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Charlie Scoops Dad Tiger With A Woods Family Victory First

Charlie Woods has accommpished a victory that his 15-time major winning father has not. Young 14-old Woods was a member of the victorious Florida High School Athletic Assocation’s Class 1A that secured a one-point victrory in the state team championship on Thursday at Mission Resort and Club in Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida. Charlie is a freshman at Benjamin School in Palm Beach, Florida,and tied for 26th individually to help Benjamin win the title. A WOODS’ FAMILY FIRST … A feat ...

Rusty Rory Finds A Woman’s Lap After Errant Dubai Tee Shot

A ‘rusty’ Rory McIlroy found his golf ball in a most percular position – in seated woman’s lap – on the day one of the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. McIlroy’s tee-shot was well left at the par-3 13th hole but unbeknown to him at the time, his ball had landed where it did. Spectators gathered around the woman advising her not to move, and she did so as not to disturb the ball. McIlroy and his caddy arrived, and with McIlroy quickly seeing the ...

Where Is The World’s Oldest Built Golf Clubhouse? France’s Golf du Prieure Boasting Building Built Between 1170 – 1180

There will always be talk of the true origins of golf and, of course, what is the oldest golf club in existence. My own golf club – Crail Golfing Society – was instituted in 1786 when 11 local gentlemen “fond of the diversion of golf” founded the club in gathering within the walls of the aptly named ‘Golf Hotel’, in the closeby village of Crail while the club still has in its possessions the minutes from that first meeting and every meeting since. However, a late ...

Johnson Singles Out ‘Time Management’ Issues For USA Ryder Cup Defeat & Calls For Better Collaboration Among Relevant Cup Organisers

USA Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson has singled out ‘time management’ issues as key in the defeat of his USA team, while also calling for more collaboration between the PGA of America, the PGA Tour and the European Tour into the scheduling of the Ryder Cup. This year’s 44th hosting of the Ryder Cup was again staged towards the later stages of September and with Europe handing their American guests a 16 1/2 to 11 1/2 Rome thumbing on the 1st October. Much was written post the Ryder ...

Young One Round Shy Of Earning Full ’24 DPWT Membership

Daniel Young knows he needs to get putter working heading to the sixth and closing round of DP World Tour Final Qualifying at Tarragona in Spain. Young, 32, posted a fifth round four-under 68 to be among seven players sharing 24th place at 12-under, and with the leading 25 and ties securing full 2024 main Tour membership. The Kingsbarns Links attached Scot battled the bright but windy conditions with birdies at his opening two holes birdies and with birdies at 10 and 12 before the only bogey at 15 ...

It’s A Young Man’s Game As DP World Tour Final Qualifying Reveals.

Ah, it’s a young man’s game.  A phrase used often in golf and I use also to describe what is again unfolding at this week’s  DP World Tour qualifying in Spain. Of the leading 11 players heading to Tuesday’s fifth of six rounds at the Infinitum club, all bar three are in their 20s and with one player, England-born amateur Joshua Berry aged 18 and the other two in their 30s. Overall, in the 78-players to make Monday’s fourth round cut there is a handful of players in ...

Reed & McDowell Bring Double Major Championship Winning Stature To BNI Indonesian Masters

Former Masters champion Patrick Reed and past US Open winner Graeme McDowell continue to bring majors-winning stature to the Asian Tour in teeing-up in this week’s BNI Indonesian Masters. This week will be the 11th hosting of the event that was first staged in 2011, and with Lee Westwood winning the first two editions  and then a third triumph in 2015. Both Reed and McDowell are teeing-up on the Royale Jakarta GC for the first time in their careers and Reed clearly delighted to continue his ...