The European Tour is down to their final tournament, the Dubai World Championship, and Australian Robert Allenby jumped out to an early lead by firing a 7-under 65.  Sitting one stroke behind Allenby was a group of three, consisting of Lee Westwood, Chris Woods and Camilo Villegas.  The subplot to this tourney is the battle for the European Tour money title, being waged by Westwood and money leader Rory McIlroy.  The young Irishman has a $191,000 lead over Westwood, but finds himself two strokes back of the Brit after one round.
Allenby’s day was highlighted by eight birdies, but a lone …read more

It was deja vu all over again for Robert Allenby, after the Australian was beat once again by American Anthony Kim, this time at the World Match Play Championship.  This time there was no accusations of Kim’s alleged partying the night before the match, as Allenby had done earlier this month when the two squared off at the Presidents Cup.  But the result was the same, as Kim advances to Sunday’s final against Ross Fisher.  Fisher made the final after handling Masters champ Angel Cabrera.
As was to be expected, there was a bit of contention between Kim and Allenby during …read more

Seems like Robert Allenby is feeling a little remorseful.  After calling out Anthony Kim for doing what many 24-year-olds do, the Australian has said he has personally apologized to Kim for the comments he made.  To refresh your memory, Allenby called Kim the “current John Daly” and the U.S. Presidents Cup team’s “loosest cannon.”  He also claimed that Kim had been out partying until 4 a.m. the night before their singles match, and that Kim had come back to the U.S. team’s hotel walking “sideways.”  Not that it mattered, Kim soundly defeated Allenby in their singles match.

“While I feel like …read more

Talk about your sour grapes.  Australia’s Robert Allenby, playing for the Presidents Cup International team, called out American Anthony Kim after the 24-year-old shortly after Kim had bested Allenby in singles play.  Allenby made reference to an unconfirmed report that Kim had been out until 4 a.m. on Saturday night, and that he had returned to the hotel “sideways.”  Allenby then went on to call Kim “the current John Daly,” and the “loosest cannon” on the U.S. team.
Kim, of course, denied the report, and hoped that Allenby was joking.
“I’m actually pretty surprised that he said that,” Kim said. “I was …read more