Peter Stone's weekend golf article contains just too much juicy golf stuff not to be commented on. He reports on Stuart Appleby who is in Australia to play in the Masters this week and attend a golf clinic for the Appleby junior golf program on Wednesday. Stone writes: This year, Appleby has experienced his worst year on the PGA Tour since 1996 and is 134th on the money list with just next week's Children's...
Australian golfer Stuart Appleby has welcomed the media interest in US superstar Tiger Woods ahead of this week's Australian Masters tournament in Melbourne.
Local hero Stuart Appleby gave his endorsement to Tiger Woods' $3.25 million JBWere Masters appearance fee - and said there was no reason he could not repay it immediately by winning at Kingston Heath this week.
Australian golfers tend to punch above their weight on the world stage but when it comes to marketing themselves and running their own websites, they don't do too well. There are a few exceptions however as I mentioned with Adam Scott's website a few months ago. Remember him? I've recently been checking out Stuart Appleby's website and must say it's pretty good. Appleby's been on Twitter lately and...
Welcome to the PGA Tour's fall season, when Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson take a seat on the couch and guys such as Harrison Frazar and Stuart Appleby become the stories. From now until Nov. 15 in Orlando, the five fall series tournaments determine who stays in the top 125 of the money list and who has to play in the dreaded qualifying school. | read more
The Black Rock Self Invitational Golf Tournament at Lucifer’s Anvil Golf Course in Black Rock Desert, Nevada. It’s not part of the Fall Series. Maybe next year. (DangerRanger/Flickr) THE FALL SERIES KICKS OFF this week with the Turning Stone Resort Championship, which has the series’ largest purse at $6 million. The Fall Series is a little bit like Q-school—a bunch of cats trying...
Many of the best Australian golfers will be returning home over the next month to play in tournaments and do their bit for some very worthwhile causes. It's easy to forget what these guys do when they're not playing golf - some don't get the press they deserve. Here's just a few of them. Robert Allenby has been supporting the Challenge Organisation for many years - a support service for kids with cancer....
Mike Weir, David Duval, Stuart Appleby and Chad Campbell have committed to play in the 2009 Frys.com Open, to be held Oct. 21-25 at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale.
There has been no shortage of stories on athletes using Twitter and social media to further their personal agendas. On the flip side, we’ve also seen the organizations behind the professional sports leagues, and the media outlets covering them, struggle between their desire to understand and embrace social media and their fear of losing control of their entertainment properties. Athletes and...