Thirty-Seven Years On & Javier Ballesteros Brilliantly Copies His Father On The Old Course’s 18th
Thirty-seven years on and Javier Ballesteros brilliantly repeated his father Seve’s effort with a birdie at the final hole of the Old Course at St. Andrews.
Javier, 31, had not been born when his father drained a 15-foot left-to-right birdie putt to win the 1984 Open Championship at the Home of Golf and Seve’s fourth of five major victories in his career.
And Javier, in his first competitive round at the Home of Golf, duplicated his much-missed late father’s effort landing a wedge shot to just ...
Top-Ranked Scot MacIntyre Not About To Hang-Up His Shinty Stick
Oban Celtic’s Bob MacIntyre tees-up in this week’s 20th Alfred Dunhill Links Championship sporting a bunch of bruises from his side’s 8-nil thumping last Saturday of Aberdour.
As the best golfers in Europe were struggling last Saturday along the shores of Lake Michigan, MacIntyre was loving being in the deep end of the Mowi Senior C League at Silversands.
And while Rory McIlroy missed-out in contesting the 2015 Open at St. Andrews after injuring his leg in a friendly football match, MacIntrye ...
Horschel Speaks Of He & McIlroy Returning To Their Pre-Pro ‘Rambunctious’ Ways
Visiting American Billy Horschel, and while delighted for his victorious Ryder Cup team-mates, revealed a recent conversation with Rory McIlroy when the duo agreed it would be good to rewind the clock to their pre-professional ‘rambunctious’ ways,
The conversation Horschel spoke of with McIlroy was during the recent PGA Tour’s BMW Championship as they discussed how they carried themselves in being on opposing teams at the 2007 Walker Cup at Royal County Down compared to the events that now ...
Lowry Slams ‘Dog’s Abuse’ Levelled At His Family By Beer-Fuelled U.S. Ryder Cup Fans.
Shane Lowry has expressed his disgust at what he described as the ‘dog’s’ abuse directed by beer-fuelled U.S. fans at his wife and father at last week’s Ryder Cup.
The proud Irishman is highly-critical of a minority of fans in singling out his wife, Wendy and father, Brendan as they walked the Whistling Straits course supporting Lowry.
Lowry, and making his rookie European Team debut, revealed he had warned both to expect comments and not to antagonise anyone by answering back ...
Willett ‘Felt’ For Harrington As He Sat Uncomfortably Through Ryder Cup TV Coverage
Danny Willett admitted he ‘felt’ for Padraig Harrington as the Masters champion ‘uncomfortably’ sat through TV coverage of last week’s Ryder Cup.
Willett knows only too well the hurt of being on a losing European Ryder Cup side in being a member of the 2016 team that also lost on American soil three years ago at Hazeltine.
As well, Willett played in three of five matches under Darren Clarke’s leadership and was on the receiving end of three losses.
“I would have to think Padraig is ...
Europe Not About To Hit Panic Button Insists Howell (Ryder Cup Captain Selection Committee)
Ryder Cup captaincy selection committee member David Howell insists Europe will not be reaching for any panic button in the wake of a dominating American Ryder Cup team victory.
Howell, who is also chair of the Players Advisory Committee, was on the committee that in January 2019 voted Padraig Harrington to lead Europe and will also be involved in the process later this year to choose a successor.
‘Howeller’, as he is more affectionately known, was present at Whistling Straits and joined the ...
Drysdale Ignites ‘Hot Start’ Day Two At Scottish Links-Like Dutch Open Host Venue
Scotland’s David Drysdale ignited a ‘hot start’ in warming to the Scottish links-like host course to be just one off the course record on day two of the 102nd Dutch Open at Bernardus.
Drysdale was soaring with an eagle and six birdies in a sizzling seven-under par 65 and just five adrift of Sweden’s Kris Broberg who snatched nine birdies in and course course record of an eight-under 64 to lead by a shot on 12-under par.
Belgium’s Thomas Detry and Dane Marcus Helligkilde, and ...
