St. Louis Blues defenceman Erik Johnson had surgery for a torn ligament in his right knee at the Rochester Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Johnson was hurt in a golf cart accident before training camp. He was put on injured reserve.
Golf may at last have found a magic formula to reach out to the masses now that a nine year old girl from Oldham and a 12 year old boy from Lymm in Cheshire, have won the worlds first ever X Factor style search for young golf talent over the future.