Crail’s Gil Hanse Designed Craighead Links Celebrates 25th Anniversary – His First 18-Hole Course
A day after the crowning of a new men’s U.S. Open champion one of the world’s oldest clubs is celebrating the 25 th anniversary of the Gil Hanse designed Craighead Links course at Crail Golfing Scotland in Scotland.
Hanse’s redesign work in Beverly Hills was on show last week for golf fans around the world to admire, while also testing the ancient club-and-ball game’s best ahead of American Wyndham Clark grabbing the golfing oscar in being crowned the 123 rd U.S. Open champion.
The ‘Silver ...
Law Excited Sharing Drivers Seat With Five Others Heading To Porsche European Open Final Round.
Two closing birdies, including a penultimate hole monster 40-footer, handed Scot David Law a six-way share of the lead heading to the final round of the Porsche European Open in Hamburg.
Law, 30, was struggling at one-over for his round through 13 holes before draining the lengthy putt at the par-3 17th and then two-putting the last from 46-feet also for birdie, in a round of a one-under 72 and a six-under tally on the tough Green Eagle course.
Six players – Law, England’s Jordan Smith (72), ...
Rome Rival Ryder Cup Captains Donald & Johnson United In Looking To Qualify For US Open
Rome rival Ryder Cup captains Luke Donald and Zack Johnson are among a host of PGA Tour stars teeing-up Monday at 10 sites (Nine in the US & one in Canada) seeking to qualify for the June 15-18 US Open at the Los Angeles (Calif.) Country Club’s North Course.
The 10 qualifying sites where players will compete over 36-holes include:
►Lambton Golf & Country Club, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
►Hillcrest Country Club, Los Angeles Calif.
►Pine Tree Golf Club, Boynton Beach, Fla.
►Hawks Ridge ...
Koepka Joins Elite Club Of 20 Players With Five Or More Majors
Brooks Koepka has now joined an elite club capturing a third PGA Championship title and a fifth major championship.
In doing so, Koepka becomes the 20th player to win five or more majors following his two-shot success at the Oak Hill Country Club.
Koepka brilliantlhy set-up victlory with three birdies in the first four holes to open up a four shot lead over Norway’s Viktor Hovland and Canada’s Corey Conners and then held on to win by two shots thanks to closing three-under 67 for ...
Min Woo Sounding Very Tiger Like, Chasing The ‘W’.
’Chasing the W’. It was an expression I had not heard in reporting on golf until the emergence of TW.
TW we all know is Tiger Woods and he’s spent his golfing career successfully chasing the ‘W’.
Though this week, and on the 25th anniversary of his TWs Masters debut, there is another golfer chasing the ‘W’ in just his second Augusta showing.
Ultra-talented Aussie Min Woo Lee has been knocking on the door for the ‘W’ ...
A Dozen Plus One Things You May Not Know Either Inside Or Outside Of Augusta National
For someone who has been most fortunate to attend the Masters for close on 25-years, and has played Augusta National twice including breaking 100 on both occasions, here’s a few observations that I hope may whet your appetite a little ahead of this coming week’s 87th hosting of The Masters.
JUST TWO MASTERS NOT FULLY IN APRIL – We know the Masters is always held in April and while there has been the odd occasion when it commenced in March, it would still finish in April. However there ...
Damien Scott Proudly Flying The Irish Flag At Al Hamra
If you are looking for a teaching professional the epitome of all that is good with Irish golf, then look no further than Damien Scott.
Scott is now into his second year as Head Teaching Professional at the Al Hamra GC in the UAE emirate of Ras Al Khaimah.
If Al Hamra sounds familiar, it should as it just recently again proudly hosted the DP World Tour and for a third occasion in 12 months, on a stunning golf located just over an hour’s drive north of Dubai.
It was the late stage of 2021 when ...
