Win a GoKart in the final major of 2010.
Aug 08 2010 Posted in GoKart News, Golf News by GoKart
Where did the Season go? Here we are at the last major. Not to worry, we have ages to go before the weather gets grotty and the evenings too short.
So, you know the form, predict the winner of the 2010 USPGA and, for a tie breaker, the winning score. We’ll give GoKarts to the first two correct entries out of the hat after play finishes on Sunday (there’s a rollover from the British when nobody guessed the winner, hence the extra prize!). (more…)
Add a comment 553 CommentsVousden behind the ropes at St. Andrews. Gloves off.
Jul 29 2010 Posted in Golf News, Martin Vousden by GoKartThought for the Day
Most of the stuff people worry about isn’t going to happen anyway
Random reflections on the Open
Perfection is boring. Louis Oosthuizen’s win was as deserved as it was unexpected but in truth his play over the final round was so precise and controlled that the event was filleted of all elements of drama. Monty made the observation that with Sunday pin placements at St Andrews being as uncompromising as they are, no-one could make a run at the leader and he was right.
Also, it was confirmed yet again that St Andrews is a terrible venue for spectators – they can pretty much only get to the right-hand side of holes and there aren’t many changes of elevation, so you invariably find yourself looking over the heads of people packed three, four or more deep.
During the practice rounds there were a couple of places where, thanks to the armband that got me inside the ropes, I could stand directly behind the advertising hoardings at the rear of the tee (always the best place to get an idea of how well someone is swinging). It was noticeable that Asian and American players, as they walk onto the tee, acknowledge whoever happens to be present, such as journalists and marshals. Europeans usually don’t. (more…)
Add a commentOnly one winner at St. Andrews!
Jul 22 2010 Posted in Geoff Waterhouse, GoKart News, Golf News by GoKartSadly nobody walked away with a shiny new GoKart in our Open competition so it was just Mr. Oosterhuizen that triumphed. And what a triumph, talk about doing it in style!
So we have a rollover for the USPGA, when we’ll have two GoKarts up for grabs. We’ll announce the new comp a couple of weeks before the tournie when the line up is definite.
And in honour of the week we have a wee Scottish themed limerick from Mr. W;
Old Jock the Scots pro passed away
He’d shot eagles and birdies each day
As they lowered him down
Said his caddy Jim Brown
“That’s his first hole in one I would say.”
Vousden in Open week
Jul 12 2010 Posted in Golf News, Golf Quotes, Martin Vousden by GoKartThought for the Day
If at first you don’t succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried
Bring it on
As GoKart likes to regard itself as having its finger on the pulse, ear to the ground and any other insider, informed, access to the skinny cliché you can think of, you will no doubt want our view on who is going to win the Open. But the truth is, what the heck do we (or anyone else) really know? Who, for example, could have predicted Ben Curtis, Todd Hamilton or Paul Lawrie to lift the claret jug over the last decade or so? And how about Trevor Immelman and Zach Johnson to don a fetching green jacket; Lucas Glover, Angel Cabrera and Graeme McDowell to lift the US Open trophy; or YE Yang, Shaun Micheel and Rich Beem to take the year’s fourth Major, the USPGA?
As a general rule of thumb, two of the year’s big ones are captured by players who already have a Major win under their belt, while the other two go to debutant victors, and so far in 2010 that pattern has continued, with Phil Mickelson grabbing the Masters on behalf of the been-there-done-that-got-the-T-shirt brigade, and Northern Ireland’s finest being the representative for the gosh-what-just happened contestants, who are supposed to be there just to make up the numbers. (more…)
Add a commentIT’S THE OPEN! And your chance to win a GoKart.
Jul 10 2010 Posted in GoKart News, Golf News by GoKart
This is how we’re thinking in terms of a mathematical equation;
The Open + St Andrews + All sorts of British Players getting lairy = a very brilliant conclusion.
And what will be the outcome? We are unashamedly cheering for Westwood and Poulter, McDowell, Harrington and McIlroy, and the rather engaging Chris Wood – a wild card but you never know.
The Open is unique; to a degree, anything can happen. A bit of genius can come to the surface. It’s all about when the genius happens. There’s the first couple of rounds … and then the RUMPUS begins. We can’t wait!
To celebrate all this, we’re giving away a GoKart electric golf trolley (or the equivalent value in batteries and accessories) to the first person out of the hat to predict the winner. We’ve told you our favourites so now bet on yours. Simply choose who you think will win (and for a tie-breaker their winning score) and put your answer in the comments box below; enter your name and email and that’s it, you’re in the hunt. (more…)
Add a comment 836 CommentsNot sure we’d turn down Pebble Beach, Martin!
Jul 06 2010 Posted in Golf News, Martin Vousden by GoKartThoughts on the US Open
Golfers don’t win the US Open; they hang on like grim death and survive – it’s like watching a 20-car motorway pile-up, and waiting to see who emerges from the wreckage once the blood, smoke and debris have cleared. A few facts to prove the point; in the first round, the world numbers one and two (Tiger and Phil) couldn’t make a birdie between them; in the last round, only five out of 82 players were under par for the day – and none of them were in contention; and the six players in the last three pairings were a combined 11-over par for the 8th, 9th and 10th holes. There are numerous other stats to emphasise the point.
It might be dramatic, in the way that car, plane or rail crashes are dramatic, but it’s not what I want to watch.
All credit though, to Graeme McDowell, who did what he needed to do. He is a man, as my mother would say, who has no ‘side’; what you see is what you get and being in the public eye hasn’t changed him at all. His swing is not the most orthodox but, and here is a lesson some of his peers might want to absorb, it repeats flawlessly, even when the pressure gauge is turned up to 11. (more…)
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