McIlroy Misses The Birdie Boat With A No-Frills Opener At Carnoustie
There was plenty of spectator support, an abundance of uncharacteristic October sunshine and a golf course where he produced a second in the 2018 Open Championship but then there was little golfing fireworks from World No. 3 Rory McIlroy.
McIlroy posted four birdies and also dropped a shot in the definition of a no-frills round and given the fact that so many players went low, and really low.
Seventy-two players posted a score lower than McIlroy’s three-under 69 headed by South African Darren ...
Nearby Rifle Shots Send Scare Into Monahan & Al-Rumayyan
…. by Bernie McGuire, Carnoustie
The sounds of rifle shots sent a slight scare into the two of the more high-profile golf officials competing on day one of the 2024 Dunhill Links Championship in Carnoustie.
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and Saudi Arabia’s Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the Governor of the Public Investment Fund that supports the PGA Tour’s rival LIV league were well into their opening round when shots could be heard from the north-end of the famed course.
However, there was no ...
EXCLUSIVE … Oosthuizen Leads Rupert Praise Following Monahan & Al-Rumayyan Coming Together At Carnoustie
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Open Champion and fellow South African Louis Oosthuizen leads the chorus of approval for billionaire businessman Rohann Rupert in achieving a coming together of two golfing figures instrumental to any future calm in men’s pro golf.
Rupert, 74, is currently the CEO of Compagnie Financiere Richemonty. He is the richest person South African born on the 2024 Forbes list, with an estimated net worth of US$12.0 billion and US$14.5 billion according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
However, ...
Exclusive: Lowry To End Season With Most Events In Seven Years But With Just One To Be His New Year Focus.
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Shane Lowry will have played the most tournaments in seven seasons when finally puts away the clubs in some six weeks time after competing in Dubai.
Lowry will contest a 25th world-ranked event of his year at this week’s Dunhill Links Championship ahead of completing a 16th pro career season with the back-to-back Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.
All up, it will be 27 tournaments for the current World No. 28 and the most he ...
McKibbin Now Sets Sights Firmly On 2025 PGA Tour Card
Tom McKibbin has set his sights on his closing five events left this DP World Tour season to lock-in full PGA Tour membership for next season.
McKibbin, 21, tees-up in this week’s Dunhill Links Championship lying 15th on the Race to Dubai money-list, and just five places and half-a-dozen events shy of ending his year inside the top-10 on the DP World Tour money list.
And it will those finishing top-10, and not otherwise exempt, who each will be afforded full status on the 2025 PGA Tour.
We ...
Saving The Presidents Cup – Allow LIV Players To Compete Says Horschel
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Not for the first time in the now 30-year history of the Presidents Cup has the question been raised and that is how do improve the biennial competition between the USA and the Intetrnational team?
Last Sunday’s USA triumph over three days on the host Royal Montreal course was the 10th straight occasion the Americans had savoured success.
Just once, and this journalist was present amid the heat, humidity and annoying flies at the host Royal Melbourne course, has the International ...
Bethpage Park Black Course To Be Greatest Venue Ever In Ryder Cup History Says Horschel
Billy Hoschel has never played nor attended a Ryder Cup.
However, it has not stopped the affable American from predicting the hosting next year of the 45th Ryder Cup on the Bethpage Park Black course to be one of the greatest in the history of the biennial men’s professional golf competiton.
The Bethpage Park Black course, located at Farmingdale on New York’s Long Island, contested the 2002 and 2009 U.S. Open along with 2012 and 2016 Barclays Championship on the PGA Tour, as well as the 2019 ...
