Woods Limps Off The Blue Monster & Now Doubtful For Augusta Greens.
Tiger Woods is now in serious doubt for next month’s Masters after being forced out with injury after just 11 holes on the final day of the WGC – Cadillac Championship.
Woods later cited an injury to his left Achilles tendon in limping off the TPC Blue Monster course.
“I felt tightness in my left Achilles when warming up this morning. It felt progressively worse throughout the day,” Woods said in a statement on his website.
“After hitting my tee shot at 12, I decided it ...
Paul Lawie Has ‘The Bottle’ For A Return To The Ryder Cup Says Monty.
Thirteen years after making his only Ryder Cup appearance and Colin Montgomerie is predicting Paul Lawrie will return to the European side later this year at Medinah.
Lawrie could not have faced a tougher introduction to the Ryder Cup than to be called upon by then captain, Mark James to hit the opening tee shot at Brookline.
The then reigning Open Champion teamed with then five-time capped Colin Montgomerie eventually winning their match 3 & 2 against then Open Champion David Duval and PGA ...
Frozen French Golf Courses To Warm Your Golfing Heart.
After covering the European Tour’s ‘2012 Desert Swing’ it was back to base in Crail, Scotland for a few weeks rest.
However the thought of three weeks rugging up during the last remnants of the Scottish winter was little too much to bear.
So given we had some business matters to attend to in France we jumped aboard an Easyjet flight to Lyon for what turned out to be 10 days in France.
However there was one of the strangest sights on arrival at Lyon when four items of oversize luggage ...
McIlroy In Need Of Roadside Service After Two Cadillac Rounds.
It would seem Rory McIlroy is desperately in need of roadside service after two rounds of the WGC – Cadillac Championship in Miami
Golf’s newest and second youngest-ever World No. 1 three-putted the final green that left McIlroy trailing 10 strokes behind American Ryder Cup rival, Bubba Watson heading to the final two days of the $US 8.5m event.
Watson tamed the Blue Monster with an eagle and nine birdies in a blistering 10-under par 62 to head the event by one stroke from England’s ...
Mike Weir Heading To Spain To Make His European Tour Membership Debut.
The number of struggling former long-time PGA Tour players heading to Europe is on the increase with former Augusta National winning hero Mike Weir set to make his debt as a full European Tour member at next week’s Andalucian Open in Spain.
Weir, 41 has not played a European Tour since contesting the 2007 Hong Kong Open as part of the 2008 schedule.
Of course, Weir travelled to Spain in 2000 to capture the WGC – American Express Championship at Valderrama.
Howevere it’s been ...
McIlroy World No. 1 Elevation Set To Lead To Huge Rise In Ireland Tourism.
Ireland tourism looks set to get a big lift following Rory McIlroy’s elevation to World No. 1.
Ireland’s Tourism and Sport Minister, Michael Ring, confessed McIlroy’s achievement is a huge shot in the arm for the ‘Home of Champions’ marketing campaign, aimed at attracting golfing visitors to Ireland.
“Our golfing sector is working closely with Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland to market Ireland to golfers,” said Ring.
“Rory is one of several Irish golfers ...
Gil Hanse – News Only Gets Better In Winning Multi-Million Doral Redesign Contract.
The news only gets better for acclaimed golf course designer, Gil Hanse.
Two days after Hanse Design was awarded the contract to design the 2016 Olymic Games host course in Brazil and Hanse was handed the job of redesigning the ‘Blue Monster’ course at Doral and host venue for this week’s WGC – Cadillac Championship in Miami, Florida.
Hanse was on hand when Donald Trump, in the company of his wife Ivanka and son, Erik made the annoucement in the Media Centre at Doral.
It ...
