Tartan Trousers In Fashion At SSE Scottish Senior Open.
Barry Lane may have worn ‘tartan trews’ when he won the SSE Scottish Senior Open last year, but the European Senior Tour’s own Tartan Army is ready to show the Englishman who wears the trousers ahead of this week’s 20th anniversary tournament at Fairmont St Andrews.
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Lane, who also won the Scottish Open on the European Tour in 1988, is bidding for a ‘Tartan Treble’, having claimed his maiden European Senior Tour title in this event in 2010 before successfully ...
Darren Clarke Setting His Sights On 2014 Ryder Cup Captaincy.
Darren Clarke’s decision to seek an invitation to contest next week’s Johnnie Walker Championship is not about looking to win for a first time since savouring success in last year’s Open Championship.
Clarke is returning to Gleneagles for a first time in four years after being snubbed by then European Team captain, Nick Faldo as a Valhalla ‘wildcard’ pick, and four years also after criticising the greens at the Jack Nicklaus designed course.
The recently turned 42-year ...
David Lynn Earns An Augusta National Tee Time & Also Jumps 58 Spots On World Rankings.
David Lynn’s remarkable second place finish in the 94th PGA Championship has seen him jump 58 places to 40th on the World Rankings, and by finishing top-four Lynn earns an invitation into next April’s US Masters.
Lynnm, 38 was competing in only his second Major after making his debut in the 2003 Open Championship.
The Stoke-on-Trent golfer posted a last round 68 for a five under par tally and eight shots behind Northern Ireland’s runaway Rory McIlroy.
Lynn only managed to scrap ...
USA Ryder Cup Team – Top Eight Confirmed – Mahan, Stricker, Furyk, Fowler Now Need Wildcard Pick.
The leading eight players on the 2012 USA Ryder Cup team have been confirmed but with four former players, Hunter Mahan, Steve Stricker, Jim Furyk and Rickie Fowler now having to rely on a ‘wildcard’ pick.
In fact, the conclusion to the PGA Championship has not seen a change in the USA Ryder Cup standings.
USA Captain, Davis Love 111 will hold a press conference in Charleston on Monday morning to discuss the final eight before announcing on September 4th in New York his four picks.
The ...
Europeans Olazabal & Donald Out On Medinah For Ryder Cup Inspection.
New World No. 2 Luke Donald will join European Ryder Cup captain, Jose Maria Olazabal plotting their way today (MON) around the Medinah course and venue for next month’s Ryder Cup showdown.
Donald returned home to his Chicago residence having lost his No. 1 ranking after finishing well down in 32nd place and 15 strokes behind new World No. 1 Rory McIlroy in the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island.
“Medinah is only about 15to 20 miles from my home and I haven’t played the course since they redid ...
Rory McIlroy Roars Along The Shore To Become A Multiple Major Winner.
RoryMcIlroy repeated his stunning U.S. Open success to capture the PGA Championshipwith a similar commanding eight stroke winning margin of victory along the Kiawah Island shoreline.
McIlroy turned a venue infamous for the 1991 Ryder Cup ‘War On the Shore’ into his own version of ‘Rors Roars on The Shore’ in carding a bogey free round of 66 to win with a 13-under tally.
On a windy sunny summer’s afternoon McIlroy strode down the last slipping off his off his cap and then running his ...
Petterrson Found Guilty After Video Confirmed Breach Of Rules.
Sweden’s Carl Petterrson will be advised by his managers to review video footage of an incident at the first hole of his final round of the PGA Championship.
Pettersson was assessed a two-stroke penalty for a breach of Rule 13-4c when he moved a loose impediment lying in a lateral water hazard, while his ball was lying in the same hazard.
The Swede hit his tee shot into the hazard to the right of the fairway but in making his stroke, Pettersson asked the walked official, Brad Gregory, if he ...
