Peter Lawrie Heads Irish Trio Looking To Qualify For Next Month’s Open Championship.
Peter Lawrie heads three Irish players who will tee-up in Monday’s 36-hole Open Championship qualifier at Sunningdale in Surrey, England.
Joining Lawrie will be triple Ryder Cup winning star, Paul McGinley and Ballyclare’s Gareth Maybin.
After contesting his first U.S. Open last week, Lawrie will be hoping to end a poor run of having failed to qualify at Sunningdale over four of the past five years.
Lawrie has competed in just one Open Championship and that was in missing the cut in ...
Michael Hoey Pays ‘Chesty’ Price For Boozy Heineken Cup Outing.
Michael Hoey’s confident he’s shaken a latest sickness bout ahead of his two biggest events this year – the Irish Open and British Open.
Hoey’s latest health concern was picking up a mystery bug after being at Wembley for the Heineken Cup final.
The flu like symptoms saw him then miss the cut in both the BMW PGA Championship and Wales Open and he’s returning to competition at today’s (THU) commencing BMW International Open in Cologne.
The Belfast golfer then finished well down in Sweden ...
After Olympic Letdown McDowell Now Set Sights On Lifting Claret Jug.
After going so close to a second U.S. Open success in three years, Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell has set his sights on lifting the Claret Jug.
McDowell insists his agonising defeat at the Olympic Club has made him even more determined to become Open champion at Royal Lytham.
‘G Mac’ headed into the final round as joint leader in the last group with American Jim Furyk but ended up tied second with another American, Michael Thompson, on one over par.
“I fancy a run at that ...
Cruden Bay Golf Club – Historic Battleground, Castle Ruins, Bram Stoker, Dolly Parton & A Scottish Links Gem.
Cruden Bay Golf Club can boast so many interesting tales before beginning to touch on talking about this stunning Scottish golfing gem.
The course, located on the north-east Scottish coastline, is laid out on the site of 1012 Battle of Cruden.
Perched high on a cliff top overlooking the course is the ruins of a 16th Century castle that is believed helped inspire Bram Stoker to write his famed novel, Dracula.
And there’s one hole at Cruden Bay, the par five sixth, that has been likened to ...
Luke Donald Awarded MBE But No Medal For Oympic Showing.
World No. 1 Luke Donald has been an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours but there was no medal for the Englishman after he missed the cut in the U.S. Open at San Francisco.
Donald will attend Buckingham Palace in coming months to be presented with his MBE by the Queen for his services to golf.
Donald has now spent 48 weeks atop of World Rankings since defeating then World No. 1 Lee Westwood to win the 2011 BMW PGA Championship.
The 34 year old Englishman also achieved an unprecedented ...
Woods, Toms & Furyk At One Under Par – Olympic Golf Club 1,400 Over Par.
Just three players – former U.S. Open winners Jim Furyk and Tiger Woods along with past PGA champion, David Toms – completed the opening two rounds of this year’s U.S. Open with under par two totals.
In contrast, the host Olympic Golf Club course is 1,400 over par heading to the weekend rounds of the year’s second major.
The USGA have set up the San Francisco course in such a manner to make a complete mockery of the efforts of the world’s best players.
There is no ...
Olympic’s Graveyard Of Champions Grows As USGA Continue To Make Mockery Of Leading Golfers.
It was written that ‘Golf is a good walk spoilt’.
Well a walk around the Olympic Club for two days has turned to misery for the game’s best players and it’s the USGA and not the golf course the cause for such anguish.
Oympic has made the world’s top three players look like the Three Stooges. How else do you explain three birdies between Luke Donald, Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood but for a combined 19-over par on day one of the season’s second Major.
There was ...
