Starting the week at 200 – 1 odds to win, Louis Ossthuizen takes the lead on day two and never looked back. What a great performance. Wish I could swing like him!!!
Nelson Mandela turns 92. Great birthday present. After celebrating a very successful, 2010 FIFA World Cup, South Africa must be partying again tonight! Take the Vuvuzelas out of storage!
The winner of this month’s British Open at St. Andrews will receive 850,000 pounds ($1.3 million) after officials increased prize money for the first time in three years.
The prize fund for golf’s oldest major championship will be 4.8 million pounds, the Royal and Ancient Golf Club said in a statement. It was 4.2 million the past three championships, with the winner receiving 750,000 pounds.
“The Open Championship sits at the forefront of world golf and it is appropriate that our prize fund reflects that position in the game,†R&A Chief Executive Peter Daw said. “Over the last 18 months we have had to take account of the pound’s weakened position against the U.S. dollar and euro and we have increased our prize money accordingly.â€
Since mid-2007, the pound has declined about 25 percent against the dollar and 19 percent against the euro.
