Monty Says Belly Putter Should Be Banned Immediately Despite Using Controversial Club In Singapore.
Colin Montgomerie has labelled the club illegal and saying it should be banned despite packing a belly putter into his bag for this week’s Barclays Singapore Open.
Monty is competing in the co-sanctioned event for a third straight year but has been in the former Colonial outpost for a week acclimatising the Singapore’s sauna-like weather.
The former eight-time European No. 1 arrived in Singapore from Australia where he had hosting corporate outings at the famed Royal Melbourne course ...
Rory McIlroy Heads Nike Push To Sign Stars Including Woodland, Stanley & Noh.
World No. 1 Rory McIlroy heads the list of stars to be signed by sporting giant, Nike.
www.golfbytourmiss.com has it on good authority McIlroy’s signature to a reported $20m a year contract is just the tip of a multi-million dollar iceberg as Nike looks to further boost its standing on the world stage.
American Gary Woodland, who has been sponsored by Titleist and is also a management stablemate to Tiger Woods, is believed to be signing also with Nike.
Also it’s understood 24-year ...
New Blood For Tournament Players Committee – Peter Lawrie & Francesco Molinari Seeking Selection.
Ireland’s Peter Lawrie and Italy’s Francesco Molinari have put their names forward to become members of the Tournament Players Committee.
Lawrie and Molinari will join two others, in England’s Richard Finch and Spain’s Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano who are seeking re-election.
A vacancy on the Committee has become available after England’s Barry Lane withdrew but then it will four players vying for the three spots.
Lawrie first played full time on the Tour in 2003 and while ...
A Disgrace & Anti-Irishness If Paul McGinley Is Not Awarded 2014 European Ryder Cup Captaincy.
Legendary Irish golfer Christy O’Connor Junior believes it will be a ‘disgrace’ and a demonstration of ‘anti-Irishness’ if Paul McGinley is not appointed Captain of the 2014 European Ryder Cup team.
This is the subject of an article written by our good friend and renowned golf writer, Charlie Mulqueen appearing in today’s (WED) edition of the Irish Examiner.
Here is Charlie’s piece in the newsaper.
Christy O’Connor, who will always be remembered for the ...
Padraig Harrington Looking To Cash In On Rory McIlroy’s Barclays Singapore Open Apppearance.
Padraig Harrington tees up in this week’s Barclays Singapore Open determined to cash-in on Rory McIlroy’s appearance in the tiny island nation.
Harrington is returning to competition for a first time since winning last month’s PGA Grand Slam of Golf in Bermuda.
He then narrowly avoided being stuck in the States due to Hurricane Sandy before now making his out to south-east Asia.
But in his absence on the European Tour, Harrington’s seen Rory McIlroy go further ahead as Number One on the ...
Padraig Harrington Dries Up When Asked About McIlroy’s Switch To Nike.
Triple Major winning Padraig Harrington had spent some 20 minutes entertaining the predominantly Singapore based media at a pre-Barclays Singapore Open press conference.
The unshaven Dubliner touched on a range a subjects from his joy in capturing last month’s PGA Grand Slam of Golf, how he’s still disappointing in losing the 2008 tournament to Jeev Milka Singh and recollections, as an 18-year old, of playing in an amateur event at Dundlalk when declared he’s chocked so bad.
However ...
Missing Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano Spotted In Singapore
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano has disappointed organisers with a decision not to defend this week’s Barclays Singapore Open.
But then the Spaniard has been spotted at the Sentosa Resort with a billboard size photograph of him taking pride of place along with other former champions (see photograph below)
The same scenario applies next week in Hong Kong and with the co-sanctioned event struggling a number of leading Europeans, including Fernandez-Castano, are teeing-up in the Japan Tour’s ...
