Golf Tidbits
Sorenstam Wins Again
Annika Sorenstam is riding a familiar end-of-season hot streak as she won the Dubai Ladies Masters by 6 shots over Helen Alfredsson, and it wasn’t even that close. Sorenstam has made it somewhat of a habit to turn up the heat late in the year grab some season ending tournaments, and this year is no different.
European Tour
Jeev Milkha Singh won the 2006 Volvo Masters in Sotogrande, Spain for his second win of the year, but Padraig Harrington was the bigger winner as he came from behind to win the European Order of Merit for the first time in his career. The Order of Merit is Europe’s money title and Paul Casey and David Howell came into to the tournament as the favorite to win the Order of Merit, but both had health problems and were never a factor. Congrats to Padraig! He’s one of the good guys.
PGA
K.J. Choi won the season-ending 2006 Chrysler Championship by 4 shots over Paul Goydos and Brett Wetterich, and like Annika’s win, it wasn’t that close. There were more sub-plots because other players were trying to crack other positions to gain themselves status and benefits for next year.