TEE TIMES FOR TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS IN HAWAII

FROM THE GOLFWEEK WEBSITE
With the limited, 30-man field at this week's Hyundai Tournament of Champions in Kapalua, Hawaii, there were  bound to be some interesting pairings.
The best might be the Bubba Watson-Dustin Johnson pairing, especially on a course that can feature 400yd drives. 
Friday will start with two intriguing pairs of Rickie Fowler and Jason Dufner (watch out, Twitter!) and then Matt Kuchar and Webb Simpson.
Here is a look at all of Friday's first-round tee times on the Plantation Course (Hawaii time):
10:35 a.m.: Rickie Fowler, Jason Dufner
10:45 a.m.: Matt Kuchar, Webb Simpson
10:55 a.m.: Keegan Bradley, John Huh
11:05 a.m.: Ian Poulter, Jonas Blixt
11:15 a.m.: Marc Leishman, Ted Potter, Jr.
11:25 a.m.: Kyle Stanley, Scott Stallings
11:35 a.m.: George McNeill, Ryan Moore
11:45 a.m.: Ben Curtis, Mark Wilson
11:55 a.m.: Johnson Wagner, J.J. Henry
12:05 p.m.: Carl Pettersson, Scott Piercy
12:15 p.m.: Zach Johnson, Hunter Mahan
12:25 p.m.: Charlie Beljan, Tommy Gainey
12:35 p.m.: Bill Haas, Nick Watney
12:45 p.m.: Bubba Watson, Dustin Johnson
12:55 p.m.: Brandt Snedeker, Steve Stricker

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I SHOULD HAVE WON A LOT MORE THAN I HAVE DONE SO FAR, SAYS IAN POULTER

FROM THE BBC SPORT.COM WEBSITE

Europe's Ryder Cup talisman Ian Poulter has said he feels unfulfilled and believes he should have won more golf tournaments during his 17-year career.

The Englishman, 36, admits the "body clock is ticking" but is confident he can add to his 16 tournament wins.
"I could and should have won a lot more," Poulter told BBC Radio 5 live.
"I guess that's what keeps me driving to want to get better. I've got a lot of miles left on my body and I feel I've got a lot to do in this game."
Poulter, the world number 12, was one of the inspirational figures behind Europe's final-day comeback victory in September's Ryder Cup.
The Florida-based golfer, in partnership with Rory McIlroy, birdied the last five holes to snatch a vital point from Jason Dufner and Zach Johnson to ensure Europe were only four points behind going into the final day.

In four appearances as European Ryder Cup Team member (2004, 2008, 2010, 2012), Poulter has a 12-3-0 individual record, including 4-0 in singles play. His 80% winning percentage in Ryder Cup play ranks as the best winning percentage ever from all players with more than 15 matches played.

Poulter, who won his four matches in Medinah, said the unlikely Ryder Cup win surpassed anything he had achieved on a golf course.

"Those moments don't happen very often and they are life-changing moments," said Poulter.
"I holed the putt [on the 18th on Saturday] and turned to the team and saw a different team.
"For them to respond the way they did was truly inspirational. It will continue to inspire me for years to come.
"It's something I'm really proud of, my achievement in the Ryder Cup. It goes way past the money aspect. It's straight from the heart."
The father-of-three secured his first win of the year at the WGC Champions in Shenzhen last month, taking his tally of US PGA Tour victories to two.
He has yet to win a major, but admitted winning one of the sport's most prestigious prizes was "very hard to come by".
Poulter was second behind Padraig Harrington in the 2008 Open at Royal Birkdale and was tied third behind Rory McIlroy in this year's US PGA Championship at Kiawah Island in August.
"I will be doing everything in my power to get one [a major] as soon as possible," he said.
"I'm proud of what I've been able to achieve, to be able to provide for my family.
"I'm going to enjoy the luxuries in life that this wonderful game has been able to give me and I should enjoy them, I've worked hard for them.
"It's been a long journey and hopefully the journey is going to continue." 
+Ian Poulter and Paul Lawrie have one thing in common. Both served their time as assistant professionals and have PGA qualifications.

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McDOWELL "JOINS ROYAL BANK OF CANADA GOLF FAMILY"

Graeme McDowell will play in this year's RBC Heritage and the RBC Canadian Open after joining the "RBC family."

The 33-year-old world number 15 has confirmed via Twitter that he has agreed a deal with the Royal Bank of Canada.
"Excited to be part of the @RBC_Golf family. Doing great things in golf globally. Adding RBC Heritage and RBC Canadian Open to my 2013 schedule," he wrote on the social networking site.
The 2013 RBC Heritage will take place at Hilton Head from April 15-21 - the week after the Masters - while the Canadian Open will run from July 22-28 - a week after the Open Championship - at Glen Abbey Golf Club.
McDowell doesn't have the best of records at Hilton Head as he finished tied for 70th in 2005, missed the cut in 2006 and was tied 61st in 2011.
He finished joint 46th at the Canadian Open in 2002.
The Ryder Cup star ended 2012 on a high after winning Tiger Woods' World Challenge event in California for the second time.
That was his first victory since his US Open win at Pebble Beach in June 2010.

JOHN GARNER BECOMES PGA MASTER PROFESSIONAL

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Former Ryder Cup player John Garner has been awarded the PGA’s highest accolade of PGA Master Professional as applications for APAL status rose by more than 50 per cent in the past 12 months.
Garner, pictured, a member of the 1971 and 1973 Ryder Cup teams and a winner on both the European Tour and European Senior Tour, is one of 16 PGA professionals to have been recognised in the latest recommendations from the Accreditation for Professional Achievement and Learning (APAL) Council.
The award sees the 65-year-old Manchester-born professional, who now resides and coaches in New Zealand, join an elite band of PGA Master Professionals across the world including the likes of leading coaches John Jacobs, Pete Cowen and David Leadbetter.
“I am absolutely thrilled and delighted to get the honour,” said Garner, who has also had a distinguished career as an international coach, author, course designer, administrator and speaker.
“I am very proud to be a PGA professional golfer, wearing many hats along the way on a world tour of golf courses meeting many different people.
“I hope that in some small way I have made a difference to many lives, particularly youngsters, in playing just one shot better.”
Garner is one of a number of PGA professionals applying to the APAL Council, which follows increased awareness of the value of APAL recognition across the golf industry, and in a year in which the PGA launched its Raising Your Game initiative and produced comprehensive PGA role descriptors and industry guides.
PGA professional Mike Braidwood, operations director at Braemar Golf, who has been awarded Advanced Fellow status in this latest tranche, revealed his motivation to apply.
“The reason I applied for APAL was that I realised it was getting noticed in the industry and people were looking for it,” he said.
“Coincidentally I was speaking to our client in Russia and he was talking about their director of golf Stephen Dundas, a Scot, and he said ‘do you know he is the highest qualified professional in Russia as a PGA Fellow Professional’.
“I thought that was great and decided to do it. I found the whole process rewarding just looking back on my career and it also helped brush up my CV at the same time because it was quite a reflective process.
“I think it is great that The PGA has come up with a system to recognise members who have gained experience and worked hard on their own to get more training and education and I would encourage other PGA members to do it.”
PGA Advanced Fellow Professional David Colclough, the PGA’s head of member education, was pleased to see the APAL applications increasing and the growing recognition within the golf industry.
“One of the key principles of the PGA is to promote the abilities and skills of the PGA golf professional to the wider industry and the public,” he said.
“Role descriptors and industry guides on membership and education have played a part along with informing influential managers and employers via conferences and seminars, about the attributes required for PGA professionals to fit positions within the industry.
“APAL recognition fits within this as it identifies the qualities and levels of expertise of PGA professionals and alongside the role descriptors it helps committees, owners and others who employ golf professionals to identify those abilities and skills beyond the norm.
“It is because of this we are seeing an increase in APAL applications and they are assisting PGA professionals to identify their skills and put them at the forefront of the profession.
“I anticipate this will encourage more PGA professionals to apply for an APAL status due to the fact they are becoming a key indicator within the industry.”
Also recognised by the APAL Council are Sarah Claridge (Kendleshire Golf Club), David Haines (Brean Golf Club ), Richard Harrison (Roehampton Club), Lee Scarbrow (John O’Gaunt Golf Club) and Mark Tibbles (Mark Tibbles Golf Academy), who have been made PGA Fellow Professionals.
Claridge undertakes coaching in developing golf nations on behalf of the R and A and PGAs of Europe, and is also behind a successful coaching toolkit used by PGA professionals in 18 countries.
West Country-based Haines is the current chairman of the PGA West Region and a prolific competitor in regional and national PGA tournaments.
South Region professional Harrison is a renowned coach, contributor to national magazines and press and an accredited European Tour Rules referee.
Scarbrow, is known for his coaching and is one of Golf Monthly’s top 25 coaches. He was Ian Poulter’s coach and then boss, when the Ryder Cup star turned professional.
Tibbles, who is based in Perth, Australia, played on the European Tour before setting up a highly-successful coaching academy ‘Down Under’. He has received numerous accolades from the PGA of Australia including 2010 Teaching Professional of the Year in Western Australian/Northern Territories.
The APAL Council also awarded PGA Advanced Professional status to Kevin Caplehorn (Paultons GC), Jamie Cundy (Wast Hills Golf Centre), Jon Jones (LGi Fairways Driving Range), Matthew Masters (Porters Park Golf Club), Nick Solski (Superior Golf), Ian Stafford (Innishannon Golf), Craig Thomas (The Golf Academy). 
Advanced Diploma recipients were Neil Moore (Rudding Park Golf Academy) and Carla White (Sycamores Golf Centre).
The APAL Council was founded in 2004 and to date 492 awards have been made.

PINE VALLEY IS GOLF DIGEST'S NO 1 IN AMERICA'S 100 GREATEST COURSES

FROM THE GOLF CHANNEL.COM WEBSITE
Pine Valley is back to No. 1 in Golf Digest magazine's biennial list of "America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses." 
The private club in southern New Jersey, designed by George Crump and Harry Colt, had been replaced in the previous list by Augusta National, which this year is No. 2.
The top five remained the same, though there was some reshuffling. Cypress Point went from No. 5 to No. 3, Shinnecock Hills went from No. 3 to No. 4, and Oakmont dropped from No. 4 to No. 5.
Rounding out the top 10 were Merion (East), site of this year's U.S. Open; Pebble Beach, Winged Foot (West), Sand Hills and Fishers Island Club, which was the only newcomer to the top 10 for the 2013 list. Fishers Island replaces National Golf Links, which slipped one spot to No. 11.
Oak Hill, which will host the USPGA Championship this year, moved up four spots to No. 17.

McILROY, ROSE AND WOODS TOP MONEY-WINNERS IN 2012

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Rory McIlroy was No. 1 in the world money-winners' table for 2012. 
The list is published annually in the "The World of Professional Golf," the comprehensive golf annual that was begun by IMG founder Mark McCormack. 
The list includes money earned from every golf tournament, even unofficial events such as the Father-Son Challenge and PGA Grand Slam.
McIlroy's five wins included the US PGA Championship and two FedEx Cup play-off events. He finished with $11,301,228.
Justin Rose was No. 2 with $7,897,818, even though he won only once on the PGA Tour at the Cadillac Championship at Doral. Rose also won the Turkish Airways World Golf Final, the medal-match exhibition that attracted a world-class field of eight players. Rose beat Lee Westwood in the final match to earn $1.5 million.
Tiger Woods, with three wins, was at No. 3 with $7,388,061. He was followed by Luke Donald (three wins) and Louis Oosthuizen (two wins).
Rounding out the top 10 were Jason Dufner, Brandt Snedeker, Westwood, Bubba Watson and Keegan Bradley. Watson (Masters) and Bradley (Bridgestone Invitational) were the only players in the top 10 who had only one win last year

CHUBBY CHANDLER SUPPORT FOR BIG EASY TOUR EVENT

Sunshine Tour COO Grant Wilson (left) accepts a cheque from ISM's Stuart Cage

NEWS RELEASE 
International Sports Management is giving back to the country that has given it so many top clients as it announced its support for a new event on the 2013 calendar for the Big Easy Tour presented by Stonehage – a feeder programme for the full Sunshine Tour.
The English-based ISM that has the 2010 Open Championship winner Louis Oosthuizen, 2011 US Masters champion Charl Schwartzel and five-time 2012 success story Branden Grace on its books, is to back a new event on the Big Easy Tour next year.
“My association with South Africa goes back to my own playing days and I have always had a great affinity and respect for the country, the people and its sporting heritage,” said ISM managing director Andrew ‘Chubby’ Chandler. 
“I have great pleasure supporting this breeding ground of champions as it enters its third year”.
Chandler decided to lend his support when he and ISM’s head of golf, former European Tour winner Stuart Cage, noted how many of the ISM players had honed their skills in South Africa.
“Hopefully we will be able to help the next generation as they strive to bring their game up to the level required for success on the bigger stages in their country and around the world,” added Chandler.
Sunshine Tour chief operating officer Grant Wilson welcomed the backing from ISM.
“The Big Easy Tour is an important building block in the success story of the Sunshine Tour,” he said, “and by creating new opportunities for players, ISM will add to the legacy of the game in South Africa.”