Power Hoping His Emerald Green Shoe Laces Will See Him Strut To Butterfield Bermuda Success

Ireland’s affable Seamus Power, sporting what he hopes will be lucky Emerald Isle green coloured shoelaces, was not deterred by the wet and miserable conditions to remain very much in contention heading to the weekend rounds of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. Power added a second straight six-under 66 and escaped the rain by heading to the comfort of the Port Royal clubhouse then sharing fourth place at 12-under-par and only two shots from the lead as the afternoon half of the draw headed ...

Gutsy Drysdale Muscles His Way Into Portugal Masters Weekend Rounds

No-one can question David Drysdale’s determination, superbly fighting his way into the closing two rounds of the Portugal Masters despite the threat of losing his Tour card hanging heavy over the Scot. Drysdale, and out in the penultimate group on day two, bravely added a three-under 68 to be the leading Scot and just outside the top-20 at eight-under on the host Dom Pedro Victoria course at Vilamoura. It leaves the 47-year-old trailing just five shots off the 13-under lead shared by Malaysian ...

Law Soaring After Impressive Portugal Masters Opener.

A penultimate hole eagle has David Law soaring not only into a first season-ending event next month in Dubai but also a hopeful of a second Tour victory at the Portugal Masters. Scottish-born Law holed a super 15-foot putt for a ‘3’ at the par-5 17th hole for an impressive bogey-free six-under 65 on the rain-softened Dom Pedro Victoria course at Vilamoura on the Algarve. England’s Jordan Smith, who eagled his 14th hole and also grabbed seven birdies in an even more impressive 62, heads ...

Power Finds Himself In A Unique Tour First Teeing-Up In Bermuda

Seamus Power finds himself in a most unique situation heading into this week’s PGA Tour Butterfield Bermuda Championship. It is a first occurrence in his 138 Tour events, dating back to his ​Tour ​debut nearly six-years ago, that Power​ finds himself being the only player ranked inside the world’s top-50​​. This time a week ago, Rory McIlroy commanded much of the attention in his quest to get back to World No. 1 and a feat he attained, now a week on and the current World No. 48 ranked ...

Going To Bed With No Dinner Whets McIlroy’s Appetite To Get Back To World No. 1

For new World No. 1 Rory McIlroy, it was going to bed last April without any dinner in a Texas hotel that helped whet his appetite to get back to being the game’s best. McIlroy may have bogeyed his closing two holes in successfully defending the CJ Cup but his win, helped by the reigning World No. 1 American Scottie Scheffler ending well down the field, was good enough for McIlroy to return to the top of the world rankings. It’s the ninth occasion since March 4th, 2012 McIlroy has topped ...

Golfer Initiates Court Action After Being Denied New Vehicle For Ace

Most golfers will be aware that if there’s a spanking new vehicle parked on the tee at a par-3 at any golf course then it’s usually the prize for a hole-in-one. On this theme we have witnessed professional golfers being handed the keys to a brand-new motor for acing the hole where the vehicle is the clearly promoted as the prize. However, there was the scenario at Wentworth two years ago when David Howell aced the par-3 14th during the second round of the BMW PGA Championship and expecting to ...

Min Woo Lee Continues His Spanish Golfing Good Form Tied For Valderrama Lead.

Four days after being very much in contention at the Spanish Open, Aussie Min Woo Lee has grabbed a share of the lead in the Estrella Damm N.A​ ​ Andalucia Masters also in Spain. Lee, 24, is among f​ive players including England’s David Horsey, Dane Soren Kjeldsen plus Thailand’s Jazz Janewattananond ​and Spaniard Pep Angles who share the lead in the Euro 3m field ​with five-under​ 66s on the famed but tight and cork-tree lined Valderrama course on the sun-splashed Spanish ...