McIlroy Now Beginning To Believe He Can Win A November Masters.
Rory McIlroy’s had eleven attempts in striving to win the Masters in the month of April and is now backing himself to break his Augusta National ‘drought’ in noNovember.
Six-time Masters winning Jack Nicklaus reckons McIlroy could bloom in the winter-like conditions later this year and now so does the current World No. 1 who’s had five top-10s at Augusta.
McIlroy’s also won nine of his 10 of his 27 career victories in the last four months of the year and went so close ...
Doug Sanders – Golf Not Only Loses Much Colour But A True Gentleman
Doug Sanders was a regular passenger of the once-a-year flight from Houston to Augusta, Georgia.
Organisers of the Shell Houston Open, and when it was staged the week prior to the Masters, would arrange a United Airlines charter flight direct from closeby Houston Bush Airport on the Sunday night following the conclusion of the event and then head straight to Augusta, GA.
The flight was normally for players, caddies, officials, media and anyone happy enough to pay a reduced fare, and one of those ...
Jack’s Memorial Looking To Replace Open Championship On Schedule.
The decision by the R & A to cancel this year’s hosting of the 149th Open Championship could be the gain of the Jack Nicklaus hosted Memorial.
The Memorial is due to be staged from June 4th to 7th but with continuing fears over COVID-19 Memorial event organisers have already been in contact with the PGA Tour with a view to postponing the event.
And with the week of The Open, namely July 16th to 19th, now free the Memorial is seeking to fill that now vacant week given the PGA Tour website ...
Jones & Pike Get Assurance Of Place In Rescheduled 2021 Open Championship
Double Australian Open winner Matt Jones and joint third-placed Aaron Pike can breath a small sigh of relief knowing their places in the rescheduled 2021 Open Championship are assured.
The PGA sent a memo to all Tour members, including Jones, stating all players who had secured a spot in the field for the Open Championship as of April 6, 2020, will remain eligible for the rescheduled 2021 tournament at Royal St. George’s.
Strangely, the R & A had not indicated this in their recent statement ...
PGA Tour Advises To Prepare For Possible May 21st Charles Schwab Challenge Restart
The PGA Tour has advised as members it is considering a return to competition on May 21st at the Charles Schwab Challenge at Fort Worth, Texas.
In a leaked memo on Thursday to all players, the Tour said it has been looking at options ‘preserve the maximum number of events we can while giving us more time as the crisis evolves’ and that it has not ruled out a restart from the Coronavirus in Texas.
And one of those options included the possibility of playing tournaments without galleries
The ...
MacIntyre’s Place Confirmed By PGA Tour For 2021 Rescheduled Open Championship
Robert MacIntyre’s place in the rescheduled 2021 Open Championship has been confirmed in bizarren manner via a leaked PGA Tour memo.
The R & A had not indicated in their recent statement to cancel the staging of the 2020 Open if those, like MacIntyre who was exempt for Royal St. George’s, would remain also exempt for the hosting of golf’s oldest major on the Kent course in 2021.
However, the PGA Tour memo stated ‘all players who had secured a spot in the field for the Open ...
Lyle’s Unique Augusta & Royal St. George’s Distinction On Hold For A Year
Sandy Lyle holds a very unique double Major Championship victory distinction in this Coronavirus-stricken season.
Lyle is the only golfer to have won both the Masters and a Royal St. George’s Open Championship, and two of the four major venues in place at the start of 2020.
Of course, the 2020 Open Championship and due to be staged in July has been put back a year while the Masters has been rescheduled and bizarrely for the second week of November, and just two weeks before the official commencement ...
