McIlroy Reveals How Koepka Sought His Advice Before Also Bluntly Saying ‘No’ To PGL.
Rory McIlroy is becoming an advisor to the stars.
After winning the respect of the PGA Tour Commissioner and also the praise of his fellow colleagues over his Premier Golf League (PGl) stance we are now learning there’s more to the relationship between he and fellow four-time Major winning Brooks Koepka.
So much so, it’s come to light Koepka sought the advice of McIlroy before the American joined the current World No. 1 in also bluntly refusing any offer to join the PGL.
It was McIlroy ...
Harrington Remains Optimistic For A September Ryder Cup & A Fortnight Before The Masters?
Imagine the 2020 Ryder Cup taking place a fortnight prior to the postponed Masters?
This question is now being raised as European Ryder Cup Captain Padraig Harrington is staying optimistic in diffusing talk of the 2020 Whistling Straits showdown being put back a year.
Harrington’s comments come after both the European Tour and the PGA of America put out a tweet saying: “Reports that the 2020 @RyderCup is expected to be postponed are inaccurate.”
However, with the Ryder Cup scheduled ...
Harrington Joins World’s Top Stars Striving To Stay Motivated
European Ryder Cup captain, Padraig Harrington revealed he’s in his Dublin backyard ‘struggling to get motivated’ in working on his chipping.
In sun-splashed Florida, Justin Thomas shot a Bear’s Club 65 and ‘got smoked’ by Rickie Fowler while up in North Carolina Chesson Hadley took his two young children to the beach.
On the elite Lake Nona estate in suburban Orlando you’ll find Ian Poulter in a room of his palatial abode behind the wheel of an ultra-impressive wall-to-wall ...
Augusta Businesses In Disbelief Masters Postponed & Possibly Facing Cancellation
For the serious golf fan, a first trip to Augusta National to watch the Masters is one of those ‘I’ve died and gone to heaven’ experiences.
There is nothing quite like the emotion at the first sight of the stately Augusta National clubhouse and admiring the immaculately maintained ‘Map of America’ garden with the flagstick positioned where you’ve always known it to be.
As you make your way onto the course, you’re immediately struck by elevation changes such as standing beside the 10th ...
World’s Top-3 McIlroy, Rahm & Koepka Deliver Collective ‘No’ To PGL
The news just gets worse for Premier Golf League.
First it was Rory McIlroy thumbing his nose in joining the controversial breakway Premier Golf League and then he was joined by fellow four-time Major winner Brooks Koepka who spoke passionately what it’s meant to his career to have come off the secondary European Challenge Tour and work his way to his current World No. 3 stature.
Now the duo have been joined by World No. 2 Joh Rahm and with the Spaniard also snubbing the Premier Golf League.
“I ...
Could Continuing Coronavirus Concerns See 2020 Ryder Cup Revert Back To Odd Numbered Years?
While the world fights the deadly Coronavirus the golf world will never forget the reasons why the Ryder Cup has for nearly two decades been held on an ‘even-numbered’ year.
Not only is the immediate integrity of the FedEx Cup and the Race to Dubai now in doubt but so too is qualifying and staging of the 2020 Ryder Cup.
The longer the delay in returning to full competition, the shorter the process both European Ryder Cup Captain, Padraig Harrington and his USA rival Steve Stricker have ...
Breakaway PGL Tour Dealt Further Bitter Blow As Koepka Joins McIlroy Saying ‘NO’
In yet another bitter blow to any breakaway tour and fellow four-time Major-winning Brooks Koepka has joined Rory McIlroy declaring ‘No’ to joining the Premier Golf League (PGL)
Koepka revealed he met with PGL officials last month during the hosting of the PGA Tour’s Genesis Invitational in L.A.
The PGL, and with Saudi financial backing, is proposing an elite tour of 48 players forming into 12 four-man teams and competing in 12 tournaments and a prize purse of $US10m an event.
And now like ...
