Monty Welcomes Confirmation Of A Return To Castle Stuart For 2012 Scottish Open.
Colin Montgomerie has welcomed news the 2012 Scottish Open will be return to Castle Stuart near Inverness.
The shock withdrawal some months ago of major sponsor, Barclays threw some doubt into the future of Scotland’s premier golf event including a threat of losing its traditional date in the week before The Open and also a reduction in prize money.
However Keith Waters, Chief Operating Officer with the European Tour, indicated the 2012 Scottish Open will return to the stunning Gil Hanse designed ...
Mickelson Looks Forward To Joining Woods In Historic Melbourne Reunion.
Phil Mickelson returns to Royal Melbourne this week joining Tiger Woods as the only two Americans to have competed in the 1998 Presidents Cup and the last time it was held in Australia.
The 1998 Presidents Cup remains also the only occasion the International Team has captured the biannual competition.
Mickelson earned just one point from his four matches around Royal Melbourne.
The American made his Presidents Cup debut in the inaugural event in 1994 and a year before making his first appearance ...
UBS Hong Kong Open Officials Considering Withdrawing John Daly’s Invitation.
It is believed organisers of next month’s UBS Hong Kong Open are considering whether to withdraw the invitation afforded double Major winning, John Daly.
Daly was again the subject of controversy when he sensationally walked off midway through the opening round of the Emirates Australian Open in Sydney.
Australasian PGA Tour officials took exception to Daly’s ‘reckless’ actions by immediately withdrawing an invitation for Daly to compete in next fortnight’s Australian PGA Championship ...
Tiger Woods World Ranking Slump Having A Knock-On Effect Says Phil Mickelson.
It seems Tiger Woods slump down the World Rankings has had a knock-on effect among those long seen as a rival to the former long time World No. 1.
Woods is competing in this week’s Emirates Australian Open now ranked 58th.
The last time Woods was ranked anywhere near that placing was in the first week of October 1996 when he burst from 517th in the world to 75th in capturing the Las Vegas Invitational, in just three events and a month after turning pro.
Woods then went to 61st in the world a week ...
Paul Casey Confesses Divorce Has Hit Him Hard.
Paul Casey has confirmed what was widely expected and that is he and his American-born wife, Jocelyn have divorced.
He and Jocelyn Hefner, who is a distant cousin to Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, were married in December 2008 and set-up residence in Scottsdale, Arizona.
The England golfer, who has won 12 times around the globe including this year’s inaugural Volvo Champions event in Bahrain, indicated to www.globalgolfpost.com the slump in his marriage coincided with a downturn in his ...
Thomas Bjorn Lucky Not To Be Disqualified From Barclays Singapore Open.
Thomas Bjorn was lucky not to suffer the ultimate penalty of disqualification during the second round of the Barclays Singapore Open.
Bjorn had putted out for a par at the final hole in what the Dane thought was a 68 for a five under par tally.
However before leaving the 18th green of the Tanjong course he was met by Swedish-born referee, Thomas Waldenstedt.
Waldenstedt indicated to Bjorn he has been in serious breach of ‘Local Rules’ after an incident on the right hand side of the 18th when ...
Airlines Continue Treating Golfers As Out-Of-Bounds.
I promised myself on Wednesday afternoon I would never fly with Qantas Airlines ever again!
This is after the airline slugged me $245 in checking-in my golf clubs for a flight from Sydney to Singapore to cover this week’s Barclays Singapore Open.
I had brought the clubs out from Scotland and travelled from Edinburgh on a British Airways/Qantas codeshare flight.
However at check-in at Edinburgh Airport the BA representative indicated I would have to play £30 for the clubs to be transported ...
