MacIntyre Chuffed To Find His Way Into WM Phoenix Open Field.

Top-ranked Scot Bob MacIntyre wasted little time heading off to Arizon after grabbing the last place into Thursday’s starting WM Phoenix Open in Arizona. The Oban lefty was fifth reserve last Friday for $US 8.8m (£6.97m) event but a number or withdrawals, including out-of-form World No. 4 Viktor Hovland and the latest being American Kevin Streelman, who withdrew late on Tuesday (US time) has opened the door for MacIntyre. It meant the now Orlando-based MacIntyre boarding a flight early Wednesday ...

McIlroy & Spieth Back On The Same Page After McIlroy Removed Himself From Group ‘Chat’

Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth are seemingly back on the same page following the American’s pre-AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am comments concerning the status of the potential deal between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and also his sensitive ‘anti-McIlroy’ remarks. After more than two years of headlines for all the wrong reasons in the men’s professional game the last thing you would expect is that PGA Tour allies McIlroy and Spieth would need ...

Jamieson Ready To Bravely Battle Bahrain’s Shamal

Scott Jamieson’s quietly-confident of taming the continuing strong desert Shamal winds heading into the weekend rounds of the Bahrain Championship. The Jacksonvillle-based Scot toughed-out the winds on day two of the inaugural event posting a one-under 71 for a two-round six-under tally on the host Royal Golf course on the oil-rich Middle East island. It left Jamieson trailing just three adrift of the leading threesome of South African Dylan Frittelli (68), Switzerland’s Joel Girrbach (70) and ...

Jamieson Pleased To Be Bogey-Free Around Monty’s Bahrain Designed Course

Scotland’s Scott Jamieson was pleased to emerge bogey-free over the Montgomerie designed host course on day one of the Bahrain Championship. Jamieson, 40, posted a five-under 67 to be just three shots adrift of 22-year-old French rookie Tom Vaillant. Vaillant, who was runner-up in last year’s Challenge Tour final, birdied his closing two holes in a score of an eight-under 64 and in only his fifth full member DP World Tour event. Jamieson finds himself in a five-way share of eighth place ...

Euro Trio Larrazabal, MacIntyre & Mansell Question DP World Tour’s Part In Historic PGA Tour Deal

No sooner did we learn news of the PGA Tour and the Strategic Sports Group (SSG) have reached an historic agreement that will see SSG, a consortium of investors and sports franchise owners, infusing up to $3 billion into the Tour and the m is deal is being questioned by three top DP World Tour members. The agreement will result in the launch of PGA Tour Enterprises, a commercial venture under the PGA Tour’s control. Players will have equity in the new company, a first also in the PGA Tour’s ...

Law Sings The Praise Of His Coach After Making RAK Championship Cut

Scot David Law was singing the praise of his coach after being assured of playing all four rounds of the Ras Al Khamiah Championship in the UAE. Law, 32, capped his round with an eagle ‘3’ at the eighth and then birdied his closing two holes in a second round 69 for a seven-under tally on the host Al Harma course located around an hour north of Dubai. Dane Rasmus Hojgaard, whose twin brother Nicolai won the inagural Ras Al Khamiah event in 2022, posted a 64 to share the lead at 14-under with ...

Late Jack Burke Jr & The Day I Prouldy Met Him In His Houston Office – He Shared A Masters Locker With Tiger Woods

Very sad news in learning the passing of double-major winning American John ‘Jack’ Burke Jr, just 10 days shy of his 101st birthday, and a person I had the great pleasure of meeting in his Houston office five years ago just ahead of the 2018 Masters. Burke was the son of a professional golfer, Jack Burke Sr., and capped his career winning two major titles, both in 1956, the Masters and PGA Burke also won 16 PGA Tour events between 1950 and 1963. He won four times in 1950 and five times ...