Lowry All Smiles In Shooting Safeway Four-Under Opener
Shane Lowry was heading straight to the practice range despite the delight in posting a four-under 68 on the opening day of the Safeway Open at Napa in California.
Lowry, and competing in the $US 6m event for the first time in his career, was level par through 11 holes and then played his closing seven holes in four-under on the Silverado resort course.
Scotland’s Russell Knox and, like Lowry, a former Irish Open winner grabbed an eagle and seven birdies in a nine-under par 63 to take the early ...
Johnston Goes With Two Of Joining European Tour’s ‘Sub-60 Club’ In Portugal
Scotland’s Liam Johnston went within just shots of becoming only the second player in a near 50-year history of the European Tour shoot a sub-60 round on day one of the Portugal Masters.
Johnston, 27 snatched 10 birdies to fall short to match the historic 59 Oliver Fisher shot on the same Victoria course two years ago.
The young Scot, and who won twice in 2018 on the secondary Challenge Tour, needed to eagle the last to match Fisher’s record low but had to be satisfied with a par while a birdie ...
Lowry .. ‘I’ve Known All Along Rory’s Wife Was Expecting’
“I’ve known all along!”
That was Shane Lowry revealing he’s been aware of the best kept secret in golf for many months and that being Rory McIlroy was to become a father.
Lowry was asked ahead of a maiden appearance later tonight (US time) in the Safeway Open if he knew the McIlroy’s were expecting their first child.
And being among McIlroy’s closest friends, and also a fellow Irishman, it came as no surprise when Lowry confirmed he had been aware of the news but what baffled the Clara ...
Laird Returns To PGA Tour After Nightmare Injury & Lockdown Lay-Off
Martin Laird returns to PGA Tour competition later today (THUR – US time) after a nightmare six-month injury and COVID-19 lay-off.
Laird’s last appearance on the Tour was last March in contesting the opening round of Players Championship only for the Tour to cancel their showcase event later that night.
The 37-year old triple Tour-winning Laird returned home to then pack-up his young family and move to a new dwelling in Denver, Colorado.
The Scot kept himself busy but then a week prior to ...
Lowry Making Safeway Debut But Not Treating Event As 2020/21 PGA Season Opener
In a normal season Shane Lowry would be at home with his young family considering teeing-up in European Tour events in Portugal, Italy and then later in the year in Scotland, South Africa and end his year in Dubai.
This though has not been a normal year given the worldwide Coronavirus pandemic that continues to bring death and despair around the globe.
When Lowry would have made three or four return trips already this year across ‘The Pond’ he’s remained Stateside since mid-February.
Some ...
MacIntyre Could Not Have Asked For Better U.S. Open Warm-Up Than A ‘Brutal’ Valderrama
Scottish No. 1 Robert MacIntyre reckons he could not have asked for a better warm-up ahead of next week’s maiden U.S. Open than the ‘brutal’ test he faced at last week’s Andalucia Masters.
MacIntyre arrived back in Oban yesterday (MON) morning after posting a final round one-under par 70 and finishing just inside the top-25 on the tight unforgiving Valderrama course in Spain.
It was his best finish by some 25 places in the four events MacIntyre has contested since the lifting of the lockdown.
MacIntyre ...
Tired-Looking McIlroy Running On The Smell Of An East Lake Oily Rag.
After the thrill and the excitement of a day earlier, Rory McIlroy seemed to be running on the smell of an oily rag on day two of the Tour Championship in Atlanta.
McIlroy had lit-up the East Lake course with Friday’s round of 64 that matched his best scores in 25 rounds of the PGA Tour’s season-ending event.
Saturday’s second day seemed as flat as the continuing ‘no spectator’ policy as McIlroy went through the motions in posting a no frills one-over par 71,
Included in McIlroy’s round ...
