Olympic Fever at Moncur Golf

Seeing Usain Bolt quoted at a price of 20.00 may seem a little peculiar but that is the price on offer for the world record-holder and defending Olympic champion being disqualified in the 200 metres at the London Games in August.

So just what are the reasons to back this market for the London Olympic 200m final on 9th August?

First, the big man has yet to race over the distance in 2012.  Before the Jamaican’s record-shattering breakthrough in 2008, what American track and field fans call “the deuce” was always reckoned to be his best distance, provided he was never given any of the inner three lanes which cramp the 6ft 6in sprinter’s extra-long stride around the bend. Read more “Olympic Fever at Moncur Golf”

McDowell is confident

After missing out US Open by a whisker, Graeme McDowell is keen on winning a major title. He is utterly disappointed by the loss. He had a fondness for coastal California this year for which he was in the US Open this year.

The thirty two year old was keen to win this but is pinning hopes on winning a major title soon. He along with Jim Furyk, fared bad where he got off to a poor start in the final round with 3 bogeys with 6 holes.

But he came back well by delivering a birdie and at the seventeenth left. At last a birdie was needed to put the ball in the eighteenth hole play-off with counterpart Webb Simpson. The ball finally could not sink in the twenty four foot hole. He stated that he was practically behind eight ball way too early. He had to fight really hard from thereon. The golf course does not really allow playing well and getting into a rhythm, he added.  He said that he was the happy to hang around and make birdies amidst slog.

McDowell is confident that his performance will earn him laurels and put him in the forefront of major golfing tournaments. His spectacular win at Pebble Beach was trailed by the miss-a-wink at the Ryder’s Cup a Celtic Manor in the latter half of the same year.

The attention and expectations that arose from his fame affected his game a lot. He did not win any championships last year and has struggled this year as well. So he is pretty determined to win the championships waiting for him.