
"In this game a matter of centimetres can turn you into a different player."
68: Luke Donald (England), Justin Rose (England)
69: Ernie Els (South Africa), Geoff Ogilvy (Australia)
72: Stewart Cink (United States), Henrik Stenson (Sweden)
74: Niclas Fasth (Sweden), Retief Goosen (South Africa), Charl Schwartzel (South Africa)
76: Rory Sabbatini (South Africa)Tags: Aaron Baddeley, Australian Masters Champion"Back in late 2000 I honestly told my dad I wanted to quit," he said.
"Golf was just too hard, I was homesick and I wanted to come back to Australia and things were just too difficult."
"Each and every year we've gone to the Nationwide event in Greenville it's just been better each and every time," Gretzky said in an interview with the Golf Channel on Monday. "That's where we came up with the concept of 'Wow, this is such a great tournament, we should do one of these in Canada."'