Nidd Vale Appoints New MD

HARROGATE, England–(Business Wire)–
Nidd Vale, one of the UK`s longest-established motor groups, has announced the
appointment of a new Managing Director.

Neil Crossley has taken up his post and will be based at the company`s Harrogate
HQ, with responsibility for its dealerships in Harrogate, Wetherby and Ilkley.

A former professional golfer, Neil has built a highly successful career both
within and outside the motor industry. He joins Nidd Vale from his position as
Regional General Manager, Marshall Motor Group, and has wide experience with
PLCs and privately-owned organisations.

Nidd Vale is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year, having been
incorporated in 1920 when it was based in Knaresborough and was an agent for
Vulcan cars and lorries, and Excelsior motor cycles.

Neil Crossley says: “It`s a privilege and also a great responsibility to join a
company that has such a fantastic heritage. It`s my belief that great customer
service is at the core of Nidd Vale`s success and that`s an area I`ll be looking
to further develop”.

“I believe that customers – whether private or commercial – need competitive
prices but they also need to keep their vehicles on the road. Product
reliability and fantastic after-sales support are priorities for us,” he says.

Group Chief Executive, Nigel Pullan, says: “We`re delighted to have such a
talented and experienced MD come on board. The past few years have been
difficult times for the motor trade but our customers have continued to value
what our great brand has to offer. Neil is the right person to take our business
to the next stage of its development.”

Nidd Vale currently holds franchises for sales and after-sales care of new and
pre-owned vehicles with Vauxhall, Mazda and Seat, and approved repairer status
for Saab and Peugeot.

Neil lives near Wakefield with his wife Jayne and a `very large` Boxer dog
called Rocco. A former professional golfer, he now plays social golf from a
handicap of 5 as an amateur.

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Tiger Woods’ ‘black guy condom’ pick up joke

New York, May 4 (ANI): Professional golfer Tiger Woods is said to have a joke that he has been using successfully as a pick-up line for at least a decade.

Woods, 34, told the joke in 1997 in front of a GQ reporter, and even though he took flak for it then, he was still using it in 2006 when he hit on exotic dancer Cori Rist.

“What’s this?” the New York Post quoted him as having asked while rubbing the tips of his shoes together.

“A black guy taking off his condom,” he would reply.

Rist, who became one of Woods’ many mistresses, said he then invited her to come up to the apartment of a “superstar ball player”, where he had a room. (ANI)

McIlroy lives up to hype with breakthrough win

Rory McIlroy shot a course record 10-under-par 62 on Sunday to win the Quail Hollow championship by four strokes and enhance his reputation as one of the brightest emerging talents in professional golf.

The Briton blew away a top-quality field which included Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson to become the youngest player since Woods to win on the PGA Tour, finishing at 15-under after a masterclass of shotmaking on a notoriously difficult course.

“Ever since I was 10 or 11, I wanted to be a professional golfer and you know it’s been a crazy ride to this point,” McIlroy told reporters after sealing victory two days before his 21st birthday.

“I’m going to have a bit of a party on Tuesday night.”

Mickelson, chasing back-to-back titles after winning the U.S. Masters last month, closed with a 68 to finish outright second at 11-under while Angel Cabrera of Argentina also carded a 68 to finish third, a further shot back.

Zimbabwean Brendon de Jonge was fourth and Bo Van Pelt fifth as overnight leader Billy Mayfair fell out of contention after shooting 76, but no-one could keep pace with McIlroy.

“I thought a 68 would be good enough,” Mickelson said. “But I’ve got to congratulate Rory, you just never expect something like 62.

“He’s an incredible player, just an amazing talent.”

WOODS WOES

Woods limped out of the tournament on Friday after failing to make the cut for only the sixth time as a professional, raising questions about how long he can continue to dominate the game after the sordid revelations about his extramarital affairs.

Mickelson is rapidly closing in on the number one ranking and on the same day McIlroy won his maiden title in the U.S., 18-year-old Ryo Ishikawa shot a 58, the lowest single round score on any of the major golf tours, to win in Japan.

“He’s the guy that we followed and the guy that we turned on our TV and the guy that we went out to practice so hard,” McIlroy said.

“All the younger guys have flourished at such an early age because Tiger set the benchmark so high.”

McIlroy has been earmarked for greatness since his early teens and won his first European PGA title in Dubai last year but his final day at Quail Hollow was undoubtedly his finest performance to date.

He almost missed the cut himself, scraping in by a single stroke Friday after making an eagle at his third last hole, but fired a 66 on Saturday to give himself an outside chance of winning.

He started the final round four shots off the lead in a tie for seventh but stormed to the top of the leaderboard with eight birdies and an eagle.

He completed the last six holes in just 18 shots, making an eagle at the par-five 15th when he drilled a five iron from 206 yards to within four feet then draining a 43-foot putt on the last to break the previous course record by two shots.

“To cap a day off like that was probably fitting, it’s one of those moments that you’ll always remember,” he said.

Return on investment: China’s wealthy embrace junior golf

China’s wealthy have no qualms about spending on luxury lifestyles, but one sport has got them especially excited due to its potential investment returns: golf lessons for the kids.

From the tee to the green, golf is an expensive affair in China and one that is seen as a status symbol. But those who can afford it are signing up their children in droves, hoping to transform them into the next Tiger Woods.

“Many parents and children are becoming engaged in the sport. In the past, golf reached a relatively small group of people, but now it’s becoming more and more widespread,” said Cui Zhiqiang, vice-president of the China Golf Association.

“The prospects are looking very good, with more people getting involved in junior golf, which is gaining greater public attention and recognition in society.”

Once considered bourgeois, golf was banned by China’s Communist Party, and the country’s first golf course was only built in 1984.

But with an explosion of interest in recent years, some parents are now prepared to fork out around 300,000 yuan ($43,940) year on lessons for the children.

Last weekend, the country’s future golf stars teed off in the fourth China Junior Golf Open Tournament held in Chengdu, capital of China’s southwestern Sichuan province.

Organised by the China Golf Association with high-profile sponsorship, the tournament costs each participant more than 10,000 yuan, almost 10 times the monthly income of an average Chinese factory worker.

Though statistically less than one percent of China’s population play golf today, more courses and rising incomes mean the sport is becoming more accessible to the elite.

Yang Manlixiang, 7, has been playing golf for over three years and wants to become a professional golfer. For her, it’s more than just a sport.

“Playing golf can earn me a lot of money,” Yang said.

Yang’s father, Yang Quan, is also prepared to pay big money to train his daughter to go professional in the future.

“I have not carefully calculated the cost of training my daughter to play golf. But I think I need to invest at least four or five million yuan altogether. I need to keep her training and attending tournaments,” he said.

While many junior golfers, especially teenagers, dream of going pro, for many more, golf is just a little more than a after-school pursuit akin to piano-playing.

China, where golf was once labelled ‘green opium’ because it was seen as expensive and elitist, only has around 500 courses, compared to 18,000 courses in the U.S. and an estimated 6,000 in Europe.

While China’s state sport system pays for the training of professional athletes in most sports, golf is one of the few in which individuals must cover all the training expenses.

But last year’s decision to add golf to the Olympic programme from 2014 has helped further spark interest in developing the sport, and its inclusion will see more government funding for the sport.

When the country’s formidable Soviet-style sports system joins wealthy parents in pushing young golfers, China could be a golfing force to be reckoned with in the future.

(Editing by Miral Fahmy)

Tiger Woods’ wife goes on another trip without him

Washington, April 20 (ANI): Professional golfer Tiger Woods’ wife Elin is said to have gone off on yet another trip without him.

Elin was seen leaving from Orlando’s airport via private jet on April 19 with just her two children, and the trip is said to have been planned even before she had returned home from the most recent one.

With Woods, 34, concentrating on his next tournament instead of his marriage, Elin is said to have grown more distant from him.

“She wants him to work on the marriage. He’s back to golf. It’s very cold between them,” Radar Online quoted a source close to the couple as saying. (ANI)

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Yang won his first event on the PGA Tour at the 2009 Honda Classic in his 46th career start in the United States, he is began playing golf at the age of 19 and turned pro in 1996, when he was 24.

On August 16, 2009, Yang won the 91st PGA Championship, his first major championship, overcoming a two-shot deficit going into the final round to finish three strokes ahead of his playing partner Tiger Woods. The victory was the first major championship for a male player born in Asia. The previous best finish by a Korean was the 3rd place achieved by Choi in the 2004 Masters Tournament. It was also the first time that Woods had failed to win a major after holding at least a share of the lead at the end of 54 holes.

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Tiger Woods gets “thumped” by Jimmy Fallon on Wii golf game

New York, Jun 26 (ANI): American professional golfer Tiger Woods was left embarrassed after he was beaten by comedian and NBC’s show host Jimmy Fallon at his own game of golf on Nintendo Wii.

Woods, 33, quit the game, played on June 25 at Times Square, before finishing the third and final hole.

“I just got absolutely schooled in my own game,” the New York Daily News quoted Woods as saying.

“I certainly want a rematch,” he stated.

Fallon, 34, was elated after he defeated the world’s number one-ranked golfer after shooting, astonishingly, for par.

Woods shot a double-bogey and a bogey on the Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 10 game before giving up.

“Tiger is the greatest athlete in the world right now,” Fallon said.

“But I think I’m better at playing with my Wii,” he added.

Many tourists on the streets and in tour buses witnessed the match, and they gawked and took pictures as Woods and Fallon appeared on a makeshift stage at Broadway and 43rd Street.

Brooklyn-born Fallon had been confident from the start that he would win the game.

“I think I have a bit of an advantage; this is my home court,” he said.

“I’m ready to do this,” he exclaimed.

Woods, wearing a red Nike polo and black pants, never recovered after flubbing his first few shots.

“I’m getting thumped,” he stated. (ANI)