Ricardo Santos – Rookie Of The Year But It’s Not Just About The Award.
For those voting on the coveted Sir Henry Cotton ‘Rookie of the Year’ award it could simply have been the scenario of looking at the statistics and choosing the highest ranked player on the 2012 Race to Dubai.
Staring at the three persons charged with voting for the ‘Rookie of the Year’ was three standout candidates – Portugual’s Ricardo Santos, England’s Matthew Baldwin and Spain’s Jorge Campillo.
But while the all-British voting panel could easily ...
Chinese Sensation Guan To Contest Next Weeks Emirates Airline Australian Open.
Belly putter weilding Chinese teenage sensation Guan Tianlang is certain to come under extra scutiny next week when he tees up in the Emirates Australian Open at the Lake Course in Sydney.
Guan, 14, captured the recent Asian Amateur title to guarantee him a place in next year’s Masters and Open Championship.
He will be the youngest player ever to tee-up at Augusta.
However this week Guan will be paired with his hero Liang Wenchong in the first round of the Ryder Cup-style team event at the ...
Ricardo Santos Creates History As First Ever Portuguese Player Named Rookie Of The Year
In a just decision Ricardo Santos has created history by becoming the first Portuguese-born player to be named – The Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award.
Santos won the award by virtue of his stunning success in the Madeira Islands Open at Santo da Serra when he came from four shots down heading to the final round and win by the same margin over the course he played many times as a junior.
Santos celebrated the 40th anniversary of The European Tour one week late by becoming only the ...
Belly Putter Ache Over For Ruling Bodies With Anchoring Ban In Force From 2016
The USGA and the R & A confirmed they will ban the anchoring against the body of the long-handled and belly putters from 1st January, 2016.
The R&A and the United States Golf Association (USGA), golf’s governing bodies, today announced proposed changes to the Rules of Golf that would prohibit anchoring the club in making a stroke.
The proposed Rule 14-1b, which follows an extensive review by The R&A and the USGA, would prohibit strokes made with the club or a hand gripping the club ...
Golf’s Ruling Bodies To Act On Banning Anchoring Of Belly & Long Handled Putters – Annoucement Wednesday.
Golf’s ruling bodies are expected on Wednesday to announce a ban to anchoring the belly putter or long-handled putter to any part of their body.
The St. Andrews based R & A and the New Jersey based USGA will host a joint teleconference to announce the rule change from 2016.
Three of the last five Majors have been won by players using either the belly putter or long-handled putter and it seems the R & A and USGA have had enough.
In August last year, American Keegan Bradley became the ...
Rory McIlroy’s Quitely Spoken Coach Boldly Predicts New Season Goal Of Doubling Career Wins.
Rory McIlroy’s quietly-spoken coach has boldly set the goal of the tearaway World No. 1 doubling his number of career victories next season.
McIlroy captured a 10th pro win last Sunday in stunning style, snatching five one-putt birdies to seal success in the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.
Near on four years ago, McIlroy left his mother, Rosie breathless in capturing his first pro career title, the Omega Dubai Desert Classic.
Last Sunday and less than 10 miles from the Emirates ...
McIlroy’s Caddy Declares He’s Enjoying The Fairytale Of A Lifetime
The person closest to Rory McIlroy on a golf course says he’s riding the fairytale of a lifetime caddying for the world’s top-ranked golfer.
Fellow Irishman J P Fitzgerald has been by McIlroy’s side for of McIlroy’s 10 pro career victories.
Fitzgerald was the first person McIlroy wrapped his arms around in claiming the DP World Tour Championship and claim a fifth tournament success this season.
And Fitzgerald, who is usually quite reserved and also quite protective of ...
