Tiger Woods & Darren Clarke Declare Parts Of Royal Lytham & St. Annes ‘Unplayable’.
Tiger Woods got his first look at Royal Lytham and St. Annes in 11 years and declared parts of the Lancashire links gem to be almost unplayable.
He was then joined by defending Open Champion Darren Clarke who also agreed parts of the course were unplayable and that players could loose balls during the four days of the championship.
Woods wasted little time after arriving in his private jet at nearby Blackpool Airport at 7.30am local time Sunday and heading straight for this week’s host venue where ...
Jeev Singh Sitting In The Clubhouse Sipping On A Cupper & Comes Out To Win Scottish Open.
After sitting in the cluhouse sipping on a cup of tea, there was double celebration for India’s Jeev Milka Singh in capturing the Scottish Open at Castle Stuart in northern Scotland.
Singh defeated Italy’s Francesco Molinari with a birdie at the first extra play-off hole to also earn a place into this week’s British Open at Royal Lytham and St. Annes.
Singh and Molinari had ended regulation play with respective final rounds of 72 and 67 for 17-under par totals before Singh holed a 15-foot birdie ...
Padraig Harrington Staring At Green Lights All The Way To Royal Lytham.
Triple Major winning Padraig Harrington could not be more happier with one Scottish Open round to play before next week’s Open Championship at Royal Lytham and St. Annes.
Of course, at 11-under par and six shots behind Ryder Cup colleague, Francesco Molinari, the Irishman is seemingly out of contention on the Castle Stuart course near Inverness.
But if his demeanour is any yardstick than it is all green lights on route to next week’s championship.
“Eleven-under is okay but it’s ...
Crail Gearing-Up For Paul Lawrie Foundation Scottish Girls Championship.
The Crail Golfing Society, and the world’s seventh oldest golf club, is gearing up next week for it’s first major womens tournament – 2012 Paul Lawrie Foundation Scottish Girls’ Championship.
Lesley Atkins (Gullane Ladies) won the title as a 15-year-old at Eyemouth two years ago and she will be one of the favourites to stage a repeat over the acclaimed Gil Hanse designed Craighead course at Crail in Fife.
Hanse also designed this week’s Scottish Open host venue at ...
Luke Donald Timely Bursts Back Into Scottish Open Successful Defence Form.
World No. 1 Luke Donald has timely put himself back into winning contention after shooting a flawless second round 68 to be just three shots back in the defence of his Scottish Open title at Castle Stuart in northern Scotland.
Donald birdied his second and third holes and then after 13 straight pars birdied his closing two holes to move to nine-under par and trailing Italy’s Francesco Molinari (70) and Sweden’s Alex Noren (66) who head the event on 12-under par.
Donald has burst back ...
Ricardo Gonzalez Bursts Into Contention After Escaping From A Packet Of Crisps.
If Ricardo Gonzalez should capture this week’s Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open he will be known as the ‘Salt-and-Vinegar’ crisps champion after a bizarre incident at the seventh hole on day two of the event at Castle Stuart.
The four-time Tour winner went looking for his ball after a poor drive down only to learn his ball had landed in a woman’s carry bag.
But on closer inspection Gonzalez’s ball had come to rest inside a packet of salt-and-vinegar crisps within ...
First Ace At Trump International Scotland.
It took just three days for the first official hole-in-one on the new Trump International Scotland course.
Course owner, Donald Trump was on hand to congratulate Neale Stewart who aced the par three, 16th at the course that was officially opened on Tuesday.
The 47-year old Aberdeen-born Stewart plays off a handicap of 7 at Royal Aberdeen and hit an 8-iron at the 157-yard hole for his first-ever hole-in-one.
“It was my first hole-in-one and a sweet shot which landed just short of the hole and ...
