Garcia’s Signature Helps Save Scottish Golf Course From Closure

It’s amazing how the power of the pen and in this ‘feel good’ story a signature on a petition has helped in save a Scottish golf club from closure. Masters champ and LIV Golf star Sergio Garcia penned his signature that eventually helped save Dalmuir Municipal Golf Course, an 18 hole municipal golf course, near Clydebank to the west of Glasgow It is  the only course currently open to the public in the area, and was at risk of being reduced from 18 holes to 12 or being closing down ...

Cantlay Sounding Positive Ahead Of Historic PGA Tour Meeting With Saudi PIF Fund.

PGA Tour board member Patrick Cantlay sounding positive ahead of tomorrow’s historic meeting with Yasir Al-Rumayyan, Governor of the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF). It will be the first time since news broke on June 6th last year ahead of the Canadian Open, news that rocked the ancient club-and-ball game to its very foundation with news the PIF will fund a coming together of the PGA and DP World Tour with LIV Golf. Now just over nine months later representatives of the Tour, including possibly ...

Golf’s 59 Club – Now Just One Major Men’s Tour Still Looking To Join.

American John Catlin’s stunning score of 59 on day two of the Asian Tour’s International Series Macua leaves just one of the world’s leading men’s tours still to register a sub-60 round. Catlin, 33, had posted nine birdies coming to the last, the par-5 18th and knowing that he needed an eagle ‘3’ if he was to create a first in the 59-year history of the Asian Tour. The former triple European Tour winner and also a four-time Asian Tour champion, and also now LIV ...

Nicklaus: “We’ve Got Issues We Need To Clean-Up”.

The inaugural Players Championship champion Jack Nicklaus has been a very welcome guest at the 50th anniversary of the PGA Tour’s flagship tournament. Nicklaus, 84, won the inaugural Players in 1974 and was again successful in 1976 and 1978, and still the only player to capture the title three times, and one more than a bunch of others including Tiger Woods, Fred Couples, Davis Love 111, Hal Sutton and Aussie Steve Elkington. And whenever golf’s ‘Golden Bear’ speaks and everyone ...

Scheffler Undergoing On-Course Treatment For Neck Concern At Players

World No. 1 and defending champ Scottie Scheffler has been undergoing on-course treatment for what is believed a stiff neck on day two of the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass. Three times over his opening seven holes Scheffler has had a physio working on his neck with the first after paring the par-4 12th hole, he was playing as his third, when he speaking to a rules official while someone worked on his neck. He asked the official if he could receive some Biofreeze, according to Sean Martin of ...

Spieth Questions McIlroy Over His Penalty Drop As Rors Posts Career Lowest Players Opener

Jordan Spieth was hardly being co-operative nor comforting in his questioning of Rory McIlroy over the location of his penalty drop after finding water down the left-side of the par-4 seventh hole they were playing as their 15th on the opening day of the Players Championship. After a long wait on the tee, McIlroy stepped-up and for a second time in 15 holes he sent his drive left hitting a grassy bank and finding water on the host TPC Sawgrass course at Ponte Vedra in Florida. Earlier, had been ...

McIlroy Backs Monahan Remaining as PGA Tour Commissioner

No sooner had World No. 2 Rory McIlroy stop to speak to the waiting media he was asked his reaction to Xander Schauffle’s negative comments concerning Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and whether Monahan remains the right person to lead the Tour. Schauffele did not hide his feeling a day earlier declaring, in part, Monahan ‘had a long way to go’ before he regained the trust of the Olympic Games Gold Medal winner. “I think so.  Yeah, I think so”, was McIlroy’s answer ...