Danny Willett Apologies To USA Captain Over Brother’s Comments.
Chaska, Minnesota …
Masters champion Danny Willett has apologised on behalf of his elder brother over disparaging remarks Peter Willett directed at USA Ryder Cup fans.
The European Team, including Captain Darren Clarke, were in damage-control mode Wednesday at Hazeltine over the remarks that appeared in a UK-based golf magazine.
Clarke was so incensed he grabbed a copy of the article and presented it to Danny Willett on course as the reigning Masters Champion practiced ahead of tomorrow’s ...
Davis Love 111 Feeling Weight Of Hazeltine Expectation.
Chaska, Minnesota …
USA Captain Davis Love 111 admits the weight of expectation grows ahead of tomorrow (FRD) morning’s opening shots in the 41st Ryder Cup.
Leading betting agencies have Love’s team at 4/6 to win back the Ryder Cup and deny Darren Clarke’s men, who are at 6/4 to win for an unprecedented fourth straight occasion.
Love 111 reckons he’s got all USA team boxed ticked second time around and reform revealed he’s been getting plenty of encouragement from past USA captains ...
European Team In Damage Control Mode Over Willett Brothers Remarks.
Chaska, Minnesota …
Darren Clarke and his European Ryder Cup team were in damage-control mode after the attention-seeking brother to Masters Champion Danny Willett labelled USA fans ‘brainless bastards’.
Peter Willett, and the eldest son of their Sheffield preacher, has sought to throw himself more into the limelight since Danny was fitted with the famed green jacket.
But Peter Willett’s comments, appearing in a UK-based golf magazine. could not have come at a more inopportune time ...
Craig Hinton Enjoys Hot Ride Down Route 66 In Abu Dhabi.
England’s Craig Hinton rode a strong birdie-eagle start en route to a six-under 66 that propelled him atop the leaderboard after the opening round of the MENA Golf Tour’s Ascorp Golf Citizen Abu Dhabi Open at Yas Links course on Monday.
The 27-year- old Englishman from Thame made five birdies and one eagle against a long bogey to go one clear of Joe Heraty of England and Kevin Esteve of Andorra on a hot and humid day when 28 players broke par.
England’s Lee Corfield, a four-time winner ...
U.S. President Obama Leads ‘World’ Tributes To Arnold Palmer.
Chaska, Minnesota.
US President Barack Obama has led the ‘world’ tributes calling the late Arnold Palmer “the American dream come to life.”
Obama praised the late golfer’s rise from a humble start in Pennsylvania to “superstardom” around the world. He says Palmer did it with a grin that hinted he had another “shot up his sleeve.”
Obama says in a statement that Palmer’s freewheeling and fearless approach to golf inspired a generation. ...
Mickelson Slams PGA Tour For Not Setting Up Eastlake Akin To Hazeltine.
East Lake, Atlanta, GA … Phil Mickelson left East Lake slamming PGA Tour officials in letting slip the opportunity to set up this week’s East Lake course akin to this week’s Ryder Cup host venue.
Mickelson left for Minnesota ending with a four under par 66 but for a distant share of 22nd place at one over par in the final event of the 2015/16 PGA Tour season.
And the normally ‘diplomatic’ Mickelson fired both barrels at the Tour suggesting their setting up of East Lake ...
McIlroy Heads To Hazeltine Buoyed By Stunning Double Tour C’Ship & FedEx Cup Success.
Rory McIlroy delivered the European Ryder Cup team a stunning confidence lift in dramatically ending the PGA Tour season winning a play-off with a stunning eagle putt capture both the Tour Championship and FedEx Cup trophy.
McIlroy grabbed his second Play-Off Series triumph in three events with victory at the fourth extra play-off hole after he and American Ryan Moore ended regulation play tied on 12-under par on the East Lake course in Atlanta.
Victory earned the four-time Major winner a whopping ...
