MacIntyre Ready To Challenge Predicted 30mph Kiawah Winds
Top-ranked Scot Robert MacIntyre’s determined to challenge the expected 30mph winds predicted could wreak havoc over the final round of the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island.
MacIntyre had superbly made it five halfway cuts from five majors in finding his way into the weekend rounds and was rock solid for 17 holes before the bitter disappointment of a bogey at the last in a third round of a level par 72.
The effort dropped the top-ranked Scot back to four-over to head to the clubhouse just outside ...
Lowry Brilliantly Saves Par From Altantic Ocean Shoreline.
Shane Lowry pulled-off the par saves of all par saves from the Kiawah Island beachfront on day two of the 103rd PGA Championship,
Lowry’s brilliant par near mid-round, and coming after he’d dropped a shot the hole before, helped the Clara golfer posting a one-under par 70 and get back to level par in the increasingly windy conditions in South Carolina.
The reigning Open Champion ended his round just outside the top-20 and tied in the clubhouse with fellow Irishman Padraig Harrington.
Lowry’s ...
‘Bullish’ Harrington Muscles His Way Into Kiawah Weekend Rounds
A ‘bullish’ Padraig Harrington needed all his experience of now 21 PGA Championships to fight his way into the weekend rounds at Kiawah Island.
Harrington ended a run of three missed cuts in the championship he won in 2008 with rounds of 71 and 73 for a 36-hole level par tally on a continuing testing windswept Kiawah Island course.
The Dubliner grabbed three birdies but posted four bogeys to finish just inside the top-30 and trailing five shots behind early clubhouse leader, Phil Mickelson.
Mickelson, ...
McIlroy Sours His Triumphant Return To Kiawah Island
Near on a decade ago after a then fresh-faced, curly-haired Rory McIlroy strode triumphantly down the final hole to win his second major and Kiawah Island regained some revenge with McIlroy posting an error-filled three-over par 75 on the 103rd hosting of the PGA Championship.
It’s not the first time he’s shot 75 at Kiawah as he posted that same score on day two in 2012 but that was in ‘would blow a dog of a chain’ conditions on the severely windswept Atlantic Ocean course. It was also ...
Laird Sends Scottish Flag High With Four Late Birdies In Succession At Windswept Kiawah
Martin Laird sent the Scottish flag to the top of the board with four brilliant late opening round birdies in succession in a gutsy two-under par 70 on day one of the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island.
Laird, 38, grabbed seven birdies in total, including four on the trot from the 13th hole, before a pair of closing bogeys in increasingly windy conditions alongside the Atlantic Ocean in South Carolina.
The effort, and in Laird’s first PGA Championship in four years, handed the now Denver-based ...
MacIntyre Heading Back To Bed After ‘Disappointing’ Kiawah Opener
Scotland’s top-ranked Robert MacIntyre was returning to his rented apartment and back to bed following a 4.45am wake-up call and then walking off his final green some nine hours later with a disappointing three-over par 75 on the opening day of the PGA Championship.
The effort, and in only MacIntyre’s second PGA Championship, saw him finish in a then clubhouse share of 68th place
MacIntyre was one-under after brilliant holing 18-foot birdie at the 13th , and the fourth hole of his round, ...
Laird Eager To Make A Better Impression Nine Years On At Kiawah Island
Martin Laird is eager to make a better impression in returning to Kiawah Island where nine-years ago he recorded a best finish in the PGA Championship.
Laird, 38, finished just inside the top-50 in the 2012 championship but since then he has contested just three of the eight ensuing PGA Championships.
Though the good news for the Denver-based Scot is he’s coming off a best result on the four majors with his T38th effort at Augusta National.
He said: “It’s always nice to play in a major but ...
