Lowry Suggests New Ryder Cup Qualifying Points System For Stateside-Based Europeans.
Shane Lowry has suggested a new Ryder Cup qualifying process way forward as the European Tour looks to merge closer with the mighty PGA Tour.
A landmark agreement was signed last November that will see golf’s two major Tours work together on strategic commercial opportunities including collaborating on global media rights in certain territories.
Also, both Tours will also work in partnership on a number of other areas including global scheduling, prize funds and playing opportunities for the respective ...
McGinley Sad Turnberry Missing Out Post Washington Troubles.
Gleneagles winning Ryder Cup captain, Paul McGinley is saddened Turnberry will not feature in the foreseeable future as an Open Championship.
McGinley, of course, is not surprised that following the events in the U.S. capital last week that golfing bodies such as the R & A and PGA of America have been quick to distance themselves from US President Donald Trump.
But to lose Turnberry, and the Irishman’s favourite host venue on the Open Championship rota, is a disappointment to the recently-turned ...
Power Grabs Sony Open Start As Vegas Withdraws With Covid-19
Jhonattan Vegas’ misfortune is now Seamus Power benefit after Vegas was forced out of this week’s Sony Open after testing positive to Covid-19.
The Venezuelan-born Texan Vegas joins a worrying increasing number of PGA Tour players to have tested positive to the deadly virus since the PGA Tour returned from the lockdown on 11th June last year.
It means the 36-year-old Vegas now self-quarantining for the next fortnight and not only missing out on teeing-up next week in Hawaii, and where he was ...
Cameron Smith Vows To Stay With The ‘Mullet’ & It’s Not A Fish.
Defending Sony Hawaiian Open champ, Cameron Smith has vowed to stick with the ‘Mullet’.
What’s the Mullet I hear you say?
No, it’s not a fish but a ’80s style of haircut and definitely not your basic ‘short-back-and-sides’ cut. Of all the lockdown fashion cliches, few could have predicted the mullet. The hairstyle, known for its ‘business-on-top’ and ‘party-at-the-back’ shape is emblematic of all things 1980.
The ‘mullet’ ...
Augusta Agrees To ‘Limited’ Patron Attendance For 2021 Masters
Fred Ridley, Chairman of Augusta National Golf Club, announced today that the Club intends to limit attendance at the 85th Masters Tournament, scheduled for April 5-11, 2021.
The Tournament will be conducted with similar health and safety standards to those previously instituted in November 2020. With these protocols in place, efforts are being made to include a limited number of patrons, provided it can be done safely.
“Following the successful conduct of the Masters Tournament last November ...
More Bizarre For MacIntyre & Now Up To World No. 52 Still Without Playing A Shot.
It just gets more bizarre for top-ranked Scot Robert MacIntyre who is now up to World No. 52 on the rankings.
MacIntyre has moved up one place with the release tomorrow morning (MON) of ‘Week 2’ of the 2021 rankings and again with the Scot not hitting a shot.
In fact, the Oban lefty has jumped four places since his final event in 2021 and that was a month ago at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai without having a club in his hand.
MacIntyre is still 11 days away from making his ...
Westwood Wastes Little Time Returning To Middle East
Lee Westwood has wasted little time returning to the UAE and just three weeks after being crowned European Tour No. 1 for a third time in his career.
Westwood jetted out of Scotland on Tuesday bound for Dubai ahead of his January 21st starting defence of his Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship in neighbouring Abu Dhabi.
And as Westwood drove Tuesday from the Close House golf resort near Newcastle to Glasgow Airport to connect with his flight to Dubai, he picked-up another honour.
Westwood was contacted ...
