Reward For Stolen Padraig Harrington Signed PGA Championship Commemorative Flag.
A Padraig Harrington signed commemorative flag from his 2008 PGA Championship victory has been stolen from Crow Nest Park Golf Club in Hove Edge, England.
The signed flag along with a photography of Harrington proudly holding aloft the Rodman Wanamaker Trophy was taken from the club sometime between Sunday and Tuesday.
The framed display piece had been secured to a wall in the club’s new men’s washroom in the recently-opened club house extension.
However the thief has ripped the entire frame ...
Tiger Woods Hoping PGA Tour Does Not Go Against Ruling Bodies Over Anchoring Ban
Tiger Woods is hoping the PGA Tour wil not have to introduce a seperate ruling should golf’s ruling bodies elect to ban the anchoring of the belly or long-handled putter.
Submissions from golf tours around the world have to be with the USGA or R & A by close of business tomorrow – February 28th.
A decision on whether a ban will be enforced should be known a few weeks later.However Woods, speaking ahead of this week’s Honda Classic, does not want to see the PGA Tour or the PGA ...
Dinosaurs Extinct As Australian PGA Championship Moves To New Home
The sight of a full-scale replica dinosaur, a JFK commemorative pond and suggestions of building a full scale replica of the ill-fated White Star liner, Titanic is now a thing of the past with the Australian PGA Championship headed to a new home later this year.
PGA of Australia officials announced the prestigious event is moving to the Royal Pines Resort course on Queensland’s Golf Coast for a five year period.
The Australian PGA captured bizarre headlines last year with Coolum Resort owner, ...
Jose Maria Olazabal Laments Spanish Downturn In Tournaments & Talent.
Spain’s Jose Maria Olazabal tees up in this week’s inaugural co-sanctioned Tshwane Open in South Africa lamenting the sad state of big-time golf in his homeland.
The double Masters winning Olazabal is joined by fellow Major winners, US Open champion, Michael Campbell and past British Open champion, Darren Clarke competing on the Copperleaf Golf and Country Club course at Centurion.
The Euro 1.5m event, co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour, is the sixth South Africa event from 10 tournaments to ...
Paul McGinley Looking At Potential Pool Of Some 20-25 Vice Captains But No Seat For Jim McGinness.
Newly-appointed European Ryder Cup captain, Paul McGinley admits he has a potential pool of some 20 to 25 potential vice-captains for Gleneagles.
McGinely is at Gleneagles for two days coming to grips with enormity of the Ryder Cup from outside the ropes.
This has included inspecting rooms and chosing those that he feels would be suit the European Team along with inspecting proposed new practice facilities and also walking over the PGA Centenary Course that will play host to the 2014 Ryder Cup.
And ...
McGinley To Travel To Florida & Speak With Leading Europeans On ‘Tweaking’ Gleneagles Qualifying.
European Ryder Cup Captain Paul McGinley will travel to Florida in coming months to discuss with Europe’s leading players the merits of ‘tweaking’ the 2014 team qualifying process.
Europe has won five of the last six Ryder Cups including last year’s ‘Miracle at Medinah’ but with a team nowadays almost entirely based in the States.
However McGinley, in his own meticulous manner, has spent the six weeks since his appointment researching whether the present qualifying and wildcard set-up ...
Rory McIlroy Says His Swing Of A Year Ago Is Like Comparing Chalk With Cheese.
World No. 1 Rory McIlroy heads into his defence of this week’s Honda Classic under enormous pressure j ust make the cut in the event being played at the PGA National course in Palm Beach Gardens.
McIlroy missed the cut in his first competitive outing last monthin Abu Dhabi using new Nike clubs and then again left Nike Golf executives crimson-faced in being beaten last week by fellow Irishman Shane Lowry in the opening round of the WGC – Accenture Match-Play Championship.
And one of ...
