Chella Choi from South Korea tied for second place with Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn and Australian Oh Su-hyun.  Jessica Korda from America won the Open last year and placed fifth this year, just three shots behind Webb.

Webb went all of 2012 without a win and had this to say after her victory,  “I’m very happy, it never gets old to get a win here.  What a way to start the year.”  Webb also had 4 second place finishes in this same tournament, giving her an incredible 12 top 2 finishes.

Unfortunately for Webb, her last 3 Australian Masters wins were followed by winless years.  Hopefully for her this will not be the same situation.  “I don’t want to raise my expectations too high,” Webb said. “I think it tends to backfire on me a little bit and I put a bit too much pressure on myself, but the one thing that feels really good to me is how comfortable I feel on the golf course.”

Montgomerie managed to top the European Tour money list a staggering 8 times in his career.  He only got 51% on the international ballot, which means he needed nobody on that ballot to receive the minimum of 65% to get voted in.  Montgomerie had the most votes out of the other golfers on the ballot and because he had over 50% he was allowed into the Hall.

The ceremony will be held on May 6th in Florida.

“While we have had productive and enjoyable discussions with Phil, I respect his decision and appreciate his sincere approach,” Peter Seidler said in an email to the AP early Wednesday. “We share a passion for San Diego, a commitment to the community and I look forward to a long friendship.”

Back in October Mickelson sounded excited about the idea of possibly being a part owner.  “It looks pretty promising, and hopefully here in the next few days, we’ll have something to announce. I think we’re getting it worked out.”  The owners left one spot open for Mickelson, but Phil decided to pass on the opportunity.

A couple notable names who also participated in the Johor Open are John Daly and Ernie Els.  Daly finished tied in 15th and Els finished tied in 48th.

He went into the last round with a commanding 10 stroke lead and managed to add to it by shooting a 69.  When asked about winning 2 straight tournaments by a large margin, Schwartzel was definitely surprised.

“That doesn’t happen often,” he said. “Normally after a win by such a big margin, it’s hard to put up the same show the next week. It’s satisfying to continue that form and play the same sort of golf. I keep talking about consistency, and mine is back where I like it to be.”

Another bright point of the tournament was the 3 hole in ones shot on the par three 12.  Magnus Carlsson had one in the last round and Keith Horne had a hole in one on 12 on both Friday and Saturday.

Early in the year Daniel Popovic almost quit golf to take care of his father who was very ill.  “I just can’t believe this is happening,” Popovic said as he walked up the 18th fairway with his ball safely on the green. “I am just going to try to enjoy this now.”

Soon after, Popovic tapped in his putt for par, giving him the championship.

“It has just hit me all over suddenly,” he said after accepting the winner’s check for $225,000. “I was just so confident, and that never left me. Sure I made several stupid mistakes, but I bounced back quite nicely.”

This is the 6th year of the Royal Trophy, which is played at the Empire Hotel & Country Club in Brunei.  The tournament is always between Asia and Europe, and coming into this years Trophy the Europeans had won four out of five.

It seems that swimming is not the only thing that Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Phelps is good at.  After appearing on the Haney Project and working on his golf skills, Phelps has appeared to become a pro, hitting a 153 foot putt this past weekend.  A putt from that distance requires as much luck as it does skill, but that is not taking anything away from what he accomplished.  Although this putt does not compare to winning 18 gold medals in the Olympics, a record he achieved this year, it did not take Phelps long to start setting records on the golf course after only playing a couple months.  His 153 foot putt may be the longest putt ever televised in golf history.  As if Phelps’ putt wasn’t strange enough, he was paired with Paul Casey who had is ball stolen by a dog on the green at 12.

Dufner and the two Johnsons are the only 3 Americans to win their matches on Sunday.  Woods was the tie which came on the last hole by Woods missing a putt, this was also the last match of the day giving Europe the win.  If Woods had knocked down the last putt he would have won the match tying the score at 14 all between the USA and Europe.  This loss is going to sting for a while for the American golfers and I am sure Woods is taking it pretty bad as he is trying to prove that he is still the best golfer in the world.  In Woods’ 29 career matches in the Ryder Cup he has only managed to earn the Americans 14 points, this is a pretty sad number coming from the best golfer in the world.

We are hoping that at the next Ryder Cup the Americans will bring their A game to the course and prove that they are still the best golfers in the world.