Graeme McDowell Looks To Stand Tall On Both West and East U.S. Shorelines.

Graeme McDowell has won one Major on the west coast of America and now after getting a first look at Kiawah Island he’s looking at PGA Championship glory next week along the Atlantic east coast shoreline. McDowell played a practice round Tuesday on next week’s South Carolina host venue before jetting into Akron, Ohio for tomorrow’s starting $US 8.5m WGC – Bridgestone Invitational being staged again on the Firestone Country Club course. Kiawah Island holds a special place in the ...

Nicolas Colsaerts Quitely Confident Of Ryder Cup Selection Either Automatically Or As A ‘Wildcard’ Pick.

Belgium’s Nicolas Colsaerts is quitely confident of making his Ryder Cup debut this year whether as a fully qualified member of Jose Maria Olazabal’s side or as a ‘wildcard’ pick. Colsaerts is currnetly lying 11th and just one place outside the current top-10 on the European Team points table. In fact, Colsaerts is just 4.78 points behind 10th placed Sergio Garcia and 18.19 points behind Germany’s Martin Kaymer, lying in ninth position. However the big-hitting Belgium, ...

Luke Donald Doesn’t Fear Roaring Tiger.

‘Cool Hand’ Luke Donald is unconcerned he could this week lose his 55-week long stay at World No. 1 to Tiger Woods. Woods tees-up in this week’s $US 8.5m WGC – Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio looking to capture the event for an eighth occasion in 13 appearances. And in those appearances Woods has finished outside the top-four on just two occasions and they were the past two years. The Star-Spangled American has won three times this season but will need to again reign ...

Adam Scott – ‘Don’t Feel Sorry For Me, My Major’s Chances Are Still In Front Of Me!’

While confessing he felt shocked and numb at losing the British Open championship, Adam Scott has asked his supporters not to feel sorry for him and declaring his best chances of winning a Major are in front of him. After his final four-hole demise at Royal Lytham and St. Annes, the Australian sought the solice of the Swiss Alps after letting slip victory in golf’s oldest Major. He spent some five days at his chalet at Crans-sur-Sierre including hitting balls on the practice range used ...

McIlroy & McDowell Free To Choose Ireland Or Northern Ireland For 2016 Olympics.

The Northern Ireland duo of Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell will be free to choose to play for either Ireland or Northern Ireland should they qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero. With the 2012 Olympics in full cry, the U.S. Open winning duo are in the picture as to what what country they would represent when golf returns to the Olympics in four years time. There will be just a field of 60 players competing with the leading 15 coming from the World Rankings. However PGA Tour ...

Rory McIlroy Misses The ‘Addiction’ Of Victory.

Rory McIlroy tees up in this week in Akron, Ohio and the first city in the world to conduct an AA meeting desperate to rekindle the addiction of winning. It’s been nearly five months since McIlroy rode to success in capturing the Honda Classic. In this intervening period, the current World No. 2 has managed a best of seventh some seven weeks ago in Memphis and more recently a share of 10th six weeks ago in the Irish Open. However with just a month to the start of the lucrative FedEx Cup Series ...

Valderrama Masters Joins List Of Cancelled Spanish Events.

The Valderrama Masters, and the final event on the European continent this year, looks like joining the sad list of cancelled Spanish events this year. A Tour insider indicated the situation was also so poor that organisers had only recently payed competitors their final prize money from last year’s event won by Sergio Garcia. And following a change of government earlier this year in the Andalucia Providence, the promotion of international golf would seem not a priority for the coalition Socialist ...