PGA Tour - St Andrews, Scotland

With odds of 200-1, who would have imagined! South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen claimed his first major title way ahead of the rest of the field with a 7 shot victory in the British Open at St. Andrews. Louis managed to keep his cool throughout the 4 day event, at times having to battle the Scottish elements at thier best - high winds and rain and left all the challangers far back in the field. 

World number one Tiger Woods closed with a poor level-par 72 increasing his stretch of "non-wins" to 7 - He finished 3 under par in tie for 23rd place and was reported to have told reporters he was bitterly disappointed with his performance.

Woods, frustrated by putting and work around the greens, changed his putter prior to Thursdays start at St.Andrews, but it proved to no avail and he switched back for the final round.

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St. Andrews, Scotland - In what is looking could be a very exciting game, Irishman Rory McIlroy fired an impressive - under par 63 in his first round at the Links course. At just 21 years of age, he lived up to his billing as one of the main contenders to lift the Claret Jug as he matched the best score in major history two shots clear of South African Louis Oosthuizen.

It is obviously early days, and there are 3 more rounds to play but McIlroy took advantage of the calm  morning conditions, compared to Wednesday's wet and windy disaster, and fired 7 birdies and 1 eagle to sit at the top of the leaderboard.

Other notables included American John Daly, the 1995 Open champion at St Andrews, who relived former memories with a 6 under 66 round to share 3rd place along with Scotland's former Ryder Cup star Andrew Coltart, England's Steven Tiley and Peter Hanson of Sweden.

World number 1 Tiger Woods and 3rd ranked Lee Westwood finished the first round 5 under, while
Phil Mickelson, the world number 2, struggled to a 1 over 73

A quick round up of some sports action coming up...

So, the World Cup Final is over, Spain are the champions, as is Wimbledon - Rafael Nadal did his thing there!

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St. Andrews, Scotland – There is a guarantee it will be as it always is - windy and cold, and will rain now and then...but this is the British Open, what more would you expect!? Tiger Woods is once more favorite to win the title. He did in 2000 & 2005 by multiple shots on the Old Course, so can he do it again this year??

World number 1, with 14 majors already under his cap, but that all happened prior to his personal meltdown. This week, he has changed his putter for the first time in 11 years, which he is blaming has not helped him so far this year.

All the action starts tomorrow in what is expected to be a great tournament

There is a busy weekend in store for you sports fans out there...

FIFA World Cup 2010

Most importantly on Sunday we have the World Cup Final with Holland vs Spain - match kicks off at 1430 local time here in the DR - so check your hotel what tv channels they have or check out the local watering holes as many will be showing what is slated to be a great game...I wonder what Paul the Octupus thinks of this? ah, just found out..he has predicted a win for Spain!

March 22 to March 28  - The Cap Cana Championship is back for the 3rd consecutive year and this year hopes to be even better than the previous two.

This official PGA Champions Tour event, with a US$1.6 million purse, is being held at the Punta Espada signature design of Jack Nicklaus golf course. This course is already listed among the worlds finest, with even some golf magazines ranking it as the best golf course in the Caribbean and Mexico. Eight of its holes play along and over the sea and from every direction golfers can experience amazing views of the Caribbean.

Some of the players already confirmed for this years championship include - Keith Fergus (Defending champion)  Bernhard Langer,  Jay Haas, Jeff Sluman, Nick Price, Joey Sindelar, Tom Kite, Mark Wiebe, Hale Irwin, Corey Pavin, Wayne Levi, David Frost and Vicente Fernandez.

The Championship is being televised globally through the Golf Channel and subsidiaries

Golf - An emotional Phil Mickelson put on the famous Green Jacket for the 3rd time this Sunday after claiming the Masters trophy and beating the UK´s Lee Westwood by 3 shots.

Mickelson, who is currently ranked the World´s no 3 in golf, took command of the course on the back 9 and pulled clear of Westwood and some other serious contenders to finish his final round on 67 strokes. He finished the 18th with an impressive 12 foot birdie and a standing ovation from the strong crowd.

He celebrated almost immediately by hugging his wife, who has been fighting breast cancer making this victory more special for him and his family.