Schwartzel Soars Both At Bears Club & The Bear Trap With 200-Yard Plus Eagles.
Palm Beach Gardens, FL ….
Charl Schwartzel brilliantly capped his second round at the Honda Classic in holing a 206-yard second shot for eagle at the par-4 16th at PGA National.
Schwartzel had minutes earlier dropped back-to-back shots at 14 and 15 when he came to the 426-yard par-4 16th and the second hole of the famed ‘Bear Trap’.
Then to the absolute delight of spectators, the 2011 Masters champion’s second shot hit the green and then disappeared into the bottom of the ...
Woodland Won US Open As Best Short-Game But Loses Ball-Striking
Palm Beach Gardens, FL ….
For Gary Woodland winning last year’s US Open was a pinnacle in his career.
The American won by three shots over the runner-up and two-time defending champion Koepka to become the fourth champion in U.S. Open history who was double-digits under-par.
The victory was his first major and his sixth professional win. In his previous thirty starts in majors, Woodland had only carded two top-ten finishes, both in the PGA Championship.
Of course, the very affable American ...
Westwood & Donald Send England Flag To Top Of Honda Classic Mast.
Lee Westwood and Luke Donald sent the England flag to the top the mast to be sharing the clubhouse lead late on day two of the Honda Classic at Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
The former back-to-back World No.1s grabbed 11 birdies between with Westwood three birdies in a one-under par 69 and Donald eight birdies in his 66 to share the lead on four-under with American J T Post (69).
It was last month Westwood became just the third player in European Tour history to win over four decades in capturing ...
Lowry Has His Portrush Winning Putter Into Overdrive At The Honda Classic.
Palm Beach Gardens, FL ….
Shane Lowry has his Royal Portrush Open Championship winning putter into overdrive taming the Bear Trap and getting himself into contention at the Honda Classic in Honda Classic at Palm Beach Gardens in Florida.
Lowry added a second straight one-under par 69 in bright but continuing cool conditions to move to two-under par and just two shots off the clubhouse lead midway on day two of the Euro 6.36m event.
The England duo of Luke Donald (66) and Lee Westwood (69) along ...
Lowry Receives A Rousing Open Champion Return To The Bear Trap.
Palm Beach Gardens, FL ….
Open Champion, Shane Lowry received a rousing return to the ‘Bear Trap’ on day one of the Honda Classic at PGA National.
Lowry’s first event in the States this year, and as the 148th Open Champion, was a mix of three great birdies in his opening four holes that help propel him just a shot from the lead before letting slip the initiative in dropping three shots in three holes from the 11th and then managing a fourth birdie at 15 on route to a one-under ...
Harrington Rubs His Hands With Glee At Thoughts Of A PGL Two Billion Dollar Tour
Palm Beach Gardens, FL …
Padraig Harrington was laughing and rubbing his hands together at the thought of competing on a $US 2 billion tour.
Harrington had just posted a two-over par 72 on the opening day of the Honda Classic, and one of three events he’s captured twice in his career, to be trailing six shots behind leading duo of England’s Tom Lewis and American Harris English at four-under par on the PGA National course.
After speaking of his disappointment in managing just two birdies ...
Knox Has A ‘New Club’ In The Bag – The Long-Distance Driving World No. 1
Palm Beach Gardens, FL ….
Russel Knox has a ‘new club’ in his bag and he’s the Long-Distance Driving World No. 1.
Knox begun working at the start of the New Year with Justin James and a fellow Jacksonville resident.
James, 29 captured the 2017 World Long Drive Championship with a booming drive of 435-yards in Oklahoma, and as world’s longest he currently competes in events sanctioned by the World Long Drive Association.
James said: “My longest drive was 458-yards out in Arizona ...
