Gallacher’s 1,425-Day Wait To Defend Hero Indian Open
Stephen Gallacher’s record-setting 1,425 days wait to defend the Hero Indian Open ends this week in New Delhi.
It’s been that long, and more simply 36 days shy of four years since Gallacher captured a fourth DP World Tour success with then 17-year-old son Jack on the bag and calling the shots in the Indian capital.
Gallacher’s time as a defending champion, and aside from WW2, is probably the longest in the history of some of golf’s oldest national open titles, and with the Indian Open first ...
John ‘JP’ Paramor Remembered Not Only For His Crushing Handshake But His Gentlemanly Ways
In meeting John Paramor for the first time, I naturally reached out my arm to shake the hand of the European Tour’s leading referee.
What I did not expect was the crushing nature of his handshake.
No, it was not as though Paramor was in any way proving a point as it was just the nature of this powerfully built rules official, so much so, that for each and every other time I shook the hand of ‘JP’, as he was affectionately known, I was prepared for the force of his handshake.
It ...
‘No, Look At Her Grip’ As Harrington Admires Riviera’s Four-Time Academy Award Winning Golfer.
Players at this week’s Genesis Invitational will again find their way up just over 50 steep steps at the back of the 18th green to the ladies locker room within the stunning clubhouse at Riviera Country Club in suburban Santa Monica.
Yes, the ladies locker room!
The expansive Riviera ladies locker room is at the top of the staircase and given it’s close proximity to the back of the 18th and the close-by 1st tee, it’s used as a temporary scorer’s room for the annual ...
Scots Will Need To Do A ‘Monty’ If They’re To Win Singapore Classic
The Scottish duo of Scott Jamieson and Grant Forrest will need to do a “Monty” if they are to capture the inaugural Singapore Classic.
The Tartan duo share 11th place at 10-under but just four adrift of the leading duo of South Korean Jeunghun Wang and Spaniard Alejandro Del Ray tied at 14-under.
Nineteen years ago, Monty came from five shots back heading to the last day to win by three on this week’s same Laguna National course on the small island nation.
The 27-year-old Wang had been four ...
With Arbitration Panel Hearing Ending Today, DP World Has Not Considered Losing
…. Muscat, Oman
Today Friday 10th of February 2023 is the final day of a five-day arbitration panel hearing in London that will decide whether the European Tour was right to suspend LIV golfers from competing on the Tour.
A three-man panel headed by retired High Court Judge, His Honour Judge Phillip Sycamore, CBE and two Kings Council (KC) members have been hearing both sides to the argument within the walls of the Sport Resolution Centre in London.
At the outset 16 LIV Golf players signed ...
McDowell: Disappointed If He Did Not End His Career Being A Ryder Cup Captain
… Muscat, Oman
Graeme McDowell admits he would be ‘disappointed’ should he never captain a European Ryder Cup team.
McDowell is a veteran of four European Ryder Cup teams including 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014.
He played in 15 matches earning nine points and will be always remembered being out in the last match an holing the winning putt over American Hunter Mahan to deliver Europe victory in 2010 at Celtic Manor in Wales.
Rewind also to late 2019 when Adare Manor was announced as venue for ...
Asian Tour Commissioner Questions Lack Of Professional Courtesy From DP Tour World Teeing-Up In Singapore & Thailand.
…. Saudi Arabia
You would feel that if you’re planning to play in someone’s front yard, it be common courtesy beforehand to advise the owner.
So, why is the DP World Tour going ahead in arranging back-to-back tournaments, firstly this week’s inaugural Singapore Classic and also next week’s first hosting of the Thailand Classic, without a word of professional courtesy to the Asian Tour?
The Asian Tour is headquartered in Singapore and they’ve long enjoyed hosting co-sanctioned ...
