Darren Clarke Jokes He’ll Plant A Wedge In My Head If We Get Offside With Questions.
When Darren Clarke visited the BMW Masters Media Centre here in Shanghai this afternoon he was carrying one of his wedges in his hand.
Of course, it’s common for players to arrive with a putter or a wedge with them, given they usually time their visit after the end of a practice session.
In Clarke’s case he’d came off the short-game practice range at the Lake Malaren Golf Club.
However my mischievous manner got the better of me and I remarked: “Oh, look out ...
Justin Rose Throws Race To Dubai Victory Gauntlet Down At Rory McIlroy.
England’s Justin Rose can unseat World No. 1 Rory McIlroy atop of the Race to Dubai money list with a top-two finish in this week’s BMW Masters in Shanghai.
With six official events remaining this season Rose arrived in China’s financial capital currently trailing Euro 437,334 behind the Northern Irishman.
However for Rose to go ahead of the double Major winning McIlroy, then McIlroy, as the tournaments defending champion, would need to finish outside the top seven on the Lake Malaren Golf ...
Michael Campbell Now Looks To First Ever Race To Dubai Final Showing.
Michael Campbell has set himself the goal of qualifying for a first-ever Dubai World Tour Championship title later next month.
Campbell has put himself in frame to be eligible for the elite season-ending event after finishing third in the Portugal Masters. It was the New Zealander’s best finish in four years.
But in bigger picture Campbell moved to 86th on the Race to Dubai and 26 places outside of the top-60 who will tee up in the $US 8.5m event starting in Dubai on November 22nd.
Campbell had ...
Ladies & Gentlemen – ‘Rory Mac Roy’ … Chinese Struggle To Pronounce McIlroy.
I first noticed it a few years back when he attended the HSBC Champions in Sheshan and it was again evident last November when I attended the Mission Hills World Cup of Golf.
Then at the very first press conference ahead of this week’s BMW Masters we again learnt the Chinese just struggled to pronounce Rory McIlroy’s surname.
A year ago on Hainan Island, McIlroy was introduced: “Ladies and gentleman – On the tee, Rory Mac Roy”.
McIlroy attended a press conference ...
Rory McIlroy Beaten At Table Tennis But Confident Of BMW Masters Repeat Success.
World No. 1 Rory McIlroy was comfortably beaten in an shortened game of table tennis but he’s quietly confident of defending his BMW Masters title this week in Shanghai.
Former World No. 1 and current five-time European No. 1 table tennis champion, Timo Boll of Germany beat McIlroy 5 & 2 in their special exhibition match alongside the 18th green at the Lake Malaren course in the Chinese financial capital.
McIlroy along with Martin Kaymer, Lee Westwood and Ashun Wu were no match for Boll.
“Table ...
Poulter Returns To Competition Still Overwhelmed By Reaction To Europe’s Miracle At Medinah
Ryder Cup winning hero Ian Poulter admits he has been overwhelmed by the reaction to his part in Europe’s one-point success at Medinah.
Poulter is returning to competition in this week’s $7m BMW Masters in Shanghai after helping turn the tide in Europe’s favour when he teamed with World No. 1 Rory McIlroy to birdie the five closing holes in the final match on day two of the Ryder Cup.
Victory saw Europe head into the decisive Sunday Singles trailing by four points ahead of Germany’s Martin ...
Lee Westwood Impressed By Sweden’s Kristoffer Broberg.
Victorious Ryder Cup star and former World No. 1 Lee Westwood has been impressed by the efforts of ultra-talented Swedish golfer, Kristoffer Broberg.
Broberg created Challenge Tour history in winning a fourth tournament in just six secondard Tour starts following victory in the Crowne Plaza Challenge in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Swede began competing on the Challenge Tour in August and in six events he has finished – 9th, 1st, 1st, 3rd, 1st and 1st
Broberg went into the last round on Sunday ...
