Dutch Delight Golfing In Dubai.
It was with great delight ahead of the recent DP World Tour Championship I joined a Dutch couple playing on the Faldo Course at the Emirates Club in Dubai.
Gerard van Wandelen and his wife, Marian were out in Dubai visiting family.
During the course of the round I enjoyed informing Gerard and Marian how much I have enjoyed travelling each year to the KLM Open.
Tour Miss and myself had resided this year in the lovely town of Zeist and around 15 minutes from Hilversum, but then and in one of those ...
G Mac Primed To Celebrate Engagement With Success At Sherwood.
Graeme McDowell is set to celebrate his recent engagement with victory in the Tiger Woods hosted World Challenge, and two years after his last taste of success in the same event at Sherwood Country Club in suburban L A.
McDowell will take a three shot lead heading to the weekend rounds after posting a second round 66 for a nine-under par tally.
“A good day’s work,” said McDowell before being escorted off to undergo a random drug’s test.
In-form American Bo Van Pelt, and ...
Padraig Harrington Says Stop Your Belly Aching & Get Used To Putting Conventionally.
Padraig Harrington has told his belly aching rivals to get used putting conventionally after golf’s ruling bodies banned anchoring the putter to the body.
Golf’s ruling bodies voted unanimously to declare players will be in breach of the Rules of Golf from 1st January, 2016 if caught in fact anchoring any club, putter or wedge.
The rule change has been prompted with three of the past five Majors won by players either anchoring the belly putter or long-handled putter to a part of their body.
Only ...
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 ...
