US Open Preparations Bunkered By Winged Foot Closure
First it was the Masters being postponed and then the PGA Champioship indicated also it would be postponed.
We had the R & A indicating it would be going ‘ahead as planned’ with the hosting of golf’s oldest Open at Royal St. George’s.
Now it’s the turn of the US Open and with the USGA being unable to go ahead with massive set-up arrangements at Winged Foot due to an executive order by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
The ‘order’ has resulted in the indefinite ...
Never In Peactime Has Scotland’s Over 550 Golf Clubs Been Asked To Shut Down.
Never before in peacetime have the more than 550 golf courses in Scotland been ask to shut down
Golf clubs looked as though they may escape the full Coronavirus ‘social gathering’ guidelines and continue playing golf but despite taking unprecedented measures and also many others presentating petitions to exempt golf, Downing Street and Holyrood ruled the ancient club-and-ball game to be out-of-bounds in staying open.
All four UK and Ireland golfing bodies issued statements to clubs under their ...
Home Of Golf Nation Issues The Ancient Game’s Toughest-Ever Notice.
It is a notice you thought you never read but then the Home of Golf nation – Scotland – is now no different to the rest of the world struggling with the Coronavirus pandemic.
While it’s not yet a law, Scottish Golf has released its latest measures (outlined below) to contain the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19), following the UK Government’s late Monday night that everyone must now stay at home except in exceptional circumstances.
“The new measures announced state that ...
Harmon Backing McIlroy To Capture Masters … When & If Augusta Reschedule For Later This Year.
Renowned coach and now respected analyst Butch Harmon believes Rory McIlroy will win the Masters whenever the Augusta National organisers decide to reschedule the postponed major.
The Masters was set to tee off on April 9th but the Coronavirus pandemic has pushed it back to much later in the year and with the 8th to 11th October being singled out by many observers for the hosting of the 2020 Masters.
McIlroy was due to contest the back-to-back WGC – Dell Match-Play Championship and next week’s ...
The Cactus Tour Dealing With A Prickly Situation.
All major tours around the globe may be lock-down mode but there’s is a handful of mini-tour’s still operating despite the global Coronavirus pandemic.
The Cactus Tour is a western USA tour founded in 2005 for women professionals with the charter “to present a competitive environment, as well as an affordable one, for women golf professionals to use in developing or re-developing their game in preparation for competing on the Symetra and LPGA tours.
Elite amateur women players are ...
Legendary Coach Pete Cowen Dealing With Coronavirus Challenge
When it comes coaching those who play the ancient club-and-ball game there’s none bigger and no-one more affable than Pete Cowen.
Cowen has coached nine Major Champions including the likes of Rory McIlroy, Graeme McDowell, Brooks Koepka, Louis Oosthuizen, Danny Willett, Darren Clarke, Sergio Garcia, Henrik Stenson and Gary Woodland along with fine-tuning the game of so many others to have accumulated more than 250 victories on the major tour’s of the world.
Cowen is to be found on the ...
Sugrue’s Meeting With Five-Times Masters Winning Woods Remains On Hold.
It is an envelope that every golfer dreams of receiving.
Imagine then the excitement for James Sugrue when a letter arrived a week prior to Christmas last year that was post-marked ‘Augusta, GA’?
Whether you’re Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, Adam Scott or a young amateur from Co. Cork a formal invitation to attend The Masters remains unique in a world too consumed with the digital age.
Sugrue, as the reigning Amateur champion, wasted little time getting onto Twitter to show the ...
