Rory McIlroy To Face Shane Lowry In Match-Play Opener Thanks To PGA Tour rookie Patrick Reed.
World No. 1 Rory McIlroy is now staring at a showdown with good friend and fellow management stablemate, Shane Lowry in the opening round of next week’s WGC – Accenture Match-Play Championship and all thanks to a little PGA Tour rookie.
Lowry dropped one place to World No. 65 following the adjustment earlier today of the official World Rankings.
However with four-time Major winning, Phil Mickelson and the World No. 10 again not competing qualifying for the $US 8.75m event has included ...
Stephen Gallacher Heading To Arizona As Martin Laird Pulls Plug On Match-Play Goal
While Stephen Gallacher can almost certainly packs his bags for next fortnight’s WGC- Accenture Match-Play Championship fellow Scot Martin Laird has given up the hope of trying to qualify for the $US 8.75m event in Arizona.
Laird, as a then top-50 ranked player last year, won through to the 2012 quarter-final defeating another Scot in Paul Lawrie before being bundled out by England’s Lee Westwood.
However in the intervening period the North Carolina based Laird has slipped to No. 86 in ...
G Mac To Launch Nona Blue Restaurant On St. Patrick’s Day.
Graeme McDowell has chosen St. Patrick’s Day next month to mark the official opening of his Nona Blue restaurant.
The 2010 US Open champ is so excited about the opening he’s posted a copy of the bistro’s mouth watering menu on his Twitter side ahead of officially swinging open the doors on 17th March.
Billing itself as a “modern tavern”, the 5,618 sq ft restaurant is located in a retail park close to the swoosh Lake Nona Golf and Country Club.
The menu McDowell has chosen reflects ...
The Track Golf Club – Dubai’s Newest Golf Design Already First Past The Post.
The Track Golf Club is Dubai’s newest golf course and set against the backdrop of the world’s tallest building – the Burj Khalifa.
The Track is located adjacent to the stunning Meydan horse race track and home to the Dubai World Cup and the world’s richest horserace.
The course was designed by the legendary Peter Harradine and opened for play in April, 2012.
Harradine is no stranger to the Middle East having designed the much-acclaimed National Club course in Abu Dhabi ...
Saadiyat Beach Golf Club & St. Regis Hotel – Double Abu Dhabi Delight.
For more than two decades, Dubai has been the Middle East golfing mecca.
But in recent years there’s a number of stunning new players on the scene and one in particular just a little over an hour’s drive down along the freeway from Dubai.
Abu Dhabi is the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and thanks to the European Tour, Abu Dhabi has burst onto the world golf scene.
For the first five years of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship there was just the host National course but now the capital ...
European Tour To Give Green Light To Monday Qualifier For Irish Open.
The European Tour look likely to give the green light to a Monday qualifier for this year’s Irish Open at Carton House.
This is despite an apparent opposition to the move by the Chairman of the Tournament Players Committee, Thomas Bjorn but with a senior Tour official fully backing the notion.
At present the Irish PGA is afforded eight places in the 156-player field while organisers also are afforded eight sponsors invitations and it would mean the combined agreement of Irish PGA, the GUI and ...
Golf’s Hall Of Shame – Mark O’Meara Continues To Be Snubbed.
What has Mark O’Meara got to do to be win favour with those that recognize achievement?
It seems now highly unlikely the extremely popular American will never captain a USA Ryder Cup team while the PGA Tour has been just as shameful as the PGA of America in overlooking the Houston-based golfer for leadership of the USA Presidents Cup side.
O’Meara capped his career winning the 1998 Masters and 1998 Open while he also competed in five Ryder Cups.
And before heading back to the States ...
