Richard Bland: Could It Be Like The No.272 Bus? You Wait 478 Events For A First Tour Win & Two Come At Once
We’re being reminded after just one round of the Made in Himmerland of that ole saying about the No. 272 bus.
Ricard Bland waited 478 European Tour events for a first victory at last fortnight’s BetFredBritish Masters and now after the opening round of the Made in Himmerland the affable Englishman is in five-way share of the lead.
Of course, it’s only the first day but Bland is tied at the top with Austrian and defending champion Bernd Wiesberger, Spain’s Pablo Larrazabal, Finland’s ...
Morikawa Pays Huge Compliment To MacIntyre & Former Walker Cup Rival But Now Good Friend.
Major champ Collin Morikawa will be no doubt expecting event organisers to group him with former Walker Cup rival and now good friend, Robert MacIntyre for the opening two rounds of next month’s AIS Scottish Open.
Morikawa will be making a first visit to the UK in teeing-up at the July 8th commencing event at The Renaissance Club in East Lothian.
The pair of 24-year-olds were rivals at the 2017 Walker Cup in Los Angeles and with Morikawa the first on either the US or GB & I sides to win a ...
Morikawa Not Only Seeing Scottish Open As Good Open C’ship Warm-Up But Out To Win At The Renaissance Club.
Major champ Collin Morikawa is not only seeing July’s AIS Scottish Open as a good warm-up for also a maiden Open Championship appearance but he’s out to win at The Renaissance Club to the east of Edinburgh.
Morikawa will be making a first visit to the UK in teeing-up at the July 8th commencing event at The Renaissance Club in East Lothian.
Surprisingly, it will be Morikawa’s first visit to the UK and as such also his maiden Open Championship a week later at Royal St. George’s.
“Playing ...
Mickelson Speaks In Glowing Terms Of Bland & His British Masters Triumph
Newly-crowned PGA Championship winner Phil Mickelson has lavished praised on England’s Richard Bland following his own historic triumph a week earlier at The Belfry.
Bland, 47, ending a 478 winless drought with his emotional success on the famed Ryder Cup host venue.
The affable Bland returns to competition at this week’s Made in Himmerland (and formerly the Made In Denmark) still very much on a high following his play-off triumph 10 days earlier.
And in speaking of his first win on the ...
Bland Still Overwhelmed By Out-Pouring But Now Looking To Meet Mickelson At Torrey Pines
In a six-week span we’ve had four of the best golfing stories for years.
First was Hideki Matsuyama’s history-making Masters triumph and followed a week later by then 47-year-old Stewart Cink, and with son Raegan on the bag, capturing the RBC Heritage by an amazing four shots.
A fortnight ago, there were the highly-emotional scenes of England’s 48-year-old Richard Bland’s BetFred British Masters triumph and then eight days later a near 51-year-old Phil Mickelson won a ninth ...
MacIntyre ‘Fearful’ Of Spectators In The States Getting Too Close.
Top-ranked Scot Robert MacIntyre has admitted to being ‘fearful’ of spectators getting too close while competing Stateside.
MacIntyre, and speaking ahead of this week’s European Tour Made in Himmerland (Denmark), highlighted examples during last week’s PGA Championship when he may have been off-line with a shot but was then very concerned with the crowd gathering too close ahead of playing executing a next on the Ocean Course.
The current World No. 46 was contesting a second ...
McDowell’s US Open Qualifying Chances Dashed By Two Dallas Rain Delays.
Former champ Graeme McDowell has seen two rain delays over two days of what was supposed to be a one-day 36-hole qualifier in Dallas ruin his chances of qualifying for next month’s US Open
McDowell’s 10-year exemption in lifting the gleaming US Open trophy on Father’s Day in 2011 along the shoreline at Pebble Beach ended last year at Bethpage Park on New York’s Long Island.
It meant unless he was exempt via other means, which he was not, teeing-up in a number of qualifiers and with McDowell ...
