He is an icon, a pacesetter or a front-runner. No matter what you call Clint Eastwood, he will always be known for his professionalism and dynamic personality. He is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. With some great contributions Eastwood has managed to make a place in the hearts of his fan forever. His professionalism and positive attitude is reflected by the Rolex GMT Master, in his collection of watches. The Rolex GMT Master is specially designed for the professionals who fly the world. Clint Eastwood has always been the front-runner. Rolex GMT Master is truly an ultimate watch for the people who have their defined individuality. No one can forget the trend of cowboy look that was started by Clint Eastwood.

Clint Eastwood started his journey from supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide (1959–1965) and then became famous for playing the Man with No Name in Sergio Leone’s Dollars trilogy of spaghetti westerns (A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) during the 1960s. He has been an icon of masculinity for the roles he played during 1970 and 1980s. He featured as San Francisco Police Department Inspector Harry Callahan in the Dirty Harry films (Dirty Harry, Magnum Force, The Enforcer, Sudden Impact, and The Dead Pool). He was nominated for best actor for his outstanding work in the films Unforgiven (1992) and Million Dollar Baby (2004). Clint Eastwood also won Academy Awards for Best Director and Producer of the Best Picture. His best performances that were commercially successful and were critically acclaimed include films like Play Misty for Me (1971), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), Pale Rider (1985), In the Line of Fire (1993), The Bridges of Madison County (1995), and Gran Torino (2008).

Clint has also directed movies like such as Mystic River (2003) and Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) for which he also received the Academy Awards nominations. Along with his success in acting and direction he has also won two of France’s highest honors. In 1994 he received the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres medal and in 2007 was honoured by the Légion d’honneur medal.  Along with these two precious awards he was awarded the Italian Venice Film Festival Golden Lion for lifetime achievement in 2000. Just like his achievements that have made him a hero worldwide is his timepiece that is the first choice of the travellers. The Rolex GMT Master was first introduced in 1955 to meet the needs of the international pilots. This amazing timepiece is valued for its twenty four hour graduated bezel that helps in reading three different time zones. One can easily read the two time zones simultaneously with the help of its two hour hands. It is an amazing timepiece for marvellous people who value time.

IMG Academies has announced that it will be sponsoring the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) preseason series that is designed especially for first-time AJGA members including those members who have never participated or qualified for another American Junior Golf Association till now. Rolex being the main sponsor of the event and has been associated with AJGA for three decades now as a catalyst to the association’s success.  IMG Academies is the world’s largest highly advanced multi-sport training and educational institution. It is a great opportunity for all the amateur players to participate in the preseason who have still not been a part of this series. Over the years IMG Academies has guided and trained students to get themselves enrolled in the nation’s top collegiate golf programs. Not only this the academy has also been successful in bringing professional champions like the world’s number one in Rolex rankings Yani Tseng, 2010 U.S. Women’s Open champion Paula Creamer, two-time Rolex Junior Player of the Year Victoria Tanco, 2010 U.S. Amateur champion Peter Uihlein and 2010 U.S. Girls’ Junior Amateur champion Doris Chen.

The aspiring junior golfers, ages 12-18 will get 960 playing opportunities in the IMG Golf Academy Preseason Series that will include total 10 events in 2012 preseason. There are certain limits imposed in the participation criteria. The eligible juniors can participate in one IMG Golf Academy Preseason Series event per year. The host facilities for the event include St. James Plantation (Southport, N.C.); Brookhaven Country Club (Dallas, Texas); Oak Valley Golf Club (Beaumont, Calif.); Innisbrook Resort  and Golf Club (Palm Harbor, Fla.); Mira Vista Golf and Country Club (El Cerrito, Calif.); Basking Ridge Country Club (Basking Ridge, N.J.); Prairie Landing Golf Club (West Chicago, Ill.); Nemacolin Woodlands Resort (Farmington, Pa.); and Chateau Elan(Braselton, Ga.). Throughout the south east the IMG Junior Golf Tour is in its second season of operating the events for the preseason.

The American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) is a non-profit organisation that deals with the overall expansion and development of the young men and women players who want to get scholarships through competitive junior golf. The American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) is surely working for the betterment of golf among all young men and women and provides exposure to the junior memberships for players falling in the age limit of twelve to eighteen years. There are five thousand junior golfers from forty nine states and forty countries who are associated with The American Junior Golf Association. The AJGA has also created the Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) to ensure that all the junior golfers get equal opportunity to achieve scholarships. The credit for associations’ success also goes to its sponsor, Rolex that has helped in enhancing its performance for past three decades.

The match between Rafael Nadal and his counterpart David Ferrer at the Rolex Master at Monte Carlo was indeed a magnificent one. Six times champion on the tournament Rafael Nadal continued his winning streak and won the match again creating history. The world number one player Rafael Nadal came out victorious against David Ferrer who is a 4th seeded player, in a winning set of 6-4, 7-5. He won a trophy that was presented to him by HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, Charlene Wittstock his fiancée and Elizabeth-Ann de Massy who is the President of tournament committee. After the match Rafael Nadal expressed his happiness and stated that it was just unbelievable for him. His win at the clay court has started his clay court session and it was great to win at Monte Carlo for the seventh time. He also said that this championship is very close to his heart as this is the place that helped him create history. Rafael Nadal has gone to win 37 consecutive matches at Monte Carlo and even has a record of winning 39 games and losing only 1.

David Ferrer stated that Rafael Nadal played a very good game and his gaming skills cannot be surpassed on clay. He also clearly accepted the fact that he deserves to be where he is and is probably the best player in the history of clay events. Rafael Nadal broke two of his records in the Rolex event. First of all he became the first player in the history of the event to win the title for the seventh consecutive time. Secondly he was victorious in the 19th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crown.

He previously held the record of winning 18 coveted titles. Andre Agassi and Roger Federer’s record has been dismissed as they have 17 Masters Titles to their credit. As of now Rafael Nadal has amassed 44 tour level titles. In the finals of the All Spanish match (since 1990) there were many service breaks that were exchanged in 3rd and the 4th game before Rafael Nadal broke it in the 5th game and led it by 3-2. However it was not easy for the number one Spaniard to simply shake off his compatriot. As he reached the third game he took control of the match in the second set and established a lead of 4-2.

Rafael Nadal made a double fault and a back hand error that proved to be very costly as David Ferrer leveled the scores at 4-4. It was in the 11th game that David Ferrer again tightened up and Rafael Nadal got a very good chance to capitalize on some errors that his opponent made and continued playing to win the match in 2 hours and 16 minutes. Rafael Nadal stated that the victory gave him a lot of confidence as his season did not start very well.

The strong breeze at the Bacardi cup Miami venue let to a very interesting and an eventful race. Max Salmiren and his patner Fredrik Loof who are participating in the event, won the Rolex Miami OCR in the month of January. The race is the headline event of the year 2011. The Bacardi Miami Sailing week is being presented by EFG Bank. 89 teams were brought together for the sailing event from all across the world. The final winner of the title will be determined on the 12th of March, Saturday. On the second day of the event Peter Vessella(Burlingame) who is the skipper of the Californian team along with Rhodney Hagebols from San Francisco took an early lead but the team was overtaken at windward mark.

The duo of Max Salmirenand Sweden’s Fredrik Lööf was battling for the fifth position however after some time they were able to get past the group and lead the race at leeward mark. After the race, Fredrik Loof said that their start was quiet conservative. Explaining his strategy he stated that they had to work their way up from the left side of the course as the first upwind blew. They were in a good condition but the right came with a descend wind. It was at that point in the race that they chose to go on the right side even though most of the boats were going on the left side and that is what converted into a big gain for them. He also stated that his team was able to thwart the leaders and pull out in front of them as well as the other boats. The duo then went on and won the race and Peter O’Leary (Irish Olympian) along with his crew member David Burones finished in the second position. Hamish Pepper, who was the winner of the Bacardi cup in the year 2007 along with Craig Monk as his crew went on to grab the third position and was followed by Hagerbols and Vessella in the fourth position. As for Fredrik Loof’s approach in the competition he said that he just wanted to enjoy the new boat and take things as they come. This year’s competition was his third attempt at the cup. He also praised other competitors and said that the participants this year were very strong and professional in their approach.

Petter Morland Pedersen from Norway and his partner finished in the eighth position today and maintained their top rank in the overall standings. The Norwegian sailors are tied with Burones and O’Leary. The competition was very tough, a testament to this was the standings which were separating the teams with just one point between them. Over all, the third position went to Mateusz Kusznierewicz and Dominik Zycki with 12 points. Pascal Rambeau along with Guillaume Florent from France stands on the fourth position with 13 points in their kitty.

The US sailing has announced the members of the US sailing Team AlphaGraphics (USSTAG). Anna Tunnicliffe, who has won the Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year three times from 2008 to 2010, is one of the top sailors participating in the race. She even switched the campaign gears in the year 2010 so that she could focus on the Women’s Match Racing event which will be sailed in Elliot 6m and will make a debut in the Olympics that will be held in the year 2012. The crew that Anna Tunnicliffe will be leading will include Debbie Capozzi who represented the US in games that were held in Yngling in the year 2008. This three member team has earned a silver medal in the ISAF Sailing World Cup in the year 2010.

The teams of the event comprise of previous Olympians as well as Paralympics hopefuls. The 2011 event also includes top 2 boats in every class that were selected for Paralympics Sailing Competitions as well as 2012 Olympics. The players in the teams have already proved themselves and are amongst the top sailors in the world. 12 of them are Olympians and 2 have won medals, while five have participated in that Paralympics and other three have won medals. Seven other players are world champions and ten others are in the top five rankings by ISAF. Paige Railey led the Laser Radial fleet at Rolex Miami OCR that happened last month and secured a gold medal and went into the final race. She stands at the fifth position overall. Erika Reineke has been moving up from USSDT (US Sailing Development Team). She finished on the 20th position out of 54 in Laser Redial in a very tough international Rolex Miami OCR fleet. She also won Laser Radial Youth Worlds in Largs, Scotland in the year 2010 along with a bronze in ISAF Youth Worlds in Turkey in 2010.

The silver medalist in the Olympics of 2008, Zach Railey has carried on his triumph in Finn class as he finished 4th at Rolex Miami OCR and finally earned the third rank in the world rankings. Bryan Boyed also came back to the team ranking second Finn sailor at the Rolex Miami OCR as he finished in the 12th place. Trevor Moore and Erik Storck who are 49er sailors, continued to move upwards at the international competition as he won a bronze medal and podium for the first time in the Sail Melbourne. He also won an overall fifth position at the Rolex Miami OCR and took the lead in the ISAF Sailing World Cup standings. Along with them are Val Smith and Alex Bishop who are the members of the USSDT 2011 who made teams as they finished on the 8th position at Rolex Miami OCR. The line up of the sailors is amazing and a great race is expected as the players battle it out to get to the top spot.