Tuesday, March 23, 2010

“Woods' return the best news for golf, says Ballesteros (AFP via Yahoo! News)” plus 3 more

“Woods' return the best news for golf, says Ballesteros (AFP via Yahoo! News)” plus 3 more

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Woods' return the best news for golf, says Ballesteros (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 12:15 PM PDT

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Ballesteros happy about Woods' return to golf (AP via Yahoo! Sports)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 10:03 AM PDT

MADRID (AP)—Seve Ballesteros is thrilled to see Tiger Woods returning to golf, and believes the 14-time major champion has a "great chance" of winning the Masters next month.

The Spaniard said Tuesday the sport would have been in "serious difficulties" had Woods decided to retire following a car crash in November and revelations of extramarital affairs.

"His return is good for the golf world and I am very happy about it," Ballesteros said after being presented as the patron of Spain's bid to host the 2018 Ryder Cup. "I think it is going to help golf in all the world. I think that Tiger Woods takes over so much that if he wasn't around, if he had retired, the golf world would be in serious difficulties."

Woods plans to end more than four months of seclusion and play at Augusta National, one of the most tightly controlled environments in the sport.

Ballesteros, who is fighting brain cancer, said Augusta is the perfect place for Woods' comeback, since he has won the tournament four times. The tournament starts April 8.

"We all know his potential and Augusta is a very long course," Ballesteros said. "He is very used to playing long off the tee and he knows the golf course very well, so I think he has a great chance to win."

"He is strong, and despite all the difficulties that he has had recently I think he has the ability to overcome all the obstacles that are put in front of him that could stop him winning," Ballesteros added. "I trust that he can win it."

Ballesteros won the Masters twice, to go with three British Open titles.

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Planners defend golf course plan (BBC News)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 09:56 AM PDT

Senior planning officials have strongly defended their decision to grant planning approval to build around 250 houses at Knock Golf Course in Belfast.

The application was controversially approved after amendments, even though it breached five different planning guidelines.

Officials from the Planning Service were appearing before the assembly's environment committee.

The committee has expressed concerns about the process.

However, on Tuesday planning officials insisted there was nothing unusual about it, even though one of them who had signed off on the application wrote that he still objected to it.

Officials clarified that it was not a green belt site but an open space site.

The planners said they gave approval on the basis of community benefit, including social housing.

Some MLAs however are far from satisfied with the response.

The SDLP's John Dallat said he still believed the decision to grant permission remained questionable and he was not satisfied with explanations given.



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Ballesteros happy about Woods' return to golf (MSNBC)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 10:53 AM PDT

MADRID (AP) -Seve Ballesteros is thrilled to see Tiger Woods returning to golf, and believes the 14-time major champion has a "great chance" of winning the Masters next month.

The Spaniard said Tuesday the sport would have been in "serious difficulties" had Woods decided to retire following a car crash in November and revelations of extramarital affairs.

"His return is good for the golf world and I am very happy about it," Ballesteros said after being presented as the patron of Spain's bid to host the 2018 Ryder Cup. "I think it is going to help golf in all the world. I think that Tiger Woods takes over so much that if he wasn't around, if he had retired, the golf world would be in serious difficulties."

Woods plans to end more than four months of seclusion and play at Augusta National, one of the most tightly controlled environments in the sport.

Ballesteros, who is fighting brain cancer, said Augusta is the perfect place for Woods' comeback, since he has won the tournament four times. The tournament starts April 8.

"We all know his potential and Augusta is a very long course," Ballesteros said. "He is very used to playing long off the tee and he knows the golf course very well, so I think he has a great chance to win."

"He is strong, and despite all the difficulties that he has had recently I think he has the ability to overcome all the obstacles that are put in front of him that could stop him winning," Ballesteros added. "I trust that he can win it."

Ballesteros won the Masters twice, to go with three British Open titles.


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