France24 (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
South Korea's Yang Yong-Eun admitted Wednesday that he was starting to feel the strain of being Asia's first ever Major winner. The 37-year-old became a household name in Asia after holding off Tiger Woods to win at Hazeltine Golf Club in August to become the first player from the continent to win one of golf's four main tournaments. As a result, the demands on his time have increased significantly...
LAist (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
2009 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year, Chivas USA's Zach Thornton. (Getty Images) Injuries tend to have a yin-yang effect on professional athletes, sometimes they are good, other times, not. For Chivas USA 'keeper Zach Thornton , injuries opened the door to opportunities this year which he may not have had otherwise. First joining the red-and-whites in August of last year, he competed with teammate Dan...
Mostly Harmless (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The #1 and #2 players on the LPGA money list matched cards for the 2nd-straight round at the Mizuno Classic , but 67s by Ji-Yai Shin and Ai Miyazato were only good enough to move them into a tie for 5th at -8 with Inbee Park (bogey-free 66), Song-Hee Kim (6-birdie 67), Momoko Ueda (bogey-free 68), Mi-Jeong Jeon (ditto), Hee Young Park (4-birdie 69), and Brittany Lang (3-birdie 70). They all sit 3 shots...
Mostly Harmless (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
LPGA Player of the Year rivals Ji-Yai Shin (5-birdie 69 with bogeys on 9 and 18), Ai Miyazato (bogey-free 69), and Lorena Ochoa (2-birdie 71) didn't hurt themselves in the 1st round of the Mizuno Classic , but they didn't light it up like the leaders. Brittany Lang lead the way with a 66 that was sparked by an eagle on the par-5 7th, but hot on her heels were former KLPGAer Hee Young Park (who started...
Mostly Harmless (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Tiffany Joh and Danielle Mills are locked in a duel for medalist honors at the Futures Tour Q-School . With 1 more round left to play on the Lake Region course, they're knotted at -13, 6 shots ahead of their nearest competitors. [Note: B=Bridgewater, H=Huntington Hills, L=Lake Region, R=Ridgewood Lakes] T1/-13 Tiffany Joh (67L-69R-72B-67H), Danielle Mills (67R-71B-69H-68L) T2/-7 Mallory Blackwelder...
The Written World (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Writing mini-reviews left me feeling so accomplished yesterday that I think I am going to do some more today! This time I am going to concentrate on some of the graphic novels I have read lately and haven't had time to review. It won't contain anything by Bill Willingham, though, because I am going to post about him on his own. Bone - Volume 1: Out From Boneville by Jeff Smith Finally! I a m so glad...
Mostly Harmless (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
35 of the JLPGA's finest tee it up tomorrow in the Mizuno Classic , looking to follow in Momoko Ueda's footsteps and get LPGA membership without going through Q-School. Yuko Mitsuka , currently 5th on the JLPGA money list , still has a chance to break into the 100 Million Yen Club in season winnings; a win this week would save her a trip to Florida in December. Miki Saiki , who failed miserably at...
Mostly Harmless (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
It was the right day to be playing the Lake Region and Huntington Hills courses yesterday in Futures Tour Q-School . While 2nd-round leader Tiffany Joh played defensively on the windy, hazardous, large-greened Golf Club at Bridgewater, holding steady with a solid even-par 72, lots of players made big moves, including your new leader Danielle Mills and new-to-the-top-10 Lauren Doughtie, who both shot...
Armchair Golf Blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Tiger puts in some range time. (TheGordons/Flickr) ) TIGER WOODS WILL TRY to add to his record 16 victories in World Golf Championship events at this week’s WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai, China. Tiger has yet to win the HSBC Champions, elevated to a WGC event for the first time. Besides Woods, the WGC-HSBC Champions features three of the four 2009 major winners: Y.E. Yang (PGA Championship),...
Mostly Harmless (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The JLPGA and the Futures Tour are holding their Q-Schools this week. The latter is packing its competitors into foursomes on 4 courses in a 5-round extravaganza; Tiffany Joh and Danielle Mills were co-leaders after the 1st round . The former is playing 4 separate 54-hole qualifiers, 3 of which started yesterday . So let's check in on the most recent results from both tours. On the FT, it's really...
Irish Golf Desk (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Rory McIlroy is hoping for a “special” week after being paired with Phil Mickelson and US PGA champion YE Yang for the $7m WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai. Phil Mickelson The 20-year-old Holywood starlet avoided Tiger Woods as the world No 1 was drawn with Volvo World Match Play winner Ross Fisher and Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee for Asia’s first World Golf Championship. Hoping to...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
GOLF TOUR NEWS: TIGER WOODS this week makes a third trip to Shanghai still looking for a first HSBC Champions title, but now with the added incentive of bagging what would be his 17th World Golf Championship (WGC) victory.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
• No1 excited by what could be his 17th WGC title • Phil Mickelson and Sergio García also set sights on victory Tiger Woods this week makes a third trip to Shanghai still looking for a first HSBC Champions title but now with the added incentive of securing what would be his 17th World Golf Championship (WGC) victory. The world No1 compared this year's elevation of the $7m tournament...
Kisah Kita (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah. Syukur padaNya, Nottingham Malaysian Games telah pun berakhir dengan jayanya. Kata Puan Azimah, Education Attache of Malaysian Student Department, ini adalah Nott Games terbaik yang beliau pernah hadiri sepanjang tiga tahun beliau berada di sini. Ujarnya lagi, sewaktu Dato Ahmad Shabery Cheek merasmikan program Rakan Muda di UK (selepas merasmikan Nott Games),...
Mostly Harmless (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
As IceCat from Seoul Sisters.com noted in comments earlier this morning, it was an all-Korea sweep in the world of women's professional golf this weekend: Na Yeon Choi on the LPGA/KLPGA , Mi-Jeong Jeon on the JLPGA , and Bo-Mi Suh on the LET in China. Suh has been having an undistinguished season on the KLPGA, but held off Solheim Cupper Gwladys Nocera down the stretch, not to mention beat other LPGA...
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chakufor22@gmail.com | 08/17/2009
Personal Life of Y.E Yang And Full History With Pictures It appeared that Tiger Woods was on the fast-track to winning his 15th major at the PGA Championship but suddenly the story shifted to Korean Y.E. Yang who became the Asian-born player to win a major. Read More From Orginal Site
andyross | 12/29/2008
Last evening I watched the animated movie Kung Fu Panda. Being set in ancient China there were quite a few ying and yang,
alupulx7 | 11/11/2008
A smooth talking, sophisticated and decidedly decadent Brit, Euan is the yin to his conservative American friend Mike’s yang. Best friends and former roommates at Oxford, Euan’s high-flying, fast-living, bed-hopping way of life has always driven Mike to moral high ground.
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