McGinley Juggling Growing Business While Bravely Dealing With The Pain Of Family Sadness.

He will forever be revered as one of Ireland’s favourite sons – Paul McGinley captain of the victorious 2014 European Ryder Cup team. McGinley’s men out-played Tom Watson’s visiting Americans to the tune of 16 1/2 to 11 1/5 so much so you can probably still hear faint sounds of cheering among the hills and valleys in the mountains surrounding stately Gleneagles. However one can never wrest on their laurels and McGinley moved on from those three wonderful days in the Home of ...

Segregansett Golf Club – 130-Years Young, Home Club To US Open Winning Francis Ouimet

….. by Bernie McGuire In visiting Segregansett Country Club for a first time, and seeing the sign indicating the club was founded in 1893 had me immediatately thinking this must be one of the oldest golf clubs in the United States. Though what took me to Segregansett was its connection with Francis Ouimet, the then 20-year-old amateur who remarkably captured the 1913 US Open by defeating two of the greats of the game. The Segregansett club is located some 45 miles south of Boston and close ...

McIlroy Admits He Needs To Smell Not The Roses But The Augusta Azaleas

Rory McIlroy was the last player to register for this year’s 88th hosting of the Masters but dmits if he’s to finally be fitted with an Augusta National members green jacket then he must smell not the roses but the azaleas. McIlroy is contesting a 16th straight Masters since driving down Magnolia Lane for a first time since 2009 while he’s driven back out of the famed Georgia golf course with an impressive seven top-10s, including a best finish of second behind Scottie Scheffler ...

The Blue Monster Set To Test LIVs Best Ahead Of The Masters

The 2024 LIV Golf season resumes in Miami this week where a field boasting seven Masters Champions will tee-up on the famed ‘Blue Monster’ course. The five Masters winners include Phil Mickelson, Charl Schwartzel, Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia, Patrick Reed, Bubba Watson and reigning Augusta National champion Jon Rahm. Also in this week’s field is one of the more in-form players on the New Year in Torque GC Captain Joaquin Niemann — the season-long Individual Championship ...

Peter Malnati – Amid The Emotion & The Tears, The Joy Of A Humble New Tour Champion

Peter Malnati is not one of your ‘name’ players competing on the PGA Tour. In fairness to the Tennessee-based golfer it was not till February 2022 when the PGA Tour announced that both Malnati and Webb Simpson had been elected by the PGA Tour’s membership to be co-chairmen of the 16-member Player Advisory Council (PAC) that many wondered who he was. Closer observers of the game may recall October last year when Malnati ‘had a go’ at Lexi Thompson on social media when news ...

Rahm Draws On His Basque Roots In Revealing Masters Dinner Menu

Reigning Masters champ Jon Rahm has drawn on his proud Basque roots in revealing his Masters ‘Champions Dinner’ menu. Rahm, 29, grew-up in the Spanish town of Barrika located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. It is considered one of the oldest municipalities of Biscay. While he’s lived in the States for near on a decade, there’s no denying his proud Spanish heritage and this is borne out in this Masters menu. And it would not surprise ...

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 ...