“Golf gathers momentum with The European Tour in India” plus 1 more |
| Golf gathers momentum with The European Tour in India Posted: 16 Feb 2011 06:14 AM PST [fivefilters.org: unable to retrieve full-text content] The European Tour makes its fourth visit to India this week, adding further impetus to the fastest growing sport in the world's second most populous country. |
| Golf-Veteran Swede Karlsson embraces rookie feeling at Riviera Posted: 16 Feb 2011 01:02 PM PST By Mark Lamport-Stokes PACIFIC PALISADES, California, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Robert Karlsson feels as if he is in a time warp at Riviera Country Club where he is set to make his debut this week as a PGA Tour rookie at the veteran age of 41. An 11-times winner on the European Tour, the six-foot five-inch (1.95 metres) Swede has long yearned to give the U.S. circuit a prolonged try and realised time was no longer on his side. "It's a long time since I've felt like a rookie," a smiling Karlsson told reporters on Wednesday on the eve of this week's Northern Trust Open. "But it's exciting to be here. "It's a little bit late in my career, so why not … take part in the benefits of the U.S. Tour and have the freedom to enter tournaments I want to and not have to sit and wait for potential invites and things like that. "Right through my career, I've wanted to play on the U.S. Tour at some stage, and now I have the possibility," added the Swede, who turned professional in 1989. "I will live here with the family. It felt like quite a natural step." Karlsson and his family have vacated their Monte Carlo home and bought a property in Charlotte, North Carolina. "It's quite a nice town for a European," he said. "It's got a little bit of winter, … seasons, and the airport works very, very well if you're going to play both tours (in Europe and the U.S.). There are a lot of good things." Having firmly established himself in the world's top 50, Karlsson believes it will be relatively easy for him to compete in the minimum 15 events required to retain his PGA Tour card, plus the minimum 13 to retain his playing status in Europe. PLAYING BOTH TOURS "I'm in all the World Golf (Championship) events and I'm in all the majors so by playing seven events, I've got seven on both sides (tours), so to speak," the world number 15 said. The elite World Golf Championship (WGC) events and the four majors are co-sanctioned by both the PGA and European tours. "I played 12 events the last few seasons on the PGA Tour so the biggest difference is … I have to play another three," said Karlsson, who has competed twice on the 2011 European Tour. The globe-trotting Swede, who became European number one for the first time in 2008, plans to continue playing in the United Arab Emirates and Asia whenever possible this year. "I'm going to play a number of events in Asia," said Karlsson, who won the Dubai World Championship in November. "The way … the tours are set up, the Asian events are sort of at the end of the season and at the beginning. "I've already been through the Middle East, and through November, December (last year)." Karlsson, who lost out in a three-way playoff for the PGA Tour's St. Jude Classic in Memphis last year, said he would cherish a maiden victory on the U.S. circuit. "I've showed myself that I'm good enough to play here, and I've done well in both majors and individual events," the son of a greenkeeper added. "Now it doesn't feel like such a big step. "Having gone so close to winning in Memphis it would be nice to win a PGA Tour event, and that's my big goal." (Editing by Steve Ginsburg; To comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com) This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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