Fleetwood Reckons He’s Up For The Challenge Of Majors Glory.
Dubai, UAE …. Some will say that before you first win a Major you have to lose one.
Tommy Fleetwood has been runner-up in the 2018 US Open and also was second in last year’s 148th Open Championship at Royal Portrush but not for a moment did the Englishman ‘lose’ either major.
Indeed, his final round 63 in the 2018 US Open at Shinnecock Hills tied the single round lowest score in history of that Major.
Since turning professional in 2010, Fleetwood has received three invitations ...
Kaymer & ‘Wee Man’ On-Again, Off-Again Teaming Now On-Again.
Dubai, UAE ... It’s taken double Major-winning Martin Kaymer just one event of the New Year to again realise the enormous worth of Scottish-born caddy Craig ‘Weeman’ Connelly.
The on-again, off-again player/caddy relationship is back on again and with Kaymer posting a final round 65 to share eighth place in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
Kaymer had Connelly on the bag when the German won in Abu Dhabi in 2010 and was by his side when Kaymer dramatically captured the 2010 PGA Championship and ...
Harrington Predicting Presidents Cup Winning Woods In USA Ryder Cup Team Will Make It Harder For Europe.
Dubai, UAE …. Padraig Harrington predicts the goal of Europe retaining the Ryder Cup could be that much tougher should Tiger Woods qualify automatically or be picked to compete at Whistling Straits.
This is the view of Europe’s Ryder Cup Captain after sitting through four days TV coverage of last month’s dramatic Presidents Cup showdown at Royal Melbourne in Australia.
Woods’s USA Team went into the decisive Sunday Singles having been behind in four earlier sessions over the prior three ...
Jamieson Delivers Home Of Golf Nation Top-10 Abu Dhabi HSBC Finish
Abu Dhabi, UAE … Scott Jamieson delivered Scotland golf a big New Year boost in banking a top-10 finish at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
Jamieson, 36 birdied his closing three holes in a tournament best 65 for a 13-under par total and share eighth place in the whopping Stg 5.4m Rolex Series event.
Jamieson’s final round effort, that included a 14-footer for birdie at the last, was his lowest round since a 64 during last year’s Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open.
It was ...
Westwood Joins Very Elite Tour Club With Victories In Four Decades
Abu Dhabi, UAE ... Lee Westwood has now joined a very elite European Tour club in becoming only the third player to win Tour titles in four different decades.
Westwood’s two-shot Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship success has seen the 46-year old England golfer joining Des Smyth and Mark McNulty as the only golfers in European Tour history to win over four decades.
Westwood shut out his Abu Dhabi rivals with a powerhouse last day 67 and win with a 19-under par tally in the UAE capital.
“It’s ...
Two Corona’s .. Wiesberger Revealing That’s All It Took To Get Over Race To Dubai Let Down
Abu Dhabi, UAE … “Two Corona’s” That was Bernd Wiesberger’s answer when asked how long did it take him to get over the disappointment of now ending the 2019 European Tour seaon as No. 1.
The affable Austrian regained the Race to Dubai lead from Open Champion, Shane Lowry towards the end of last year’s season only to have Spaniard Jon Rahm capture the year-ending DP World Tour Championship and in the process claim the No. 1 title.
England’s Tommy Fleetwood ...
MacIntyre In Dubai Field With Good Friend Wiesberger Offering Advice Should Scot Require Operation
Abu Dhabi, UAE …. Robert MacIntyre has entered this week’s Omega Dubai Desert Classic but there’s still an injury cloud hanging over Scotland’s top-ranked.
On-going pain in the bottom left portion on the palm of his right hand now has plagued the 23-year old for close to three months.
MacIntyre, who underwent a first MRI on the hand in October, was advised following last November’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai not to touch a club for six weeks and the young Scot ...
