McGinley & Clarke Put Aside Ryder Cup Captaincy Debate For $1m Winner Take All Chinese Takeaway.
The Irish duo of Paul McGinley and Darren Clarke will cast aside the 2014 Ryder Cup captaincy debate for a shot at a cool winner-takes-all $US 1m first prize cheque on Hainan Island in China.
McGinley and Clarke will join an elite field of professionals teeing up today (Frid) in the three-day Mission Hills World Celebrity Pro-Am taking place at the spectacular Mission Hills Resort complex at Haikou.
Two years ago Scotland’s Colin Montgomerie was all set to bank the $1m prize cheque until he fell ...
Kristoffer Broberg Storms His Way Into Contention For A Fourth Victory In Six Starts.
Ultra-talented Swedish golfer Kristoffer Broberg has stormed his way into contention for a fourth victory in six Challenge Tour starts after day one of the Crowne Plaza Copehagan Challenge.
Broberg created history earlier this year in winning three of five Challenge Tour events to automatically earn his full 2013 European Tour card.
The 26-year old Swede, knicknamed ‘Kotte’ (Swedish for conifer), didn’t drop a shot around the Royal Golf Club course in the Danish capital ...
Darren Clarke To Design ‘The Angus’ Course Near Carnoustie In Scotland.
Former Open Champion Darren Clarke is to design his first signature golf course in Scotland – The Angus.
Clarke has been working with Team Niblick, a specialist golf course design and build firm based in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire to create a new world class 18-hole golf course as part of a luxury five star Euro 55m golf and resort project to be built near Carnoustie starting next year.
Clarke ...
Jason Dufner Confesses He Is Still Haunted By Ryder Cup Loss.
Rookie Jason Dufner confessed he continues to be haunted by the USA’s half-a-point loss to Europe at Medinah.
Dufner was among five rookies in the Davis Love 111 captained side.
Dufner’s Ryder Cup baptism of fire was teaming with Zach Johnson to face the European pair of England stalwart Lee Westwood and double Ryder Cup star, Francesco Molinari.
And Dufner performed well with he and Johnson handing out a 3 & 2 defeat to the Europeans.
He and Johnson then teamed a day later to ...
Rory McIlroy To Swap Golf Clubs For Ping Pong Bat.
World No. 1 Rory McIlroy will swap his golf clubs next Tuesday for a ping pong bag ahead of defending his BMW Masters title in Shanghai.
To kick off an exciting tournament week at Lak Malern, table tennis star Timo Boll will take on McIlroy in an exhibition match.
Former World No. 1 and European Ryder Cup team mater, Martin Kaymer will also put aside his clubs to tackle Boll on the 18th green of the Jack Nicklaus-designed championship course.
Boll is already looking forward to the match: “Martin ...
European Tour Not Out To Challenge FedEx Cup Series But To Be Successful Says Waters.
This week heralds the start of a new and final chapter in the 2012 Race to Dubai schedule.
After some seven months of tournaments throughout the length and breadth of the European continent, the European Tour has headed east for the remaining events of the season starting with the ISPS Handa Perth International in Western Australia.
The inaugural event is the first of some six tournaments leading to the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai starting on November 22nd.
So while the ...
Rory McIlroy Double Faults As Wozinacki Turns To Kafelnikov For Golf Lessons.
When www.golfbytourmiss.com walked a few holes with Caroline Wozinacki earlier this week in Turkey the tennis ace admitted her golf had not improved as much as her boyfriend, Rory McIlroy.
In the time since they first got together Wozinacki’s tennis game has gone from her being the highest ranked women’s tennis player in the world to her her current World No. 11 ranking heading into this week’s Kremlin Cup in Moscow.
In contrast, McIlroy has advance to win a second Major and ...
