Clarke & Olazabal United In Declaring Golf’s Warring Factions Need To Talk
Dual European Ryder Cup captains Darren Clarke and Jose Maria Olazabal are united in declaring golf’s warring factions need to start talking to each other.
Clarke posted a second day 67 Senior Open to move to eight-under and two shots clear of the field while Olazabal struggled in missing the cut on the Centenary Course at Gleneagles.
This week’s event, like so many other tournaments in recent months, has again been dominated by the game’s best airing their views on the subject continuing ...
Why My Second & Third Irish Open’s At Mt. Juliet Were More Memorable Than The First.
My attendance at the second and third hosting of Irish Open as a member of the golfing media was clearly more memorable than my first.
I first attended the Irish Open in 1993 when it was staged at Mt. Juliet for the very first time. It was also the last to be sponsored by Carrolls.
Nick Faldo make it three Irish Open win’s in a row having won back-to-back in 1991 and ’92 at Killarney, and therein lies his ‘void of emotion’ win being part the reason in not treasuring the ...
Aussie Rules With Connor McKinney Capturing St. Andrews Links Trophy.
Aussie Rules with Connor McKinney has added the prestigious St. Andrews Links Trophy to his Australian Amateur trophy with a two-shot victory on the famed Old Course that in a month’s time will host the 150th Open Championship.
The 19-year-old McKinney, who was born in Scotland but moved with his family to Perth in Western Australia since he was 12-years of ago, is the second Australian to win the coveted tournament, and now joining Victoria’s Stuart Bouvier who captured the second hosting ...
Ferguson ‘Constantly Battered’ As He Strives For Double Dutch Delight
Scot Ewen Ferguson admits he’s felt being ‘constantly battered’ as he continues to eye a Dutch Open double delight heading to the weekend rounds of the championship in Cromvoirt.
The reigning Qatar Masters champ heads to day three sharing 19th place but only six-shots shy of the lead in the 102nd edition of the premier Dutch event on the host Bernardus course for a second year running.
Portugal’s Ricardo Gouveia double-bogeyed the 11th but then eagled the 12th in a round of 66 to head the ...
Lowry: “Bernie, You’re Breaking Up There! We Can’t Hear You”.
Shane Lowry has always been one of more affable top-ranked golfers to work with. He’s approachable, he’s honest, he gives you a good line, he wears his heart on his shirt sleeve and he’ll tell you sometimes when to ‘go take a long walk on a short pier’ if he’s not happy with you for something you may have written.
I guess that’s how it should be at what we call the cutting edge of golf reporting.
Take Lowry’s pre-PGA Championship presser early Wednesday ...
Now We’re All ‘Less Than 24 Hours From Tulsa’.
I can remember the occasion clearly, and it took place 21-years-ago at Southern Hills GC and then venue for the 2001 US Open.
We were in the media centre, escaping the sweltering June temperatures and just standing around chatting amongst ourselves when the conversation turned to the ’60s hit song made famous by Gene Pitney.
It just seems, and even this week, you mention Tulsa and someone mentions Pitney’s hit tune – 24 Hours from Tulsa. It was a song that launched Pitney’s ...
Santos Sizzles Day Two Soudal Open, Exactly A Decade In Winning On Tour
It is a decade today – May 13th, 2012 – since the very affable Portuguese golfer Ricardo Santos brilliantly won on home soil in capturing the Madiera Islands Open.
Santos was in sizzling form posting a closing round 63 to win by four shots on the course located very high-up, and dramatically overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
It was the then 29-year-old’s maiden and still first DP World Tour victory. There were emotional scenes with his wife, Rita and then very young three-year-old ...
